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Prince's New Jam

Prince is back with that sound that made him famous.

(Prince is back with new music. Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images)

Prince is back with that Minneapolis sound.

The Artist formerly known as a symbol had two leaked tracks hit YouTube, 'Screwdriver' and 'Breakfast Can Wait', off a new album, tentatively called Plectrum Spectrum (but they were quickly removed as fast as they appeared).

Another new track, 'Fixurlifeup', can be heard on Ernest Radio Network, which features 3rdEyeGirl (listen here).

Prince has just finished a club tour, performing twice a day, which started in Vancouver and took him through Las Vegas and California, before ending in Montreux. 

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David Brent Is Back!

David Brent is back to teach you how to play guitar.

(David Brent, the star of The Office, is back.)

David Brent is back.

The character made famous by Ricky Gervais in The Office is returning to teach guitar lessons, or as Brent so characteristically puts it, "You're going to teach you."

Learn Guitar With David Brent will be a series of videos available on YouTube, an avenue that Gervais has utilized in the past to promote bonus material for his most recent work; Life's Too Short, Derek, An Idiot Abroad, and the music video for Equality Street.

The first tutorial will be available on May 20th.

If you're having trouble watching via a mobile, click here.

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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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Slayer Remembers Fallen Guitarist

Band also release details surrounding cause of death.

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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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Tags: Jeff Hanneman, Slayer, Westboro Baptist Church

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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Gunners Big Brissie Show

Gunners put on big show but Axl's antics leaves some cold.

SW Sydney. What A Day!

It was an action-packed full of drama and loud music. Review and pics here.

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