Today's Day in Rock Stories

Guns N' Roses American Reunion Tour A Massive Success

A jury found in June that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant had not plagiarised Spirit guitarist Randy California, whose composition Taurus was said to be notably similar to Led Zeppelin's classic track.

But Judge Gary Klausner later ruled that Warner/Chappell Music were not entitled to have their costs covered by California's estate, represented by lawyer Francis Malofiy.

YouTuber Creblestar says: "Here's what Hardwired would sound with a tone like their first five albums. All the guitars and bass are recorded by me. Drums are MIDI programmed."

Brian McCollum of The Detroit Free Press called Rose's work over the 24-song set with the Australian band "simply spectacular."

"Stepping in for the sidelined Brian Johnson," he wrote, "the Guns N' Roses vocalist delivered a vigorous, note-perfect performance and a show of modesty that seemed to recognize his place in the scheme of it all.

"There's a power and robustness in Rose's voice long missing from Johnson's live performances - and it helped fortify one of the strongest AC/DC shows metro Detroit has seen in some time" featuring "tunes that hadn't been heard at a Detroit AC/DC concert in years, even decades: 'Rock 'n' Roll Damnation,' 'If You Want Blood (You've Got It),' 'Live Wire' and 'Riff Raff,' with the last two providing some of the night's most inspired moments."

Three years ago, the article says, Springsteen underwent a surgical procedure to address the chronic numbness he was experiencing on his left side, which was inhibiting his fretboard hand (Springsteen plays most of the guitars on his albums, and plays throughout his shows as well, taking most of the leads).

The numbness was attributed to damaged disks in his neck. The procedure to remedy this entailed cutting his throat open and temporarily tying his vocal cords to the side to make way for the insertion of replacement disks, which meant that, for three months, he was unable to sing.

Things will kick off on Saturday with Ozzfest. The mainstage (a.k.a. Lemmy stage) will feature Rival Sons at 3:40 PM, Black Label Society at 4:25, Opeth at 5:30, Megadeth at 6:40, Disturbed at 8:00 and headliners Black Sabbath at 9:30.

It will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms on October 21st and was filmed during their 2015 The Boys of Zummer Tour, which found them on the road with Wiz Khalifa, who just so happened to show up during Fall Out Boy's performance of "Uma Thurman" (via Rolling Stone).

Lou Reed � The RCA & Arista Album Collection will be the first comprehensive anthology featuring the first 16 solo albums recorded by the late-singer and songwriter following the break-up of the Velvet Underground. It can preordered here.

The collection features Reed's 1972 self-titled debut and it's follow-up Transformer, which spawned the classic songs "Perfect Day," 'Walk On The Wild Side" and "Satellite of Love." Other iconic albums featured in the set include Berlin, Coney Island Baby, New Sensations and the 1978 effort Lou Reed Live: Take No Prisoners. See the complete track list below.

"Post United Progressive Fraternity and the appearance at Summer's End in 2014 and a short tour, I wanted to establish a new musical venture away from my solo Manning stuff. I had lots of new, different material written, I just needed the best musicians I could find who liked the pieces enough to join me," manning tells Prog.

"When Stephen Lambe invited me to perform at this years Summer's End, my first thought was, "how am I going to be able to bring a line-up together which can do justice to the album already in production?) This was gong to be like assembling The Avengers or the Magnificent Seven (or six in this case)...

"It's the last song on the album and once you go through the whole album it just wraps everything up really nicely, says Jonathan Russell of the Josiah Johnson-written song. 'At the same time it makes you want to start the whole thing over again. He called it 'Signs of Light" and it just felt like the perfect statement for the whole album."

Reading through the lyrics on the liner notes or Genius.com, one might think the songs on "Signs of Light" are somewhat bleak. But nothing could be farther from the truth. The uplifting music balances the sometimes cynical lyrics perfectly. In fact, 'This record feels like we're coming together as a band," says drummer Tyler Williams. It's a positive record," adds Kenny Hensley. Although the lyrics occasionally come from dark places, bandmembers insist it's an uplifting album, which is easily proven when watching their elated audiences.

"Of course the world has lost its collective mind... and me, Mike and Tr� are lost souls too," says frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. "Revolution Radio is a movement for lost souls to come together... dance together... sing together... and most of all, find each other. That's what the spirit of Green Day has been about since day one."

It's the second preview of the band's 12th album, following the recently-issued lead single "Bang Bang." Green Day produced "Revolution Radio" themselves at Armstrong's new studio in Oakland, CA.