Ex-Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach has been confirmed as the support act at three upcoming Guns N’ Roses shows in the US.

Bach, whose new album ‘Kicking & Screaming’ was released via Frontiers Records in September, is no stranger to supporting the band. Back in the summer of 1991, Skid Row filled support slots for Guns N’ Roses on the UK leg of the ‘Use Your Illusion’ tour.

Sebastian Back can be seen with the current G N’R line up at these venues:
Nov. 19 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre
Nov. 20 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
Nov. 23 – Albany, NY – Times Union Center

Machine Head have announced the first of the dates for their tour of the US in 2012.

So far the following dates have been confirmed, with more to follow:

Feb. 06 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Feb. 08 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Feb. 18 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield

Support at all shows is provided by Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour and Rise To Remain.

Alt-rock band My Morning Jacket (last heard on the Muppets tribute record) have announced two headline shows in Australia.

Alongside appearances at the east and west coast blues festivals, Australian fans can now catch My Morning Jacket at the following dates:

Tue 3 Apr | Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Wed 4 Apr | Palace Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

The band’s fifth album, ‘Circuital’ was released in late spring 2011.

Black Sabbath have reported they are to make a “special announcement” next week.

The legendary heavy metal pioneers are to be in attendance at a conference at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go next Friday morning.

It is not yet known what the band will be announcing, but it adds fuel to the current rumours that the band’s original line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward have plans to work together again.

In the summer of 2011, it was reported the band had already reunited and were back in the studio working on new material, but these reports were quashed by Iommi approximately twenty four hours later.

In 2001, the last time the attempted to make a new record, the sessions were cut short when Ozzy resumed solo work. As a result, the proposed album was never finished. A new song ‘Scary Dreams’ was, however, performed live at various gigs. You can view footage of the unreleased song below.

In support of their sixth studio album, ‘Fallen Empires’ (released November 10th), Snow Patrol have announced a ten date run of arena gigs for the start of 2012.

You can catch the Belfast band at the following venues next January and February.  Support at all dates comes from Everything Everything.

Glasgow SECC (January 27)
Aberdeen Exhibition Centre (30)
Liverpool Echo Arena (31)
Nottingham Capital FM Arena (February 1)
Manchester Evening News Arena (3)
Birmingham LG Arena (4)
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (5)
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (7)
Bournemouth International Centre (8)
London O2 Arena (10)