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At last week’s Classic Rock Roll of Honor awards show, Paul Rodgers was given the Classic Songwriter Award, and some big names handed the Bad Company singer the trophy.  Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page bestowed Paul with the award as he received a standing ovation from his peers.  Later in the night, at the request of the late-Led Zeppelin drummer’s family, Rodgers presented the Tommy Vance Inspiration award to John Bonham.  Bonham’s mother and sister accepted the award

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Rod Stewart must like the number eight because that’s how many kids it seems the singer wants.  The 68-year-old rocker is already the father of seven but he and his third wife, 38-year-old Penny Lancaster, are hoping to add one more.  Rod told the British talk show GMTV, “Yes, we’re trying – we actually tried last night! One more and then we’re going to close the office

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Today, Neil Young turns 64 years old.  That means he’s been making music for nearly five decades.  But what would the singer have done had he not pursued a career in music?  He filled us in. 

 “If I never sold a record?  Never got to make a record?  Never sang in front of an audience or anything like that?  I mean, I’d be a whole different person.  I don’t know what I’d be doing.  I might be driving a truck.  I don’t know.  If I hadn’t written any songs, I think I would have exploded.” 

Thankfully, things didn’t come to that and Neil has made quite a name for himself.  In fact, on January 29^th, MusiCares will honor the singer as their Person of the Year.  Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dave Matthews and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the many musicians who will perform at the event.  Learn more at MusiCares.com.   

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Ronnie Wood has been gallivanting with a younger woman for over a year and now, the Rolling Stone guitarist’s wife has finally filed for divorce.  According to England’s The Sun, the 53-year-old Jo Wood has submitted divorce papers in London citing Ronnie’s “adultery.” 

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A man suing Bon Jovi, Time Warner and Major League Baseball for 400-billion dollars has had his suit dismissed.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Samuel Bartley Steele claims when the band wrote their song “I Love This Town,” the rockers ripped off a tune Steele wrote for the Boston Red Sox called “(Man I Really) Love This Team.”  Since the Bon Jovi track was used to advertise the 2007 MLB playoffs on the Time Warner network TBS, the man filed suit.  However, even his musicologist doesn’t see similarities in the tracks.  Although a judge threw the case out, Steele has appealed that decision.

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Lately, there have been a lot of rumors circulating about Aerosmith.  Is the band looking for a new singer?  Did Steven Tyler quit?  When we recently caught up with Tyler, he told us what it’s been like being part of the group. 

 “Being in a band like Aerosmith for 30 years, it’s insane, it’s f***ing insane.”

It seems Steven has also assured fans that Aerosmith is not breaking up.  The singer took the stage Tuesday night at Joe Perry’s solo show to make the announcement.  Fans can rest assured that Tyler means it too since when Steven says something, good or bad, it’s based in fact.  The singer explained.

“Forever, I’ve gotten blamed and ridiculed for saying something that put somebody in their place or laid them out flat when, was it true?  You bet your ass!”

Keep up to date on the latest news about the band at Aerosmith.com. 

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HOLLYWOOD, CA (November 11, 2009) – Ace Frehley announced he will join this Sunday’s Battle Of The Bands for Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp’s showcase finale of the graduates of the 3-day camp. Frehley will hit stage and jam with the campers as they battle it out to be the top campers of 2009! Frehley will also be a headlining guest counselor November 18^th for the 5-day camp that follows this Sunday’s showcase.

Come rock-out with your favorite artists at the world famous Whiskey A-Go-Go, as they perform with our graduating campers for 2009. Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp will showcase their campers in a BATTLE OF THE BANDS night after each camp session ends. The first camp is a three-day camp running November 12-15 and a five-day camp running November 17-22 – still time to join!

Our camper bands will each perform (Doors at 6pm, show starting at 7pm) followed by an All Star Jam with:

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15^TH

• Sandy Gennaro (drum 

• Rami Jaffe (Foo Fighters & The Wallflowers)

• Rudy Sarzo

• Ron Nevison (producer)

• Teddy Andreadis (Guns ‘N Roses)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22^ND

1. Elliot Easton (The Cars)

2. Teddy Andreadis (Guns ‘N Roses)

3. Bruce Kulick (KISS)

4. Danny Seraphine (Chicago)

5. Mark Hudson (Producer, songwriter – Aerosmith)

6. Surprise guitar legend

If you still wish to join the camp there is still time – Headliners this year are Meat Loaf, Ace Frehley formerly KISS & Jon Anderson of Yes.

To get your tickets for this gala event and for more information on ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP call 888.762.2263 (BAND) or visit: http://www.rockcamp.com/

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Emerson Lake And Palmer will headline the High Voltage Festival, the UK’s new flagship classic rock event, on Sunday, July 26, 2010.

The launch of the High Voltage Festival was announced by Classic Rock’s Editor In Chief, Scott Rowley, at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour at London’s Park Lane Hotel this past Monday (November 2).

The High Voltage Festival is a joint venture between Classic Rock magazine and The Mean Fiddler organisation.

Forty years after ELP opened the legendary Isle Of Wight Festival, what better band to celebrate what will surely become Britain’s biggest and best ‘adult rock’ festival?

According to ELP, fans can expect “cannons, pyrotechnics and a supreme production alongside the stunning musicinship and songs that made ELP the legends they truly are”.

Stay tuned to the Classic Rock website for further information and ticket details.

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Tired of waiting for a new Kinks album? There could be a new one from the band next year, their first since 1993’s Phobia.

Band leader Ray Davies has been in the studio with original drummer Mick Avory, plus later members Jim Rodford (bass) and Ian Gibbons (keyboards).

He told Billboard: “We’ve got four, five new songs…and I’m just sort of getting them motivated and seeing what they’re playing like, because I haven’t played with the Kinks for eight or nine years.”

Whether Davies’ brother Dave will be involved remains to be seen. “We’ll see how he reacts to it,” Davies says of his brother. “If he’s physically able to do it is another matter, because he was quite seriously ill (he had a stroke in 2004). But we’re in communication, and we’re not disregarding it yet.”

For further info, go to www.raydavies.info

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It seems that Steven Tyler’s surprise appearance onstage with the Joe Perry Project in New York hasn’t resolved the Aerosmith situation.

Tyler joined the band on November 10 for Walk This Way, and grabbed the chance to tell everyone that he wasn’t quitting the ‘Smiths. However Joe Perry seems less than convinced this is the end of the matter.

Talking to Rolling Stone, the guitarist said: “He wants to take two years off from the band. The rest of the band wants to keep on working. We have so many different options to fill up that time. Anything is possible at this point. Basically, any communication that we’ve had over the last couple of months has been through managers, so that’s been pretty strange.”

However, in a possible hint that things with the vocalist might yet be resolved, he added: “I never won any money trying to second-guess what goes on in Steven’s mind. I guess this is just Aerosmith business as usual.”

We await the next instalment of AeroEnders.

For further info, go to www.aerosmith.com