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The case made headlines in September, with TMZ reporting that Rose signed a promissory note to Pitman in 2011 stating that he would pay the multi-instrumentalist $125,000 for a year's worth of work by October of 2012, and that the bill had not been paid.

Pitman's suit sought the original amount, plus interest, for a new total of $163,000. Now, according to TMZ, the case has been dismissed after the pair reached an agreement earlier this month.

The concert in Worcester, Massachusetts, was cut short after a set in which bassist Chris Kael took over Moody's lead vocals on occasion. It followed a dramatic episode in 2015 when the frontman's drunken antics led his colleagues to abandon him on stage. He later attended rehab and the band adjusted their touring behaviour to help him control his issues.

Moody apologised to the crowd for his under-par performance on Friday night, saying his "mother" was "passing along today." After helping the frontman off stage, Kael told the audience: "As you can see, tonight is a very emotional night. We tried to put on a show for you guys, but sometimes things are heavier than even we can imagine.

They were due to hit the road Down Under in December for five dates - but the band have issued a statement saying the singer still has to fully recover after his recent surgery to fix tears in his spine which came after he had life-changing heart surgery following complications from the genetic disorder, Marfans last year.

The statement reads: "Due to Austin's ongoing recovery from recent surgeries, Of Mice & Men are saddened to announce that they will no longer be able to join A Day To Remember on their Australian tour.

The new dates are billed as his only North American shows for 2017 and will feature special guests Gary Clark, Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan and Clapton will be backed by Walt Richmond, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Chris Stainton, Sharon White and Michelle John.

The news comes after Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover confirmed in October that the band had wrapped up work on the follow-up to 2013's Now What?!. He said in a video message "I have a little bit of news for you - not a lot, but some. I know a lot of you have been waiting for this new album of ours. Well, it's nearly there.

"We recorded it in Nashville in February and we've been working on it and the mixes were finally done a couple of months ago. It'll be out sometime next year - early spring. I'm in Hamburg and it's the first playback to some of the distributors and the record label chiefs and it's very exciting."

Rudess says: "Great news today! The Astonishing is going to be written as a novel. The book will add subplots, new characters, answer questions, and bring along some surprises, too.

"We're partnering with my good friend Peter Orullian - a very cool cat, who will write The Astonishing, which will come as a limited edition with lots of cool exclusives, including audio clips of songs we didn't use on the album."

David Bowie's "Changes," Deep Purple's "Smoke On Water," Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and Prince's "Sing 'O' The Times" lead the list of 25 songs set to be added to Grammy Hall Of Fame.

The newly announced concert will be taking place on May 11th and follows the band's recently concluded North American tour in support of their latest album "Magma".

Gojira made chart history earlier this year when the album debuted at no. 1 on Billboard's 'Hard Rock Albums' chart, becoming the first French group to ever top that list.

The new release will be offered on black vinyl, CD and a limited edition transparent red vinyl and it will be the first in a series of N.O. Hits At All compilations that Oliveri plans to release in the future via Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

Speaking with Billboard, frontman Caleb Followill said, "We're not going to be floating on a stage like Kanye or anything like that, but we're going to be doing some cool [stuff] and we're going to be breaking the show up into parts and doing things that are hopefully going to have people leaving saying that was the best show they've ever been to."

Bassist Jared Followill added that a big stage show "feels almost necessary," given current expectations. "It's just the world we live in," he said. "Eventually that bubble will pop and we'll be able to just go out and play with real simple lights and just be us out there, but right now it feels like to keep people's interest and keep 'em off their phones you have to give them something on stage that keeps them interested.

Keenan tells Yahoo: "If Tool was more prolific, if they were a little steadier, if we could get things done a little faster, I would probably be happy. But things take a long time, they're very tedious, very meticulous and I get bored. So I have to go do things in between.

"The perception, of course, is that everything's waiting on me. No, that's not the case."

The New Year's Eve show is scheduled to take place at One Eyed Jack's in New Orleans, LA. The band will then kick off a string of dates on January 5th in Philadelphia, PA at the World Cafe Live.

The short run of live performances will conclude on January 15th in Ft. Collins, CO at Lincoln Center. Jimbo Mathus had the following to say about the return of the band: "We are humbled and incredibly excited by reaction we've gotten this year. It's not a reunion, it's a revival! And we're got a lot more planned for 2017."

We were sent the following details: The songs will be initially available as downloads and buying all eight songs will qualify for a free CD and booklet at the end.

Since founding members Clive Bayley and Bob Hagger reunited, the band have written and produced this second album inside 2 years. The first offering "New Way Of Life" was co-produced by the bass player of YES, Billy Sherwood, who also featured on the album playing bass and keyboards. Tony Kaye, original organist for Mabel Greer and for YES, also played on "New Way Of Life".

"No need to wait another year for fresh new Mabel Greer sounds, we would like our audience to slowly savor the songs one at a time, rather than trying to digest the whole album in one sitting", said composer, singer and guitarist, Clive Bayley. "This new offering called 'The Secret' is comprised of all exciting new material, the prior album included songs written in the sixties", added Bob Hagger.

Hugo Barr�, on bass guitar, accompanies Bayley and Hagger along with a new addition to the band, Max Hunt on multiple keyboards who also co-produced this new album. What is The Secret? - Well apparently we will have to wait until the all tracks are released before finding out - an intriguing story�

The release marked the former Bad Religion man's first recording appearance with the band since he joined the lineup last year - and Christ says they wanted to showcase his ability on the follow-up to 2013's Hail To The King.

When asked how Wackerman's playing style influenced the record, Christ tells KLAQ 95.5: "Well, it was heavily influenced by that, to be honest. From the beginning of talking with Brooks, and before we even really started putting the pen to the paper, we knew that we wanted to let him go, we wanted his raw sound."

And she reports she wanted to completely oversee the production as she wanted to keep the shows "personal." Bush tells the Independent: "The big thing for me, and it has been from quite early on, is to retain creative control over what I'm doing.

"If you have creative control, it's personal. What I didn't want to do was step into someone else's show. Also, that was what was exciting for me - the idea of putting this big visual piece together.

As reported by Ultimate Classic Rock, Jagger spent a single day in the studio in June 1992 with the L.A. band the Red Devils, running through more than a dozen of his favorite blues numbers.

"He said, 'Okay, guys, these are my favorite records,'" says bassist Johnny Ray Bartel. "'I'm gonna play 'em once for you, and then we're all gonna jam along to the original versions. And then we're gonna record it.' Basically what he wanted was the ultimate spontaneity and not a whole lot of rehearsing at all, and just nail it down really quick and let's see what we get."

Guitarists Ryan O'Grady and Zach Avery had the following to say about the new song: "Introspection is the longest and most progressive song we've written to date. Touching on themes of self-doubt, perception, and happiness, it will likely also be the most relateable.

It'll be their first tour on the continent since last year's series of sold-out festival and arena shows. Pre-sale tickets and VIP packages are now available through Kiss Army.

Bassist Gene Simmons recently discussed how musicians help fans escape everyday life. He said: "At the end of the day, all that matters is what happens on that stage - that's electric church. That's glory hallelujah, all hail rock'n'roll, where people who spend lots of after-tax money come to the show and their girlfriends have been torturing them about where did you go and traffic jams and all that.

It's Christina Costanza, Daniel Gow and William Ferri's latest run of shows in support of their debut album In Our Bones which launched in May via Fueled By Ramen.