Maybe you were one of the 700 lucky fans that managed to score a ticket to see the Rolling freakin’ Stones doing a warm up gig for their upcoming tour in a small club in Echo Park on Saturday night…
Rolling Stones Set List at the Echoplex:
‘You Got Me Rocking’
‘Respectable’
‘She’s So Cold’
‘Live With Me’
‘Street Fighting Man’
‘That’s How Strong My Love Is’
‘Little Queenie’
‘Just My Imagination’
‘Miss You’
‘Love in Vain’
‘Midnight Rambler’
‘Start Me Up’
‘Brown Sugar’
‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’

For those of you that can’t wait until next month to see the highlights of from the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Concert last night in LA, here is some cellphone video of Rush and Heart getting the honors:

The full show will on HBO on Saturday, May 18th.

We’ll have the first song from the new Black Sabbath album, “13″, before the end of the week! And to get you ready, we’ve got your tickets to see them live when they hit Southern California in September all week long, before you can buy them! Just listen for your chance to win.

If you want to buy them, we’ve got you set up with a special pre-sale code that will allow you to get yours before they go on sale to the public on Saturday morning at 10am. Starting Thursday morning at 10am, just click here and enter the password “showers” in the box. The pre-sale code is good until Friday morning or until the allotment of pre-sale tickets is sold out.

Now, here’s the latest video from inside the studio as they were putting the new album together:

Daryl

Iron Maiden makes a triumphant return to So Cal as the headliner of the Battle of San Bernardino, a big ol’ summertime metal fest coming to the San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Friday, September 13th.

KCAL is gonna be giving a bunch of tickets away, but if you can’t wait, click here to buy tickets

The Madness has ended! The KCAL Rockers have spoken, and after over a month of voting in head to head match-ups of the Top 64 KCAL Rock Albums of All Time, we have found your favorite…ladies and gentlemen, we give you AC/DC-”Back in Black”!!!

Need a reminder of what is on it?

Side one

“Hells Bells” – 5:10
“Shoot to Thrill” – 5:17
“What Do You Do for Money Honey” – 3:33
“Given the Dog a Bone” – 3:30
“Let Me Put My Love Into You” – 4:16

Side two

“Back in Black” – 4:14
“You Shook Me All Night Long” – 3:30
“Have a Drink on Me” – 3:57
“Shake a Leg” – 4:06
“Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” – 4:15

Damn, that is one fine album all the way through!

Only one last piece of business to take care of, and that was to draw a name of one of the thousands of KCAL Rockers that voted over the course of the tournament. So congratulations to Daniel Rehome from Redlands, the winner of all 64 of the contenders from our friends at The Mad Platter in Riverside!

We had some amazingly close battles, and a ton of fun with this contest. Not to mention all of the discussions and arguments it sparked across the Empire. Thank you for all of your votes and participation. You Rock!!!!

Alice in Chains are getting ready to release their new album, and they’ve teamed up with the comedy web site Funny Or Die to make an awesome “mockumentary” called AIC 23, featuring a ton of people you may recognize…enjoy!

Daryl

On Monday, at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, the artist lineup was announced for the Sixth Annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. It’s a great lineup for fans of previous years. The headliners are Rob Zombie and Five Finger Death Punch, but with 4 stages for the first time they have packed it with artists:

Click through for the artist list and photos…

Get a little more insight, and our first bit of a couple of the songs, from the studio where Black Sabbath is recording their new album “13″ that will be released on Jun 11th!

If you were lucky enough to score tickets and were there, this is a nice reminder. If you didn’t get a chance to see Green Day playing their 22 song set at the Fox Theater on Sunday night in Pomona, in their first live show since lead singer, Billy Joe Armstrong, had a meltdown on stage in Las Vegas and went though a stint in rehab, here is some fan video of what it looked like. The good news is that this was just a warm up show for their upcoming tour, and we’ll all be able to see them at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Thursday, April 18th.

Metallica’s Orion Music + More Festival is taking to the Motor City in June for its second year…once again, Metallica is headlining and they’re bringing along the Red Hot Chili Peppers and a bunch more!