On Friday November 11th, Lou Reed and Metallica performed a six song live set plus gave an interview for a German radio broadcast. A small group of fans were also invited to view the performance, which was also filmed for a webcast.

In support of their ‘Lulu’ project – a release which has received some atrocious reviews, some of the most negative of either paties career – the band performed a selection of songs from their 2011 record, plus a cover of The Velvet Underground classic ‘White Light/White Heat’.

In its first week of release, ‘Lulu’ sold a mediocre 13,000 copies in the US, placing at #36 on the Billboard chart – exactly the same position it reached on the UK chart. It was a top ten hit in Germany.

Read a review of ‘Lulu’ here.

Watch the webcast below.

Former Anthrax vocalist Dan Nelson is suing the band for unpaid royalties. He has also stated the band have made false statements to the press regarding the surroundings of his departure.

Nelson says he wrote a portion of the material on the band’s current album, ‘Worship Music’, but has not been paid a fair share of the royalties. According to the New York Post, Nelson is seeking damages as he alleges drummer Charlie Benante, bassist Frank Bello and guitarist Scott Ian have falsely stated in “numerous interviews” that he had “abruptly resigned” after getting sick and forced them to cancel a tour.

Nelson is suing the band for $2.5m. The suit was filed earlier this week.

Read a review of ‘Worship Music’ here. Watch Anthrax live at Sonisphere in Sweden here.

Radiohead are to release their ‘Live From The Basement’ performance on DVD this December.

The band appeared on the show in September where they played the then newly released ‘King of Limbs’ album in its entirety, plus a couple of other rare cuts – ‘Supercollider’ and the never-before-heard ‘Staircase’.

Pre-orders are being taken directly from the band at www.thekingoflimbs.com and will ship in time for Christmas. The DVD will not be available in stores until sometime in January.

Read a review of ‘The King of Limbs’ here.

Watch the full basement performance below.

As part of the current Mötley Crüe live set, drummer Tommy Lee brings the art of the drum solo to new heights. In a giant spectactle, Lee performs a drum solo while rotating at 360 degrees on a specially built roller-coaster style mechanism.

You can see footage of Tommy Lee on the mechanism below:

The current Mötley Crüe tour takes in a set of UK headlining shows with Def Leppard at the end of 2011.

You can see both bands here:

Birmingham LG Arena (December 6)
Nottingham Capital FM Arena (8)
Glasgow S.E.C.C (9)
Manchester Evening News Arena (11)
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (13)
London Wembley Arena (14)

Read a review of Tommy Lee’s 2010 Methods of Mayhem disc here.

After a few months of playing games with the media, the original line-up of Black Sabbath have announced they are working together once again.  There are plans for a world tour, but also new recordings with legendary producer Rick Rubin at the helm.

Sabbath last attempted to record new material in 2001, but the sessions were aborted when Ozzy Osbourne returned to solo work.  Although the band issued a couple of new studio recordings as part of their ‘Reunion’ double live album, if the new sessions are a success, it will mark the first time the original Black Sabbath have recorded a full album together.

Watch their official statement below.