Today's Day in Rock Stories

Angus Young Writing New AC/DC Album To Feature Axl Rose?

Tipton - who recently announced his retirement from the road following a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease - was greeted with thunderous applause from fans for his first appearance during the band's "Firepower" world tour, where he performed the group's classic tracks "Metal Gods", "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight."

"Firepower" co-producer Andy Sneap recently stepped into the Judas Priest lineup as Tipton's choice to take over his touring duties, while leaving the door open for possible random appearances on the trek.

Eighty-one additional shows will go on sale for performances July 10th through December 15th, marking the third time 'Springsteen on Broadway" has been extended since its initial eight-week run.

The band recorded the new album with producer Jake Sinclair and set a June 22nd release date for the effort. The new video is for the song "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" and was directed by their longtime collaborator Daniel "Cloud" Campos and Spencer Susser.

The project traces the Aerosmith singer's path during the creation of his 2016 debut country solo studio album, "We're All Somebody From Somewhere", and the accompanying "Out On A Limb" tour.

Directed by Casey Tebo, the doc is billed as "an intimate portrait of the rock icon as he embraces the challenges of shifting gears, both as a solo performer and in a new genre of music. Uncovering a side of Tyler many fans have never seen before, this inspiring story looks at the passion, drive and search for creative fulfillment that keeps artists pushing boundaries throughout their careers."

Gary Lightbody had the following to say about the new track,: "'Don't Give In' was originally about a friend going through a tough time but the more I wrote into it I realized it was about me and the struggle of making the album - which took 5 years and was not easy - coupled with the struggle with depression I've had since I was a kid, so it has become the talisman of the album. The song that became a self-fulfilling prophecy."

The singer will be joined by ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft for the week-long run, which will hit seven major cities on the continent beginning May 10 in San Francisco, CA.

That's right, Boarding House Reach drops Friday March 23, and his own Third Man Records calls the album his 'most ambitious work thus far." Translation: Jack White's pushing the boundaries and creating sounds we didn't know were capable of existing.

We agree, from 'Connected By Love" and 'Respect Commander" to 'Corporation" and 'Over and Over and Over." Thursday night's on-air special will feature EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCES of these songs and more.

The animated clip featured the work of more than 60 artists and technicians in Los Angles and Seoul, Korea, including Todd McFarlane (who directed the clip), Kevin Altieri, Joe Pearson, Terry Fitzgerald, Jim Mitchell and Brad Coombs and many more.

The new stage play of Local Hero is scheduled to open at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, U.K., in the spring of 2019. Local Hero tells the story of a young American oil-company rep who is sent to northern Scotland to negotiate the purchase of a small seaside town where his firm plans to build a refinery. Forsyth is co-writing the book for the stage production with

I was just smoking a cigarette on the driveway, before driving to band practice, and I pulled out my phone and recorded the riff, I was just humming, Danana danana nuh. So I took that to practice and I said here's the new song. I had the second riff, too. That's all we had. We made up the chorus on the spot.

We didn't have a verse, though. We had this other part that wasn't really working, so it hit the scrap pile for a while. But then one day, I was listening through some riffs I had recorded on the guitar, and there was the solo and the verse riff. I was, like, oh, these are in B. Maybe they'll work with that song we stopped playing.

And they fit. It really is all one song, but sometimes you're working on a song in pieces and you don't realize it. That's why you gotta record any idea that comes along, because you never know what's what until you have some distance.

It's probably easier if you write consciously, but we don't like to do that. We just grab ideas and hang onto the ones we like, and eventually, you figure out what the hell it is. You have to accept the idea that this sh*t is coming from somewhere else. You're just a radio, tuning into some station, and then you have to figure out how it all goes together.

Smoking cigarettes is a big help, though, I'll tell you. Keeps you busy while your deeper brain does the heavy lifting.