Rock Report February 17, 2012

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Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. officials have announce the fifth major performer slated for Summerfest 2012. IRON MAIDEN will headline the Marcus Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 4th, along with very special guest, ALICE COOPER. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 3rd at 10 AM and include Summerfest admission. Tickets can be purchased at the Marcus Amphitheater Box Office ,Ticketmaster TicketCenters, Walmart stores, online at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 1.800.745.3000 (live Ticketmaster Agent) or 1.866.448.7849 (“Ticketmaster Express” automated phone line). Patrons may also utilize “ticketfast” at Ticketmaster.com to print barcoded concert tickets from home. Convenience fees may be added to all purchases. More and more and more

Alice Cooper, who attended yesterday's Revolver Golden Gods Awards press conference in Los Angeles, spoke to Rolling Stone about his upcoming summer tour with IRON MAIDEN More

HELLYEAH will team up with CLUTCH for a North American co-headlining tour this spring. Both bands will play full headlining sets. The trek includes an April 24^th date at Madison’s Orpheum Theater, and a bunch of late April stops in northern Illinois. HELLYEAH will release its third album, "Band Of Brothers", on June 5. More

Green Day has announced that the band is working on its upcoming ninth album. The news was revealed by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who posted a Tweet on Valentine's Day: "Happy Valentine's Day! Officially started recording the new record today. It's F*** TIME!!!!" It is not clear whether F*** Time is the name of the album. The band has, however, noted that the new LP will steer away from the concept-album theme of its last two albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown. More

ALTERBRIDGE will release its new DVD, "Live At Wembley", on March 27. The disc contains footage of one of the biggest headline shows of ALTERBRIDGE's career, which took place on November 29, 2011 at Wembley Arena in London, England. The 2D version (complete with a live CD) will be released everywhere late next month while the 3D version will come out in the summer of 2012. More

SIXX: A.M. has announced its first performance in four years will take place on April 11 at Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles. As each band member has been kept busy with their other careers this marks the band's first chance to perform in support of their current album, "This Is Gonna Hurt". Vocalist James Michael attended the Golden Gods press conference inLos AngelesWednesday to announce the band's involvement in the awards, which coincide with the impact of the band's next single, "Are You With Me Now". More

After the drama that surrounded The Kings of Leon last year, the band is now talking about the future and their next album. Drummer Nathan Followill told MTV.com: "Yeah, over the holidays, you break some bread, have some turkey, everyone makes up. I don't think it was as big as people thought it was, but the press machine takes it and runs with it." As for their new album, he said: "We just bought a rehearsal space-slash-studio in Nashville, so we're going to spend the next few months getting that up and running; kind of make it our little clubhouse to get there and just kind of goof off whenever we want to. But, I'd say within the next six months, we'll probably start kicking some stuff around."

Caleb Followill followed up: "I've been writing a lot. Kinda want everyone to get a little break from each other, but whenever they're ready, I want to play some stuff. Well, lyrics, that's usually one of the last things I do, but the melodies are really strong, and the lyrics that I have written I think are pretty good, but we'll see. These guys are always a good judge of if I'm going the right way with something or not." More

In a new interview with VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live, ADAM LAMBERT discusses recent reports that he will front QUEEN for a summer tour, stating "I'm talking to Queen about doing something. I got to perform with them on the (MTV European Music Awards ), which was so incredible... such an honor to be asked. And there may be something on the horizon, but I'm not joining the band." More and more

Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with KORN singer Jonathan Davis. More

Frontiers Records has announced the return of good-time rock 'n' rollers TRIXTER; the band's first new album in 20 years, "New Audio Machine", will be released in North America on April 24. More

A five-minute video interview with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider about his upcoming appearance on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" has been posted online.

Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with former Pantera basist Rex Brown Here