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Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page Eyes 2017 For New Music

The event marked the tenth and final stop of ten rescheduled US tour dates the band are playing this fall with Rose and the last performance by bassist Cliff Williams, who announced his retirement back in July.

Williams joined AC/DC in 1977 following the firing of Mark Evans shortly after the group completed the recording of the "Let There Be Rock" album. Williams performed with AC/DC on the tour in support of the record before making his studio debut with them on 1978's "Powerage."

"It's been what I've known for the past 40 years, but after this tour I'm backing off of touring and recording," said Williams at the time. "Losing Malcolm, the thing with Phil and now with Brian, it's a changed animal. I feel in my gut it's the right thing."

Due November 18, the two-disc set was produced by Greg Fidelman, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich and presents a dozen new songs and more than 80 minutes of music.

Maiden manager Rod Smallwood says the group have gone to great lengths to ensure fans are able to buy tickets at cost rather than at inflated prices prevalent on many secondary ticketing sites, while also taking measures to prevent counterfeit tickets.

"We do not want our fans being ripped off either by counterfeit tickets or through costly mark-ups on so called secondary ticketing websites," explains Smallwood. "These problems now affect the UK more than any other country outside of the USA. We believe the most successful way to prevent this is by implementing Paperless ticketing. This proved highly successful in reducing piracy at our previous London shows in 2013 and on our North American tours since 2010. This is a simple procedure and goes a long way to minimizing the resale of tickets and reducing fraud by requiring the original cardholder purchaser to be present at entry.

The porcelain plaque was unveiled at the end of August, with fans, friends and politicians attending the ceremony. Berlin mayor Michael Muller immediately gave the �3400 plate the green light, despite legislation usually requiring a five-year waiting time before such an honour is bestowed to ensure the deceased figure was of historical significance.

Images of his family were also posted in Tuesday's (September 20) hack. The Instagram account was temporarily suspended while the leak was dealt with. The images were live for a couple of hours.

In a Facebook post, which has since been deleted, Bettencourt says: "I got woken up from a dead sleep with my door being banged on in my hotel room. I knew it could only be bad news, but once I was told what was happening, I couldn't comprehend it.

It's the latest in a series of bonus releases as Corey Taylor and co celebrate the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough title. They previously streamed demos of Through Glass and 30/30-150.

Guitarist Josh Rand says: "I had written the verse and bridge riffs while we were out on tour for the self-titled album in 2003. I revisited these ideas in 2005 after buying my first Pro Tools rig, and I was able to flush out this song."

Due September 30, the set presents Hendrix, bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles at the famed New York venue just six months after the breakup of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Band Of Gypsys played four historic concerts at the Fillmore East in New York City - two on New Year's Eve 1969 and two on New Year's Day 1970. Never before has the first of these sets been available in its entirety, and the vast majority of the performances have never been issued.

First launched with the lead track "Power Of Soul", Hendrix's team have also released audio of the track, "Izabella", as the latest taste of what fans can expect to hear on the recording.

"To hear this new material, for me, was a revelation," says engineer Eddie Kramer. "Here was a rhythm section that was so solid. Having had the great privilege of recording Jimi's first three albums and have them emblazoned in my memory banks, to be confronted with this new direction was kind of shocking, but a natural progression. When I heard this music for the first time, I was knocked out."

But when Instagram user Nevergotochurch told the singer that his reasons for disbanding the group made "no sense," Zombie responded immediately, calling the fan out saying they knew "zero" about the situation.

The post has since been taken down from the site. Nevergotochurch said: "Please, for the love of God, reunite White Zombie. The reasons you've given in the past for not wanting to do it make no sense.

"Reunions are beloved bands are totally welcomed and completely awesome - a White Zombie reunion has zero chance of being bad. I love you Rob, but I gotta be honest, I think the truth is that you just think you're too good to pick up the phone, call up Sean Yseult and the guys and get that ball rolling again. Just do a White Zombie reunion. You no have no legit reason not to."

The opening dates of the tour were postponed when Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor had to have surgery on his spine after he learned he had broken his neck without even realizing it.

Slipknot were on the road in support of their fifth album .5: The Gray Chapter, which was released in 2014. Manson was touring to promote his latest effort The Pale Emperor, issued in 2015, while Of Mice & Men's fourth album Cold World came out earlier this month.

Taylor recently said the band were now at the top of their game when it comes to live performances. He said: "We've been able to use our history and make it something new - instead of looking in a rearview mirror, we're looking out the windshield at what's to come.

The two seminal thrash albums celebrate their 30th anniversary this year and Poland says that, while he is proud of Megadeth's second album, he always wished they could have matched the production quality that rivals Metallica achieved on their third effort back in 1986.

Poland tells Joel Gausten: "I really like all the songs, it was a real strong record. My only qualm was, I know we were playing a lot different style than Metallica, but the production on Master Of Puppets was just so good that it just hurt every time I listened to it.

"Both records came out at the same time, and it was like, 'If we could have gotten that vibe and that sound with our production...' I'm not sure we could have, because you get what you get, you are what you are.

"The mic's on, it only records what you give it. Maybe we weren't sonically in the same cool space those guys were at the time, guitar-wise and recording technique-wise.

Muir tells Metal Hammer: "Honestly my biggest regret is that we're nothing in England. There's a lot of excitement everywhere, except in England as usual. But I think if we never do another English tour then I'll regret that.

"I know that we haven't because there isn't any demand for it, but when people talk they talk very loudly. One of the big differences is that we're able to play festivals in other countries and attract young people, people that don't usually come to our shows - that's our next generation.

But he says he just didn't have the vision to make the move, partly because his life was in turmoil at the time. Cavalera's departure fuelled decades of acrimony between him and Sepultura. He went on to form Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy, featuring his brother Igor, who remained with Sepultura until 2006.

Describing Sepultura as "really close to my heart" Max tells Metal Insider:
"Now, after all this time passed and I think about it, Igor and I should have just fired those two a**holes and kept the name.

They'll be joined on the road by Unsaid Fate, Sunflower Dead, Raven Black, andDeath Division. Mushroomhead will then head over to Europe for a run of 10 shows in early 2017.

Mainman Mikael Akerfeldt recently said that he'd been inspired by "the negative aspects of love" when it came to writing the follow-up to 2014's Pale Communion.

He reported: "I've struggled a little bit in my relationships these last couple of years, and that has inspired me, I think, to write. Not that I deliberately sat down trying to write these types of lyrics. That's literally what came out when I started trying to write.

Lead guitarist and vocalist Luke Machin says: "The album reflects much more of what we are about. As a progressive band in the true sense of the term, we will never repeat ourselves and will always look to move on.

This will, the band state, be a full Pendragon show and the band's last show of 2016. The gig is in support of the band's "merch mummy" and singer Nick Barrett's better half Rachel Wilce.

Frontman Jacob Fields had the following to say: "Not long ago, we played our first shows, and even less time ago we put out five songs, hoping people might take notice.

They've lined up an initial run of eight dates across October and November, with further dates to be added, in support of Live 2 which will be released on October 21.

Trey Gunn, Michael Cozzi, Jerry Marotta and David Jameson have announced that Brian Cummins is no longer with the band, with his place in the lineup taken by singer Happy Rhodes - and Gunn says he's delighted to have her onboard.

Gunn says: "I've known Happy for many years - her husband, percussionist Bob Muller, was my key partner in The Trey Gunn Band. I have always hoped to find the right situation where we could work together. This is it.

Almost all Amerakin Overdose songs begin the same way. Cody and I (The Human) sit in my studio, and throw ideas back and forth. Amerakin Overdose is really the brainchild of Cody, and as such, he leads initial creative direction of most songs. Generally, he comes with an idea, emotion, feeling, concept, or sometimes even some lyrical ideas. If I'm not feeling the vibe right away, sometimes we'll listen to tracks that inspire the same emotions and concepts. Of course being two different people with vastly different life experience, my version of an "angry" or "dark" song generally is very different than his, so this is sometimes a great tool to stay on the same page. From here, I start creating. I give his musical vision life. Sometimes it begins with the keyboards, a piano part, a lead synth, or it starts with guitar. Drums usually come after the first concrete melodic element is laid down. Depending on the vibe, it may be completely synthetic drums, or acoustic samples (we use Steven Slate Drums exclusively for our acoustic drum kit samples).

In the case of our song "I, Alone," Cody wanted to build a song that reflected the reality of overcoming a personal struggle. We try very hard to balance our political/social exposition with more personal, emotive material that regardless of political standpoint, you can relate to. Everyone knows struggle. Everyone has been through some life experience that took a great deal out of them and even in some cases, almost killed them. If you haven't, you probably haven't lived. So this song is a representation of how we perceive those emotions and experiences aurally. We ensured that this song has sonic and emotive fluidity. Hills and valleys, the delicacies of our fragile moments and the intense abrasiveness of our destructive ones. We feel this song is a great balance and representation of almost everything we as a band have to offer musically and thematically.