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Slash took to Twitter to defend Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie's vocal performance on a new recording she did with Slash of the Guns N' Roses classic "Paradise City," also featuring Cypress Hill. A leaked copy of the recording surfaced online last week, while Slash is contemplating whether to include it on his new solo album. The former Guns guitarist tweeted, "Until now, not too many people have

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Paul Stanley says that although Kiss has always been impressed with the band's choices of opening acts, back in the day it was Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band who really gave Kiss a run for their money.Stanley recalls that during Seger's stint opening for the band in 1976, he set the bar pretty high for Kiss to follow every night: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "Bob got his

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Bon Jovi tops the charts this week with its new album, The Circle, which sold 163,000 copies. It's Bon Jovi's second consecutive chart-topper, coming on the heels of 2007's Lost Highway, which sold 292,000 in its first week and marked the first time Bon Jovi ever debuted at Number One on the charts. The group has had chart-topping albums prior to that -- first in 1986 with Slippery When Wet and

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Don Henley says that he's not sure if in the current political climate real progress can be accomplished in America. When asked by ifpress.com how he feels about the Obama administration, he explained, "In its present condition, with its rabidly partisan, corporate-controlled congress; its biased, infotainment-obsessed, ratings-driven news media -- which is now being supplanted by amateurs on the

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Lenny Kravitz currently has a supporting role in the new movie, Precious, but next time around, he plans to not just appear in a film, but actually be the star. Kravitz will team up once again with Precious director Lee Daniels for an unnamed project. He tells Spinner.com that they're in talks and aren't sure what they're doing just yet. But one thing is for sure -- he'll be the major player in

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The Aerosmith drama continues as the rest of the band considers potentially moving forward without frontman Steven Tyler, amid rumors that the singer has gone back to the bad habits that nearly derailed him and the band in their early days. Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford doesn't count out the possibility that Tyler has lapsed back into using drugs, as he told us: [ Click to listen if you have

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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins might be collaborating with Queen drummer Roger Taylor if Taylor gets his wish. Taylor called Hawkins "one of my best blood brothers," telling BBC 6 Music, "I've been thinking about doing a tour next year -- a very quick tour -- with Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters . . . So we might do that. That sounds like fun." Hawkins and Taylor, along with Chad Smith

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A Guns N' Roses concert scheduled for December 13th in Seoul, Korea -- the band's first gig ever in that country -- could set a new record for ticket sales in that nation, according to JoongAng Daily. Promoters said that tickets for the show, which is scheduled for a venue called the Olympic Park Gymnasium, are selling briskly, with representative Yvette Moon proclaiming on Monday (November 16th)

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Metallica recently announced an early 2010 tour of South and Central America, with the band visiting two cities -- Panama City and San Jose, Costa Rica -- that it has never played before. The group will also hit Lima, Peru, for what promoters are expecting to be the biggest musical event ever staged in Peruvian history. Bassist Robert Trujillo was blown away when we told him that: [ Click to

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The much-anticipated debut album from Them Crooked Vultures has arrived in stores. The self-titled disc features 13 tracks from the trio, which is comprised of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Queens Of The Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme. Homme told Antiquiet.com earlier this fall that the group has been deliberately secretive about their

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Set for release on December 22nd is the new 19-track hits compilation The Who - Greatest Hits. As with most of the band's compilations, their early '80s catalogue is only touched upon by two tracks -- 1981's "You Better You Bet" and 1982's "Eminence Front." Their most recent album, Endless Wire is represented with the rarely-heard single "It's Not Enough."The tracklisting to The Who - Greatest

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Five years after parting ways, Michael Anthony says that Eddie Van Halen still bears him ill will. In an in depth interview with undercover.com.au Anthony shed substantial light on his split with Eddie and Alex Han Halen.When asked pointedly about the status of his relationship with Eddie, Anthony said, "There is no relationship... Eddie had it in for me ever since I buddied up with Sammy Hagar

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Roger Daltrey says that he's finally at the point where he's seriously considering writing his memoirs. Daltrey, who's currently on the road with his Use It Or Lose It solo tour, explained that the time seems right to get it all down: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "I'm thinking about a biography now. It's probably time. Just the story of my life and the things I've done, y'know,

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Fans of the late Pantera and Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott are in an uproar over the resurfacing of a 2005 painting called "The Assassination Of Dimebag Darrell." Done by New York-based artist Tom Sanford, the picture is a graphic depiction of the fatal onstage shooting of Abbott in December 2004 by Nathan Gale at a Columbus, Ohio rock club. The controversy over the painting has

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Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich will apparently make a cameo appearance as himself in the upcoming movie Get Him To The Greek. The two rock legends are listed in the cast of the movie at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com). The film, which is due for release in June 2010, stars English comedian Russell Brand as the character he played in Forgetting Sarah

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Bon Jovi is still caught up in a $400 billion lawsuit involving a Massachusetts man, who's also filing suit against Time Warner and Major League Baseball. According to Hollywood Reporter, Samuel Bartley Steele alledges that the defendants stole his song, "(Man I Really) Love this Team," which he wrote in honor of the Boston Red Sox. Steele says when the song came out in October 2004 by the Bart

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The Who will perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XVIV (44) on February 7th in Miami, according to sportsillustrated.cnn.com. The Who has been heavily rumored as the followup act to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band since just after "The Boss's" 2008 blockbuster performance. Despite the Sports Illustrated leak, there's been no official announcement made by either the Who or the NFL,

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Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says that singer Steven Tyler's surprise appearance onstage during the Joe Perry Project's Tuesday night (November 10th) gig in New York City did not mean that Aerosmith's problems with Tyler are settled. Perry explained to us that Tyler and the group are not on the same page about their future: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "He's never said he was

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R.E.M. recently entered a Portland, Oregon studio to record the follow-up to its 2008 album, Accelerate. Guitarist Peter Buck posted this photo of singer Michael Stipe working with studio engineers. According to Spinner.com, R.E.M. is working with producer Jacknife Lee, who dished about their recent sessions, noting that the new set will resemble the live-in-the-studio process used on Accelerate.

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Ron Wood and his wife of 24 years, Jo Wood, have been granted a divorce on the grounds of Ron's adulterous relationship with Russian waitress Ekaterina Ivanova. Neither party was present on Wednesday (November 11th) for the proceedings in London.The Huffington Post reported that the first of two stages of the divorce has been granted, with the divorce becoming final in six weeks and a day. The

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It seems like singer Steven Tyler might not be quitting Aerosmith after all. We can report that during guitarist Joe Perry's show at Irving Plaza in New York City on November 10th with his band, The Joe Perry Project, Tyler made a surprise appearance during the encore. Tyler said he wasn't quitting Aerosmith and then said some nice words about Perry before singing "Walk This Way" with the band.

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Metallica is planning another DVD release. According to Blabbermouth.net, the band's Canadian concerts in Quebec City and Ottawa on October 31st, November 1st and November 3rd were professionally filmed by longtime Metallica video director Wayne Isham, with drummer Lars Ulrich telling the crowd from the stage at the second Quebec City show, "I couldn't think of a better city for Metallica to film

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Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash, real name Saul Hudson, and his wife Perla have settled their lawsuit against real estate agent Gregory Holcomb and Sotheby's International Realty, according to the Contra Costa Times. The Hudsons sued the realtors for more than $500,000 they claim they lost in a transaction involving a Hollywood Hills home. Although the settlement was reached in September, the

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield is reportedly working with parks authorities in Marin County to possibly create a new hiking trail that would skirt around a huge wall that Hetfield built on his property last summer to keep hikers and bike riders out. According to the Contra Costa Times, the proposed trail would serve as an alternate route to the Luiz Ranch Fire Trail, which crosses Hetfield's

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Them Crooked Vultures have begun streaming their entire self-titled debut album more than a week ahead of its release, following a leak of the record online. The disc is due out on November 17th and features 13 songs, all of which are now streaming on YouTube. The band, which consists of Foo Fighters main man Dave Grohl on drums, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Queens Of The Stone Age

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