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Toto will rerelease a remastered catalog of their music for the limited edition box set All In, a collection that includes two discs of unreleased material. The massive 13-CD, 17-LP is available to preorder now through April 10th ahead of its fall release, and will include the band’s first 10 studio albums – Toto, Hydra, Turn Back, Toto IV, Isolation, Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Kingdom Of Desire, Tambu and Mindfields – and the 1998 collection Toto XX. The box set will also featured the previously unreleased Live In Tokyo EP; a collection of tracks from the “Africa” group’s 1980 tour and another new compilation titled Old Is New, a 10-track collection featuring seven unreleased songs.  A CD-only version of All In will be released later in 2018.

It sounds like a new Smashing Pumpking LP is on the way. Last week the lineup for the band’s Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour was revealed, and now frontman Billy Corgan has released details of the band’s new music, listing titles for eight songs. The Smashing Pumpkins said they’ll play music from only their first five albums on their upcoming tour, but are headed back into the studio next week to complete work on some new songs.  According to Corgan, the eight new titles that have been revealed are: “Alienation,” “Travels,” “Silvery Sometimes,” “Solara,” “With Sympathy,” “Marchin’ On,” “Knights of Malta” and Seek and You Shall Destroy.”  

Art of Anarchy have filed a lawsuit against singer Scott Stapp, demanding $1.2 million.  The band claims he refused to tour and promote their 2017 album The Madness. Stapp, formerly of Creed, was hired in place of Scott Weiland, who was also the subject of a lawsuit and countersuit with the band at the time of his death in 2015. The lineup includes former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, and Disturbed bassist John Moyer. The Madness followed the band’s self-titled 2015 debut.  Group leaders Jonathan and Vincent Votta filed their claim against Stapp in New York Supreme Court saying they’d paid the singer $200,000 for “services to be rendered.”  They claim Stapp had performed at only 18 concerts, at least 22 less than they required from him. 

Last week, Maynard James Keenan offered an update on Tool’s new album, stating that “words and melodies 100% done,” with the exception of one song. Now guitarist Adam Jones has added that the plan to begin recording the long awaited album will begin in March. Jones revealed the news in response to an Instagram photo from Sebastian Bach, who had recently visited the studio along with Buzz Osborne and had previewed some of the new music. Jones stated in response: “Huge fun & honor performing all the new tunes for Guinea pigs Sebastian & #KingBuzz b4 the recording starts in March. Still instrumentals with Mjk in town work on killer lyrics. Exciting.” Tool’s last album, 10,000 Days, was released in 2006.  In the meantime, the band’s members have taken part in other projects. And back in 2014, Danny Carey and Adam Jones revealed that an ongoing lawsuit had delayed the start of a new album. Once that suit was settled in 2015, Tool have toured intermittently over the last couple of years.

Last year, Foreigner recast some of their biggest hits in a over the course of 2 orchestral shows, and soon fans all over the world will be able to hear the results. The group’s latest live release, Foreigner with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, captures the May 2017 shows in Lucerne, Switzerland. Due in stores April 27 and available to pre-order now, it will be available as a CD/DVD package as well as a double vinyl LP. Foreigner will be back on the road this summer as part of a package tour that includes Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening.