June 19, 2013

Van Halen have started their Japanese tour.

They kicked off a run of four shows on Tuesday in Nagoya. They added five songs to their set list for a total of 25, which likely made the show their longest ever at two hours and 20 minutes. The additions were “Atomic Punk," “Jamie’s Cryin'," “Mean Street,” “Hear About It Later” and “The Trouble With Never.” They also added David Lee Roth's recent short Japanese film, Tokyo Story, which was the lead-in to “Ice Cream Man."

Roth has an apartment in Tokyo, which is where they'll play on Friday, followed by Osaka on June 24th and 26th. Van Halen then have two U.S. dates next month -- Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 20th and Paso Robles, California on the 24th.

June 19, 2013

Ronnie Wood is hoping that The Rolling Stones' 50 and Counting tour will lead to one more album.

He says, "It takes so much time and effort to take this thing back on the road. We test ourselves in stages, and this is the latest surge of energy. We’ve got the big wheels rolling now; we’ve just got to find the gaps to record.”

Wood says the tour is going great, too. "We’re having a ball –- the shows are the best we’ve ever done. It’s a new lease of life. They’ve proved to be a kick in the pants for us. Not only can we do it –- we’re better than ever.”

The Stones are down to the last three shows on the North American leg of the tour -- tonight (Tuesday) and Friday in Philadelphia, and Monday in Washington, D.C.

June 19, 2013

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has scored a big infusion of cash to expand his aircraft company.

Close to $8 million is being invested into Dickinson's aircraft maintenance business, Cardiff Aviation Limited. About one third of the money is being contributed by Finance Wales, an investment company owned by the Welsh government. Dickinson hopes to expand the business and eventually launch his own airline.

June 19, 2013

Happy 62nd Ann Wilson!!

June 19, 2013

Bon Jovi have canceled their NFL-related concert in Cleveland.

The band was set to perform on July 14th at First Energy Stadium after a Cleveland Browns fan fest. The team announced the cancellation of the concert Monday morning without any explanation

June 19, 2013

Black Sabbath have set a U.K. chart record for the longest gap between number-one albums.

13 bowed at number-one, 42 years and eight months after their second album Paranoid hit the top. That breaks Bob Dylan's record of 38 years between New Morning in 1970 and Together Through Life in 2009. Sabbath's last Top 10 U.K. album was 1983's Born Again.

Sabbath are expected to score their first number-one album in the U.S. when the sales figures from last week are released on Wednesday.