NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play at the Apollo Theater in New York on March 9. That's three days after Springsteen releases his new "Wrecking Ball" album. It will be Springsteen's first appearance at the Apollo. click for more

NEW YORK (AP) - According to the legend of Jethro Tull, the lyrics on the "Thick as a Brick" album were written by a boy named Gerald Bostock whose parents lied about his age. Singer Ian Anderson thinks it's time to see what Gerald is up to these days. Jethro Tull has recorded "Thick as a Brick 2," for release April 3. Anderson says the sequel will be about the different paths Gerald may have taken in the past 40 years. He's using Gerald as a metaphor for how chance encounters can change our own lives. Jethro Tull plan perform both "Thick as a Brick" albums on tour later this year. click for more

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has pleaded not guilty to four charges stemming from an argument with his ex-girlfriend, according to the Salem Statesman Journal. The police report states the woman, who was not named, says they started fighting January 20 when he accused her of cheating on him. She says they had broken up four weeks earlier after a three-year relationship. Castronovo is charged with recklessly endangering another person, interfering with making a police report, second-degree criminal mischief and harassment. click for more

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Guns N' Roses are returning to the site of one of their favorite concerts and will ask the venue to change its name for the show. On February 15, GNR will play Webster Hall in New York, which used to be called The Ritz. That's where they filmed their MTV concert "Live At The Ritz" 24 years ago, which is still being bootlegged. Webster Hall will rename itself The Ritz for that one night. GNR will also play two other New York clubs in February, as well as clubs in Chicago, Washington and Atlantic City.   click for more

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - If Neil Young's 2006 concert film "Heart of Gold" was showing off the grandness of his music, his new one, "Journeys," is about zooming in on the music. Young plays his songs on an electric guitar with no accompaniment. He calls it "a fantastic voyage into your guitar." He says "Journeys" takes viewers into the distortion of his guitar with nothing in the way. "Journeys" has been playing at film festivals and will come out on DVD in April.     click for more

UNDATED (AP) - Bruce Springsteen has announced the first leg of his American "Wrecking Ball" tour. It will start March 18 in Atlanta. The album, "Wrecking Ball," goes on sale March 6. click for more

NASHVILLE (AP) - Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood are reuniting. Their duet of "Undo It" and "Walk This Way" was a surprise hit of the Academy of Country Music Awards last year. They will get together again for a "CMT Crossroads" that airs February 4. That's the day before the Super Bowl, and they will perform live from Indianapolis.   click for more

SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) - An insurance company is suing Neil Young's company over a warehouse fire that authorities say was caused by Young's vintage car. The San Jose Mercury News reports Unigard Insurance is suing LincVolt, accusing the company of negligence for converting a 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity and biodiesel. A malfunction when the car was charging is believed to have caused a fire in November 2010 that damaged two warehouses. Unigard paid nearly $500,000 to the warehouses' owner. Young did not respond to requests for comment. click for more

MELROSE PARK, Ill. (AP) - AC/DC are getting their own pinball machine. The AC/DC pro machine features Angus Young's sneering face on the main playing area, the other band members' photos on other parts, three "Thunderstruck" standup targets, a rotating ball cannon, a Hell's Bell and a T.N.T. detonator. You can see the details at www.SternPinball.com. click for more

UNDATED (AP) - Bruce Springsteen's new studio album will be out March 6. It's called "Wrecking Ball" and it's his 17th studio album. The first single, "We Take Care Of Our Own," is streaming at www.BruceSpringsteen.net.   click for more

NEW YORK (AP) - Judas Priest are releasing all of their albums as a 17-CD boxed set. "The Complete Albums Collection" will include all their studio and live albums, including brand-new remasters of their first two albums, "Rocka Rolla" and "Sad Wings of Destiny." The collection comes out through Popmarket.com beginning January 24. click for more

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eddie Van Halen wants to encourage the shredders of the future. He has donated 75 new electric guitars to schools in Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation says Van Halen approached the charity about the guitars this week, saying he wanted them to be used in schools and not sold. Seven schools that serve mostly low-income students received the guitars. The schools were not told where the guitars came from until after they arrived. click for more

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The new Aerosmith record is still a work in progress, and it looks like Steven Tyler is holding things up. Tyler says they've written about half the album -- but not his half. He says he's got to write lyrics and he hasn't had a lot of time. He says he's not pretentious enough to say the songs are hits, but he thinks they've got something. He says it will sound like the Aerosmith everyone knows with some new sounds, because as he puts it, "How do you hide from my big mouth?" click for more

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steven Tyler has some choice words for the U.S. Supreme Court about nudity and profanity, and surprise -- he's against it. Tyler says, "There's a certain charm and passion and magic in not showing full-frontal nudity." He says it's "really hot when you only show a little." The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday whether policing profanities and nudity on broadcast TV makes sense in the cable era. Opponents say with nine out of ten households subscribing to cable or satellite TV, viewers lose track of which stations are broadcast stations. Tyler has let profanity slip on "American Idol" but he opposes a whole stream of profanities on TV. He says it's more creative to go with innuendo than to be crass. click for more

LONDON (AP) - An autopsy on former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston reveals he died of gastric intestinal hemorrhage and cirrhosis of the liver. Weston's body was found in his London home on Tuesday. He was 64. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Weston replaced Danny Kirwan in Fleetwood Mac in 1972 and played on the albums "Penguin" and "Mystery to Me." Mick Fleetwood later discovered his wife, Jenny Boyd, was having an affair with Weston, and Weston was fired. click for more

NEW YORK (AP) - David Lee Roth finally got to play the gig he always wanted: at his uncle's tiny club in New York. Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie's son Wolfgang played a Van Halen show Thursday at Cafe Wha? in New York. Roth says he used to wander through the club as a kid and dreamed of playing on that stage. He says it took 50 years to finally do it and "it was easier to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame than to get this gig." Van Halen will release a new album called "A Different Kind of Truth" on February 7. They will kick off a tour February 16 in Louisville, Kentucky. Kool and the Gang will open on select dates. click for more

LONDON (AP) - For those Pink Floyd fans who can't get enough of "The Wall," EMI could have them rethinking that. EMI will release the "Immersion" version of "The Wall" on February 28. It includes two discs of the digitally remastered album, plus two discs of "The Wall" performed live in 1980-81, plus two discs of the Roger Waters' and Pink Floyd's demos, plus a seventh disc that's a DVD of promotional videos and documentaries. Wait, there's more: two art booklets, collectors cards with art and lyrics, replicas of "The Wall" tour ticket and backstage pass, white marbles with designs of bricks, coasters and a scarf. Price tag: $120. The "Experience" edition is just three CDs: the original two-disc album and one of demos. If you're old school, it also comes on vinyl as a double-LP.   click for more

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Doors will release a song Monday that's stayed in the vaults for 40 years. "She Smells So Nice" was recorded during the "L.A. Woman" sessions. It will premiere on The Doors' Facebook page on Monday at noon Eastern. The song will appear on a 40th anniversary reissue of "L.A. Woman" that comes out January 23. A documentary called "Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman" comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray on January 24.LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Doors will release a song Monday that's stayed in the vaults for 40 years. "She Smells So Nice" was recorded during the "L.A. Woman" sessions. It will premiere on The Doors' Facebook page on Monday at noon Eastern. The song will appear on a 40th anniversary reissue of "L.A. Woman" that comes out January 23. A documentary called "Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman" comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray on January 24. click for more

UNDATED (AP) - Former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord says he's doing well, five months after announcing he's battling cancer. He says he's been sustained by reading the "wonderful, kind and inspirational messages" from fans. Lord announced in August he was taking a break from performing because of his illness. He has not said what kind of cancer he has. click for more

NEW YORK (AP) - Steven Tyler is coming clean: he's engaged. His representative confirms Tyler is engaged to Erin Brady. No other details were given. This will be Tyler's third marriage. click for more