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Tonight Alive Rip It Up

Aussie rockers play first home show of 2013 and debut new song

Tonight Alive play their first Aussie show for 2013 in Sydney (Sony Music)

It's been a big two years for Aussie rockers, Tonight Alive. They've signed to Sony Music, they've been doing some writing and recording overseas and they've done the Vans Warped tour.

Described as an "Aussie Paramore" the band have stepped away from that and gone on their own path. And Aussie fans were pumped to see Tonight Alive back on home soil for the first time in a year.

Having played plenty of international shows, the band was pretty excited to be playing in front of a sold out Factory Theatre in inner city Sydney last night.

"They debuted a new song called "Ocean" which is from their upcoming album and the crowd went nuts for it," said our Triple M music reporter.

"They also played their new single "Breakdown" live for the first time since its release in March this year, and from the crowd response you could tell it was the track that everyone was waiting for.

"Lead singer Jenna McDougall wowed fans with her solo acoustic rendition of ‘Let It Land’, which turned into a full-crowd sing-a-long."

Jenna finished off the set with a warning of world domination, saying: 'I feel like 2013 is going to be a massive one for us. We can’t wait to share it with you guys!"

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Church Protests Slayer Death

Westboro Baptist Church to picket late Slayer guitarist's funeral

The Westboro Baptist Church are following through on their threat to picket Jeff Hanneman's funeral service, which held on May 23 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 3:30pm, will be a public celebration of the late Slayer guitarist.

The service, which the band want to be a celebration of his life, will be free and open to the public. People of all ages are welcome.

It's understood the fringe Kansas-based Church group will sing a parody of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" at the service.

WBC to picket @slayer’s Jeff Hanneman’s memorial, May 23, 1pm, @thepalladium in Los Angeles. See ya there, @heavysan? twitter.com/WBCSays/status…

— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) May 16, 2013

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This is a pretty emotive one. Following the sad metal news of the death of Jeff Hanneman last Thursday, controversial church group Westboro Baptist Church may picket the dead Slayer guitarist's funeral.

"Which of your idols will God kill next? Yesterday Chris Kelly #kriskross Today Jeff Hanneman #Slayer," WBC tweeted alongside the hashtag #PicketFunerals

Which of your idols will God kill next?Yesterday Chris Kelly #kriskrossToday Jeff Hanneman #Slayer#PicketFunerals twitter.com/WBCSays/status…

— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) May 2, 2013

WBC verse an army of Slayer fans? Hmmm. wonder who would win that clash?

Higgo from Triple M's metal show Distortion paid fitting tribute to the guitarist who sadly passed away.

Higgo's Tribute

The Kansas-based independent church group are widely described as a "hate group" and continually court controversy with their shock tactics, which includes picketing funerals all over the US including those of fallen US army soldiers with the group's signature signs like 'Thank God for Dead Soldiers '.

The WBC is not affiliated with any Baptist group.

Slayer guitarist and founding member Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure on May 2. He was 49.

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New GN'R Film Coming Out

Feature film based on Duff McKagan's tell-all book

A feature film is being made on Guns N' Roses based on Duff McKagan's tell-all auto-biography It's So Easy (and Other Lies).

As you can see in the trailer above, the book is based on Duff's book, which was a brilliant read, and attempts to capture the debauchery and decadence, lawsuits and riots and just the general mayhem of what it was like being in Guns N' Roses.

It includes interviews and unreleased footage of McKagan's early days with the original Guns N' Roses lineup of Slash, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose.

It’s So Easy and Other Lies is produced by McKagan, Christopher Duddy and Steven G. Kaplan. Duddy also directs the movie. No release date as yet.

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Foos Fogerty Recording

Foo Fighters bring their swagger to rock classic

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John Fogerty and Foo Fighters perform Fortunate Son at the Sundance Festival in Park City, Utah earlier this year. Source: Youtube

Rock legend John Fogerty has recorded a song with Foo Fighters.

The pair teamed up at the Foo Fighters studio in Los Angeles to record the Creedence Clearwater classic "Fortunate Son", which was a 1969 anti-war anthem back in the day.

As you can see in the video above, the song is not too diferent from the original but it definitely has the Foo Fighters swagger.

John Fogerty said working with the Foos in the studio was an incredible experience.

"It was palpable, the air. You could tell a band was in there. It was a unique group of people," Fogerty told Rolling Stone.

The song will be on John Fogerty's upcoming all-star duets album Wrote A Song For Everyone, due out May 28.

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30STM Aussie Tour Dates

Jared Leto and band back to unleash their blockbuster show

Rockers Thirty Seconds To Mars return to Australia (Frontier)

Thirty Seconds To Mars have confirmed they'll be unleashing their blockbuster show across in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Lead singer Jared Leto revealed the band's intention to return to Australian shores whilst here earlier this month to promote the hugely-anticipated fourth offering, Love Lust Faith + Dreams, which is out this Friday.

The boys are primed for a big tour, having last been here in 2011 for the Soudnwave Festival.

"No. We did that last time [with] Soundwave which was unforgettable. My God, what an amazing tour that was and the audience was just spectacular. We had the best time."

30 Seconds To Mars new album, Love Lust, Faith + Dreams, is out May 17. The new single is called "Up In The Air".

Tickets On Sale

Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com 2pm AEST Tue 21 May to 2pm AEST Wed 22 May. General public on sale from 9am local time, Mon 27 May 2013.

TOUR DATES

August
10 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (All Ages) - www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849
11 - Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney (All Ages) - www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100
13 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane (All Ages) - www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849
16 - Challenge Stadium, Perth (All Ages) - www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100

Official Links

www.marsiscoming.com
www.thirtysecondstomars.com
www.facebook.com/thirtysecondstomars
Twitter @30SECONDSTOMARS

www.frontiertouring.com/thirtysecondstomars
www.facebook.com/frontiertouring
Twitter @frontiertouring

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