Jeff Giles

"When Kurt died, every time the radio came on, it broke my heart."

In case you were wondering, it comes "complete with an avocado-green rotary-dial phone and a wooden console stereo with an eight-track player and several Skynyrd eight-tracks that still sound just fine."

Now including a new and improved version of the "barricage"!

This latest European leg of the run, which extends a tour the band started last year, and as before, they're showing a willingness to dip a little further into the vault for material.

"He carried on eating his breakfast and suddenly stopped, frowning."

It's a story that seems deliberately crafted to play up the most outlandish elements of the involved parties' public personas.

Between his ongoing Guns N' Roses commitments and his upcoming solo dates, Slash has plenty to keep himself busy.

We can add Def Leppard to the growing list of artists pursuing some sort of alcohol-related product as a side business.

The dawn of the file-sharing era for mainstream music fans came with a lot of messiness between hardcore consumers and the record industry.

Neil Young's most recent dates have included reunions with some old friends, but he'll be going it alone for a series of summer dates.