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The tour is scheduled to kick off on May 3rd in New Orleans, LA at The Orpheum and will conclude on June 7th in Winnipeg, MB at the Burton Cummings Theatre.

While the rest of the band's lineup has yet to be revealed, Cooper is curious about the status of guitarist Izzy Stradlin, who played with the band from 1985 through 1991.

"I'm just wondering why isn't Izzy in there?" Cooper tells Rolling Stone. "I don't know about drums, but certainly Izzy is viable. You'd think if Slash and Axl are working together - and Duff is one of those guys that gets along with everybody - then at least Izzy would be one of the guys who would be a shoo-in.

Cetera announced that will not be attending the ceremony after being "frustrated and tired of dealing" with organizers of the event in attempting to set up the reunion jam.

The band has now released the following statement, "The rock group, Chicago, is honored to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 8 in New York and are looking forward to performing at the event.

"The four original band members, Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, Jimmy Pankow and Walt Parazaider, will be there as well as former original band member Danny Seraphine.

"Peter Cetera, despite the best efforts of the Rock Hall and the band to reach a happy middle ground, made his decision not to participate. He has made it clear twice now that he will not attend or perform. Cetera, who was an original band member, has been gone for over 30 years.

"Chicago have performed consistently every year heading into their 50th anniversary without ever missing a year."

The Slipknot percussionist posted a picture of himself and Campbell in the studio, along with the caption: "In the studio with Phil Campbell tonight. We're recording some straight greasy sh*t for everyone."

He tells PlanetMosh: "We're doing some stuff with Igor later in the year. This is 20 years of the Roots album. We're planning to play the whole record. I think we're going to do it in the States and then hopefully come to Europe.

The tour, featuring support from Alter Bridge and Saint Asonia, is set to kick off in July and visit 20 cities including Boston, Toronto, Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. Dates were not including in the announcement that we received, but we did receive the following:

Shinoda writes, "We're hard at work making some new music for you. The six of us have been more than enthusiastic about how this album is shaping up, and I'm happy to share this update!

"As usual during an early stage, we don't know a ton about where the songs will end up. They change shapes over and over during the writing process, and we usually write dozens of songs, which push each other in and out of contention for a spot on the final album.

"One thing that's making this album unique (so far) is the process. When we started out as a band, we often started our songs focusing almost entirely on the musical 'track," with no vocals until the end of the process. The vocals were usually forced into the existing chords and structure of the song, which often times meant that some ideas we loved never "made it," because good words or good melodies never showed up, even though we liked the music. Over time, we've started incorporating vocals earlier and earlier in the process, usually in the form of skat 'la la la" vocals and gibberish words. Many of those demos have been shared as a part of our LPU albums.

"But this time, we decided to go even further, and write more 'traditionally.' We're starting with the most fundamental parts of the songs--the words and vocal melodies--and completely fleshing out those ideas before we begin working out the music. That means right now, we're only focusing on the foundations upon which the songs are built. Some songs are just one piano, keyboard, or guitar, and a vocal. The concept and words of the song are front and center. We've even invited some new friends into the studio to bounce ideas off (more to come on that later).

"So far, the new approach is paying off. The new stuff is really powerful, and the stories and emotional content is really shining through. We're going to continue on this path until we feel like we've got more than enough material to begin the 'sound" phase.

With the switch, Bowie becomes the first act to knock themselves off the top of the Official Albums Chart in nearly six years following a similar move by Michael Jackson following his death in 2009.

And with such an ambitious set planned, Petrucci says the reality of the their mammoth tour is starting to sink in. He tells Music Radar: "We're going to be in London rehearsing, getting the last-minute touches right on everything.

Knight says: "The decision to leave was very difficult, yet necessary I feel for me to ultimately be happy and keep moving forward. I feel very lucky to have had the best band-mates and crew - past and present - to traverse the world, guzzle beers, and bring the rock with every night."

He thanks the band's fans, their label Metal Blade Records, and adds: "I'll still be teaching guitar, working on new music, and just getting pretty domestic in general."

"We wanted to get back to that big sound," says Stockdale. "The album is a balance of garage-y energy and big production. It's wild, energetic and perfect for a festival main stage."

"Pretty Peggy" is the fourth tune issued ahead of the album's release, following "City Lights", the title track and "Gypsy Caravan" - all available as instant downloads with pre-orders of "Victorious."

Bryant tells The Blues Magazine of the track: "Lyrically, it's a lost love-type song. It's not from personal experience - I'm happily married - but it came from looking at a friend who had split up from his girlfriend, going through all the heartache and saying to me, 'I just can't get over her.' And me saying, 'Well, you're gonna have to move on.'"

Bryant also praises Marsden's contribution, saying his influence on Blood Money as a whole was invaluable. He adds: "I think the overriding memory of this album is having Bernie in the studio. When he finished recording, he chatted for a couple of hours, showed me how he wrote Here I Go Again, and sat and played it for us.

Chino tells Radio 1: "I have to give advice to my two sons who are both musicians and they're both totally different. One of them is totally punk, in a thrash, skate-punk band. The other kid is a DJ, an electronic musician.

"I'm very encouraging to them to have fun making music, but it's really hard to 'make it' in music. If they want to have families, children and get married and this and that, it would be good to keep in school and be a kid while you can.

"I think it's great and I like the fact that the music they do is very much what they choose to do. But I'm the parent now, and I'm telling them to have something to fall back on. I think it's important to know that."

Named after the band's 1989 hit Janie's Got A Gun, Tyler's charity is partnered with organization Youth Villages, which provides trauma-informed care programs for victims of abuse or neglect.

Says Wakeman, "It has always been in my mind to re-record and once again perform an extended version of King Arthur..., as it has only ever been performed three times in the UK. I am delighted to now have the opportunity to do this and especially so with the help of the fans and my campaign on PledgeMusic. And if all goes well, maybe one day put it back on ice! In the meantime, I'm Iooking forward to the premi�re performance at the O2 in London on June 19th as part of the Stone Free Festival."

Modern Earth was recorded and engineered at Panda Studios in Fremont, California, with producer Sam Pura who has also worked with Basement and The Story So Far. It was mixed and mastered by Neil Kennedy at Ranch Production House in Southampton.

Vocalist Shaun Milton says: "If Life Gone Wrong's concept was about being in that moment as it all falls around you, Modern Earth is a continuation of that story, an expansion explaining the disease of the mind, sculpting, adjusting and accepting those circumstances as it suffocates you powerless.

But after a complaint to the venue, the band will no longer play. Instead their distributor in the Middle East, Metal East Records, want to hear from local artists to fill the bill and report Swallow The Sun will still be in attendance.

The label say in a statement: "What we know so far is that a competitor has actually filed this complaint mentioning the show was promoting devil-worshipping - which we all know is not the case. Let's fill the bill up with some local talent and celebrate never giving up on the music we love."

The DVD features footage from their sets at Sabaton Open Air and Wacken Open Air. The second disc will also feature two switchable viewing angles - live and studio.

Bassist Par Sundstrom said: "We have always aimed to be a band people love to see live, for the simple reason we love to play live. With this DVD/Blu-ray release, we hope to share some of that feeling with you. We recorded two shows, in case one is not enough for you."

"It's something every band at our level should be able to relate to," says vocalist Oliver Swift of the EP's title track. "It's about not losing faith in difficult times and making the right decision when several options are put in front of you. Ultimately, it's a feel good, motivational song about sticking to the path you've chosen.

Even though we are just releasing 'Without Me' in 2016 I originally wrote it in early 2014 after I'd just moved to Los Angeles, California. Several months prior to me leaving I'd been in a relationship with an old friend of mine from high school who I'd loved dearly but our personalities were toxic when mixed. I kind of let it drift apart and ended up dating someone who I became quite serious with very quickly and I never really got the chance to pass that message onto my ex-lover as we'd ceased contact apart from the odd email or Instagram comment. So, anyway- chilling in my new apartment in Los Angeles I started to get regular messages from my ex who was wanting to rekindle things and come over to LA to test it out. I tried to explain that although I really cared about him as a person I was in a serious relationship with someone new and that he and I had our time and it was now over. Being the persistent guy that he was he just didn't seem to understand what I was saying to him and started to become increasingly exasperating to speak to. So one morning I woke up, it was raining (which never happens in LA) I got out my guitar, lit a bunch of candles and started writing the song that became 'Without Me'.

I think its important to understand that this song is not a "love song" but it is definitely a song about love, specifically about falling out of love which I truly believe is one of the most heartbreaking things ever. One day you wake up and you realise you just don't feel anything for this person that you've cared about fiercely and shared so much with.

When we originally recorded the track with Brian Howes (Airbourne, Skillet, Hinder) in May 2014 I was still really unsure of exactly how to express the intense emotions in this song so the vocals were not as strong as they could have been and the general consensus from everyone who heard it was that we needed to re-record them. At the end of 2015 I finally got back into Brian's studio while on a tour of the West Coast USA and got the chance. Because I'd been performing 'Without Me' live so much I was well practiced at hitting all the vocal sweet spots in the track that enhanced the performance ten fold. On top of this I had recently come out of a long relationship and was feeling a lot of confusing and intense emotions; I was able to harness these and channel them into the final performance and I definitely think this does come across to those that are listening.