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Blink-182 Premiering New Song 'Bored to Death' This Week

A Nightrain official GN'R fan club pre-sale for all four shows is on now; a Citi cardmember pre-sale begins Tuesday, April 16, and general public tickets will go on sale Friday, April 29 at 10 am local - except Foxborough, which happens Saturday, April 30 at 10 am local.

Miller's inclusion had been in some doubt, the rock legend has revealed in a recent interview that he is still quibbling with HBO over television rights and could prevent the network from airing his portion of the awards ceremony.

"Prince was celebrated by a small group of his most beloved: family, friends and his musicians, in a private, beautiful ceremony to say a loving goodbye," explained the family rep. "Prince's remains have been cremated and their final storage will remain private. We ask for your blessings and prayers of comfort for his family and close friends."

Levee Walkers also include former Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin in their lineup and they've enlisted Coleman for the songs, which can be heard now on their website.

Directed by Blair Underwood, it's one of five songs included in the virtual reality experience package of the record, which sees the band perform within a virtual fallen city modelled after images in the video for the track "The Threat Is Real."

At the time, Palmeri said that he was already working with other musicians and that they were recording the follow-up to the sixth Emmure album "Eternal Enemies."

Vedder and Reznor are named among a cast of 217 people released by the makers of the hit TV show, which returns next year for its third season - 26 years after the second season was broadcast.

The singer previously called Blackmore's lineup a "cover band" but later said he was "humbled" when the guitarist said he should have been given an award for his contribution to Deep Purple's 1990 album Slaves And Masters in light of Purple's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

But the singer says that he and fellow Rainbow ex Doogie White have been talking - and both agree that Blackmore, vocalist Ronnie Romero, keyboardist Jens Johansson, drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau, need to hit the studio or the group's name will be tarnished.

Turner tells Rock Pages: "I think Doogie said it best to me. He said, 'You know Joe, it's not Rainbow unless they do an album and a tour.' I said, 'I have to agree with you.'

Akercocke, formed in 1997, were last active in 2011 and announced their split the next year, after abandoning work on the follow-up to 2007's Antichrist.

He says (via Musicology): "We just started narrowing down to some of our favourite songs, and we're starting to put our first 'final' vocals on them. As I listen through them, I feel like these songs are really personal and revealing. We have really poured our hearts into the words and melodies, and it's starting to show as we approach recording the 'keeper' vocals."

The video was directed by David Brodsky (Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, All That Remains) and was filmed at the band's rehearsal space in Connecticut earlier this month.

The clip features special text messages written by frontman Jamey Jasta as a message of keeping a positive mental attitude, according to the announcement. Watch the video here.

Hatebreed just launched their European tour which includes headline dates and appearances as part of the Impericon Festival. The band will be kicking off their North American tour on May 13 in Cleveland, OH.

The live album features two previously unreleased concerts - the Houston show, and one recorded at the Empire Pool in London (now Wembley Arena) in 1979 on the Desolation Angels tour. Taken from original 24-track master tapes, neither recording features any overdubs or other enhancements.

The project enters the US Billboard 200 at No. 23 with opening week sales of 16,109 equivalent album units. Frehley's last album, 2009's "Space Invader", debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.

"Origins Vol 1." Sees Frehley deliver new versions of tracks by Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, among others, along with guests including Paul Stanley, Slash, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Lita Ford and John 5.

The original KISS lead guitarist launched the record with covers of the Cream classic, "White Room", and Thin Lizzy's 1976 track, "Emerald", which features Slash.

Vocalist Cristina Scabbia previously had the following to say about the album: "Everything feels different this time in the Lacuna Coil camp. It's something I can hear and something I can breath.

Sherwood says: "It was very special for us to go to Japan and play these songs. We're both very excited to now be able to share the experience with everyone."

Cobain strongly denies the claims and threatens to disband Nirvana if action wasn't taken against the magazine. It was written as Nirvana were working on their third album, In Utero.

The letter addressed to the Geffen Records boss reads: "Something so severely defamatory towards my family has come up in an article in Vanity Fair that has forced me to decide on breaking up my band.

The 7-inch will be available for pre-order from May 9 and only 450 copies will be pressed - 80 on brown vinyl, 150 on green vinyl and 220 black versions.

Half of the eight commercials feature sports themes - including real life golf enthusiast Cooper - who swings futilely at golf balls before settling for burning some calories as measured by his watch.

D'Amond and Tiemann replaced John Boecklin and Jeff Kendrick, who left the group last year. Fafara tells Distorted Sound: "I think when you have members that come in and want to be part of a project, that want to get on a midnight flight and play four hours later and they're hungry, you can feel it.

"The only analogy I can give is that I know a hundred bands that tour together that hate each other. You can feel it. You can feel it backstage, you can feel it on the records, you can hear the record, and it may be touted as the best sh*t, and then I listen to the record, because I know the band, and I'm, like, 'Huh, they hate each other.' It's f***ing obvious.

Anderson tells Playback: "We wrote about four songs late last year, and in January, we wrote a couple more. So it's like we're always thinking about the next step.

He tells Whiplash (via Blabbermouth): "We don't talk about what we're gonna try to do. We really try to make it an in-the-moment sort of experience, and it seems to be the most exciting way to make records.

"I feel like if we talked too much about it, or planned it out too much, or decided what type of record we were gonna make, we'd sort of be boxing ourselves in to have to stick to that.

Reed says: "It's always hard to now how to promote an album made up of two 20 minute pieces. Ideally, it needs to be listened to as a whole. This section, which I always called Marimba, I thought would work as standalone section.

"It features Simon Phillips on drums, and the chants of Synergy Vocals. There are four mixes of the track. Each mix has a completely different take on the track.

"Evil Eye" is about my mother and the abuse I suffered and endured from her as a little boy. It was devastating. She has rejected me all my life actually. It affects my relationships with women and relating at a deep level. I had to let this go so that I can have peace and move on with my life and be happy joyous and free.

I had to make peace and let it go for my own sanity. I had to let her off the hook and realize she is a sick woman who doesn't know any better. This ran me for so long. I drank and used behind it for years and questioned many things including my own sexuality.

I am a survivor and have a beautiful woman in my life and 2 gorgeous amazing children. So in the end I'm grateful these things happened because I love myself today.