Def Leppard Postpone Tour Kick Off Due To Illness

The move fuels further speculation about the longtime players' participation in GNR's reunion tour, which to date has only confirmed the involvement of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan.

Keyboardist Reed has been in the GNR lineup since 1990, while guitarist Fortus has been on board since 2002. Guns N' Roses will launch the reunion run with a pair of shows at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on April 8 and April 9 - just two days after the venue's opening on April 6.

"Y'know, most of the those guys you see hawking t-shirts and hats outside the arena - the band's filed a federal lawsuit to get cops to shut them down," says TMZ. "The tour starts February 2 in Tacoma, and they're asking the court to launch a full scale attack - sending US Marshals and cops to the Tacoma Dome to arrest all offenders and seize all bogus goods. They're asking for the same show of force in other cities too."

The New Jersey rocker has added 14 US dates to the end of the current North American run that began January 16 in Pittsburgh, PA and confirmed a May 19 appearance in Portugal to headline the first night of Rock In Rio festival in Lisboa.

The new US shows will begin with a third and final date at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on March 19 and finish April 25 at New York's Barclays Center.

The run also includes a rescheduled Madison Square Garden concert, postponed Sunday due to a blizzard in New York; Springsteen returns to the venue for the make-up performance on March 28.

Last month, Springsteen issued "The Ties That Bind: The River Collection", which presents the original record alongside "The River: Single Album" - originally named "The Ties That Bind" - a 10-track album that Springsteen recorded in 1979 as a follow up to 1978's "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" but never released.

Earlier this week, Butler stated in an interview that Sabbath had offered Ward the chance to appear with them just before they took their last bow on The End tour.

The bassist reported: "It's been mentioned to him - but he doesn't want to do it. He wants to do the whole tour or nothing." That led Ward to accuse his former colleague of making "inaccurate statements," adding: "My management reached out to the Black Sabbath management to inquire as to whether or not they would like to discuss my participation in the tour. We were told there was no interest."

Iggy and Homme recently performed Gardenia on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The song is available as an instant download with pre-orders of the album. They also made Break Into Your Heart available to stream.

Due on March 18 via Loma Vista, the pair recorded the album under the cover of secrecy at Homme's remote Joshua Tree and Pink Duck studios. Iggy says: "I wanted to be free. To be free, I needed to forget. To forget, I needed music. Josh had that in him, so I set out to provoke an encounter - first with a carefully worded text, followed by a deluge of writings all about me. No composer wants to write about nothing. He got revved up and we had a great big rumble in the desert USA."

Billed as "a first-of-its-kind, live-music purchase platform", Stereocast gives fans access to purchase as little as one song or the entire show for download immediately upon exiting the concert venue.

Stereocast will officially launch with the opening night of Foreigner's all-acoustic tour at The Theatre at Westbury in New York on February 11. All proceeds from purchases made on the new music app will go straight to the Grammy Foundation, which helps to provide funding for high school music programs.

"We are pleased to be partnering with StereoCast on this new initiative," says guitarist Mick Jones. "As we move into the digital age, we are always looking for new ways to make our music available in the most innovative manner. To walk away from our concerts with an immediate download of the once-in-a-lifetime moments meets that criteria.

Tuck tells Kerrang: "We're planning on doing something special this year as far as music goes. It hasn't been confirmed yet, but we've been having talks about dropping a five-track EP or something, to give away to the fans."

He tells RockSveridge: "I've been getting questions about solo stuff forever. But it's a good problem to have. But, at the same time, I'm in two fantastic bands. Why would I ever?

"Unless I wanted to get super greedy, why would I try to split off and do something else. I'm very fulfilled by the music that I get to make with both bands. Is there a solo album in me? Yes. But it's not gonna be for a few more years."

Romero was handpicked by guitar icon Ritchie Blackmore last year for Rainbow's 2016 summer shows. He previously told Rafabasa.com: "I'll just try to do my best to live up to what they did in their day and not to disappoint anyone. But I'm not here to replace anyone, much less compare myself with anyone."

KSE also released a video for Incarnate's lead track Strength Of The Mind last month. The band say they'll release a video for the track Hate By Design this week. They add: "If you enjoy being teased about a record that won't be out until March 11, read on. Also, a new track released with a new video this Friday for Hate By Design."

They also say a few of their own crew members have been hospitalized due to the incident. King 810 say: "Most of you by now have heard what is going on around town. Since the inception of King in 2007, our foundation has been our city and its people, good or bad.

The Long Island Rockers supported Korn on their 20th anniversary shows in the UK last year, which led them the two bands to become friends. Vocalist Michael Del Pizzo says he masterminded the concept for the It's Time To Get Weird music video based around Davis' past as a funeral home embalmer and coroner's assistant.

He says: "For this one, I took the reins by writing the video treatment. We repeatedly heard that Sunflower Dead needs to be animated. "What better way to do that than with a Scooby Doo-inspired video for our new album's title track featuring one of heavy music's most unique frontmen, Jonathan Davis? My idea was combining the SFD story line with Jonathan's past experience working with dead bodies.

His 6-episode series sees the Red Rocker drive across the country to jam with some of music's biggest names, including Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, Alice Cooper and Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell.

Kravitz tells Rolling Stone: "Last night my sax player caught a 15-pound snapper that we just threw on the grill. That's the quality of living here - pick vegetables out of the garden and fish out of the sea.

"My big decision is, which beach are we going to hang out on? When we get to the water am I going to paddleboard or swim?" He admits he's a beginner when it comes to surfing, and that he's not a strong swimmer. But he adds: "I made a plan a month ago - surfing is going to change my music. It's going to offer me something I don't have that I need to move towards."

The Freedom Square gig will see the Pink Floyd icon joined by long-time collaborater and orchestra conductor Zbigniew Preisner. There will also be a guest appearance by Polish pianist Leszek Mozdzer.

Guitar icon and singer Carlos Santana, lead vocalist and keyboardist Gregg Rolie, guitarist Neal Schon, percussionist Michael Carabello and drummer Michael Shrieve last worked together on the multi-platinum record Santana III in 1971.

Santana, who formed fusion supergroup Supernova last year with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, says: "It was magical. We didn't have to try to force the vibe - it was immense. From there, we then needed to come up with a balance of songs and jams that people would immediately identify as Santana."

The band is fronted by Zyon and Igor, who are said to be "ready to continue the family's legacy with their raw and frenetic sound." A Mascot statement continues: "Tackling the ills of modern society with a venomous and unrelenting mix of grunge, post-hardcore, thrash and all wrapped up in a punk to the core ethos that creates their own blend of experimental sonic bedlam, they are fast becoming an uncompromising force.

"When the idea to premiere our newest music video for 'Dangerous' in Guitar Hero Live came about, we were thrilled," says singer Joe Elliott. "The way our fans discover and listen to our music has evolved so much throughout the years. Whether they're playing on vinyl, streaming the songs online or playing along to our music video in Guitar Hero Live, it's amazing to see how interactive music has become.

"There are so many interesting ways our fans experience our music, and having the video for 'Dangerous' debut in Guitar Hero Live felt like such a great way to reach all of our fans."

Guitar Hero Live is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U console as well as Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

The LPs are pressed on luxury 180-gram vinyl and include inner sleeves with lyrics, presented in a hand-numbered outer slipcase box with a specially commissioned cover painting by artist Paul Gregory.

Moon Safari say: "Alas, some force majeure type events lead to this cancellation. We are, however, still excited to get to play with the giants of prog rock Yes at the Royal Albert Hall on May 10 and hope to see some friendly faces there.

Jones tweeted a sketch of three hands signaling the "thumbs-up" sign, as well as the message, "Hi all. Just wanted to thank you for the incredibly kind words & thoughts. I'll be easing my way back into Twitter."

Now the band have confirmed they'll return to the Crescent during the last weekend of May - but in addition they'll play a second show in another venue, and take fans on a bus trip to visit filming locations used for their Insomnia and New World videos.

Vocalist and guitarist Dave Cureton says: "We had an absolute blast last year and we wanted not only to make the event happen again, but to make it even better. What's better than one concert? Two concerts!

Live At The Union Chapel was filmed at the group's April, 2015, show at the London venue and sees the band performing hits including Carpet Of The Sun, Ocean Gypsy, Mother Russia and Ashes Are Burning. It's comes with LPCM stereo and Dolby Digital surround audio tracks and a Blu-Ray version is planned for later this year.

Golden Void - who describe themselves as the new face of Bay Area psychedelic music - feature Isaiah Mitchell from Earthless on guitar and vocals, Camilla Saufley-Mitchell on keyboards and vocals, drummer Justin Pinkerton and Aaron Morgan on bass.