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Slipknot have announced the release of a 10th anniversary edition of their album ‘All Hope Is Gone,” including reimagined artwork and a live bonus disc of their 2009 show at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The band recently debuted their first new single in over four years, titled ‘All Out Life’ and will head out on a European festival tour early next summer.  The re-release of “All Hope Is Gone” will be available on December 7th, but you can pre-order it now right here.

ZZ Top announced a 2019 anniversary tour across the UK and Europe next summer. As of press time, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard have only announced three shows so far, with further dates to be revealed in the coming weeks. ZZ Top will play at Prague Rocks on June 19, at the Barcelona Rock Fest on July 5, and London’s SSE Arena Wembley on July 12.  Jimmy Barnes will be the band’s opening act in London. Tickets will be on sale November 16 at 10am.  See the link below for further details. 

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is conscious after being hospitalized following a performance with Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, November 10. Perry’s manager, Paul Geary, said “He had just walked off stage after performing with Billy Joel, and immediately complained of shortness of breath. The in-house EMTs connected an oxygen tank and decided to take him to the hospital. He’s awake and alert this morning.” Perry, 68, collapsed in his dressing room. The site reports that paramedics worked on Perry for 40 minutes before placing him on a stretcher and rushing him to the hospital. Joel, 69, who had just finished playing “Walk This Way” with Perry, reportedly remained on stage unaware of his stagemate’s condition. 

A Perfect Circle have released an “apocalyptic-themed” music video for “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish,” a song from their 2018 album Eat the Elephant. The video, directed by Kyle Cogan, is set in an alternate 1950’s suburban US neighborhood, where dolphins are able to fly and everything seems to be burning, ending in an “explosive” manner. Meanwhile, the band is also continuing their U.S. tour into Detroit’s Masonic Temple Theatre for a performance on Friday, and plan to return to the UK and Europe next month. Check out the music video for “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish” in the link below.

Former ELO cellist Hugh McDowell has died at the age of 65, according to his former colleague Mel Gale. McDowell joined Jeff Lynne’s band in 1972 and made his first studio appearance on its second album, ELO 2, the following year. After a short absence, he returned in the mid ‘70s, leaving in 1980. In 1980 he appeared on Gale’s album Gift Wrapped and went on to teach music and conduct a children’s orchestra. He took part in Bev Bevan’s Electric Light Orchestra Part II project in 1991 and later played on Asia’s Phoenix album in 2008.