Today's Day in Rock Stories

Rolling Stones Announce Retro Box Set

He tells Revolver Mag: "Tragically, even if Vinnie wanted to, Pantera can never do a reunion. You can't do a reunion without a member of a band. I think that people forget the emotional aspect of this.

Vinnie watched his brother get tragically murdered in front of him, and what's on their mind? They want to see a Pantera reunion. I'm not trying to call people out as ***holes, but people are kind of ***holes. They forget that he had to live this."

"The Complete BBC Sessions" will present the original package - which featured live recordings selected from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971 - plus eight unreleased songs, including three rescued from a previously "lost" session from 1969.

The 3CD/5LP Super Deluxe Edition includes the remastered album and unreleased audio on CD, 180-gram vinyl and a high-def audio download card alongside a 48-page book filled with photos of the band, the recording locations, BBC memorabilia, and session information plus a high-quality print of the original album cover.

The set has been newly remastered by guitarist Jimmy Page with extensive session-by-session liner notes written by Dave Lewis, providing - for the first time ever - accurate details and notes about all of the band's BBC sessions.

The U.S. show, featuring Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown, is set to take place on September 30th at the Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The new release, which will also be available digitally, will include "alternate versions, mixes and previously unreleased recordings from The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and solo material," according to the announcement. Preorder it here.

The new clip follows the posting of fan shot footage earlier this week with both showing the late metal legend performing with his former bandmates who now play as the Dio Disciples.

The new album was produced by Kato Khandwala. Frontwoman Taylor Momsen had this to say about the writing of the new material, "We had so much we wanted to say, it was like shaking a can of soda on tour, and then when we started writing we cracked the seal.

"The touring life is very isolating. You look at the world through a bus or airplane window. But music is the healing factor. It's the one thing that is grounding and a true companion through the forest. It saved us - again."

Bassist Jamie Mathias tells Arte Concert: "I think the plan is, at the end of this month, we're going to have a couple of days in the studio writing and recording."

Lead guitarist Michael Paget adds: "It's to keep momentum of the band going, bring a bit more focus back and get ready for our winter tour and just see what comes out - so hopefully it will be happy days. We're hoping for two, but if not it will just be one song."

"Low Country", which was produced by bassist Bryan Richie and mixed by J. Robbins, will feature unplugged versions of the tracks from the "High Country" album.

The group will be hitting the road in support of the effort with a combination of U.S. headline dates and a North American tour where they will be supporting Opeth.

The Low Country Tour's headline dates begin on September 22nd in New Orleans, LA and will include stops in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.

The DVD / Blu-ray features over 30 minutes of additional interviews not included in the broadcast version, and clocks in at over one and half fascinating hours. Classic Albums - Pet Sounds features cuts from many of the iconic Pet Sounds album tracks including "God Only Knows," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Sloop John B," "I Know There's An Answer," "Let's Go Away For A While," and "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times."

Pet Sounds was recorded in late 1965 and early 1966 about a year after Brian Wilson had withdrawn from playing live with The Beach Boys in order to concentrate on composing and studio work. While the rest of the band were out on tour, Brian Wilson worked in the studio creating multi-layered compositions with painstaking attention to detail utilizing orchestration, sound effects and unusual instruments. When the band returned from tour, they went into the studio to add their trademark complex vocal harmonies.

Universal advertised the one-track vinyl single as being limited to 5000 copies, but now admit 6000 copies were actually pressed. The song is the second single to be released by the Manchester icons since their reunion, following comeback track All For One.

As previously reported, the trek will feature the new lineup, with former guitarist Doug Gillard rejoining the band. The new lineup, Gillard, Kevin March (drums), Bobby Bare Jr. (guitar) and Mark Shue (bass) will be recording a new album with Robert Pollard in September.

They will be releasing part one in February of next year followed by the second part in October. The band had the following to say about their new worldwide record deal: "It is with great pleasure and humility that we can finally announce our signing to Napalm Records!!

"We've been working very hard on creating our upcoming albums, 'Prevail I' and 'Prevail II', and believe there couldn't have been a better partnership to help us bring this massive double record undertaking to the world.

The U.S. tour will feature support from Exalt and is set to kick off on October 5th in Brooklyn, NY at Saint Vitus and will conclude on Oct 25th in 25 Cincinnati, OH at the Northside Yacht.

The trek is scheduled to begin on November 10th in Denver, CO at the Summit Music Hall and will run until December 3rd where they will play the final show at the House of Blues in Chicago.

Remembering their meeting following the break-up, McCartney tells Rolling Stone: "He hugged me. It was great, because we didn't normally do that. He said, 'It's good to touch.' I always remembered that - it's good to touch."

McCartney continues: "John and me, we were kids growing up together, in the same environment with the same influences. He knows the records I know, I know the records he knows.

Hammett and Collen join the previously announced Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, Richie Sambora, Orianthi, Joe Walsh and Slot Machine as guests at the all-star event on November 11 at the 13,000-capacity Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. The event comes two years after the ceremony was held in Los Angeles, before it returned to London for the 2015 edition.

The three, eight-foot long portraits will be showcased at Metropolis Studios alongside his other work with bands such as Mars Volta. Edge says it was his unique photography skills which led him to gain work with Radiohead in 2011.

He tells The Line Of Best Fit: "In January 2011, I received a call from Radiohead Headquarters. They'd heard about a photographer that was making pictures with this early Victorian process, with a camera built from Hurricane timber, and wondered if I was still making pictures having disappeared from the music scene for a while.

His first studio album since 2003's Let's Start A Commune was produced by Andrew Holdsworth, with Bill Shanley, Lee Pomeroy, Adam Wakeman and Brian Willoughby joining Wilson on the record.

The singer was forced to delay the release of Built For Fighting due to "personal matters" back in April but with those now resolved, the new launch date is set for September 9.

The metal veterans recently released the tune as a colored vinyl single that is available from label Nuclear Blast in lilac, silver, black and gold. "For All Kings" debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 earlier this year with opening week sales of 34,000 units.