Today's Day in Rock Stories

Slayer, Lamb of God and Behemoth Team For Summer Tour

The group has been touring hard in support of their successful 2015 comeback album "Immortalized" which came after a four year hiatus. Now the group is looking forward to a break before beginning work on their next album but Draiman reveals in an interview with Rock Antenne that they have been working on the acoustic project.

When asked about the long wait for a new studio album, David told them, "Well, the plan at this particular point in time is to take a little bit of time off, spend some time with our families, get some personal stuff done.

"We have an acoustic EP that we're working on. That's something we've wanted to do for years that we just never had the time or the opportunity to. So that we'll be working on in between our LP releases.

According to Radio.com, the band made the announcement by updating their profile photo across their online presence with a new shot featuring Moore, they've also added his handle to their bio link.

Mustaine was the featured guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekly radio program and revealed the following, "We have some American dates that we're looking at in summertime and some at the end of the year too. We can't really say what they are yet but we're pretty excited about what this year has for us."

"It's going to end this year," Mustaine said of the promotion for their "Dystopia" album and then added this about their plans for their next album, "I think the end of � What we're looking at, we're trying to start the songwriting process this year while we're out on the road, which will be good for us to start putting pen to paper and writing stuff.

The Def Leppard run begins in Manchester, NH on April 8, with select Poison shows announced for Raleigh, NC on April 28, followed by stops in Charlotte, NC (April 29), Cherokee, NC (May 6), Huntington, WV (May 7), Albany, NY (May 9), Rama, ON (May 11), Rapid City, SD (May 26), and Grand Forks, ND (May 27).

The first show will be taking place The Canyon Club & Special Events Center in Agoura Hills, California on Sunday, March 19th, the actual anniversary of Rhoads death in an airplane accident while he was on tour with Ozzy Osbourne and the Blizzard of Ozz band.

The reunited lineup features original singer Stephen Pearcy, bassist Juan Croucier and guitarist Warren DeMartini, as well as former Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo.

The string of new live dates will begin on April 26th at the Paramount in Huntington, NY and conclude with an appearance at this year's Rock Fest in Cadott, WI on July 12th.

Brown recorded the lead vocals, rhythm guitars, and bass for the album which in collaboration with Nashville-based guitarist and songwriter Lance Harvill. "Lance was and is, my main man on this. Everything we did was finely tuned, both musically and brotherly," said Rex in the announcement.

The program opens with Hagar and Hetfield hosting the third annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert - the benefit concert they founded - at the Fillmore in San Fransisco, CA.

In addition to performance clips, Joe Satriani, John Mayer, Hetfield and Melissa Etheridge sit down to chat with the Red Rocker during the episode. "This is a different side of entertainment for me," says Hagar. "I shut up and listen now."

Plant's performance was part of David Lynch's Festival of Disruption, a two-day music, art, film & creativity festival curated by the legendary filmmaker.

The rocker's set also kicks off AXS TV's new Sunday Night Rocks series, which will feature concert broadcast premieres by artists including Def Leppard, Blondie, Ringo Starr and His 2016 All Starr Band, Mavis Staples, Alan Jackson, and a tribute to Kenny Loggins.

"Throughout the history of rock, few artists have been as influential and enduring as Robert Plant," says AXS TV's vice president of music programming and production Evan Haiman. "This incredible concert showcases the music icon at the top of his game, putting his signature vocals on full display as he blazes through an expansive setlist that will satisfy die-hard fans and curious newcomers alike."

The new U.S. and Canadian tour leg will be kicking off on August 23rd in Salt Lake City, UT at the USANA Amphitheatre and will conclude on October 22nd in Edmonton, AB at Rogers Place.

The veteran group's new album, their 14th studio effort, was produced by James Ford and it is schedule to hit stores on March 17th. As previously reported they are also releasing a remix CD for the album's first single "Where's The Revolution" this Friday, March 3rd.

The Glasgow band will be crossing the pond for the new U.S. and Canadian dates beginning on May 21st with an appearance at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, AL.

Frontman Sean Danielsen had this to say, "I'm happy to be releasing all these songs we've recorded over the years that never made our regular albums. its gonna be cool to see them get out there to our fans and maybe play a few of them at our live shows".

The collaborative song, which has just debuted at No. 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, is the lead single from Linkin Park's forthcoming album, "One More Light."

"One of the reasons why we chose 'Heavy' as the first single is because it is really the core sound of the album," Mike Shinoda tells Billboard. "This wasn't a scenario where the whole album sounds one way and the single sounds different. This is how the album sounds.

Muir wrote the following on his band's official Facebook page, "I'm extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Bill Paxton, someone I was lucky enough to know and call a real friend. I meet him when I was 16 as we both worked delivering the L.A. Times in the morning. We were the only 'young ones' there as most of the people were at least 40.

"Bill had moved out to Santa Monica to be an 'actor'. I told him I was gonna start a band :) He was just an incredibly cool, friendly, optimistic guy that never got discouraged when he couldn't get even an audition for the smallest roles. But every morning at 2am he came into work with a smile.

The band will be kicking off the spring trek on May 23rd at the Knitting Factory in Spokane, WA and will wrap the short road trip up in Lincoln, NE at the Pinewood Bowl on June 10th.

The tour is scheduled to kick off in St. Paul, MN at The Palace on May 9th and will hit various cities across the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up on May 24th in Vancouver, BC at the Vogue Theatre.

The news comes as Six Feet Under just released their new studio album "Torment" last Friday (February 24th). The announcement was made by frontman Chris Barnes, who had the following to say, "It is with great pleasure that I announce and introduce to you our new second guitarist, Jack Owen.

Countless rock writers have tried to define the late George Harrison as the 19 year old lead guitarist from Liverpool in an exciting new band in 1963; the Beatle who persuaded the other members to visit India and study meditation and religion; the first Beatle to release a solo album, and the first to have one top the charts; George Harrison the humanitarian as the architect for The Concert for Bangladesh; indie film producer of Monty Python movies including Time Bandits and Withnail and I; George the "comeback kid" in 1987 with the hit album Cloud Nine; and as Nelson Wilbury in his superstar band of five rhythm guitar players with the Traveling Wilburys. George Harrison the devoted husband and father. George was all of these things and more.

In this two-part program you will hear a very comfortable Harrison reflecting and speaking frankly on a number of subjects including, songwriting, collaborations, stage fright, touring Japan, his little known impish sense of humor, inspiration, friendships and more. Below are a few quotes from Redbeard's interviews with the Quiet Beatle.

"We (Beatles) were put on such a pedestal. We had everybody bowing and scraping to us... Every day we were on the front page of all the papers for a couple of years... You realize there's more to life than this."

"If I don't crack a smile, my face just looks serious anyway. A lot of my songs had funny little things in them, but because I wasn't smiling people didn't take them as a joke."

The film provides an intimate look into the incredible lives of three of the last Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf sidemen, piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin.