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Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has posted an "open letter" to Metallica online, in which he writes in part, "Dear Metallica: Hey, it's Dave! Remember me? Yeah, I'm the guy that's been listening to your band faithfully since 1983. I bought your first album Kill 'Em All...that album changed my life and I've been listening to your albums ever since (even St. Anger!). I

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Bon Jovi has a documentary in the works to coincide with its 25 year anniversary. The band has recently brought a film crew out on the road to shoot interviews and other footage. Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple is behind the new film. Singer Jon Bon Jovi says he hopes to dig up some archived footage as well, but tells us he doesn't know exactly what to expect from the film: [ Click to

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Bryan Adams recently kicked off a solo acoustic tour, which stops in Albany, New York on Friday, May 9th. He's playing a mixture of hits and tracks off his upcoming album, called 11. During the brief tour, Adams tells us he's stripping down the tunes and playing them acoustically: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "They all work acoustically because they were all written on an

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Def Leppard's new album, Songs From the Sparkle Lounge, debuted at Number Five this week, marking the band's 11th consecutive Top 20 album. It has been catching some buzz thanks to the single "Nine Lives," featuring country singer Tim McGraw. The set was recorded last year at vocalist Joe Elliot's Dublin studio. But the material was mostly written in 2006 while Def Leppard was on tour and dubbed

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R.E.M. guitarist and founding member Peter Buck took a swipe at U.S. President George W. Bush in the current issue of Uncut magazine, saying that his competence level is perfect for a management position at McDonald's. In the magazine Buck answered fans' questions on a wide range of subjects and when asked what career he would give President Bush if he could have him switch professions, Buck

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Pink Floyd's David Gilmour has a new live set on the way. In September, he'll release Live In Gdansk, the last show of his 2006 summer tour. The gig, which was recorded in front of 50,000 people at the shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, find Gilmore backed by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra featuring a 40-strong string section. Highlights include the performance of "A Great Day for Freedom"

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Kid Rock is teaming up with Southern classic rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd for a series of summer shows beginning on August 8th in Oklahoma City. The two acts will preview the trek when they share the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on May 15th, the first time that Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Lynyrd Skynyrd will have ever appeared at the world famous arena. Kid Rock continues his road work in

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PRESS RELEASE For the last few months, we've heard you whispering in dark corners of the internet. We've heard the hushed tones you've used in your favorite watering holes. We've heard your back alley mutterings. So, we thought it needed to be said loud and clear - AC/DC's got a new album on the way. The boys have been holed up in a Vancouver studio with producer Brendan O'Brien and longtime

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The Police will play their last show ever this summer in New York. Details about the fundraising event will be announced soon, but according to Billboard, the show will likely be held at an indoor venue with proceeds going to production of arts programming for public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York. Tickets will be available online via the Thirteen/WNET and WLIW Web sites.

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich told a Los Angeles radio station on Monday (May 5th) that the band's new web site, MissionMetallica.com, will showcase the kind of "making-of-the-album" features usually found these days on a DVD accompanying a CD release. Ulrich explained, "We thought, instead of doing the usual DVDs and all that, why don't we just do it on the Internet and people can kind of tune

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T-Bone Burnett is out on the road playing some Led Zeppelin songs with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. But the producer says he also wouldn't mind seeing a full Led Zeppelin reunion tour. Although he's close with Plant, Burnett says he doesn't know if Zeppelin plans to reunite for more shows. He tells us that it would be great if it happened though: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass

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The Who have announced the relaunch of their first-ever official Web site and fan destination, www.thewho.com. The Who also announced the first release available exclusively to fan club members, the double live CD View From A Backstage Pass, with rare or previously unreleased recordings of The Who at their finest. By subscribing to www.thewho.com, fan club members or "Wholigans" will enjoy

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Yes is getting ready to kick off its 40th anniversary tour in July. The Close to the Edge and Back outing will pass through 25 cities, eventually winding down in August. Yes is currently working out a set-list for the upcoming trek. Singer Jon Anderson tells us what fans can expect at the show: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "Well, on tour now you really have to play the songs

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Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx will be one of the honorees at the ninth annual Covenant House California Awards Gala, scheduled for Friday (May 9th) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. A portion of the proceeds from Sixx's 2007 memoir, The Heroin Diaries, benefits his charity Running Wild In The Night, which provides a creative arts program for Covenant House California at their youth

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Metallica will top the bill for the annual "Weenie Roast" festival sponsored by Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM. The show, scheduled for May 17th at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, will also feature sets from the Offspring, the Raconteurs, Rise Against, Pennywise, the Bravery, Seether, Scars On Broadway and more. This date joins two previously announced Metallica shows

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The Offspring blast back onto rock radio on Tuesday (May 6th) with "Hammerhead," the first single from the veteran punk act's new album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. The track is also available for streaming at the group's official web site. Singer Dexter Holland told us that "Hammerhead" is written like a movie with a twist ending: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "When you

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Bruce Springsteen, Albert Einstein, Frank Sinatra and Yogi Berra were among the inaugural inductees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame on May 4th. Other inductees saluted at Newark's New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark included inventor Thomas Edison, Meryl Streep, astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, football coach Vince Lombardi, educator Clara Barton, author Toni

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Pearl Jam recently started recording a new album, which could come out as early as this year. According to Billboard.com, the band is currently laying down four or five songs for its ninth studio set. The guys are teaming up with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien for the first time since 1998. O'Brien is known for taking a short amount of time in the studio. The upcoming album comes on the heels

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Metallica will begin releasing some new material on May 12th via the new site MissionMetallica.com. The group says it will give fans the opportunity to "experience the new album before it's done." The set is expected out in September. A U.S. tour will likely begin around the same time. Meanwhile, Metallica will play Europe this summer, along with the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee in

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The Queen + Paul Rodgers album is taking shape. The band, which features the former Bad Company and Free frontman on vocals, plans to release the set, called The Cosmos Rocks, later this year. Its the first new studio album from Queen since singer Freddy Mercury died in 1991. According to RollingStone.com, the first single, "C-lebrity," sounds like a mixture of Free's "All Right Now" and

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Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora could replace Poison's Bret Michaels on the next season of the dating reality show Rock of Love, according to OK! magazine. Michaels recent finished his second season and chose contestant and actress Ambre Lake as the winner and his girlfriend. Now a new bachelor needs to join the show. An insider said Sambora is "perfect for TV. If you thought Bret (Michaels)

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Led Zeppelin will receive the Best Live Act honor at the upcoming Mojo Awards, set to take place on June 16th in London. The band reunited last fall to play a show at London's O2 Arena, and since then, there had been talk about another gig or tour, but nothing has materialized. Singer Robert Plant recently told Uncut magazine, "I really enjoyed it. And hopefully, one day we could do it again for

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The company that controls rights to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness said on Thursday a purported sex tape of the musician being sold on the Internet was not authentic. "We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity of the tape," Experience Hendrix said in a statement. "We view the release as nothing more than a callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased

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Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger was sentenced on Thursday (May 1st) to a one-year driving ban and a fine of $590 for drunk driving, stemming from an incident that occurred in 2006. The 33-year-old singer was stopped by police for speeding in his Lamborghini in the Vancouver, British Columbia's suburb of Surrey. At the time, a breath test revealed he had nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in

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Transplanted Jersey boy Jon Bon Jovi has turned his sights on New York for Bon Jovi's final show of their current tour. Specifically, he's announced that instead of performing at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, as the band has traditionally done, they'll do their finale show in New York's Central Park. The entrepreneurial musician -- who is also the co-owner of the Arena Football League's

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