Today's Day in Rock Stories

Guns N' Roses Hint At 2017 North American Tour?

The protest was aimed at Punk London who are marking "40 years of subversive culture" with a series of shows, events and exhibitions. Their plans have been supported by the Mayor of London, the British Library and the British Film Institute. Corre previously said the events were even supported by the Queen which proved "the establishment" had "privatised, packaged and castrated" punk.

The concerts, March 25 and 26, will also feature Gary Clark Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan. He also has three previously announced shows at London's Royal Albert Hall in May.

He needs a liver transplant that will not go ahead until outstanding medical bills are settled. Michelle Maher-Williams says: "I've just been so overcome by the extreme show of support that it's been hard for me to find my words. Thank you doesn't seem nearly powerful enough to convey my gratitude.

Springsteen was rescued by a group of passing bikers and he bought them a round of drinks as a thank-you.

Now Joel - who owns a custom motorcycle shop in Long Island - says he has called The Boss to apologize. Addressing the New York crowd, Joel says: "I built a motorcycle for Bruce. So he takes the bike out on Veteran's Day and it breaks down. It's all over national news, 'Bruce's Bike Breaks Down.'

"So I'm reading this and thinking, 'Oh sh*t, I hope it wasn't the bike I built for him.' I called him, 'Bruce, what bike was the bike that broke down?' 'It was the one you made for me.' 'Oh. Sorry about that.' 'Oh no, it's cool, dude.'"

The band pulled the plug on the trek after guitarist Brent Hinds (Mastodon), broke his leg in a motorcycle accident. The band issued the following statement: "We deeply regret to inform everyone that GTO has to cancel our U.S. tour. Brent Hinds broke his leg in a motorcycle incident. It requires surgery and traveling for him is both impractical and highly ill-advised.

He tells Paperboy: "I really don't know how that's going to feel because in the past, the album cycles haven't really ended with a bang, or even ended decidedly. They just sort of peter out. But this time it really is a bookend.

The news came via Halestorm's official Facebook page, in the same breath as the band announcing the release of a cover of AC/DC's "Mistress for Christmas."

"Hey Freaks, is it too early to be saying 'Happy Holidays'?" the band stated in the post. "Regardless if it is or not, we're jumping into the holiday spirit TODAY with the release of a cover of the always-excellent AC/DC!"

But earlier this month Kowalczyk posted a message on Instagram which featured a picture of Ed along with the Live logo and the hashtags #liveband, #freaks4live, #live, #livetheband, and #thebandlive. Ed made a similar post on his Facebook page as well, and also uploaded a picture of the band from when they were teenagers.

The band sneak-released the title last month as a way of escaping from the traditional release cycle, and having people prejudge the material before it had been heard.

A studio video sees Avenged Sevenfold discussing whether a particular note is too distracting to use, and shows guitarist Zacky Vengeance looking bemused as they try to run through their track Sunny Disposition.

Shadows says: "The record is very 'out' - there's a lot of notes that people may not be able to understand at first. It's a major shift for the band and it'll be interesting to see how people take that. I think it'll become some people's favorite thing that they ever heard from us.

Compiled and curated by Ian and recognized Hunter-Mott biographer Campbell Devine, the project is the ultimate celebration of the artist's hugely influential and sparkling solo work. Covering the years 1975 to 2015, Stranded in Reality comprises 17 original albums on 19 CDs, 9 "new" discs of intriguing rare and unreleased tracks plus 2DVDs.

All of Ian's classic solo albums are contained in the box set including expanded Anniversary Editions of Ian Hunter, All-American Alien Boy, You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic and Welcome to the Club, plus special unique bonus track discs of Short Back n' Sides, All of The Good Ones Are Taken, The Artful Dodger, Strings Attached, Shrunken Heads and When I'm President.

The new albums are titled Tilting the Mirror (Rarities 2CD), If You Wait Long Enough for Anything, You Can Get it on Sale (Live 1979-81 2CD), Bag of Tricks (Live Volumes 1, 2 and 3), Acoustic Shadows and Experiments. The box presents many unheard and "lost" songs from Ian's archive including 'San Diego Freeway', 'Nobody's Perfect' and 'Salvation' as well as rarely performed live versions of 'Wild East', 'While You Were Looking At Me', 'The Outsider' and a 2008 acoustic concert.

A visual 2 disc set, It Never Happened, features promo, live and archive material, and most of the footage has not been issued commercially on DVD until now. The project includes a complete 1979 Hunter Ronson concert from London's Hammersmith Odeon and a TV film from the same tour, live in Toronto. Collectively, the albums and DVD's offer music fans a rock 'n' roll jackpot of over 400 tracks!

Lavishly presented in an LP-size deluxe box with custom Escher-style cover, the collection also contains an 88-page hardback book with comprehensive essay, rare memorabilia and Ian Hunter "Track by Track" for every song, a stunning facsimile Shades newspaper featuring classic historic press features, an Alien Boy lithograph personally signed by Ian and original and brand new album artwork in replica card sleeves.

The DVD release features two live Nightwish performances filmed in Tampere and at their sold out show at London's Wembley Arena earlier this year.

Nightwish recently announced they would be taking a break throughout 2017 - but this week, singer Floor Jansen promised fans that they'd return with "something special" the following year.

She said: "We'll be back in 2018. We haven't said anything about a record or what we're going to do. We have been keeping it a secret on purpose, because it's something special - something that I really think Nightwish fans will really like.

The six-track title is designed as a bridging release between Ghost's third album Meliora, launched in 2015, and their fourth full-length work, expected towards the end of 2017.

One of the band's Nameless Ghouls recently reported: "It's a continuation of Meliora, but it's sort of a response. I've used the word 'pre-acopalyptic' on Meliora. It's sort of the height of civilisation, and, obviously, there has to be an end to that.

"If there was an absence of a God, there might be a return of a deity, which usually comes in horrible form. So it will be a darker album."

He'd previously suggested the record would be completed in the spring of next year, set around plans to tour Europe, Australia, Japan and South America.

Frontman Austin Dickinson says: "Not only are we absolutely stoked with this record, we feel incredibly lucky to be putting it out. It's big, it's diverse - these songs are like our kids, we hope you all enjoy them as much as we enjoy playing them.

The band features Nick Beggs, Roger King (Steve Hackett) and Marco Minnemann and won the Vanguard award at this year's Progressive Music Awards.

The show is scheduled to happen at Mulcahy's Pub & Concert Hall in Wantagh, NY on Saturday, January 14th and will mark the very first time that the band will perform the album in its entirety. Support will be provided by Vixon.

Previously known as Synaesthesia, the band changed their name to Kyros in 2015 following a change of management and record label, released Vox Humana on November 5.

They'll follow performances in North America and come just before he heads to Australia for several gigs. Wednesday 13 will play acoustic tracks from his career and recount his tales from life on the road. He'll be supported by his country side project Bourbon Crow.

Speaking about the UK leg of the road trip, Wednesday 13 says: "I'm so excited to bring my Undead Unplugged show back to the UK, as this is where it all started.

"Not only is it my unplugged show, it will feature a set from my side project, Bourbon Crow this time round. These shows are like a storytellers' set, plus we have questions and answers with the audience and a long list of songs from over the past two decades.

The band have just launched their new album Prayers For The Blessed, Vol.2, which came hot on the heels of Prayers For The Damned, Vol. 1 which came out earlier this year.

And Sixx reports that the ideas just keep coming - with work on what will be their sixth album already underway. He tells The Aquarian: "I think that one of the keys to Sixx AM is, and all due respect to Motley Crue� what a great run we had, great brotherhood, and great body of work� but as an artist, you just keep creating. I don't think that there's any shelf life on creativity.

"You just keep going and one day you're in your 70s and 80s and you're still doing stuff - and you're doing it for you. You don't know what's out there. You don't know as a photographer what you're going to be or as a poet or as a songwriter or a travelling musician. So, you just keep going."

He tells Metal Injection: "The quadrophonic sound is not something new but I feel like it's something under appreciated. For example, Pink Floyd played with this idea, to have sound surrounding the audience. Behind them, in front of them, above them. This way the individual is more immersed in the experience sonically before all the theatrics even come into play.

"We will be incorporating several performance artists in the upcoming shows, where we will be conveying these stories within the music visually, via each performance artist's own unique medium. There will be a lot of theatrics involved in an effort to break down that wall.

"As far as the shows go visually, it will not have the traditional feel and style of a show where the band runs through a bunch of songs on stage and the crowd stands on the floor moving if they choose to or staying still if they don't."