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Last week while performing in Toronto, Henry Rollins was receiving a bunch of complaints about how high the ticket prices were for his tickets. After he had people check into it, he realized there was a computer error and it overcharged about $10 for each ticket. Then he goes out to the audience and kicks down $10 to everyone that shows him their ticket. That’s pretty sick!

Bob Segers last album was 2006′s ‘Face the Promise’. He’s now in the studio with his Silver Bullet Band recording a new album. Seger will have some friends join on the album such as Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. He’ also on tour so you can check him out if you’re in the areas below:

March 31: Toledo, Ohio, The Huntington Center
April 2: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Van Andel Arena
April 5: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Bank Arena
April 7: Cleveland, Ohio Quicken Loans Arena
April 9: Buffalo, New York, HSBC Arena
April 12: Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre
April 15: Boston, Massachusetts, TD Garden
April 16: Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
April 19: Atlanta, Georgia, Philips Arena
April 21: Nashville, Tennessee, Bridgestone Arena
April 23: Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro Coliseum
April 26: Little Rock, Arkansas, Verizon Arena
April 28: Tulsa, Oklahoma, BOK Center
April 30: Houston, Texas, Toyota Center
May 3: New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans Arena
May 6: Kansas City, Montana, Sprint Center
May 10: Omaha, Nebraska, Qwest Center
May 12: St. Paul, Minnesota, Xcel Energy Center
May 14: Rosemont, Illinois, Allstate Arena
May 17, 19: Auburn Hills, Michigan, The Palace of Auburn Hills

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses will open in Seattle and run from April 16-22 at the Experience Music Project. Some of the stuff shown will be handwritten lyrics and some clothes Kurt Cobain wore plus a couple hundred other stuff from Nirvana.

I didn’t know Nirvana was punk but….OK!

A new magazine has come out for the drummers of the world. iDrum Magazine is free and it has tons of news, reviews, lessons and video content. The first issue will have a huge competition where you can win over $15,000 which includes a set of four of Neil’s favorite DW touring snares in a red velvet lined road style display case, plus a set of Sabian Paragon Cymbals and a brick of Neil’s custom designed ProMark sticks.

Check it out here: iDrummag.com

Last week New York Dolls have put out a new video for ‘Fool For You Baby’ which you can see here.  The song comes from their new album ‘Dancing Backward in High Heels’.

I’m pretty sure you’ve seen it.  It’s been around forever and people have been doing it in front of the camera ever since.  Jim Marshall, who took the photograph in 1969 at Cash’s San Quentin Prison performance, asked Cash to do a shot for the warden.  Then Cash flipped the finger and Jim took the photo.  I love hearing the stories behind the photographs.

For Record Store Day next month, Foo Fighters will be releasing a covers album titled ‘Medium Rare’.  The album will be released on vinyl on April 16.  Here is the track listing.

“Band on the Run” (Paul McCartney and Wings)
“I Feel Free” (Cream)
“Life of Illusion” (Joe Walsh)
“Young Man Blues” (Mose Allison; made famous by The Who)
“Bad Reputation” (Thin Lizzy)
“Darling Nikki” (Prince)
“Down in the Park” (Gary Numan)
“Baker Street” (Gerry Rafferty)
“Danny Says” (The Ramones)
“Have a Cigar” (Pink Floyd)
“Never Talking to You Again” (Hüsker Dü)
“Gas Chamber” (Angry Samoans)
“This Will Be Our Year” (The Zombies)

Their last album was 2007′s ‘Born into This’ which was produced by Martin “Youth” Glover of Killing Joke fame.  This next album will be produced by Chris Goss who produced Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss.

Duran Duran have hired on David Lynch to direct their new concert film for the second season of ‘Unstaged’.  Lynch says he will have some cool features such as “choose your cam” and “All of Us Now” which will encourage fans to upload pictures of body parts that will later be made into a collage.  The show will be streamed live from LA on YouTub on March 23.

Poor Ja Rule.  He is surrendering to New York Authorities on June 8 to begin his 2 year sentence for illegal weapons possession.  This happened back in 2007 while in New York but he’s been free on bail so he can finish up his new album and his reality TV show.

Yes you heard it right.  Another Jackson is putting out an album and this time its his first album.  Tito Jackson in releasing his first ever solo album titled ‘So Far So Good’ sometime in the summer.  3T, as he is known in the music world (um really?) worked closely with his 3 sons on this album who encouraged Tito to get back into the music scene.

Five-Time Grammy Award winner Shania Twain is writing an autobiography that is set to be released on May 3rd.  The book will be published by Atria Books and is titled “From This Moment On”.  She hasn’t released many albums but she’s won 27 BMI Songwriter awards and sold over 75 million albums worldwide.  Not bad eh!

I often wondered what he thought about 2004′s ‘The Grey Album’ that was done by Danger Mouse. I thought it was a pretty amazing album. Well in a recent interview, Paul McCartney said:

“I didn’t mind when something like that happened with The Grey Album. But the record company minded. They put up a fuss. But it was like, ‘Take it easy guys, it’s a tribute.’”

Damn, he makes me love him more and more.

Since they played in Mexico City, they were asked about a new album. Their last album was ‘Rapture Of The Deep’ and honestly, I didn’t hear it or heard much about it. I can’t say that I’m a huge Deep Purple fan but new music is new music.

Ian Gillan said “I guess it’s about time, isn’t it? So we’re gonna get together and have a writing session quite soon. And if we get excited, then we’ll probably have another album shortly after that.

On April 5th, Iggy & The Stooges are releasing a special 180 Gram vinyl titled “Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans”. Its their Raw Power performance at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival back on September 3, 2010.

Iggy states:

“Getting this top-notch performance of the entire Raw Power album by The Stooges realized a life long dream. This shit really sizzles and we are so obviously a crack band in a class of our own.”