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Now DeLonge says he's been in talks with drummer Travis Barker about his place in the band, and has played down suggestions in a recent interview with Science.Mic that he left Blink to search for UFOs.

The suit - brought by Randy California's estate and members of Spirit by trustee Michael Skidmore - claims the acoustic introduction to 1971's "Stairway" was lifted from their 1968 instrumental, "Taurus."

Courthouse News Service reports Skidmore's attorney Francis Malofiy asked jurors to award California a one-third songwriting credit and its accompanying financial rewards to the song alongside Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

Malofiy asked the jury to award an amount in damages that is somewhere between the $58.5 million in recent gross revenue for music that included Led Zeppelin's 87-song catalog, and close to $7 million in revenue from "Stairway" alone - while the defendants held firm that the figure was closer to to $800,000.

Zeppelin attorney Peter Anderson said that Skidmore had failed to show that any member of Led Zeppelin had ever heard "Taurus." He explained that music experts had testified that the introductions to both songs in question use a commonplace descending chromatic line that has "existed for hundreds of years" and is evident in numerous 21st Century pop songs including "My Funny Valentine" and The Beatles' "Michelle."

He announced the news on his Instagram page, sharing a photo of himself with the movie's co-stars, Shane West and Leslie Bibb. In the Instagram photo's caption, Hook stated, "What a great experience with cool people!"

The band are currently demoing their seventh album - following an attempt to walk out on their contract with their record label Warner Bros earlier this year. No completion date has been given for the follow-up to 2013's Hail To The King - but it's expected at some time this year.

The collection was due to be released on June 16, but SceneFour, along with Menza's family, decided to push that date back in light of his death - and it'll now be unveiled on July 23, the day Menza would have turned 52.

He sings on the track It Remembers. Earlier this week, the band issued the single The Coin Has A Say from the record, which is now available for pre-order.

The upcoming album features the country single "That Ain't Country," which is available for download now via iTunes. Lewis says that the new album champions old-school sounding country music.

The band was forced to postponed the kick of the trek with Marilyn Manson and Of Mice & Men when Taylor had to undergo "unplanned spinal surgery" after the singer says he broke his neck without realizing it.

The run of shows will kick off in Pittsburgh on September 29 and wrap up in Vancouver on October 26 - a few weeks before they return to Europe for a winter tour. The new dates can be found below in bold.

Opeth recently signed a deal with Nuclear Blast for the follow-up to 2014's Pale Communion. Mainman Mikael Akerfeldt said: "We're happy to confirm that we have indeed signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment and will be putting out our 12th studio album Sorceress via our own imprint, Moderbolaget Records.

"The decision was made in Markus Staiger's - Nuclear Blast kingpin - ridiculously potent Porsche going at 150mph somewhere in the south of Germany.

He'll also perform using the "world's largest tuned drum and percussion set" each night of the tour. Bozzio says: "I'm looking forward to this extensive US tour in August and November.

But in the end they didn't have enough good quality footage and have instead opted to put out recent single Redshift as a standalone visual document of the night.

Frontman Rou Reynolds says: "After such a spectacle, we decided to cobble together and edit the footage from the jumbotrons on the night. Unfortunately a lot of the crowd footage was warped and unusable, but we were only able to put together one great track rather than a whole show, but we hope this'll give you an idea of the energy on the night.

The clip comes on the heels of the recently-issued "The Life And Times Of A Teenage Rock God", and several other tunes from the set, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with opening week sales of 41,000 units.

Produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, "Electric Warlock" features the rocker and his touring band of guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D and drummer Ginger Fish.

"I can easily say this is my favorite album yet... no joke," raves Zombie. "Yeah I know everyone says that. But it is seriously our heaviest musical monster to date. Not since 'Hellbilly Deluxe' have I spent this long putting an album together. It was worth it."

New York-based Schorr's band, The Engine Room, features British guitarist Innes Sibun, who formerly worked with Robert Plant. Schorr says: "Something magical happens when we're on stage together. We're fuelled further by the audiences' reaction and everything's possible. I love touring and enjoy the privilege of meeting so many like-minded people who share our love of the blues."

Schorr got noticed by the wider blues world after several years of touring the US and Europe with Joe Louis Walker and Popa Chubby. She was recently inducted into the New York Blues Hall Of Fame.

The Texan founded management company Lone Wolf in 1969 and helped ZZ Top on their rise to international fame and also propelled country singer Clint Black to stardom.

After ZZ Top departed Warner Bros for RCA Records as their sales began to dip in the early 90s, Ham won a contract that earned them millions over five albums.

Guitarist Richard recently told Classic Rock: "I'm terrified of flying. I haven't been on a plane for 37 years. We were coming to Europe in 1990 to support Dire Straits, until the Iraq War. I hate to admit, I was relieved.

Good Tiger will tour Europe alongside Dance Gavin Dance in support of their debut album A Head Full Of Moonlight, which they released in April. As for their Prog nomination, Nagle says the band are thrilled to make the shortlist.

The Australian rockers will also issue the album's title track as a single on July 8. Breakin' Outta Hell will be released via Spinefarm Records after Airbourne penned a new worldwide deal with the label.

"We are pleased to announce that we will be hitting the road this November with the one and only Armored Saint and Midnight Eternal," says vocalist Todd La Torre. "We're looking forward to seeing all of you for this great billing of musical diversity and high energy performances! Come join the Ryche this November - December!"

Keenan worked closely with writer and longtime friend Sarah Jansen on the project. The point was to move away from the understanding of Keenan only as a musician or as Tool's frontman, and illuminate and explore the many other facets of his personality.

Not only will readers get photographs of Keenan as a child up to the present, but many of the people he's worked with in the music industry along with his friends and family contributed interviews for a well-rounded look. And then, of course, there's Keenan in his own words, sharing stories, insight and more about his life, which took him from the Midwest to the Army to art school and beyond.