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Animals (Album Version)
Savin' Me
If Everyone Cared
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Bottoms Up

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History Lesson

50 NFL Coach (Texans) Gary Kubiak
39 Actor Ben Affleck
32 NASCAR Driver Carl Edwards
21 Actress Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)

1911 Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.

1939 The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood.

1967 Born on this day, MCA (Adam Yauch) The Beastie Boys

1969 Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages. Joni Mitchell was booked to appear but had to pull out due to being booked for a TV show, wrote the song 'Woodstock.'

DAILY WTF: Poor self control

An 18-year-old Florida man is sitting in a jail cell due to poor impulse control. Specifically, he is accused of groping a woman’s buttocks outside a dressing room at a Walmart. Arrested shortly after the incident, during questioning by law enforcement, he provided an explanation, of sorts, for his behavior. “Her booty looked so good... I just couldn’t resist touching it.” Locked up in lieu of $1000 bail, charged with touch or strike/battery, a misdemeanor. Apparently, he likes big butts and he can not lie. Read more HERE

History Lesson 8/14

66 Actor Steve Martin
52 NBA's Magic Johnson
45 Actress Halle Berry
28 Actress Mila Kunis
24 NFL's Tim Tebow

1995 Foo Fighters made their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman when they performed their new single 'This Is A Call'.

2002 Dave Williams lead singer of US heavy rock band Drowning Pool was found dead on the band's tour bus during Ozzy Osbournes Ozzfest tour in Manassas, Virginia. The autopsy concluded that he suffered from a form of heart disease. The bands debut album, Sinner, had sold over 1 million copies in the US since its release in June 2001.

History Lesson

53 Actor Danny Bonaduce
30 Singer LeAnn Rimes

1994 Members from Oasis and The Verve were arrested after smashing up a hotel bar and breaking into a church to steal communion wine. Both bands had been appearing at Hulsfred Festival in Sweden.

1994 Woodstock '94 was held in Saugerties, New York, attended by over 350,000 fans, the festival featured Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Tickets cost $135.00

2009 Guitarist Les Paul died in hospital in White Plains, New York at the age of 94 suffering from severe pneumonia. Paul is credited with developing one of the first solid-body electric guitars, which went on sale in 1952 and contributed to the birth of rock. He also developed other influential recording innovations such as multi-track recording and overdubbing. In the early 50s, Paul and his wife Mary Ford had a string of hits including 'Mockin' Bird Hill', 'How High the Moon', and 'Vaya Con Dios'.

History Lesson

53 Actress Rosanna Arquette
52 Actor Antonio Banderas
44 NHL forward Alex Andrievski
40 Actress Angie Harmon
39 Actor Justin Theroux

1821 Missouri became the 24th state in the United States.

1846 The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson.

1948 Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television.

2002 Lisa Marie Presley married actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii. The marriage was Presley's third. She was married previously to musician Danny Keough and pop star Michael Jackson. Cage filed for divorce four months later.

History Lesson

55 Actress Melanie Griffith
44 Actress Gillian Anderson (The X-Files)
44 Actor Eric Bana
27 Actress Anna Kendrick

1980 AC/DC scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Back In Black'. It was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott, (who died on 19 February 1980 at the age of 33), and was dedicated to him. The album has sold an estimated 49 million copies worldwide to date, making it the second highest selling album of all time, and the best selling hard rock or heavy metal album, as well as the best selling album ever released by a band.

1994 During an Oasis gig at The Riverside in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, guitarist Noel Gallagher was hit in the face by a man who had jumped on the stage. Noel refused to carry on playing and after leaving the stage a mob of over 300 people attacked the bands bus as they were leaving.

SOUNDWAVE 2013

METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, ANTHRAX, A PERFECT CIRCLE, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, THE OFFSPRING, FOZZY, BLINK-182 and STONE SOUR are among the confirmed bands for next year's Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March. Read more HERE

STAIND Live & in HD

The first official live CD from STAIND, "Live From Mohegan Sun", was made available on July 10, and will be followed by the DVD and Blu-ray release on August 14. This concert was recorded and filmed in high definition at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Montville, Connecticut on November 25, 2011. STAIND will co-headline this summer's Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival tour, which begins on August 17 in Bonner Springs, Kansas. STAIND plans to go on hiatus after completing the touring cycle for its self-titled seventh album, according to Billboard.com. But Lewis says that the band is not breaking up, telling The Pulse Of Radio that it's just time for a breather.

"Live From Mohegan Sun" track listing:
  01. Eyes Wide Open
  02. Falling
  03. Right Here
  04. Throw It All Away
  05. Spleen
  06. Fade
  07. Failing
  08. So Far Away
  09. Crawl
  10. For You
  11. Paper Wings
  12. Outside
  13. Not Again
  14. It's Been Awhile
  15. Mudshovel
  16. Something To Remind You

DAILY WTF: She's Sharp

A Pennsylvania woman with severely sunburned buttocks last night stabbed her boyfriend with a large steak knife after he slapped her rear end while she was doing the dishes in her home, cops report. The 24 year old is facing an assortment of criminal charges and is being held in lieu of $25,000 bond. According to police, the woman was cleaning the dishes when her boyfriend, “slapped her in the buttocks.” The man told cops that he did this as a “joke” since he “was aware [she] had sunburn in the area.” The woman, however, did not find this amusing and followed the man into the living room where she stabbed him once in the abdomen and twice in the shoulder. This arrest was not her first cutlery-related incident. She was busted in 2008 after allegedly stabbing a man with a fork during an argument over diapers. Once a cutter, always a cutter ?!? Read more HERE

History Lesson

91 Actress Esther Williams
75 Actor Dustin Hoffman
51 Guitarist The Edge of U2
51 Drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison
39 Singer Scott Stapp of Creed

1981 MTV broadcast its first stereo concert with REO Speedwagon who performed in Denver, Colorado, having just released the album Hi Infidelity

1992 A riot broke out during a Guns N' Roses and Metallica gig at Montreal stadium when Metallica's show was cut short after singer James Hetfield was injured by pyrotechnics. Guns N' Roses took the stage but frontman Axl Rose claimed that his throat hurt, causing the band to leave the stage early. The cancellation led to a riot by the audience who overturned cars, smashed windows, looted local stores and set fires.

1996 Kiss appeared at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio on their 192 date Alive World Tour. During this show a fan threw his fake leg on stage, which all the members signed and handed back to him.

Papa Roach Still Swingin!

The Connection is set for release on October 2nd on Eleven Seven Music. The new album was recorded at the band’s hometown studio, The Red House in Saramento. The first single from The Connection is a track called “Still Swingin,” which many fans may have heard during the Major League Baseball All Stars Home Run Derby on ESPN. The track will be featured by ESPN/MLB in select games/events for the next few weeks. Read more HERE

3DD Charity Bike Raffle

Check out the “Citizen / Soldier V”, designed and built by Bourget Bike Work’s, and created for our charity, The Better Life Foundation. You can win this motorcycle by purchasing a raffle ticket at this link! All proceeds go to a great cause. The winner will be notified during the annual concert and silent auction in Tunica, MS. You do not have to be present to win! More info HERE and HERE

DAILY WTF: Topless Car Chase

Who doesn't like to drive with their top down? A Florida woman allegedly told authorities that when a deputy tried to pull her over for speeding, she didn't stop because she was driving topless. When a deputy attempted to pull a speeding pick-up truck on Saturday, the vehicle allegedly turned onto another street and sped away, running a stop sign and nicking an oak tree in the process, but the driver kept going. The deputy lost sight of the truck, but ultimately a sheriff's helicopter located the vehicle parked behind a mobile home, with passenger side mirror broken, and an oak leaf sitting on the remains. When deputies found the woman at home, she admitted that she had been driving, claiming that she had been driving topless and hadn't wanted to be pulled over while half-naked. She was arrested for fleeing and eluding law enforcement and given a thumbs up for a creative excuse. Read more HERE

History Lesson

54 Singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden
52 Actor David Duchovny
37 Actress Charlize Theron
36 Drummer Barry Kerch of Shinedown

1789 Congress established the U.S. War Department.

1959 The United States launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of Earth.

2007 Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron on baseball’s all-time homerun list. The record, however, is discredited by many because of Bond’s alleged steroid use.

History Lesson

42 Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan
40 Singer Geri Halliwell of The Spice Girls
36 Actress Soleil Moon Frye of Punky Brewster

1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first U.S. woman to swim across the English Channel.
1945 The first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
1988 'Appetite For Destruction' Guns N' Roses debut album went to No.1 in the US, after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies. Singles from the album, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine,’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Paradise City’ were all US top 10 hits. Worldwide sales now stand in excess of 28 million and the album is the best-selling debut album of all-time in the US, beating Boston's debut album Boston, which has gone 17x platinum.

DAILY WTF: Tractor vs. Cop Cars

A man on a big farm tractor, angry about his recent arrest for resisting arrest and marijuana possession rolled across parked police cruisers in Montpelier Vermont — five marked cruisers, one unmarked car and a transport van. Cops working in a former bank building with windows closed and air conditioners humming didn't know what was happening in their parking lot until a neighbor called 911. With their vehicles crushed, they had nothing to pursue him with! So, they had to call the cops, other cops in the county to the north, to apprehend the man. Read more HERE

Green Day x3

Green Day will release three albums between September 25 and January 15. According to a press release, the trilogy will be called ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! and be recorded in Oakland, California, the band's hometown. Singer Billie Joe Armstrong confirmed the news on Twitter: "Ok. Here's the deal. We're making a 3 album trilogy. Not 1. Not 2. But 3 albums. Called ¡UNO! ¡DOS! ¡TRE! Coming September November January". Read more HERE

Beck Games

Beck has contributed 3 brand new songs to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game Sound Shapes. The three tracks are Cities, Touch the People and Spiral Staircase. Read more HERE

DAILY WTF: Not Her Good Side

A Georgia woman has been charged with misusing the 911 system after she called police dispatchers to register a complaint about the quality of a previously taken mug shot. Tonya Ann Fowler dialed police after spotting the photo in “Bad & Busted,” a local publication that compiles images of recent arrestees. In a conversation with a cop, Fowler explained that she “was upset about how she looked on the front page of the Bad and Busted printing.” As a result of the 911 call about her mug shot, Fowler was afforded the opportunity to pose for a fresh booking photo since she was charged with unlawful use of 911 and disorderly conduct. No word if officers congratulated her for making the cover! Read more HERE

History Lesson

86 Singer Tony Bennett
72 Actor Martin Sheen
71 Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
61 Actor Jay North (Dennis the Menace)
49 Singer Ed Roland of Collective Soul
49 Actor Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy, Soul Food)
49 Singer/Guitarist James Hetfield of Metallica
46 Shirley Manson Singer of Garbage
42 Guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
33 Actress Evangeline Lilly (Lost)

1981 Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married Lady Diana Spencer.

2003 Red sox switch hitter Bill Mueller became the first baseball player to hit grand slam home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game.

1991 Metallic held a playback party to launch their self-titled album at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Kurt Cobain and Chris Novoselic from Nirvana both attended.

Zombie @ Toronto Film Fest + Albums

"The Lords Of Salem", will premiere this September at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie will screen as part of the event's "Midnight Madness" series of genre films. The movie, about a 300-year-old coven of witches seeking revenge on the modern-day town of Salem, marks Zombie's first collaboration with the producers of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise and his first live-action film since 2009's "Halloween 2". The film does not yet have a release date. Zombie began shooting the film earlier this year, taking time off between filming and post-production to tour and start work on a new record.

Zombie has also been working on his first new album since 2010's "Hellbilly Deluxe 2". The new, yet-to-be-titled CD is set for a late 2012 release. The singer will also release a collection of remixes of various Zombie tracks on August 7 called "Mondo Sex Head". The remixes feature some of the hottest names in the growing electronic dance music scene, along with contributions from Jonathan Davis of KORN and Chino Moreno of DEFTONES.

Read more HERE

Evanescence headlines "MADNESS"

EVANESCENCE is headlining this year's edition of Carnival Of Madness, the annual touring rock extravaganza, with support from CHEVELLE, HALESTORM and NEW MEDICINE. The trek kicked off on Tuesday, July 31 in Springfield, Illinois and will hit major cities across the U.S. including Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh. Read more HERE

New Single from FLYLEAF

Rock quintet FLYLEAF will release a new single, "New Horizons", on August 21 via iTunes. The song is the title track of the band's third album, which will arrive this fall via A&M/Octone. Bassist Pat Seals describes the tune to Loudwire as follows: "'New Horizons' expresses a feeling of looking toward the unknown future with hope. Definitely one of our best and most joyful songs — I am excited to see how our fans will receive it." FLYLEAF reportedly filmed footage for the "New Horizons" video this past May at the benefit show for Richard Caldwell at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas, Texas. Read more HERE

FFDP: What's goin on

Peter Lizano of MusicTourReviews.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Jeremy Spencer of Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. Guitarist Jason Hook told Loudwire in a new interview that FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH would ideally like to have a new album out every 18 months. To make that happen, they tentatively plan to get into the studio in January 2013. Hook says that the group has six to eight new songs in various stages of preparation. Read more HERE

History Lesson

80 - Actor Peter O'Toole 
73 - Director Wes Craven 
48 - Actress Mary-Louise Parker
42 - Director-actor Kevin Smith
35 - Actor Edward Furlong
20 - Actress Hallie Eisenberg 
1876 Wild Bill Hickok was murdered in Deadwood, S.D. while playing poker. Creating the "Dead Man's Hand" BLACK A's & 8's
1909 The first Lincoln penny was issued.
1998 Beastie Boys started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Hello Nasty', the bands third US No.1 album.
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DAILY WTF: No Sex in Walmart

A pair of frisky folks are facing criminal charges after they allegedly swiped some K-Y Jelly from a Walmart and actually began trysting inside of Kansas Walmart. The X-rated encounter Sunday evening resulted in the arrest of Julian Call, 22, and Tina Gianakon, 35, on theft and lewd and lascivious behavior charges. Witnesses told officers that the couple was openly fondling each other in full view of fellow Walmart shoppers. Additionally, the pair was accused of shoplifting the sexual lubricant and other items. Municipal Court complaints filed against Call and Gianakon accuse them of engaging “in sexual intercourse or sodomy with any person or animal with knowledge or reasonable anticipation that the participants are being viewed by another.” Call and Gianakon--both of whom appeared sober--were briefly booked into the Reno County jail on the misdemeanor counts. Did they have to include "animal" in that charge since the woman involved was a "cougar"? Read more HERE

DAILY WTF: Meth Candy!

A former military policeman is facing a federal narcotics rap after he allegedly sought to smuggle several pounds of methamphetamine to Japan in the form of 45 Snickers bars. The man was arrested Friday afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport after federal agents discovered the narcotics in his suitcase during a search. Federal agents found the meth-filled candy bars inside a “box with a design printed on the outside suggesting that it contained Snickers candy bars.” When investigators unwrapped one of Snickers bars, they determined that the meth “was actually wrapped inside clear cellophane, which was itself coated in a chocolate-like substance so as to make the contents of the package appear to be a real candy bar.” There was no tasty nougat, caramel, or peanuts to be found anywhere. Read more HERE

Metallica Tribute Album

21st-anniversary tribute to METALLICA's 1991 self-titled fifth album, commonly known as "the black album," which was made available with the June 20 issue of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine. To date, the black album has sold more than 15.7 million copies in the United States. In 2009, it surpassed SHANIA TWAIN's 1997 record, "Come On Over", as the best-selling CD of the SoundScan era.The CD features the following track listing:
01. RISE TO REMAIN - "Enter Sandman"
02. YOUR DEMISE - "Sad But True"
03. DEVILDRIVER - "Holier Than Thou"
04. THE DEFILED - "Unforgiven"
05. YASHIN - "Wherever I May Roam"
06. HAWK EYES - "Don’t Tread On Me"
07. EVILE - "Through The Never"
08. LOSTALONE - "Nothing Else Matters"
09. SAVAGE MESSIAH - "Of Wolf And Man"
10. BLACK SPIDERS - "The God That Failed"
11. MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "My Friend Of Misery"
12. DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL - "The Struggle Within"

Read more HERE

Lohan's "Sex Scene" Request

Lindsay Lohan has never seemed shy when it comes to showing off her body – after all she posed nude in Playboy last year. But while filming a sex scene for her upcoming movie “The Canyons” with porn star James Deen, she suddenly got demure. Lohan reportedly demanded the 10-man crew strip down to their skivvies while she filmed the scene in order to make her feel more comfortable going topless in front of them. Although the guys weren’t too thrilled with the idea initially, they did eventually give in to the actress. Read More HERE

NO KISSING!

The president of Uganda is calling on people in the East African country to avoid physical contact, including handshaking and kissing, to prevent the spread of the deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus that is believed to have killed 14 people in the last few weeks. Read More HERE

Pearl Jam was ROBBED!

The ex-CFO of Pearl Jam's management company has been charged with 33 counts of theft, swindling the band out of $380,000 over a four-year period that ended with his firing nearly two years ago. READ MORE

Toe Sucker Gets Off

A registered sex offender/foot fetishist who this month tricked a teenager into allowing him to suck her toe inside a Walmart in Georgia will not be charged in connection with the icky encounter. Investigators with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office have concluded that a possible battery case against Joey Leaphart, 43, was “unfounded”. The woman told officers that he approached her claiming to be a representative of the “America’s Funniest Home Videos” TV show and offered to pay for her purchases if she agreed to cooperate with a “prank.” Which included photographing her foot, then he asked to kiss it and eventually said “Don’t worry, I don’t bite,” before sucking her toe and finishing with “Oh, it tasted so good though,” before running from the Walmart in Grovetown. The creeper escaped arrest because he “made physical content” with the “consent” of the 18 year old victim.

Trespass America Swag to win

SkullsNBones Trespass America Giveway! Posted on: July 13th via SkullsNBones –
“Metal is all about supporting each other and supporting the bands you love! SkullsNBones wants to see pictures of how you support the bands on the Trespass America Tour! Upload photos of you sporting swag, wallpapering your room with posters, tattoos on your ass, or whatever you think is an awesome way of showing your support for the Trespass America Tour bands for your chance to win! Prizes include a pair of tickets to the show of your choice, CDs from Five Finger Death Punch, God Forbid, Emmure, Battlecross, Trivium & Pop Evil, posters from Five Finger Death Punch,Emmure, God Forbid & Battlecross, tee shirts from God Forbid and Emmure, and more! Follow the link to the Community side of SkullsNBones for full details and to enter!” Click here to enter now!!

Minka Kelly Sex Tape

Minka Kelly is rumored to be the latest actress to be featured in a sex tape that is now being offered for sale to the highest bidder, TMZ,com reports. The website reports the video is 30 minutes long and features the Charlie’s Angels star with an ex-boyfriend. TMZ reports the video may have been shot when the actress was a minor. Kelly has not commented on the report.

Blunderbuss+

There may be more solo tracks from Jack White headed our way. The ex-White Stripes frontman says that while making his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, he recorded a large number of tracks that may surface someday. “I recorded maybe 25 songs [during the Blunderbuss sessions],” White tells the U.K.’s MSN Music in a video interview. “I’m still working on the other ones and these ones that came out on Blunderbuss were just the ones that seemed to fit together right now.” White added that he was “surprised” that Blunderbuss did so well, scoring the #1 spot on the U.K. album chart and his first #1 album on the Billboard 200 album chart its first week out. “It’s always shocking to me…because I have no idea exactly what people want to hear or what they’d like to know about or what they can relate to,” notes the singer. “I just can try and do the best of what I think is interesting or…means something to me.”

Win a Honda from Linkin Park

In accordance with the Honda Civic Tour tradition, Linkin Park has customized and autographed a one-of-a-kind Honda Civic Si Coupe and a CBR250R Motorcycle, which will travel with them from city to city for the upcoming trek. Fans who register at HondaCivicTour.com will get the chance to win the vehicles, as well as an exclusive fly-away trip to Los Angeles, where they'll receive signed instruments from Linkin Park and visit the guys on the set during a music video shoot. “The idea for the customization on the car was to take something based on the artwork from our new album, Living Things,” said multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda. “The 3-D figure you see on the album cover is actually a scan of Chester’s head breaking apart and fracturing, with fire underneath. The car and motorcycle have a similar look. The motorcycle makes me want to ride motorcycles. It kind of has a superhero look.” Fans can register for the contest from now until November 30, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The grand prize will be awarded sometime before December 31, 2013. Linkin Park will kick off their co-headlining tour with Incubus on August 11 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA. 8/17 Camden NJ

Slipknot Pay-Per-View

Can't make it to Slipknot’s first-ever Knotfest next month? That's not a problem -- the band has announced it'll be offering a pay-per-view stream of their headlining sets online. “One of our long-time dreams is finally coming to fruition with the creation of Knotfest,” said percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan in a statement. “Our goal was to create a festival experience which screamed our vision. It means everything for everyone to see the live spectacle we’re creating in the flesh, but we understand some fans around the world can’t be at the show. We've now made it possible for you to be there in spirit.” Fans who pre-order the stream now for $14.95 at EventViewLive.com will get access to “Slipknot Saturdays,” which features videos of exclusive performances from the band as well as behind-the-scenes footage documenting Slipknot’s journey to the festival. “Slipknot Saturdays” begin on July 14 and will continue each Saturday until the first day of Knotfest. In addition to watching the shows live, fans will have on-demand access to the stream for 30 days following the event. Knotfest will take place in two locations. The first is in Iowa on August 17, and the second is in Somerset, on the border of Wisconsin and Minnesota, on August 18.

Green Day Teaser

Green Day wants to remind you that they’ve got a new single headed your way. On Wednesday, the band posted a snippet online of “Oh Love,” the first single from their upcoming album, ¡Uno! The 15-second clip features a brief taste of the track along with an animated scene of the album’s artwork destroying a pop-up advertisement. In addition to “Oh Love” hitting radio and arriving in stores on July 16, the track will also be streaming on Green Day's website that day starting at 9 a.m. ET. ¡Uno! is set for release on September 25. The other albums in the trilogy, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!, are slated for release on November 13, 2012 and January 15, 2013, respectively.

Farm Aid 2012

The 27th annual Farm Aid festival is set for September 22 at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA. Farm Aid founders Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson will all be back to perform at the event, which benefits and supports independent, family-run farms throughout the U.S. Other artists slated to play at the concert include Jack Johnson, ALO, Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. The full lineup is expected to be announced in the near future. Tickets for the event range from $35.75 to $99.75 and will go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

White Unreleased

The thirteenth installment of Jack White’s Third Man Records subscription series The Vault will include two previously-unreleased live recordings of The White Stripes' first performances. The package will include the Stripes' first live concert at the Gold Dollar in Detroit on August 14th, 1997 on 12” vinyl. The track list for the album includes “Screwdriver” and “Lafayette Blues,” as well as a cover of The Stooges’ “TV Eye.” Vault subscribers will also receive a 7” vinyl record featuring performances of “St. James Infirmary,” “Jimmy the Exploder” and “Love Potion #9” recorded during the band’s first-ever live performance on July 14th, 1997 during the Gold Dollar’s open-mic night. In addition, a tote bag featuring The White Stripes’ peppermint logo will also be included in the package. Vault package number thirteen will be available to all subscribing members until July 31.

Slipknot taking "Baby Steps"

For months now, members of Slipknot have expressed different opinions about the band’s plans to make their first album without late bassist Paul Gray, who died in 2010. Frontman Corey Taylor says that while the band will definitely make a new album, they’re not sure exactly when they’ll begin the recording process. “We're just taking baby steps and trying to do it right,” Taylor tells the Phoenix New Times. “Not rush into anything, and just get to a point where we're ready to make music without Paul. Which is going to be really hard, but we need to go down that road and…just coming together as a family again for it to be right." Taylor added he felt that guitarist and Slipknot founding member Donnie Steele was the right choice to fill in for Gray during their current Rockstar Mayhem Festival dates with Slayer and Motörhead. “It just makes sense to have someone from the family come in and pick up, help us pick up the pieces,” explains the singer. “But I don't see us ever replacing Paul. There's no replacing. But for now, Donnie is doing a great job and he's been helping us carry on.”

"You're a lie" nearly Slashed from album

There’s no denying that Slash’s single, “You’re a Lie,” is a hit, but the irony is the song was almost cut from the track list from his second solo album, Apocalyptic Love. “The original version of [‘You’re a Lie’] had a different chorus and we never felt one hundred percent comfortable with it and so when we were in pre-production, the song was really on the chopping block,” Slash tells ABC News Radio. “I came up with a different idea for the guitar part for the chorus and…Myles [Kennedy] came up with a whole different vocal and changed the song completely and all of the sudden it made it.” Slash noted that he plans to make another solo album with his backing band, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, just as soon as singer Myles Kennedy finishes working on a new album with his other band, Alter Bridge. “Alter Bridge is Myles’s band so I don’t want to interrupt that,” Slash explains. “I don’t want to cause any friction, so as soon as there’s a time that seems right I’ll probably be writing material all throughout next year and when the time is right we’ll go in and get another record done.”

Muse release "Olympics" video

Muse has released an official "Olympics video" for their new song "Survival," which will be incorporated into the upcoming Summer Games in London. The clip includes footage of several Summer Olympics sports, including swimming, track and field and gymnastics. "Survival" is expected to be used during Olympics broadcasts throughout the world, as well as when athletes enter their venues and during "the lead-up to the medal ceremonies," according to a statement. NBC will air the Olympics in the U.S. beginning July 27.

SERJ: Free to the masses

If you can’t wait to check out System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian’s third solo album, Harakiri, you’re in luck. The singer will post a stream of every song from the new album on Monday at RedBullUSA.com. You’ll be able to hear Tankian perform some of the tracks live when he appears on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!the day after the album is released on July 11. In other Tankian news, he'll be hitting the road with System of a Down for a two-week string of North American dates this summer. That outing kicks off on August 2 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Philadelphia, PA. Deftones will support the band on all dates.

Black Keys create for "Fists"

New music from The Black Keys is headed our way. A trailer for The Man with the Iron Fists, a new film starring and directed by rapper RZA, reveals that The Keys have written some new music that will be used in the movie’s soundtrack. According to IMDb.com, the film takes place in feudal China and is about “a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village [that] is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.” In addition to RZA, The Man with the Iron Fists also stars Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Jamie Chung and Pam Grier. A release date for the film has yet to be announced.

CeeKay Autocorrect Tuesday

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Who's Getting a Star?

 The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced the names of the celebrities who will be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013. At a press conference on Friday, actress and recent Walk of Fame star recipient Marg Helgenberger revealed that Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, James Franco, Helen Mirren and Ron Howard will all receive their stars next year. Also from the world of movies, makeup artist Rick Baker is set to be honored. Others chosen from among hundreds of nominees in the running to have a permanent place on the Walk of Fame are television stars Simon Baker, Bryan Cranston, Ellen DeGeneres, Katey Sagal, Jane Lynch and Matthew Perry. Honorees from the live stage include actress Olympia Dukakis and magicians Penn & Teller. David Green, chairman of the Walk of Fame selection committee, said in a statement, “The Walk of Fame will bring everlasting memories of star power, talent and popularity to the millions who visit Hollywood each year and which will shine even more light on the entertainment capital of the world.”

Mark Wahlberg hits the (online) books

He's got a successful film career as an actor and producer that includes two Oscar nominations, but Mark Wahlberg doesn't have a high school diploma. That, however, is about to change. After reading that 41-year-old Wahlberg regretted dropping out of high school his freshman year, Kerry Tondorf, the headmaster of Boston's Snowden International High School in Copley Square, wrote to Wahlberg, telling him of a program the school offers to allow students to complete their high school educations online. Says Tondorf, "He called me the next day, and he seemed very excited and serious about the opportunity," reports the Boston Globe. Snowden International High School in Copley Square was known as Copley Square High School when Wahlberg dropped out to give showbiz a try. Over 25 years later, he's already enrolled in the online program to complete his high school education and has even signed up for his first class. The program allows students to study and complete classes at their own pace, just as long as they log in at least once a week.

Black Keys sue Pizza Hut & Home Depot

 The Black Keys have sued Home Depot, Pizza Hut and Pizza Hut's ad agency, claiming that the companies used the band's songs without permission, Bloomberg.com reports. The band alleges that Home Depot used parts of their hit "Lonely Boy" in a power tools commercial, while Pizza Hut used parts of another hit, "Gold on the Ceiling," in a commercial for its Cheesy Bites Pizza. Both songs appear on the band's 2011 album El Camino, and the songs' co-producer and co-writer Danger Mouse is also suing. “We haven’t seen the complaint but we take intellectual property very seriously,” a spokesman for Home Depot told Bloomberg. Spokespersons for Pizza Hut and its ad agency did not respond to Bloomberg's request for comment. According to the suits, which were filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the band last month requested that the companies stop running the ads with their songs in them.

Orion Music + More

Over the weekend, Metallica launched their new annual music, arts and lifestyle festival called Orion Music + More. While the event featured the band performing their signature albums Metallica, a.k.a. the Black Album, and Ride the Lightning in their entirety, it also included more than 35 bands from a wide variety of musical genres. During a press conference with reporters on Friday, frontman James Hetfield said that one of the main reasons they created the event was to offer metal fans the opportunity to expand their musical horizons. “People come to a festival for the music, to hang with their friends, and soak up, hopefully, a different style of music,” explained the singer. “We’ve got the best of different kinds of music. There’s quite a few bands on the bill that I’m not a big fan of but I respect the fact that they’re good at what they do and opening the door for someone who might enjoy that is part of it as well.” Hetfield added that the festival was also created to help to promote emerging talent in the world of heavy metal music. “There’s a lot of…metal bands that need the exposure,” noted Hetfield. “We think they’re good and they need the exposure and we’re kind of doing our best to get them out in front of people. We’ve been blessed over the 30 years to have built up an amazing family and we’d like to share some of our family with some of these other bands.”

LP Live Stream

 Here's your chance to check out Linkin Park live -- and you don't even need to buy a ticket. The band has just announced that they'll be beaming a special live concert from Los Angeles straight to your computer for free next week. The concert is part of Rio+Social, a global conversation organized by the United Nations Foundation which focuses on the intersection of social media, technology and the development of sustainable energy. "We believe today's youth are global citizens and are better connected and informed than any previous generation," said bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell in a statement. "Rio+Social is an historic opportunity allowing youth to participate in the global discussion about critical issues like sustainability in a way that has not been possible before." In addition to LP’s performance, the band will participate in a discussion about how the power of music, gaming and social media can be used to address some of the world's sustainable energy challenges. You’ll be able to watch LP’s concert on June 19 at YouTube.com/TheWarnerSound at 6:30 p.m. ET. Visit RioPlusSocial.com for more info. In other LP news, a new song from the band's upcoming album, Living Things, will be featured in the soundtrack for the film Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which opens in theaters on June 22. According to Billboard.com, the last song on the album, "Powerless," will be playing during the movie's end credits.

Papa Roach REVEAL...

 Papa Roach has something very special to tell us. The band has just announced that they will be making a “major announcement” during a live interactive event where they will give fans the chance to chat with the band. The announcement and Q&A session will take place on Thursday at 3 p.m. PT. To take part in the webcast, fans will need to visit Papa Roach’s Facebook page shortly before the session begins in order to find out where to tune in. In other Papa Roach news, the band is gearing up to hit the road with Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind and P.O.D. for the third annual Rockstar Uproar Festival. That outing kicks off on August 17 at Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone in Kansas City, MO.

Happy Birthday 6/13

 

Rivers Cuomo 42/guitar-vocals-songwriter, Weezer
Siegfried Fischbacher 73/magician, one-half of Siegfried and Roy
Malcolm McDowell 69/actor, A Clockwork Orange
Tim Allen 59/actor-comedian, TV's Home Improvement, Last Man Standing
Ally Sheedy 50/actress, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire
Steve-O 38/stunt performer, Jackass
Ethan Embry 34/actor, Empire Records
Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen 26/actresses, TV's Full House

Charlize goes BALD?!

 Blonde-haired, Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is looking a bit different these days, according to E! Online. The Snow White and the Huntsman star has shaved her head for her role as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, a reboot of the 1979 action film that originally starred Mel Gibson. Theron was photographed in Beverly Hills on Monday wearing a grey felt hat over her chrome dome as she carried her six-month-old son Jackson. The movie, which also stars Tom Hardy, is set to start shooting in Africa next month -- a continent that holds a special place in Theron's heart. Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa, in 1975, and even though she became a U.S. citizen in 2007, she still retains her South African citizenship.

Corgan: Slams and Streams

It seems that Billy Corgan isn’t a fan of Radiohead. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman says that he’s upset that some people consider Radiohead’s contribution to rock music to be more important than that of Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. “I'll piss on f**king Radiohead, because of all this pomposity,” Corgan tells Antiquiet.com. “This value system that says [guitarist] Jonny Greenwood is more valuable than Ritchie Blackmore. Not in the world I grew up in." Corgan added that that the very idea of putting one artist’s contribution to music above another bothers him as well. “Have we all made contributions?” asks Corgan. “Yes. I'm not attacking that. I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm so f**king sick of it, and nobody seems to tire of it." If you’d like to hear The Pumpkins’ latest contribution to rock music, Oceania, then you’re in luck. The band has just announced that they’ve posted a stream of every song from the new album on iTunes where it'll remain from now until the album's release date on June 19.

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