Today's Day in Rock Stories

Foo Fighters Announce First Show Of 2017 and Tour Rumored

"This is the hardest thing I've had to do in a long, long, time," says Allman. "I've been on the road for 45 years because I live to play music with my friends for my fans. As much as I hate it, it's time for me to take some real time off to heal."

Other dates expected to be affected include December 30 and 31 shows at the Lucas Theatre For The Arts in Savannah, GA, as well as some early 2017 appearances in January.

The City Winery shows in New York have been rescheduled for July 2017. Allman plans to take several months off to focus on his health so he can return to playing live later in 2017.

Lee tells The Strombo Show: "There's a bit of denial that gets you through. You go, 'Ah, this won't be the last one - we'll take a break, then we'll get back together and do another one.' You don't want it to end. I think I've accepted that it's probably the last one as a tour. We'll see."

Asked about their communication with Peart, Lee says: "We send all these things, but the responses are not as enthusiastic. We talk." Lifeson adds: "It's okay. It is what it is. I've been playing a lot to keep my fingers in it, and I'm finding it's really satisfying.

Due December 2, the project marks the band's first studio album in over a decade as they cover tracks by a variety of blues legends alongside a pair of guest appearances by Eric Clapton.

The set was recorded over three days in December last year at British Grove Studios in West London. Guitarist Ron Wood previously shared some insight into the sessions for the follow-up to 2005's "A Bigger Bang."

The merchandise manager, from Weeley, Essex was 35 when he was killed in a terrorist attack, which saw 90 people murdered during the Eagles Of Death Metal show at the Paris Bataclan by extremist gunmen. He was with his ex-girlfriend Helen Wilson at the time, with whom he remained close friends following the end of their two-year relationship.

The tribute concert, named A Peaceful Noise, will take place at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, and will feature artists such as Frank Turner, Maximo Park and former Supergrass man Gaz Coombes.

Now he's confirmed an appearance in Hyde Park on Friday, June 30, with a full supporting lineup to be revealed in due course. Collins says: "The reaction from the British public has been overwhelming. I can't wait to play Hyde Park and see everyone there."

The campaign is being launched in conjunction with their forthcoming EP, The Duke, which was written in Ford's honor and is set to be released on November 18th.

The EP title was inspired by Ford who was named after acting legend "The Duke" John Wayne and the band has released an online stream of the title track here.

"At the end of last year I decided to make a big change in my life, I needed to be home in Norway. Sadly the distance makes it difficult for me to continue my cooperation with IO Earth.

"I want to thank the fans for the love and support you've shown me and the band throughout the years, I can't express how much this has meant to me. I will always look back at my time in IO Earth with pride and feel thankful to have been a part of the journey. I wish the band success in the future."

Mustaine and Schenker join a cast of rock icons that also includes Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Cheap Trick, Richie Sambora, Orianthi, Slot Machine, Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo. Hollywood Vampires guitarist Johnny Depp was also confirmed as a guest performer this week.

Jansen - who has worked with Ayreon in the past - and Kursch join the previously announced Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie and Between The Buried And Me singer Tommy Rogers on the record. The Nightwish singer's voice appears on a track called The Biologist, while Kursch appears on The Astronomer.

Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz tells the Rock'n'Roll Beer Guy Podcast: "I think we're doing a picture disk to go with Record Store Day. It's something we always like to get involved with because we grew up with independent record stores and I think there's such a magic in going to actually buy a product from a band that you like.

"The way people buy records nowadays is funny. A quick download on iTunes...it doesn't even feel like a tangible piece of your musical collection. It's just a bunch of ones and zeros on an iPod.

He tells Metal Hammer's In Residence show on Spotify: "We've been jamming in a barn for a long time. Every time we go there, the atmosphere is really nice - we really enjoy being there.

Frontman Barrett Klesko had the following to say, "Almost 4 years ago we released a little EP called 'F***tropolis' that exceeded all our expectations. It's been a long time following up with a new album, but we finally have the new songs ready to go, and we are about to unleash 'The Forever Lie'. We're extremely excited about it and can't wait to let you all in on it!"

Wesley, on tour in the US with Steven Wilson, comments: "I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining my longtime great friends Marillion on the European leg of their 2016 FEAR tour.

"We had so much fun on the US tour that the band decided it be a great fit to extend the invite to have me in Europe as well. I will be performing solo, but on electric guitar and working in some surprises.

They say: "UK, due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be moving our shows to spring 2017. All previously purchased tickets will be honoured. We're sorry for the inconvenience and will see you in a few months."

Perry and Yoshiki join a cast of rock icons that already includes Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, Scorpions guitarist Rudolph Schenker, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Cheap Trick, Richie Sambora, Orianthi, Slot Machine, Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo.

And Perry's involvement means he will join his Hollywood Vampires bandmate Johnny Depp, who was confirmed as one of the guest stars this week.

The female artist, Catherine Anne Daies, who won the Limelight Award at this year's Progressive Music Awards is also a member of the band's touring set up, adding keyboards and guitar.

Oh man, where do I start? Insanity was the last song written for this EP. And was the result of the storyline of "Cindy". If I can remember right, I came up with these chords literally the night before recording it, in my boxers, knee up on the corner of my bed, with an acoustic guitar right before bed. I don't know why, but this was always a ritual for me. Anyways, 24 hours before recording this song because I worked the studio during the day and then at night is when we would go in and have the studio for our Undecided Majors material. In the mornings I always went to the gym, worked out, released stress and had time to myself before going to the studio to work with artists all day. I would always listen to heavy pop punk style songs while at the gym and "Stockholm Syndrome" by Blink-182 came on my playlist. I kept recalling myself reading up on that song and how dark the lyrics were but it was so energetic. I didn't really think too much on implying that influence to our music at that time of day though, I just wanted to get through my workouts.

Once I got to the studio to start work, I would have time to tune up instruments after setting up all the gear and most of the time play around with my material until objectives were brought to my attention or artists showed up for their sessions. So all day I just kept the riffs for "Insanity" in my head. That night Jake and I were really liking the music we had but something about it seemed bland. I mentioned the intro layout of "Stockholm Syndrome" and the energy effect it had on me that morning. Jake wanted to mix it up a bit, so he added the kicks instead of the snare hits in the intro. Once that was complete, it pretty much paved the way for how we wanted the song to go.

Lyrically, it was a combination of things. At the time, I was not getting any sleep and was still getting over a previous long term relationship that really messed me up emotionally which sometimes resulted into deceitful thoughts and believing my emotional state was more taken as insanity. I was craving the idea of a relationship again. It's hard to go 3 years with someone and then all of a sudden they're out of your life. It's like smoking cigarettes for a few years and quitting cold turkey. I was addicted to the idea of being in a relationship again.

I tied all these songs together to create the storyline which is about Cindy. Cindy was someone presented throughout the EP who started in a relationship but could not get rid of the infidelities and lies inside her. I intended "Insanity" to be the end of the EP because it's from the guy's perspective at the end of the relationship and finding out about what Cindy had done behind his back.

This song definitely has to be one of my favorites musically and lyrically that I have written so far.