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Gregg Allman Announces Return Following Serious Illness

Rose's double duties have drawn criticism from some followers of Angus Young's band - but Lebeis doesn't want to hear any more of it. In a series of Instagram posts which appear to have been since removed (reported by Alternative Nation) she said last week: "Do them a favor - don't come or watch any shows. They don't need a**holes like you around. You are an illness to both bands.

And with the Denver set now under their belts, Only reports that further work together could be on the cards. He tells Rolling Stone: "I want it to continue. I know Doyle wants it to continue. I know Glenn wants it to continue. We just have to be big enough people to make it continue. And that's where we're at. Whatever it takes.

"We're going into our 40th anniversary so the timing couldn't be more perfect. Eventually, Doyle's got to write a new album, I've got to write a new album and Glenn's got to write a new album.

The gossip site reports that Barry Levine and Neil Zlozower filed a lawsuit in New York on Tuesday seeking compensation, damages and attorney's fees after images they both shot of the band were used on a variety of merchandise without their permission.

The Final Tour consisted of 130 concerts around the United States, 16 shows in Europe, 5 shows in Asia, 6 shows in Australia region, and one in South America with a reported gross earnings of approximately 86 million dollars.

"In the 1980s," states the suit, "Zlozower and Levine photographed the members of the Motley Crue band at Zlozower and Levine's respective studios in Los Angeles. Zlozower and Levine used their own cameras, lighting equipment, film, batteries, backdrops, and accessories. Zlozower and Levine directed the band members as to where to stand, how to pose, and where to position.

"Here we go BCC friends, followers & fans," posted Hughes along with an image to his social media sites on Monday. "Here is Joe Bonamassa and I� we started writing BCC4 at my LA home today. Full of gratitude and for our friendship� I want to thank all of you for your love and support."

Hughes and Bonamassa, alongside keyboardist Derek Sherinian and drummer Jason Bonham, revealed plans earlier this year to reunite after the lineup disbanded in early 2013.

Dan says: "It's difficult to know what to expect from these shows. This is such a unique set of circumstances. Perhaps other bands would have cancelled, and I wouldn't blame them. It's not comfortable. It's frightening.

"It's going to force us to face a lot of the difficult emotions that grief inevitably brings about. Being on stage without him, headlining venues that we always dreamt about playing together and performing songs that he wrote about his own mortality - it's going to be an enormous challenge. What I do hope is that we all find some catharsis from performing.

The Hometown Tour will feature Erna accompanied by guitarist Tim Theriault (Crossfire, Heavens to Murgatroi) for what is being billed as an "intimate acoustic evening".

The tour is set to kick off on October 26th in Atlanta, GA at Center Stage and will be wrapping up on November 23rd in Boston, MA at the Wilbur Theatre.

Frontman Black Francis recently explained how their sixth album came to include a thank-you song to former member Kim Deal after Lenchantin misheard a demo and inadvertently came up with a totally different track.

Francis reported: "She says, 'Maybe it could be the start of a new song.' I said, 'Absolutely, Paz, but you have to sing it.' She said, 'You have to write the words. You have to write about Kim Deal.' So that's what we did."

Guitarist Pete Koller tells Out Of Step fanzine: "30 years - well, it was fun. I would not say an achievement because we never really wanted to achieve something. We just kept on playing.

When asked if they'll take the album on the road, he tells Metal Wani: "We think so. We need to respect when Rammstein is back working, and we have to wait for the next break, I think, if we can do something. We have ideas for a lot of songs laying around."

Tagtgren also says he's put Hypocrisy on the back-burner while he focuses on the release of Pain's forthcoming album Coming Home on September 9.

Loureiro says: "Another day on tour with Megadeth. Do you wanna know what was going on in our trip to Turkey? It's a day off and I found a few street musicians. I tried to play with them.

"Here are some snapshots of life on the road, what it's like living the dream of playing around the globe in a legendary band with great people and killer musicians.

The newly announced shows are billed as A Very Special Evening With Gary Clark Jr. and include two shows at the Paramount Theater Austin, Tx (Dec. 4th and 5th) and one show in New York City at Carnegie Hall on December 8th.

Clark's Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance will be taking place on October 6th. The late night television show airs on the ABC Network 11:35 pm EST/PST, and 10:35 pm CT.

The tribute event that celebrates the music of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, has been expanded to two nights and will now take place on September 13th and 14th at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles.

Singer and guitarist Joel O'Keeffe told a press conference in Paris: "Breakin' Outta Hell, it's for everybody that's having a hard time, or even if you've just had a hard week at work, or at university studying, trying to learn economics or stuff that you don't know what the f*** is going on, and you're, like, 'I just wanna rock.'

"Anyone who's having a bit of a sh*t day, we've got a saying, it's called, 'World off, music on.' So that's what it's about. Breakin' Outta Hell - and rock'n'roll is your one-way ticket out."

Following on from last year's tribute show, which featured Ginger Baker, Ian Anderson, Phil Manzanera and more, the event will host a number of special guests that the late Cream bassist worked with throughout his career. They will be announced in due course.

The Swedish outfit's live package was recorded in November 2014 during the band's performances at Hovet in Stockholm and Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Guitarist Bjorn Gelotte said: "This DVD is for everyone who has been following our career. We have songs from the early years, the middle years and the new era.

This tune is built on one of Adam Newell's heaviest riff to date I think. It's slow, driving and with the slide it captures the essence of that Delta Blues that's always a major driver of our approach to music. Swamp Rebel Machine was picked as the title track for the album because it captures the spirit of the album. The theme of it is pretty typical of my approach in that it's autobiographical, it celebrates back woods culture and it hints at the supernatural. For me I feel like my life was always driving in a single direction and when I tried to move in a different direction I just kept getting pulled back, "It's in my blood it's in my veins." It's all like the motor that drives our machine and that's what the song is about. Shiny chrome, Old Crow Bourbon, Red Man Chew etc. I sing about a lot of themes you'd find in country music, real country music, not modern Nashville pop to be clear.

Sound wise we went with late 60's and early 70's Marshalls dialed back on the gain so the player's emotion could come through. It's most played on a 70's Les Paul but the slide stuff is on a Fender. The basic foundation was cut live at the same studio they did the last Motorhead album so there's good metal ju ju in there. We really didn't think about radio play, what's cool right now or any business crap like that when we wrote and cut this. We just wanted to make the best tune we could and do it in a style that we know we like and that all the people out there on the road we've been seeing would respond to. To me making a copy of a copy of a copy is silly and futile. There's plenty of people doing certain things well and we just didn't want to copy that for some short term success or the approval of some industry insider. We did what we wanted to do with this album, if it sucks it's 100% our fault but we did it our way and came up with something I'm extremely proud of and that shows growth as a band. Anyway, you don't have to be from a swamp somewhere in Louisiana or from a hilltop in Appalachia like me to appreciate this and we hope folks dig it and its authenticity.