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Sixx made disparaging comments about Gene following controversial remarks that Simmons made about the death of Prince in an interview with Newsweek, which he quickly apologized for.

Stanley took to his official Facebook page after he learned of Sixx's comments and wrote, "Jesus Christ Nikki Sixx! Would you please shut up, find another way to be in the news and get off your self inflated pedestal.

"Regardless of some things Gene Simmons has said that I may take issue with, his influence on musicians (you included) is undeniable and will continue.

The reason for the hospitalization has not been disclosed and there has been no official word from the Di'Anno camp. The promoter published the following statement via Facebook (translated from Portuguese by BraveWords):

"It is with great regret that we are obliged to inform all the indefinite postponement of the tour of Paul Dianno by Brazil in the next month of June. Paul is in the hospital and, today in the morning, we have been informed directly for him that his table of health at the moment is extremely delicate. Exams are being made to obtain the diagnosis I need, but there isn't a term for that diagnosis, because the necessary treatment and their period of recovery.

"We work with Paul in the past year and all I can say is that he was great with all the people involved in the tour. He became a friend to all and we are very sad with the news. We want to see him again on the road as soon as possible.

"We are available to clarify issues related to the shows marked (where all their contractors and local partners have already been duly warned by us throughout the day today) and we ask for the understanding in the sense that we do not develop in relation to the state of health Paul. This is a private matter and such detailed breakdown it's not up to us, but only to him.
Grateful for the understanding of all, Blog N Roll Productions".

And the family of the show's creator Gordon Murray say the promo tarnishes the brand. William Mollett, the son-in-law of 95-year-old Gordon Murray, tells the Mail On Sunday:

The video comes as it was revealed that the possessions of Motorhead's late drummer Phil Taylor are to be auctioned via The Saleroom. Unpublished photographs, a setlist from the band's 1978 Top Of The Pops performance and police and court documents relating to his arrests between 1976 and 1978 are among the items to be sold.

In an interview with rock writer Lucas H. Gordon in Argentina, Clarke says: "In all honesty, I haven't seen [any of the recent GNR live dates], so I don't have an opinion yet.

"First of all, I'm happy that the guys are back together. I think it's really important to music, especially rock and roll music, that Guns N' Roses is a viable band that's out performing right now. I know Axl has been out there with his band playing, but it doesn't get any better than having Slash back in the band. So with Slash and Axl back together, I really think they can have some great shows and hopefully write some good music together and keep the band name and legacy alive."

The legendary Texas rockers will be teaming up with Gov't Mule to launch a short trek in September that will include stops in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, and Missouri.

The eight-city tour will be kicking off on September 9th in Wantagh, NY at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and will wrap up on September 20th in Kansas City, MO at the Starlight Theatre.

His performance took place in San Francisco over the weekend at his annual charity event Acoustic-4-A-Cure, co-founded with Sammy Hagar, which is held to raise funds for child cancer research.

Speaking to Rolling Stone he says: "We're trying to think of where we can go musically that still has the soul of what we're trying to say, what we're trying to do, how we're trying to help people evolve with their lives.

"So it's one of those things that we're kind of looking to our influences now. 'Cause we loved everything from old-school thrash to bands like Neurosis, Nine Inch Nails, you know, and [we're] just trying to kind of take stock of wearing our influences a little more on our sleeve and seeing where that will take us."

Now though Larsen is a fully-fledged member of Volbeat, something frontman Michael Poulsen is thrilled with. He says: "We are happy to announce that Kaspar Boye Larsen is officially now the new bass player in Volbeat.

"We just got back from a great U.S. tour and Kaspar showed, as we expected, that he's the real deal. The fans love him and we can't wait for the rest of you to hook up with us as a full band again on our coming shows."

The 23-song set at the city's Werchterpark was the same as the group's May 13 stop in Marseille, France, which featured the addition of the track "If You Want Want Blood (You've Got It)" from 1979's "Highway To Hell."

The shows followed Rose's debut in Lisbon, Portugal on May 7 and follow-up concert in Seville, Spain on May 10. Rose continues to perform confined to scaled down version of a throne on loan from Dave Grohl after breaking his left foot during Guns N' Roses' April 1 club gig at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

They previously unveiled a promo for the song Charles Bronson. Stuck Mojo reunited with founding singer Bonz in 2014, but he left earlier this year and was replaced by Robby J.

The Swedish rockers have announced July appearances in Des Moines, IA, Minneapolis, MN and Green Bay, WI - in addition to a July 29 date at Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL.

The group will return in the fall for three festival gigs: the Rock Allegiance Festival in Chester, PA, Houston Open Air in Houston, TX and Sonic Boom in Janesville, WI.

One of the Nameless Ghouls has revealed that Ghost plan to release an EP of new music before the end of the year. "We're gonna finish up this spring tour in Albany, which is on May 22nd, and then our European tour starts May 27th," he tells Metal Sucks. "And that stretches into right in the beginning of July; so that's gonna be festivals. After that, we have an EP coming out. That's gonna be great, because that's gonna sort of re-energize the whole cycle.

Coyne tells Billboard: "Being in an X-Men comic where the X-Men actually run security at one of our shows...I should have written a song about that. I mean, before it really happened."

Bassist Kyle Fyffe tells Loudwire: "The idea of doing the White Bear video using the Revolution system was an exciting prospect and the results are stunning. Our connection with Steven has given us the opportunity to make a visually beautiful piece of work using techniques that haven't been seen before."

Hi everybody- this is Joe Salgo from Of Clocks and Clouds. I'm here to tell you a little bit about our new song "Another Life". To say that this track is new isn't entirely accurate. Most of OCAC songs start out as electronic sketches that I write using a program called Propellerhead's Reason. Recently, I was digging through some old sessions and discovered the first demo version of Another Life from 2009.

See, for a long time our process of writing and recording songs came from bringing these Reason files to the studio. We would jam on them for a while and then begin arranging them and eventually tracking. I remember coming up with the piano parts way back in 2009 thinking it kind of sounded like "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John. It had this fun, upbeat, bouncy feel. This was years before I started OCAC, so it just stayed tucked away in one of the folders on my laptop.

After Ross and I finished the first OCAC record "YOU" in 2014, we delved into these old folders looking for new songs to sink our teeth into. When I played the Reason file for Ross he immediately was hooked. He prompted me to write a bridge and then we started jamming on it. Our bassist at the time, played the chorus with a staccato and punk feel and that's when the song really took off in my opinion.

I felt I always knew that the chorus should be: "Maybe we'll meet again- in another life." But I didn't realize that my life experiences would make that more real than I would've hoped. In 2013 I married my Colombian girlfriend to help her get her citizenship. Two months later our relationship disintegrated in a drunken, ugly fight. Needless to say, I was heartbroken and embarrassed. The lyrics to the song - and much of the new album are about the things I went through during the time immediately after- shock, anger, uncertainty, and ultimately acceptance and understanding that there is light beyond the darkness.

So "Another Life" has this snarky edge which is clouded with pain:

"Now that you're on you're own you can leave me far behind,
Chase your treasure, choose your pleasure tonight

And maybe we'll meet again in another life."

Often times, music is the only way we have to deal with our pain. Probably 100% of the time for me...so far so good.