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Kris Allen ("American Idol" season 8 winner)     "Thank You Camellia"  
Joe Bonamassa     "Driving Towards the Daylight" 
Cory Branan     "Mutt." 
The Cult,    "Choice of Weapon" 
The Danks,     "Are You Afraid of the Danks"  
Danny Elfman     "Men in Black 3 [Film soundtrack] (sequel starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin opens May 25)
Garbage     "Not Your Kind of People" (their first album in seven years)
JEFF the Neighborhood (Nashville rockers Jake and Jamin Orrall)     "Hypnotic Knights EP" (a four-song preview of their debut album, "Hypnotic Nights," out July 17)
Carly Rae Jepsen     "Call Me Maybe Remixes" (four versions)
Tom Jones     "Spirit in the Room" (covers of Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Tom Waits)
Sonny Landreth     "Elemental Journey" (all-instrumental album; guests: Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Robert Greenidge)
John Mayer     "Born and Raised" (guests: David Crosby, Graham Nash)
Jon McLaughlin     "Promising Promises" (guest: Sara Bareilles)
Men Without Hats     "Love in the Age of War"  
MercyMe     "The Hurt & The Healer"  
The Oak Ridge Boys,    "Back Home Again" (12 gospel favorites)
Red Hot Chili Peppers     "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP"
Haley Reinhart (finalist on "American Idol" season 10)     "Listen Up!" 
Royal Thunder (Atlanta rock quartet)     "CVI" 
Slash     "Apocalyptic Love" (guests: Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators)
Soulsavers (music and production team of Rich Machin and Ian Glover)     "The Light the Dead See" (featuring vocals and lyrics by Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan; guests: Will Oldham, Jason Pierce, Richard Hawley, Mike Patton, Gibby Haynes)
Michael Stanley     "The Hang"
Shannon Stephens (Seattle singer-songwriter)     "Pull It Together"  
Various artists     "Rags: Music From the Original Movie [TV soundtrack] (Cinderella story starring Max Schneider, Keke Palmer, Drake Bell, Zak Santiago, Burkley Duffield, Avan Jogia, and Nick Cannon premieres on Nickelodeon on May 28)


ALSO:

Cheap Trick     "All Shook Up" (1980 album; with a bonus single version of "Everything Works Out If You Let It"), "One on One" (1982 album), "Next Position Please: The Authorized Version" (1983 album; with three bonus tracks), "Standing on the Edge" (1985 album), "The Doctor" (1986 album), "Lap of Luxury" (1988 album), "Busted" (1990 album)  
Aretha Franklin     "Jump to It: Expanded Edition" (1982 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Get It Right: Expanded Edition" (1983 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)      
The Hollies,     "Radio Fun" (32 unreleased BBC recordings, circa 1964-1969)
Jermaine Jackson     "Don't Take It Personal (Expanded Edition)" (1989 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)      
The Knack,     "Havin' a Rave-Up! Live in Los Angeles, 1978"  
Paul and Linda McCartney     "RAM [Standard Edition]" (1971 album; remastered; Special Edition, containing the documentary "Ramming"; Deluxe Book Edition)
Joey Ramone     " … ya know?" (never-before-heard songs written and sung by Ramone, who died 11 years ago of lymphoma)
Patrice Rushen     "Watch Out! (Expanded Edition)" (1987 album; remastered, with bonus tracks)      
Traffic     "Heaven Is In Your Mind" (1967 album, titled "Mr. Fantasy" in the U.K.; remastered, with four bonus tracks)      
UFO     "The Chrysalis Years (1980-1986) [Box set]" (five CDs, 75 songs)
Various artists     "The Influences Behind The Rolling Stones" (27 original recordings that inspired the band)      
 

MUSIC on DVD:

Alice Cooper     "The Strange Case of Alice Cooper — Live 1979: The Madhouse Rock Tour [DVD]"  
Grateful Dead     "Dawn of the Dead: The Grateful Dead & The Rise of the San Francisco Underground [DVD]" (138-minute documentary)
Dean Martin     "The Dean Martin Variety Show Uncut [DVD]" (three-disc set includes six entire episodes, featuring such guests as Sid Caesar, Jackie Mason, Buck Owens, Zero Mostel, Joey Heatherton, Bob Newhart and Tommy Tune) 
Pink Floyd     "Then and Now [DVD]" (two-disc documentary)
Sade     "Sade: Bring Me Home — Live 2011 [DVD/CD]" 
Simply Red     "Live at Montreux 2003 [Blu-ray]"     

Tebowing is coming to the popular Madden football video game. 

The move made popular by Tim Tebow will be included in "Madden 13". 

It's not known whether there will be a Tebowing button, whether it will be a celebration, or whether the Jets quarterback will be the only one doing it. 

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Guns N' Roses hit Liverpool Sunday as part of their current European tour. A hobbling Axl Rose was still feeling the effects of an injury he suffered in Moscow a week earlier, when he reportedly hurt his leg falling off a table while dancing at the trendy club Premier Lounge after the second Moscow concert.

In Liverpool, Rose acknowledged his injuries at the end of the show, telling fans, "Thanks for coming out. You guys have been great. Thanks for putting up with my hobbling around. Be safe getting out of here."

As he as making his comments, Axl was walking backwards and waving to the crowd when he fell over some stairs at the side of the drum riser. See video here.

DESERT VETERANS OF WISCONSIN LOOKING FOR MARCHERS 

The Desert Veterans of Wisconsin would like to extend an open invitation to our brothers and sisters in arms to join us in the De Pere Kiwanis Memorial Day Parade.  While our group is focused on vets of the more current era, ALL veterans are encouraged to join us.  We will be led by our honorary member, 94 year old Steve Arbes, a WWII veteran who served in North Africa, as we march in honor of those that cannot be with us that day. 

All honorably discharged veterans are welcome, of any era, or those still on active or reserve duty.  If you choose to march, you are encouraged to wear whatever uniform you may have worn during your service, or appropriate civilian attire.  We also welcome those that may not be able to march, and have plenty of space for them to ride on vehicles. 

 We plan to meet at Voyageur Park in De Pere at 0900 hours or in front of West De Pere High School at 0930 on Memorial Day.  A bus will be boarding at 0900 at Voyageur, to take you to the starting point, and a Veterans Ceremony will take place at the end of the parade at Celebrate De Pere (at Voyageur Park) for those that wish to stick around.

For more information please contact Desert Veterans of Wisconsin President Bryan Vander Bloomen at 920-819-6431 or bryanvanderbloomen@yahoo.com 

The Desert Veterans of Wisconsin is a Veteran based Non Profit organization in Northeast Wisconsin focused on improving the lives of all area Veterans through financial support, scholarships, and peer to peer interaction at our monthly meetings. For more information, please visithttp://www.desertveteransofwisconsin.org/index.php

Ratt's Stephen Pearcy will be making a special in-store appearance in support of his band new Top Fuel Verde Sauce.

Stephen just released the sauce through High River Sauces in collaboration with Chris Santos from the Chef of the Food Network's highest rated Show "Chopped".

To celebrate the release of the Top Fuel Verde Sauce Stephen will be doing a tasting and signing at Hot Licks Hot Sauce Store in San Diego, CA on May 26th at 2 PM PST. more on this story

Tool, Dave Matthews Band and Puscifer lead the lineup for the River's Edge Music Festival which will take place at Harriet Island, Saint Paul, Mn on June 23rd and 24th. Here is the lineup:

Saturday, June 23: Tool • Sublime With Rome • Brand New • Motion City Soundtrack • Coheed And Cambria • Datsik • Scissor Sisters • Blaqstarr • Kinky • Whigs • Gardens & Villa • An Horse • Quietdrive • Yawn • The Rope .

Sunday, June 24: Dave Matthews Band • The Flaming Lips • Puscifer • Polica • Awolnation • Diplo • Mutemath • Delta Spirit • K. Flay • Am & Shawn Lee • Mexican Institute Of Sound • Civil Twilight • Hey Rosetta! • Kids These Days • Yuna. 

 On this day in 2010, Ronnie James Dio died from stomach cancer. The 67-year-old metal singer had fronted many bands, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio. Gibson looks back: Among the very last songs Ronnie James Dio ever recorded was "Metal Will Never Die," an ode to the fist-pumping power and glory that Dio, himself, personified. It's been just one short year since his untimely death, on this day in 2010, and those words echo as loudly today, if not louder, than when the diminutive metal god with the golden voice first delivered them. Dio's death, though not surprising to the legion of metal fans who knew he had been ill for quite some time, galvanized the heavy metal community in an unprecedented way.

Born Ronald James Padavona in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1942, Dio's ascension from trumpet and French horn player, which were his first musical instruments, to heavy metal god is the story of perseverance, passion for rock 'n' roll and undeniable talent.

Dio's musical career began in 1957 with a band called The Vegas Kings, which later changed to Ronnie and the Rumblers, then Ronnie and the Redcaps, then in 1961, Ronnie Dio and the Prophets. In 1967, Dio and Prophets guitarist Nick Pantas formed the Electric Elves, which shortened its name two years later to Elf. The band's success eventually landed them an opening slot for Deep Purple, which exposed Dio's remarkable voice to Deep Purple's guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, who later recruited Dio and other members of Elf for his new band Rainbow.

After three studio albums and a live album, Dio left Rainbow, and in 1979 he replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath. Dio's first album with Sabbath, the platinum-selling Heaven and Hell, was the shot in the arm Sabbath's flagging career needed. Next up was the album Mob Rules, followed by the live disc Live Evil. Disagreements during the mixing of Live Evil prompted Dio to leave the band and strike out on his own.

In 1982, Dio and former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice formed Dio. They recruited 19-year old Irish sensation Vivian Campbell on guitar, as well as bassist Jimmy Bain. Dio's debut album, Holy Diver, remains of metal's landmark albums. Over the years and through numerous personnel changes – Dio would remain the only constant member of the band – the band released 10 albums. more on this story

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires (Birmingham, Ala., rock group)     "There Is a Bomb in Gilead"  
Chappo (Brooklyn indie-rock band)     "Moonwater" (the track "Come Home" was featured in an iPod Touch commercial)
Cherri Bomb (Los Angeles rock quartet)     "This Is The End of Control" 
Cornershop     "Urban Turban"  
The Cribs,     "In the Belly of the Brazen Bull" 
Bill Evans ("Banjo for Dummies" author)     "In Good Company" (guests: Infamous Stringdusters, Tim O'Brien, Joy Kills Sorrow, David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Rob Ickes, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Laurie Lewis)
Florida Georgia Line (country duo)     "It'z Just What We Do" (five-song EP)
Killer Mike     "R.A.P. Music" (guests: Bun B, T.I., Trouble, Scar, El-P, Emily Panic)
Adam Lambert     "Trespassing" (collaborators: Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly, Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rodgers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa, BC Jean)
Meiko     "The Bright Side" 
Willie Nelson     "Heroes" (new songs and re-imagined classics; guests: Merle Haggard, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson)
NRBQ     "We Travel the Spaceways" 
PHILM (Los Angeles power trio: Slayer's Dave Lombardo, War's Pancho Tomaselli and Gerry Nestler of Civil Defiance)     "Harmonic"  
Lisa Marie Presley     "Storm & Grace" (producer: T Bone Burnett)
Rye Rye (19-year-old rapper, protégé of M.I.A.)     "Go! Pop! Bang!" 
Santana     "Shape Shifter" (instrumental album; only one song features vocals from Santana's lead vocalists, Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay)
Ryan Shaw     "Real Love" (includes a cover of The Beatles' "Yesterday"; guests: Al Kooper, Robert Randolph, the Soul Survivors)
Tenacious D     "Rize of the Fenix" (their first album since 2006)
Various artists     "Glee: The Music, Season Three — The Graduation Album" 
Various artists     "Occupy This Album" (featuring Crosby & Nash, Devo, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Debbie Harry)
Various artists     "What to Expect When You're Expecting" (soundtrack to the ensemble-cast romantic comedy, which opens May 18)
Reggie Watts (musician-comedian)     "A Live at Central Park [CD/DVD]" 


ALSO:

Aerosmith     "ICON" (best-of)      
Erasure     "Essential" (16 songs)      
Godsmack     "Live & Inspired" (two CDs, recorded in 2010 at Detroit's Fox Theatre)
Tom Jones     "The Decca Years" (15 tracks)      
Pantera     "Vulgar Display of Power (Deluxe Edition) [CD/DVD]" (1992 album; with an unreleased video of the band's Monsters of Rock show in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Sept. 12, 1992)
Bonnie Pointer     "If the Price Is Right: Expanded Edition" (1984 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks)      
Traffic     "Traffic [180 Gram Vinyl]" (1968 album; remastered)      
The Tubes,     "Outside Inside" (1983 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks)
Ian Whitcomb     "Songs Without Words" (two-CD anthology of his ragtime-influenced instrumental compositions)
Hank Williams Jr.     "ICON" (best-of)  

MUSIC on DVD:

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band     "One of My Kind [DVD] 
Diana Ross     "Diana Ross: Live in Central Park [DVD]" (1983 concert)
Various artists     "No Room For Rockstars: The Vans Warped Tour [DVD/CD]" (documentary shot during the 2010 tou

A great interview with comedian/hypnotist Rich Guzzi. He's on the road, making people laugh, and filming a TV pilot/documentary at the same time. Check out the audio, from my interview and check him out at the Comedy Quarter in Neenah. You could end up on TV.