Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash told MusicRadar.com this week that he got almost every special guest he wanted to appear on his upcoming solo album, except for one: White Stripes singer/guitarist and Dead Weather drummer Jack White. Slash revealed, "I wanted to get Jack White to sing on something, but he didn't want to sing. He said I'll play drums, I'll play guitar, but I don't wanna sing. He was one guy that I wanted to work with. Pretty much everyone else that I went after I managed to get."

While he didn't get White, the guest list for Slash's project has become a who's-who of rock and pop.

According to RollingStone.com, the roster now includes Iggy Pop, Cypress Hill, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Meat Loaf and Maroon 5's Adam Levine. They join the previously announced Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Flea, Fergie, Chris Cornell, Duff McKagan, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale and others.

The record, titled Slash & Friends, will appear sometime in early 2010.

Slash wrote on Twitter that he laid down the final track for the disc on Wednesday, with Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge supplying vocals.

The former Guns N' Roses axeman makes his own guest appearance on Rihanna's upcoming album, Rated R, on a song called "Rockstar 101."

Slash "and friends" will perform at a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Youth Nation at Hollywood's Avalon Theater on November 22nd. Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Andrew Stockdale, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Dave Navarro and Travis Barker are all tentatively slated to appear.
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Bruce Springsteen is reportedly writing his memoirs, according to The New York Post. An unnamed source said the project would be unparalleled in the rock world, saying, "It could be the biggest rock music autobiography of all time. He could get $9 million to $10 million for the world rights."

When pressed about the Springsteen-sanctioned trilogy Born To Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story, Glory Days, and Two Hearts: The Definitive Biography, 1972-2003, by rock journalist Dave Marsh, the source stated simply: "Springsteen is a better writer than Marsh."

A bidding war for the book is said to be strong enough to dwarf Keith Richards' $8 million advance from Little Brown for his upcoming autobiography and the $4 million Eric Clapton snagged for his 2008 memoir.

Springsteen, who has kept hundreds of notebooks and journals throughout his life, tested the autobiographical waters with the text to his 1998 book, Songs.

Springsteen has always aimed for his albums and tours to be more than just entertainment, and he hopes that his work will help inspire some type of dialogue among his audience: "People are looking for ways to have a dialogue about these ideas, about these issues. They're looking for ways to try to get a handle and make sense of what's happening, you know, and I think that music and film and art has a service to perform in that fashion. It can be one of its services."

On November 7th, Springsteen and the E Street Band will kick off their two-night stand at New York City's Madison Square Garden by performing their 1973 album The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle in it's entirety, and on Sunday November 8th Springsteen will play his 1980 double album The River from start to finish.
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A 1988 MTV Moon Man award for "Best New Artist In A Video," given to Guns N' Roses for their "Welcome To The Jungle" clip, has been acquired for sale by music memorabilia clearinghouse Rockaway Records.

The statue belonged to former Guns manager Alan Niven, who wrote an accompanying letter in which he says, "In 1988 this 'Moon Man' was presented to me in my capacity as manager of Guns n' Roses...it ought to have really been offered since the video 'concept' was mine -- but then it should have been presented to the talents I stole from -- the makers of the movies Midnight Cowboy, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Clockwork Orange."

The award is available at the Rockaway site for a mere $13,500.
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