Today's Day in Rock Stories

Asia Frontman John Wetton Dead At 67

This is in stark contrast to comments he made last year about the Rose fronted AC/DC. He was asked at the time about his willingness to rejoin the legendary band and said, "If Angus wanted me to play, then that's up to him. But I don't really want to play with Axl Rose. I don't really rate him."

Now Rudd says in a new interview with Music Radar that he was surprised at how well Axl did with the group. "I watched some clips the other day of Axl singing with the boys. I was surprised; it wasn't too bad. I was quite surprised, I thought he did quite well and that's not an easy gig, mate, it's not an easy gig at all. AC/DC is a tough gig for everyone in the band.

The recent Nobel Prize winner has given each album in the three discs set their own unique titles: "'Til The Sun Goes Down", "Devil Dolls" and "Comin' Home Late".

The physical media version of "Triplicate" is set to be released in various formats including a 3 CD 8-Panel Digipak, a standard 3 LP vinyl edition and a special 3 LP limited edition vinyl package in a numbered case. Preorder the standard editions here and the limited edition here.

The singer has been suffering severe cluster headaches from a neurobiological disorder and he will be having the surgery in hopes of improving the condition.

"[My wife] took me to the hospital so I would learn about what was going on in my head, because I was experiencing bad headaches at the time," H.R. told the site. "And the doctor came to me and he said we're going to have a surgery."

The former Dragonforce frontman was drafted in to front Skid Row two years ago following the 2015 split with Tony Harnell. Skid Row then revealed plans to record with Threat before Christmas with the singer also hitting the road as a touring member of the band. But now the band have confirmed Threart's position as a full-time member of Skid Row with a statement on social media.

The band say in a statement: "It's official! After touring with the band for the past year, ZP Theart has been named the new lead singer for Skid Row. "The announcement originally came on stage during a performance in Nova Scotia to an overwhelming response. That was their first show of 2017.

The tune was one three tracks from the band's latest album to make their first appearances in the setlist during the group's recent series of shows across Asia, alongside the debuts of "Now That We're Dead" and "Halo On Fire" at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea on January 11.

Metallica will next perform at the Grammy Awards in sync with their nomination for the project's lead single, "Hardwired", in the Best Rock Song category alongside tunes by David Bowie ("Blackstar"), Radiohead ("Burn The Witch"), Twenty-One Pilots ("Heathens") and Highly Suspect ("My Name Is Human").

The iconic rapper broke the new after being asked by a fan on the social media site if the new album would feature any special guests. He responded, "Yep.. Dave Mustaine, Max Cavalera & Randy Blythe are featured on the Album."

The Meeting of the Spirits tour is set to kick off on November 1st in Buffalo, NY at University at Buffalo Center for the Arts and will visit 23 cities in total before wrapping up on December 9th in Los Angeles at the Royce Hall @ UCLA.

According to the announcement Herring and McLaughlin will both be playing their own sets, followed by them sharing the stage for an "expansive closing jam based on classic Mahavishnu Orchestra material."

The band will be performing the first show on July 21st and will perform the additional concerts on the 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, August 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and will conclude on August 6th.

The new album will be entitled "Novum" and is scheduled to hit stores on April 21st in a standard CD format as well as 2LP vinyl edition. It will be preceded with the single "Sunday Morning", which the band will release on April 7th.

Vocalist and guitarist Mike Repel explain the inspiration for the track, "This song and video were inspired by the ongoing and pervasive gun violence that has been a growing problem for decades in Chicago.

She tells Metal Hammer, "Sex and rock'n'roll have gone hand-in-hand since the beginning of time, so I've never tried to downplay it. I've always just tried to stay true to myself. I'm not trying to shorten my skirt for attention, but at the same time, as a girl, I'm allowed to express myself sexually in whatever way I see fit."

Halestorm joined forces with rock legend Lita Ford for a tour last year which Lzzy says underlined her belief she made the right career choice as she paid tribute to one of her heroes.

"We decided we should do a tour and make it into this celebration of strong women," she said. "It was amazing touring with Lita. The Runaways were our foremothers of rock'n'roll, and they had to forge a path in the wilderness.

"The 'Rock Party Tour' promises to raise the bar, rock the house and tear off the roof like never before," said Thorogood in the announcement for the tour which kicks off on February 28th in Tucson.

"We play for a different audience every night, and that keeps it fresh. There are people who've never seen us before, and we have to impress them. There are fans that keep coming back, and we want to surprise them."

The band premiered the video via their Facebook page with the following caption "This last year has been our biggest and most memorable yet! As a thank you to all our old fans and new, here's our video for 'The Burden' - enjoy!"

Frontman Dani Winter-Bates made the following comments at the time of the album's release, "To me, Earthbound feels like the distillation of everything we've ever wanted this band to be about.

The band had this to say, "We'd like to let you know that after heavy consideration, it's come time for Memphis May Fire and guitarist Anthony Sepe to part ways. Although change is never easy, it was determined to be best at this time and we have no doubt that Anthony will continue on in his creative endeavors.

The events will be taking place this July at Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent and Saxon have been tapped to lead the lineup on Friday night which will also include performances from The Last In Line and the Graham Bonnet Band.

Frontman Biff Byford had this to say, "After a great time at the first Ramblin' Man Fair, we are very happy to be asked back to headline the inaugural Friday night this year. With all the hits and more coming your way, get out your denim and leather - it's going to be special."