Today's Day in Rock Stories

Fatal Tragedy Following Avenged Sevenfold Concert

When asked about the reports of working with Ozzy, Stevens told All That Shreds "Yes. I did a session. The rhythm guitar player in Billy Idol is Billy Morrison, one of Ozzy's best friends so he asked me to do some writing with Ozzy.

"We spent about a week working on some tunes and I haven't heard anything so I guess he's really happy with them - so yes, I did some writing and recording with him."

Organizers of the campaign say they are in contact with Bowie's teams in New York and London about the statue, which would be located in Brixton, south London, where he was born.

The band will be joined at the new headline dates by In Flames on all of the dates beginning on May 2nd and Metal Church will play the same dates with the exception of the show at the Dream Makers Theatre in Sault Saint Marie, MI on May 16th.

The video has been released in sync with a recap of the Beijing concert, which also saw Metallica perform their 1989 single, "One", with Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang at the event.

The pairing delivered the debut concert appearance of the "...And Justice For All" track after teaming up in 2014 to play the tune at the 56th annual Grammy Awards.

"Loved the unique energy of performing with Lang Lang again!," said the band after the Beijing show as part of the Asian leg of their WorldWired tour in support of their tenth album, "Hardwired�To Self Destruct."

The trek is scheduled to get underway on May 7th in Silver Spring, MD at the Fillmore and will be concluding on May 18th in Atlanta, GA at The Tabernacle.

The summer trek is scheduled to kick off on August 2nd in Louisville, KY at The Louisville Palace and will be finishing on September 28th in Oklahoma City, OK at The Criterion.

Dunaway had this to say about the new Alice Cooper album that features him, along with other original band members Michael Bruce and Neal Smith which is being produced by Bob Ezrin: "It is going to be released�we are working on songs right now�the original group. Ezrin promised he is not going to take two years to finish like he took on The Hollywood Vampires album. I'm not at liberty to tell you details but I can say that I'm very excited."

He was also asked about the upcoming release of the lost song "School's Back In" and had this to say, "Warner Bros. is going to put out a re-issue of a couple of the original bands albums. Each one of them will have a live show. There will even be some outtakes. I don't know if I should say what one of them is as the surprise of it has a lot to do with how cool it is.

"Basically, it is a song that we did in the studio warming up and jamming. We decided if we wrote a song called 'School's Back In' then it would have to be the most depressing blues song ever. It is so depressing that there is big build like it going to the next chord change but it goes back to the same chord."

Taylor writes, "Just a little update from me. I've been having major lower left side back pain which has pretty much left me in the bed for about 3 weeks. My jaw is still messed up, and my bladder doesn't work properly. My good eye is still not right with the no tears major dryness' and no tracking.

The song comes from the group's just released new studio album "I'm Only Dreaming", which was released last Friday and was produced by Will Yip (Circa Survive, Balance & Composure, Lauryn Hill).

The new book will feature Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig telling the story of their career in their own words for the very first time.

"We were starting to forget what we wanted to remember," says frontwoman Shirley Manson. "Twenty two years is a long time to keep track of the magic and the madness."

The CD will feature remixes of the song by Ewan Pearson, Algiers, Terence Fixmer and Autolux and will released digitally (download and streaming services) as well as on physical CD.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on March 1st at the Level 3 Club in Swindon and will conclude on March 15th at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham. Vega will not be playing the Sheffield stop on March 11th.

Bowness revealed the following comments about the track, "'Kill The Pain That's Killing You' is definitely the odd one out on Lost In The Ghost Light. It's the angriest piece on the album by far and it depicts a point when the musician Lost In The Ghost Light concerns is spiralling out of control in terms of both his family life and career.

During their additional two months on the road, the band will once again play New York and venture up to Canada for the first time during the Head Carrier Tour. Their first three New York dates at the end of May are currently sold out.

Frontman Tuk had this to say about the song, "I sat down with my buddy Scott (Stevens) to write a tune. We sat for hours trying to come up with something that felt perfect, but were hitting a dead end. We said 'f*** it' and went to his local hang out, ate some cornbread, drank a few beers and talked about music.

"We spoke about T-Rex, Queen and Slade, sh*t like that, how cool those big drum grooves were. Right then a light bulb went off and we headed back to the studio with a fresh start and within hours finished writing the song, demoed it and tracked lead vocals!

Their new studio effort will be entitled "I Can Spin A Rainbow" and is scheduled to be released on May 5th in various formats including digitally, CD and vinyl LP.

Pierre's drumming can be heard in numerous rock, jazz and improvisational bands, but this is the first time it can be heard and studied in isolation, or accompanied by other unexpected instruments also played by Pierre.

Says Pierre, "Drum Poetry was originally made just for myself. It was just a kind of experience to find out my limits in this atmosphere. The original CD was just made for friends and this is the first time I have shared it with fans..."

Pierre is the current drummer in Focus and also played with the band during the 1970s including on their hits "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia". Pierre also played on the band's most recent album, "Focus X", and is currently in the studio recording "Focus 11". Pierre will also be on tour with the band throughout 2017!

Bean posted a photo of a handwritten note she addressed to her late father. "Today would have been your 50th birthday," the note stated. "You are loved and you are missed. Thank you for giving me the GIFT of life. Forever your daughter, Frances Bean Cobain."

In another Instagram post, Bean also shared a text message exchange with her grandmother. She texted her "grams" that she knew Cobain was grateful his mother raised her.

Open the Dark Door came about during the writing process for 'The Great Surveyor' album. I was writing all over the place, from a rented house in France (sitting by the pool with a guitar I bought from a local music shop), to being on the bus in London or walking by the river Thames. I don't really ever sit down and go 'today I'm going to write a song'. It usually happens spontaneously when in the middle of something else, and often when I'm nowhere near an instrument! I actually used that process to my advantage, installing Garageband on my phone so that I can literally demo ideas wherever I am. We are on tour in the US right now and I can sit on the bus, grab a guitar if an idea comes into my head and then get it recorded.

For 'Open' I wanted to write a simple and catchy opening riff and then compliment it with the band's low-tuned but melodic heaviness, and it actually took a while for that first section to come about - it was originally written differently, but never felt quite right. It's funny when you listen back to early versions of a song just how much how simple parts can evolve and change drastically. There is an emotional verse followed by a big sing-a-long chorus, but suddenly the song leaves the 'expected' path and heads off in a more prog-like direction, before returning to the catchy melody.

The song's lyrics are about overcoming personal events that happened in the past. For me being able to go back, process and accept things that have happened, but also draw the strength to move forward is important. Open the dark door, and step into the light.

Make sure you also check out the music video for the release. We were lucky enough to be able to film at the Natural History Museum in London with Dippy the Dinosaur, and we're very pleased with how it turned out. The video tells the story of a child who hides in the museum after dark in order to explore it on his own (something that I think we've all wanted to do when visiting a cool museum in younger days!). We like finding epic, historic locations that compliment the style of music that the band plays and then adding lots of big amp rigs and pyro!