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Well you know that Arnel Pineda has been singing for them for a couple years now.  On March 14, 2009 Journey headed over to Manila, Arnel’s home town, and videoed this show.  It’s titled ‘Live In Manila’ and was filmed in RED technology which apparently exceeds 35mm film.  Here is the track listing:

Disc One
1. Never Walk Away
2. Only The Young
3. Ask The Lonely
4. Stone In Love
5. Keep On Running
6. After All These Years
7. Change For The Better
8. Wheel In The Sky
9. Lights/ Still They Ride
10. Open Arms
11. Mother Father
12. Wildest Dreams
13. When You Love A Woman
14. Separate Ways
15. What I Needed

Disc Two
16. Edge Of The Blade
17. Where Did I Lose Your Love
18. Escape
19. Faithfully
20. Don’t Stop Believin’
21. Anyway You Want It
22. Lovin’ Touchin’
23. Turn Down The World
24. Be Good To Yourself

Gift of Gab is finally coming out with his second album, after what . . .five years.  It’s a follow up to ’4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up’ and will be coming out on November 3rd.  Here is what he had to say:

“The name of the album is…Escape2 Mars, and a lot of the title song has to do with global warming.” “There’s all of the talk about the Mayan calendar and 2012, so I’ve been reading about it a little bit. Like I’ve said, I’m not trying to say that I’m in a position to preach or say what it is or isn’t, it’s just interesting information. A lot of it was inspired by that.”

Here’s a little taste of his first album

Their Black Ice World Tour is on hold while Brian Johnson gets some time to recover from his medical procedure.  The rumor is its some sort of throat surgery.  The shows affected by this is Phoenix, Las Vegas, Louisville, Kansas City, Des Moines and Milwaukee.  It will resume in Washington on October 16th.

Man, this is just terrible.  What’s going on with Gibson?  They are coming out with a Jimi Hendrix piano called “The Baldwin Hendrix Custom Grand.”  It has a bunch of ugly drawings all over it and is listed for $168,848.   It was on the Gibson site but for some reason it got taken down.  Here are some pics I found of it.

Ya I was like, Seasonal?  Well the album titled ‘Midwinter Graces’ is coming out on November 10th where she will sing classic carols and some of her own seasonal tracks.  Here are the tracks

1. What Child, Nowell
2. Star of Wonder
3. A Silent Night with You
4. Candle: Coventry Carol
5. Holy, Ivy, and Rose
6. Harps of Gold
7. Snow Angel
8. Jeanette, Isabella
9. Pink and Glitter
10. Emmanuel
11. Winter’s Carol
12. Our New Year

Foreigner is releasing a new 3 disc collection, with one of them being a CD of their new album.  The other CD is a collection of their hits.  The third disc is a DVD of them in concert from their recent European tour.

Their new album ‘Black Gives Way To Blue’ will be out on September 29th but their new single ‘Check My Brain’ is number 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs Chart AND number 1 on the R&R Rock Chart.  They’ll be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 29th and 30th.  After that they are heading out on a tour of Europe.

On November 3 when Slayers new album ‘World Painted Blood’ releases, it will come in 4 different special collector’s edition CD covers.  Each one, when put together side by side, will form a complete map of the world.  There will also be a deluxe edition will include the album plus the “Playing With Dolls” DVD and an expanded booklet.

Check it out here Slayer

Wow, this is just crazy.  Rob Halford from the great Judas Priest is putting out a Christmas Album.  Rob says “Well, I’ve always sadi I wanted to produce a Christmas CD.  The Halford band has assembled a fantastic release, and we’re excited to have produced a collection of holiday tracks which all of us have enjoyed from a very early age.”  It’s coming out on his own label ‘Metal God Records’ titled ‘Halford III-Winter Songs’.  The new single ‘Get Into The Spirit’ debuts at RobHalford.com

To support their latest album ENDGAME, Megadeath are going on tour beginning on November 14th.   Supporting them at various stages of the tour is Machine Head, Suicide Silence and Arcanium.   Here are their tour dates

Nov. 14 – The Orbit Room – Grand Rapids, MI
Nov. 15- Peoria Civic Center – Peoria, IL
Nov. 17 – Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 18 – The LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
Nov. 20 – Madison Theater- Covington, KY
Nov. 21 – The National – Richmond, VA
Nov. 22 – Valarium – Knoxville, TN
Nov. 23 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
Nov. 25 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov. 27 – Hard Rock Live – Orland, FL
Nov. 28 – House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC
Nov. 30 – The Pavilion at Concrete Street – Corpus Christi, TX
Dec. 1 – Sunken Gardens – San Antonio, TX
Dec. 2 – Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, TX
Dec. 3 – Bricktown Events Center – Oklahoma City, OK
Dec. 5 – The Beaumont – Kansas City, MO
Dec. 6 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
Dec. 7 – Great Hall at River Center – Davenport, IA
Dec. 8- Fargo Civic Auditorium – Fargo, ND
Dec. 10 – Shrine Auditorium – Billings, MT

Medeski Martin & Wood are coming out with a whopper of a box set titled ‘Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set’ on November 24th.  Look at all the stuff you get.  All 3 Radiolarians albums I, II, III, 10 remixes, bonus tracks, previously unreleased 70 minute live album, a DVD film directed by Billy Martin AND a double vinyl LP.   Thats pretty sweet.

Phil Collins has been playing drums for a long time. Dating back to the Genesis days. Well after all these years, he says that due to the way he’s been playing the drums, it forced his vertebrae together, crushing his spine. Yikes!! Over the past couple years, he even resorted to taping the drumsticks to his hands because of the pain. So after 50 years he has stopped drumming altogether. Bummer!

So check this.   Tommy Lee is giving you the chance to be on his next Methods Of Mayhem album.  On October 5th you can download his raw tracks then add your own guitars, beats, drums etc. then send it right back to him.  You could be credited on the next release of his Methods Of Mayhem album.

Hmm, I wonder if it’s a hit, would the creator get any residuals?  What if it makes $100,000.  Do you just get credit?  I guess it’s cool either way.  A good way to get your foot in the door.

Check it here: ThePublicRecord

Kylie Minogue is finally touring here in the U.S.  After 20 years of making that guilty pleasure music she’s been doing, she’s coming first to Oakland, Kali then ending in New York.  Here is what I found

9/30 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA

10/1 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA

10/3 – Pearl Theatre, Las Vegas, NV

10/4 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA

10/7 – Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL

10/9 – Air Canada Centre, Toronot, Canada

10/11 – Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY

10/12 – Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY

10/13 – Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY

I was reading the recent edition of Rolling Stone and they were pointing out the reasons why we pay so much for a concert T-shirt.  Here is what they said:

$3.98 – Taxes and fees

$7.76 – Venue fee split between vendor and promoter

$9.26 – The merchant company takes a big chunk for expenses

$14.00 – What the band finally ends up with – 40%

Wow, I never even thought about that.  That sucks.