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Monday, September 25, 2006

Rock Roundup 926

U2 and Green Day rocked the crowd last night with a great cover of an old Scottish punk song called "Here Come The Saints" before the Monday Night Football game. (audio)

I know this will come as a shock to many of you, but Guns N' Roses have delayed the North American leg of their tour and have had to bump the first couple of dates. Hard to believe they aren't ready yet. Weird. The tour will now resume October 5th in San Diego, instead of tomorrow night in Fresno.

Last week, we lost Boz Burrell, the original bassist for Bad Company, who had also played with King Crimson. He was 60. No cause of death has been announced.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler admits he's been battling hepatitis C for a few years on Access Hollywood tonight. He says he battled the serious viral blood infection, which can lead to liver disease, by undergoing a year of interferon treatments and that now "it is nonexistent in my bloodstream...where it's like a complete cure." Tyler adds that the treatment contributed to the end of his marriage to Teresa Barrick.

New on DVD this week:

The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift

Curious George (with Will Farrell as The Man In The Yellow Hat)

The Lake House (Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock...they have to make sure the house never travels slower than 55 miles per hour or it blows up, I guess...)

New on CD this week:

Live albums from both Emerson, Lake, and Palmer...and Free

New retrospectives from Yes and The Yardbirds

The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia

A reissue of George Harrison's Living In The Material World.

The soundtrack for The US vs. John Lennon

Paul McCartney's new classical piece Ecce Cor Meum, which translates to Behold My Heart.

A new 4-disc, 99-song box set from The Byrds called There Is A Season, which includes some previously unreleased stuff and a DVD.

...and a new Tori Amos box set called A Piano Collection. (Jen)