Isle Of Man Today has announced the following report:

Who's Next?

Rock legends THE WHO and DEEP PURPLE have been invited to perform in the Island next year. Negotiations are underway with both groups with a view to getting them on stage at the Villa Marina – hopefully for TT 2007.

Steve Dawson, manager at the Villa Marina, said: "We are in talks at the present time. It's very early days and these things can sometimes end in disappointment, but we are hopeful," he said.

Stay tuned for further updates.

Source Isleofman

GlamMetal.com has issued an interview with LA GUNS singer Paul Black, conducted by Deb Rao. The following is an excerpt:

Q: How does it feel Paul, after twenty years to be finally touring with LA Guns? You were so instrumental in writing some of LA Guns biggest hits.

A: "I wrote 'Show No Mercy', 'One More Reason To Die', 'Sex Action'. 'Sex Action' was actually the song that got the band signed. All those songs were pretty much put together by this line-up that is touring right now. Not too many people know that though."

Q: Yes, I am a big LA Guns fan and I did not know that. It is great to be able to see the original line-up of LA Guns.

A: "A lot of people either come up to me or think I am either Tracii or Phil. Then I tell that that I am Paul Black, and they say who are you? People are shocked that I was the original singer, because nobody knew about me."

Check out the complete interview here .

Source Glammetal

Bradenton Herald spoke with Joe Perry about his accident back in November 4 at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Few excerpts are follow:

"I was so pissed off — really, really pissed off by the time show was over," confessed Perry . "I was a mess by the next day and felt like (expletive)."

Perry said he didn't remember finishing the show but is glad he did — surely the 15,000 in attendance were pleased, as well. One can only conclude that the group's recent health issues have prompted the musicians to take each show a little more seriously.

"That's exactly it," Perry said. "That feeling of wondering when you're gonna play again is what does it. I gotta think there's a sense of immediacy that all this stuff brings. When I play these cities I can't help but think: Who knows, this might be it."
The 56-year-old guitarist added: "It's like that old saying, if you wanna make God laugh, tell him your plans. Be humble and play the show, that's all I can do. If I had my head tilted a few more inches the other way I couldn't have finished that show - or maybe ever played again. And then look at Tom (Hamilton), who's never missed a show, and then something happens out of his control. Things like that really make you feel you gotta just live for the day."

The band had hoped to have completed a new record by now but Tyler's and Hamilton's health issues prevented that from happening. Perry said we should expect the album out by next summer.

What can we expect to hear?

"There will be the rock stuff that has that familiar sound and a couple of ballads," Perry said.

Aerosmith, with opening act Motley CrŸe , will perform at the 20,000-person capacity Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa on Wednesday. It is likely that several people in attendance also witnessed the band perform at the Hyatt Sarasota Ballroom in 2003. The band was in town to honor their longtime producer Jack Douglas, who was being given a career lifetime achievement award by the Sarasota Film Festival. The event was the Late Night Unwrap Party.

Source Bradenton