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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