Jimmy Page fractures finger, postpones reunion concert

Blame it on the hand of god.
Led Zeppelin’s hugely anticipated reunion performance has been postponed after guitarist Jimmy Page broke his finger this past weekend.
The injury prevents him from playing guitar for three weeks.
Led Zeppelin are scheduled as the main attraction at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, originally planned for Monday, November 26. The concert is a memorial to the Atlantic Records founder, who died in December 2006.
Due to Page’s injury, the concert has been rescheduled for December 10. Other acts that will perform include Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, Paul Rogers, Paolo Nutini and Foreigner.
The specialist treating Page said, "I have examined the fracture to Mr.Page's finger, and it is my opinion that with proper rest and treatment, hewill be ready to resume rehearsing in three weeks time, and thus able toperform on December 10."
Jimmy Page added, "I am disappointed that we are forced to postpone the concert by two weeks. However, Led Zeppelin have always set very high standards for ourselves, and we feel that this postponement will enable my injury to properly heal, and permit us to perform at the level that both the band and our fans have always been accustomed to."
All tickets for the November 26 show will be valid for the rescheduled date. Any customers who are unable to attend the rescheduled concert on the 10th will be able to obtain a full refund of the ticket purchase up until midday (UK time) on November 14, 2007. Any tickets made available as a result of refunds will be offered to ballot winners selected at random from original registrations after November 15, 2007.
Please refer to http://www.ahmettribute.com/ for information on how to obtain a refund and for further information.

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Monster Pink Floyd Box Set Due Dec. 4

2007, the year of Pink Floyd's 40th anniversary, will come to a close with a spectacular flourish, Capitol/EMI's December 4 release of Oh By the Way, a limited edition box set which contains, for the first time ever, the band's 14 studio albums. These classic albums are presented on CD in mini vinyl wallets with all the original extras also miniaturized. Floyd's longtime design wizard, Storm Thorgerson, designed the unique box and miniaturized the original sleeve artwork.
This unique box set is the first time in Pink Floyd's incomparable history that all of the band's original studio albums have been packaged together and made available as a set. In addition to the albums and their extras, the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary Storm Thorgerson fabric poster featuring 40 Floyd images.
Pink Floyd-Oh By the Way Album Contents:
THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (single wallet) August 1967
A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (single wallet) July 1968
MORE (single wallet) June 1969
UMMAGUMMA (gatefold, 2 discs) November 1969
ATOM HEART MOTHER (gatefold) October 1970
MEDDLE (gatefold) November 1971
OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (single wallet, rounded corners) June 1972
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON(gatefold + 2 posters + 2 stickers) March 1973
WISH YOU WERE HERE (single + liner + postcard + black shrinkwrap) September 1975
ANIMALS (gatefold) February 1977
THE WALL (gatefold, 2 discs) December 1979
THE FINAL CUT (single wallet) April 1983
A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON (gatefold) September 1987
DIVISION BELL (gatefold) April 1994

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KnuckleBonz Announces New Dimebag Darrell Limited Edition Figure

KnuckleBonz have announced that they are finalizing production on a second limited edition sculpture of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. The figure is fully licensed with Getcha Pull, Inc. the licensing arm which represents Rita Haney-Abbott and the Dimebag Darrell Estate.
“We were all very proud over here in the Dimebag family to learn that KnuckleBonz would be busting out another brilliant piece in the Dime collection,” explains Rita Haney-Abbott. “They did such an amazing job in capturing the persona of such an all out, guns blazing, Texas tornado, known to many, as the one and only Dimebag!
Watching Dime onstage was always such a one on one experience,” Haney-Abbott continues. “He had a way of reaching you no matter where you were located in the crowd. Dimes trademark squeals and gut wrenching power grooves captured you as he had the magic! After playing his heart out, drenched with sweat, he’d stand there breathless and raise those arms. The crowd would just erupt so thunderously. Dime has the most amazing fans; those were amazing moments and I think KnuckleBonz has captured that image with this second sculpture! When I look at it I can almost hear the crowd.”
The Dimebag II figure stands nine inches tall on top a wooden display base. Dime is featured with his iconic tobacco Dean guitar. He is shown in his signature cammo shorts and is shirtless to display his extensive tattoo work. This second sculpture captures Dime during his Far Beyond Driven era. The sculpture comes with a certificate of authenticity and is hand-numbered. Each sculpture is hand-painted and is a limited edition collectible. Only 3000 are created.
This Dimebag Darrell limited edition figure will be available for holiday sales 2007 for $99. Pre-orders will be accepted at knucklebonz.com.

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Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged Performance Coming to DVD

Nearly 14 years to the day that it took place, Nirvana’s landmark MTV Unplugged performance will be released on DVD.
When it hits shelves on November 20, 2007, Unplugged in New York (Geffen/MTV Networks/UMe) will feature the complete and unedited 66-minute concert, including rehearsals and a previously unseen performance of the Meat Puppet’s song “Oh, Me.” The DVD will also feature MTV News interviews with the band and audience members.
In addition, Unplugged in New York will present the show in Dolby Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound and include both the shorter original broadcast version and Nirvana’s entire unedited performance.
This will mark the first time that the concert has been made available on DVD.
Filmed November 18, 1993, at Sony Music Studios, the show first aired on MTV on December 14, 1993, just four months before singer/guitarist/songwriter Kurt Cobain killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head. When released on CD in November 1994, MTV Unplugged in New York debuted at No. 1, won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996 and was quickly certified five times Platinum.
Favoring a selection of carefully chosen tracks over the band’s hits, Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl performed acoustic versions of Nirvana’s “About a Girl,” “Come As You Are,” “Pennyroyal Tea,” “Dumb,” “Polly,” “On a Plain,” “Something in the Way” and “All Apologies.”
In a demonstration of Nirvana’s musical diversity, they also performed cover versions of six songs: David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World,” the Vaselines’ version of “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam,” the traditional folk song (popularized by Leadbelly) “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” and the Meat Puppets’ tracks “Plateau,” “Oh, Me” and “Lake of Fire.” For the latter tracks, Nirvana were joined by Meat Puppets singer-guitarist Curt Kirkwood and bassist brother Cris Kirkwood. Also seen and heard throughout are Nirvana’s touring guitarist Pat Smear, who has been a recurring member of Grohl’s band, Foo Fighters.
The DVD adds the MTV News “Bare Witness” feature of interviews with the band, the MTV production staff, and fans in the audience, plus the rehearsal footage for “Come As You Are,” “Polly,” “Plateau,” “Pennyroyal Tea” and “The Man Who Sold the World.”

COMPLETE SHOW (UNEDITED)

About A Girl

Come As You Are

Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam

The Man Who Sold the World

Pennyroyal Tea

DumbPollyOn a Plain

Something in the Way

Plateau

Oh, Me

Lake of Fire

All Apologies

Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

MTV NEWS:

BARE WITNESS

Documentary

The Rehearsals:

Come As You Are

Polly

Plateau

Pennyroyal Tea

The Man Who Sold the World

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Fender to Reissue Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Lenny” ’65 Stratocaster

In a collaboration between Fender, Guitar Center and the Stevie Ray Vaughan estate, the famous Stevie Ray Vaughan “Lenny” Stratocaster guitar has been commissioned by Guitar Center to be reproduced in a limited edition by the Fender Custom Shop. As part of Fender’s Tribute Series of guitars, Lenny will be produced in a limited quantity, with 185 guitars offered for sale in the United States exclusively through Guitar Center. Guitar Center stores throughout the United States will introduce the guitar on December 12, 2007 at a price of $17,000.
This emotive addition to the Custom Shop Tribute Series will feature an intricate reproduction of Lenny down to the smallest of details—from the customized neck that was a gift from ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons to the reflective SRV stickers on the body to the battered headstock, the autograph that Stevie himself etched into the neck plate, and even an autograph from legendary baseball great Mickey Mantle.
Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, purchased the original guitar for $623,500 at a 2004 Christie’s auction that benefited the Crossroads Centre, Antigua, a charitable organization founded by Eric Clapton.
“Guitar Center is both thrilled and privileged to be able to offer Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Lenny Fender Stratocaster to the world,” said Keith Brawley, Guitar Center vice president of merchandising for guitars and amplifiers. “Stevie Ray Vaughan’s fans are among the most loyal and passionate guitar lovers in the world. The Lenny Stratocaster, Stevie’s main instrument for his love songs, is a truly fascinating guitar that has, as part of its DNA, a tender, personal love story and an incredibly colorful and touching history.”
The original Lenny guitar is a universally recognizable Fender Stratocaster, best known for its uniquely bright and powerful tone and known as one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s favorite instruments throughout his entire career. The guitar itself has an almost mystical heritage that can be traced back to the very beginning of Vaughan’s rise to stardom.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was just a struggling young guitarist in Austin, Texas, in 1980, when his wife, Lenora “Lenny” Vaughan, gave him a used Stratocaster that had recently caught his eye in a local pawnshop. It was a 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar with the original pickups that had seen better days. Although it began life as a three-color sunburst model, it had been inexpertly refinished to a dark natural finish, and an elaborate inlay had been added behind the bridge. Nonetheless, something about the guitar resonated deeply with Vaughan.
Seven friends each pooled $50 to buy the Stratocaster, which was given to Vaughan on his birthday during a celebration at a local Austin nightclub. He took the guitar home and, that night, as Lenora slept, wrote a new song on it. In the morning, Lenora recalls, “He was sitting on the edge of the bed with the guitar and said, ‘Listen to this.’ ” He played her “Lenny,” the song he had written that night. The tune became one of Vaughan’s most well-known instrumental pieces, and he continued to perform it exclusively on the “Lenny” guitar.
Throughout the remainder of his career, the Lenny guitar traveled with Vaughan almost everywhere he went. On April 10, 1985, Vaughan had just performed the National Anthem at the season’s opening game for the Houston Astros, where baseball great Mickey Mantle was also in attendance as a guest of honor. Without a baseball or bat nearby, Stevie offered up his beloved guitar to Mantle for his signature.


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PRS Guitars and NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon auction collector guitar

Jeff Gordon and PRS Guitars have teamed up to auction a one-of-a-kind instrument signed by Gordon, Chip Foose and Carlos Santana. The guitar, a CE Mahogany Model PRS, features the same DuPont Hot Hues paint finish as the Hot Hues “Heat Waves and Flames” No. 24 DuPont race car driven by Gordon. Proceeds for this unique instrument will benefit the Jeff Gordon Foundation, and the guitar’s online auction, held from October 15 through October 28, will have no reserve. PRS and Gordon announced the auction initiative during the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chevy Rock & Roll 400 race in Richmond this September.
The guitar was originally shown at the 2005 SEMA show in Las Vegas when Jeff Gordon and designer Chip Foose unveiled the Hot Hues “Heat Waves and Flames” No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet. Since then, the instrument has been shown at auto and music events as well as various NASCAR races. Carlos Santana signed the guitar in 2006, cementing the bond between fast cars and rock and roll
“Chip did an amazing job with the car, and PRS captured the concept well with their guitar,” Gordon said. “Someone will end up owning a great-looking, great-sounding guitar with the proceeds benefiting a worthy cause.”
Since 1999, the Jeff Gordon Foundation has provided resources to the nation’s top centers for pediatric research and care. Funds raised by the Foundation have been used to purchase life-saving equipment and to advance critical research aimed at eradicating many diseases which threaten the lives of children.
“Companies rarely have the opportunity to partner in such an important way,” said Jack Higginbotham, President of PRS Guitars. “We are pleased to join Jeff in his mission to improve the lives of children facing life-threatening chronic diseases. We were able to raise more than $25,000 at Jeff’s fundraiser in 2006 and now look forward to the good that will come from the auction of this extraordinarily rare instrument.” Further details can be found at http://www.jeffgordonfoundation.org/.
About Paul Reed Smith GuitarsPaul Reed Smith Guitars, a leading manufacturer of high-quality instruments in Stevensville, MD, has been providing some of the world’s most renowned guitarists with instruments since 1985. More than 200 highly skilled craftspeople produce more than 60 guitars each day for worldwide distribution. Carlos Santana, Rich Eckhardt of Toby Keith, Linkin Park, Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down and Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge are among the artists currently playing PRS guitars.
For more information on PRS participation, visit http://www.prsguitars.com/.

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New Tracks Announced for Guitar Hero III

Activision, Inc. announced today additional songs to be included in the main set list for the highly anticipated title, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. While delivering more master tracks than ever before, strategic partnerships have been secured with all the major and independent record labels and publishers to allow unrivaled access to their vast catalogs of music, along with supplying artists' original recordings for even greater authenticity.

The additional tracks include:
· Same Old Song and Dance (by Aerosmith)

· Helicopter (by Bloc Party)

· Stricken (by Disturbed)

· Monsters (by Matchbook Romance)

· Before I Forget (by Slipknot)

· Kool Thing (by Sonic Youth)

· When You Were Young (by The Killers)

· Devil Went Down to Georgia (as made famous by Charlie Daniels Band)

· Sunshine of Your Love (as made famous by Cream)

· Holiday in Cambodia (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)

· Cliffs of Dover (as made famous by Eric Johnson)

· Hit Me with Your Best Shot (as made famous by Pat Benetar)

· Black Magic Woman (as made famous by Santana)

· Story of My Life (as made famous by Social Distortion)

· Pride and Joy (as made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughn)

· The Seeker (as made famous by The Who)

· Black Sunshine (as made famous by White Zombie)

In addition to the newly announced tracks, previously announced songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock include:

· Miss Murder (by AFI)

· Minus Celsius (by Backyard Babies)

· Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)

· Hier Kommt Alex (by Die Toten Hosen)

· Through Fire and Flames (by Dragonforce)

· In the Belly of a Shark (by Gallows)

· Welcome to The Jungle (by Guns N' Roses)

· Avalancha (by Heroes Del Silencio)

· Take This Life (by In Flames)

· Number of the Beast (by Iron Maiden)

· Ruby (by Kaiser Chiefs)

· Closer (by Lacuna Coil)

· Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)

· One (by Metallica)· Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)

· Mauvais Garcon (by NAAST)

· Even Flow (by Pearl Jam)

· Lay Down (by Priestess)

· Bulls on Parade (by Rage Against The Machine)

· 3's and 7's (by Queens of the Stone Age)

· Suck My Kiss (by Red Hot Chili Peppers)

· Generation Rock (by Revolverheld)

· Raining Blood (by Slayer)

· Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)

· Radio Song (by Superbus)

· The Metal (by Tenacious D)

· I'm in the Band (by The Hellacopters)

· Anarchy in the U.K. (by The Sex Pistols)

· Reptillia (by The Strokes)

· Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)

· My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)

· Slash's Original Boss Battle Recording

· Tom Morello's Original Boss Battle Recording

· School's Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)

· Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)

· Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)

· Slow Ride (as made famous by Foghat)

· Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)

· Rock and Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)

· Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)

· Rock You Like a Hurricane (as made famous by Scorpions)

· La Grange (as made famous by ZZ Top)

Guitar Hero III:

Legends of Rock will include explosive new content and features including a multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a host of exclusive unlockable content and visually stunning rock venues. Expanded online multiplayer game modes will also allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true legendary rock status. While continuing to retain all the key features from their prior legendary performances, fresh downloadable content will be offered on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a killer set list from many of the most popular rock songs ever recorded.
For the first time ever, Guitar Hero fans will also be able to thrash and burn with new wireless guitar controllers available for each platform, including exclusive Gibson Guitar's Les Paul model for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii home video game system from Nintendo, and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. PlayStation 2 gamers will also get to shred on a new exclusive shape, Gibson's Kramer guitar, popularized by hard rockers and known for its body design, pickups, electronics and construction for furious finger fretting.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, published by RedOctane and developed by Neversoft, is rated 'T' for Teen by the ESRB and will be available October 28, 2007.

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Van Halen Giving Away Two $25,000 Autographed Replica Guitars

Guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen has teamed up with L.A.’s premiere floral couture, House of Petals, to offer its customers a very special opportunity to win the ultimate in Van Halen prize packages.
Two lucky folks will each win a limited-edition autographed guitar owned and played by Eddie Van Halen. Additional winners will receive one of three prizes: VIP concert tickets and the opportunity to meet Eddie Van Halen backstage; official tour merchandise; or exclusive EVH striped high-top tennis shoes.
The contest runs from now through Monday, November 12, 6 p.m. PST. House of Petals customers will be entered into the contest each time they place a floral order for $100 or more. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 13, 2007.
The prizes are as follows:
PRIZE 1: Two winners will each receive one limited edition, personally owned, played and autographed Eddie Van Halen guitars. (Each prize valued at $25,000)
PRIZE 2: Two winners will each receive one pair of exclusive EVH striped tennis shoes. (Each prize valued at $5,000)
PRIZE 3: Four winners will each receive one pair of VIP concert tickets, backstage passes and the opportunity to meet Eddie Van Halen. (Each prize valued at $500)
PRIZE 4: Six winners will each receive a bag of official tour merchandise. (Each prize valued at $496)
Orders may be placed in person at House of Petals, located at 920 North La Cienega Blvd. West Hollywood, California, online at http://www.houseofpetalsla.com/, or by phone at 310-289-2700.
“It’s very exciting that longtime friend, client and supporter Eddie Van Halen has donated one-of-a-kind gifts of significant value for our clients,” said House of Petals owner Joey House. “House of Petals, like Van Halen, has a very loyal following and we welcome the opportunity to extend our gratitude and thanks to them. What better way than to offer not only tickets and backstage passes, but also two limited edition guitars owned, played and autographed by Eddie Van Halen himself! These prizes are invaluable.”
House of Petals is not responsible for winner’s travel, accommodation or Staples Center parking costs. Winners will be drawn Tuesday, November13, 2007 and notified by phone. Prizes cannot be exchanged for other items, services or cash. Van Halen concert tickets awarded are good only for the band’s November 20th performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Sweepstakes open to legal residents throughout the U.S. except RI, FL, and NY. No Purchase Necessary. Please inquire with House of Petals.

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