Today's Day in Rock Stories

Scott Weiland Bandmate Explains Arrest Following Singer's Death

The blues star took exception to the way one member of the security staff at the Brady Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was dealing with the audience. And he promptly used his guitar to let the security worker know how he felt about it.

Bonamassa posted a picture to Instagram showing him taking action. In a caption alongside the picture, Bonamassa says: "To the bouncer who harassed one of our fans up front...that is why you can now tell your family and friends what a 51 Fender No-caster to the head feels like.

The group has announced that they will be playing at the iconic Hollywood Bowl on May 7th and tickets for the show are set to go on sale this Thursday, December 15th at 10 a.m. pacific.

The June 17 stop - due to "phenomenal demand" according the band - follows an appearance at the same venue a day earlier as the trio of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan extend their reunion tour into a second year.

Last In Line was formed by former Dio members Appice, Vivian Campbell and Jimmy Bain - with Andy Freeman on vocals. And while Appice is sure the late Dio would like Last In Line's debut album Heavy Crown, he isn't sure the vocalist would be comfortable with the idea of his band performing without him.

Appice tells MyRockWorld (via Blabbermouth): "I think he would like Heavy Crown. He might go, 'F*** those guys!' I don't know. He would probably like it inside, musically, but he wouldn't like the idea of us playing together. That's what I think."

And during a McBrainiacs performance at Rock N Roll Ribs in Florida at the weekend, Zeigler presented McBrain with a Navy Seal 'fin' to mark his work with the Navy Seal Foundation.

Zeigler says: "Nicko has become one of the family with US Navy Seals. So the guys from Naval Special Warfare wanted to give you a little something.

"This is a Navy Seal fin. On this fin is the Navy Seal Trident, the Jump Wings and Freddy The Frog.

Brown tells Eddie Trunk (via Blabbermouth): "I'm a musician number one, and doing this thing on my own and being an artist is what I've wanted to do for a long time.

According to a press release issued on the band's behalf, LIVE will announce tour dates in 2017 including a mix of headlining shows and festival appearances. The York, Pennsylvania band struck it big with their 1991 debut platinum-selling album, Mental Jewelry. With two more number one albums under their belt, the band would go on to sell more than 22 million albums worldwide before Kowalczyk parted ways in 2009.

Rediscovering the friendship has healed old differences, says the band. The foursome explained what led to the reunion: Ed Kowalczyk: "After a pretty long break, it was exciting to find that we all felt, in a sense, like we were starting over again�albeit with this amazing foundation and fanbase all over the world that we have established. You could say we took the long road home, but it feels good to be back."

"Goodbye Facebook� I wanna get back to what's real," posted the bassist. "Writing music, lyrics, books, photography, etc., etc. If ya wanna follow me, I post photos on Instagram� Otherwise see you live next time I go on tour� Much love�"

Apart from Patton and the former Slayer and current Suicidal Tendencies drummer, the group also features Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox, Head Wound City) and Michael Crain (Retox, Festival of Dead Deer).

The Reflektor Tapes is a visually stunning and hypnotic documentary about the making of Arcade Fire's hugely successful 2013 studio album Reflektor by director Kahlil Joseph (who also directed Beyonc�'s "Lemonade" film). The Reflektor album debuted at the No.1 position in the Billboard Top 200 and established itself as a global hit. As well as the film, this release also includes the stunning full live show which includes: "Reflektor", "No Cars Go", "Rebellion (Lies)", "Neighborhood # 3 (Power Out)", "The Suburbs", "Wake Up", "Afterlife", "Ready To Start", and many more, offering over four hours of entertainment overall.

Saxon say: "We know you will all welcome Gus to the Saxon family for the albeit brief run of shows until Nibbs returns." Carter missed Sunday's show in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and will also sit out gigs in Bologna, Milan, Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona.

Chancellor tells Bass Player: "It's a compliment that people are excited to hear it, but it's difficult to hear that and not feel some kind of guilt. All I can say is that we'll go back Monday and do our best to finish it for you. That's not really how it works, but we know the listeners will be happy with it when it's finished."

He's offered a hint at their way of thinking by revealing that they're been working on a single song for several months. Chancellor tells Bass Player: "We get the gist of it and find the main themes that make up the skeleton between verses and choruses.

The band launched the first-ever legal action against a peer-to-peer service in 2000, citing breach of copyright and racketeering, leading to Napster being shut down.

In the intervening years the matter has been reconsidered and the band are generally held to have been correct in their attitude - although their approach of delivering a list of 30,000 people who'd downloaded their material remains controversial.

They've argued on several occasions that their lawsuit wasn't about money, but about an artist's right to choose how and where their art can be accessed. That's a principle that's become central to arguments about digital distribution.

Hammett tells The Word Of Wheeler: "If there's anything thing I regret, I regret that no one else supported us during that Napster time. I don't even know if you can call it a regret. Maybe it's more of a disappointment. I was very disappointed that other musicians who saw our point, they supported us in ways that were less inconvenient to them.

The trek is scheduled to begin on January 15th with a home town show in Austin at the Paramount Theatre and will be concluding on February 19th in 19 Houston, TX at the House of Blues. Additional dates are expected to be announced.

Frontman John Kevill had the following to say about the new effort, "For the music on this record we re-focused ourselves after a lot of the experiments on Empires Collapse, and decided we wanted to make a record that is start-to-finish more merciless, ruthless, and cruel, but also maintains some of the more melodic and progressive sense.

"What we ended up with is a record that has a lot of traits of classic thrash but also a lot of extreme metal, and a rather unique version of that blend. It's overall faster and meaner than anything else we've put out, but also has our biggest and most ambitious song, the 11-minute 'When the Guns Fell Silent' to close the record."

The album is set to be released by Napalm Records on January 13th and the band had the following to say about the new song, "Call For War � a banger in best Grave Digger tradition, simple and energetic - if it catches you once, it won't let go of you anymore.

That claim was put to the test at Manchester's Ruby Lounge on Saturday when Fieldy and Luzier joined them for performances of Here To Stay and Freak On A Leash. Watch a video clip below.

Fairport Convention say: "Returning by popular demand, we welcome back prog rock giants Marillion. The band, with perhaps the most loyal following on the planet, just don't stop touring and are currently on the road promoting their 18th studio album F.E.A.R.

"We know we don't need to tell you that Richard has received lifetime achievement awards on both sides of the Atlantic, a prestigious Ivor Novello Award, and in 2011 was presented with an OBE - but it's nice to be reminded.