Aerosmith will play their new single on the season finale of American Idol, Joe Perry told Rolling Stone. On the May 23 edition of the series, the legendary rockers will perform “Legendary Child,” which is both the lead single from their forthcoming album and their contribution to the G.I. Joe: Retaliation soundtrack.

With Living Colour currently off the road, guitarist Vernon Reid has assembled a jazz-rock/fusion supergroup called Spectrum Road; the group will release a self-titled LP on June 5th through Palmetto Records. In addition to Reid, the band includes former Cream bassist-singer Jack Bruce, Medeski Martin and Wood keyboardist John Medeski and ex-Lenny Kravitz drummer (and Carlos Santana's wife) Cindy Blackman Santana.

Top rock photographer Jim McCrary, best known for his iconic Tapestry album cover for Carole King, died on April 29. He was 72.

Billboard reports that while he was a staff photographer for A&M Records, McCrary took photographs of numerous rock and pop legends such as Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Phil Ochs and B.B. King. He also took the famous Nudie suit shots of country rock cult band The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Guitarist Charles “Skip” Pitts, who is best known for his work on Isaac Hayes’ “Theme from Shaft” has died. Pitts passed away from lung cancer in Memphis on Tuesday, May 1, according to Spinner. He was 65.

Pitts was born in Washington, D.C. and was mentored by his neighbor Bo Diddley. In the ’60s, he played guitar with Wilson Pickett, the Isley Brothers and Sam & Dave. He joined up with Hayes in 1970 and continued to be a member of his band until Hayes’s death in 2008.

Joe Bonamassa has released the first single and the official music video from his brand-new solo album Driving Towards the Daylight.

The official music video for the title track “Driving Towards the Daylight” can be viewed here.

Get the free download of the single “Driving Towards the Daylight” here.

Bonamassa’s label J&R Adventures is airing 10 episodes of the new reality mini-series that features 3-4 minute webisodes with interviews and footage of Joe and his band. The series can be viewed on Joe’s YouTube Channel.

(From Gibson.com News

Over 750,000 people saw Roger Waters perform The Wall on his recent South American tour, breaking all-time attendance records.

Waters played 15 shows in Chile, Brazil and Argentina, making the tour the largest ever stadium tour in South America for an international artist.

Roger Waters played nine sold-out shows at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, breaking the previous 5-night record set by The Rolling Stones.

Waters' The Wall has now played 150 shows in 27 countries and has grossed over $218 million.

The next leg of The Wall is another 41 shows for North America kicking off next weekend at Foro Sol stadium in Mexico.

The new dates:

04/27 - Mexico City, MX - Foro Sol
04/28 - Mexico City, MX - Foro Sol
05/01 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center

After the sad passing of U.K. amplifier legend Jim Marshall, there will be a tribute show at London’s Wembley Arena on September 22. The 50 Years of Loud concert will boast a host of heavy stars. Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain will compere the event and will be joined by some stellar guitarists and Marshall enthusiasts. The lineup includes:

Joe Satriani
Zakk Wylde
Paul Gilbert
Whitesnake’s Doug Aldrich and Brian Tichy
The Cult’s Billy Duffy
Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor
Glenn Hughes

Other names will be announced soon.

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