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Ozzy Osbourne and Avenged Sevenfold are slated to headline the 2018 Welcome to Rockville festival, they are joining the previously announced headliners Foo Fighters.

"When I was a kid, 70's AM radio�" begins the singer�"RULED!" adds Smith. "I swear to God," continues Grohl, "still like�that's got such a big place in my heart. 10CC, Andrew Gold, and Gerry Rafferty."

The Foos frontman goes on to explain that his collection of hardcore punk growing up was dramatically different from his father's trained background as a classical flautist and his mother's love of show tunes, while his older sister had an interest in new wave and classic rock at the time, but that there was common ground to be had in the Grohl household.

"I would dip into everybody's albums and listen to them," adds the rocker, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer had a similar experience. "I did the same thing," says Smith of raiding his older sister's collection of soft rock music that he feels influenced him somewhere along the way.

The show was presented by Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a special Veteran's Day tribute. The combined set was peppered with tracks from both artists, including Fogerty classics including "Bad Moon Rising," "Proud Mary" and "Centerfield." Among the Paisley songs performed were "Old Alabama," "American Saturday Night" and "Mud on the Tires."

Among the artists featured include Tom Petty, Fats Domino, Chester Bennington, Chuck Berry, Chris Cornell, Gord Downie of Tragically Hip, Al Jarreau and Glen Campbell. The artwork also features non-musicians such as Roger Moore and Hugh Hefner.

This is Chris Barker's second such version of the album cover. He produced one last year featuring Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey, George Martin and more.

I had the basic idea for the chords to the main verse of the song and the syncopated rhythm when I brought it to my sister, Roisin O, and her guitar player John Broe, who had written with us before.

I was talking to Roisin about how it's cool when you meet someone early in a relationship and their personality surprises you. I often describe things as 'Real' but Roisin came up with the 'Real Feel' phrase. John did some great work on the drum pattern which survives in the album version now.

I brought a rough demo of what the 3 of us came up with to the rest of the band and we worked tirelessly on it. Sometimes a song comes together quickly but we actually demoed this song twice more and were still changing it when we brought it into studio with Eliot James, our producer. Eliot added some amazing percussion parts and synth lines that really brought it all together so we felt it was fair to give him a writing credit on the song too. It was a song that really came together in the mixing stage, lyrically I like its optimism and I was delighted to put down my acoustic guitar and piano and start playing electric guitar again, it led me to play a bit more of it on other songs on the album too. A fun song to play live, it's gotten great radio play for us and at the moment is our live show opener!

Billed as the band's only North American dates in 2018, the five-night run in support of "Feed The Machine" will begin February 23, with shows running to March 3.

The iconic Star Wars: A New Hope movie soundtrack, conducted and composed by the legendary John Williams, will be spread across the 3-LP box set hand-etched by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science.

Side A of the third disc will house the hologram. For optimal viewing, use a direct light source or simply hold a mobile phone flashlight above the vinyl to view the hologram, according to a press release. Side B features the Star Wars 40th Anniversary logo etched into the vinyl.

Videos of "Moth Into Flame" from a November 1 appearance and "Dream No More" from a November 3 date have surfaced as part of the final two concerts on the group's fall tour of Europe.

Produced by Greg Fidelman, drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist James Hetfield, the band's tenth album topped the charts in 57 countries around the world upon its release last fall.

The group's highest honor goes to a UK artist for outstanding contribution to the Americana genre over the span of a career and life in music. Set to take place at the Hackney Empire in East London, the third UK Americana Awards show will recognize the achievements of British and International members of the Americana music community in a variety of categories.

"When I heard the news he had died I was in Los Angeles, not too far away from where it happened. At first I didn't believe it, to be honest," Sykes told Kerrang.

"When it was clear it was real, I felt weird. I know we've lost a lot of great artists over the years, but no-one had the impact and influence on my life that he did. Him as a vocalist and his band are genuinely responsible for the path I chose in life.

"Losing someone that you don't actually know - obviously I met him, but I couldn't call him a friend - is such a strange feeling. I feel like I miss his presence, even though I didn't really know him. I think it's important that you grieve and appreciate what you and we've all lost."

Rivers Cuomo recently clapped back at fans who expected something heavier to follow-up the band's acclaimed White Album and the band continues to promote California Daydream and its singles with gusto.

The emotional "Kamikaze" follows previously released tracks "One Foot," "Headphones" and "Surrender." "Mama, stepping out a party, no matter what you call it, I'm a kamikaze," frontman Nicholas Petricca sings on the hook. "Abandon all your logic, and put your money on it, I'm a kamikaze."