A posthumous solo album for Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, who died in 2001, will be released on May 22. The album is called . . . Ya Know? and was produced by Ramones collaborators Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Living Colour) and Jean Beauvoir (KISS, Little Steven). The material for the album comes from unreleased demos that were recorded back in 2001, the year that Ramone passed away of lymphoma.

A posthumous solo album for Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, who died in 2001, will be released on May 22. The album is called . . . Ya Know? and was produced by Ramones collaborators Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Living Colour) and Jean Beauvoir (KISS, Little Steven).

The material for the album comes from unreleased demos that were recorded back in 2001, the year that Ramone passed away of lymphoma.

Musicians who pitched in to help finish the album include Joan Jett, Steven Van Zandt, Richie Ramone, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, Dennis Diken of The Smithereens, and Joey Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh.

According to Knac.com, Leigh, who served as executive producer of the project, said: "It was of the utmost importance to me that these remaining songs of Joey's be finished properly and made available for the world to hear."

The album includes two solo versions of songs Joey did with The Ramones, including "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" and "Life's A Gas."

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The former members of Guns N' Roses reportedly came close to bringing Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong to stand in for Axl Rose during their performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last month. In his weekly blog post for Seattle Weekly, Duff McKagan explained how the band "devised a plan" to connect with Armstrong before settling on Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy.

The former members of Guns N' Roses reportedly came close to bringing Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong to stand in for Axl Rose during their performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last month.

In his weekly blog post for Seattle Weekly, Duff McKagan explained how the band "devised a plan" to connect with Armstrong before settling on Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy.

"For Slash and me, it was the first time we'd played our songs with Steven Adler in something like 22 years," he inked. "We had to wonder: Would it work? Would we be able to get our mojo back with only 14 hours to spare before playing in front of an audience of 7,000, and be filmed for an HBO Special!?" McKagan wrote in the post.

Ultimately McKagan says that he was "very satisfied about the outcome."

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The Black Keys have tacked on a string of dates on the West Coast to their current world tour. The duo will do seven shows throughout the West Coast and Southwest from October 1-10, making stops in Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, before heading over the Pacific for the Australian/New Zealand leg of the tour.

The Black Keys have tacked on a string of dates on the West Coast to their current world tour. The duo will do seven shows throughout the West Coast and Southwest from October 1-10, making stops in Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, before heading over the Pacific for the Australian/New Zealand leg of the tour.

In other Black Keys news, the Akron, Ohio duo are teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity to offer fans access to some of the best seats in the house. Proceeds will benefit Community Support Services in Akron and W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville.

The Black Keys are touring behind their 2011 album El Camino. Arctic Monkeys and Tegan and Sara are providing opening support.

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Bret Michaels is saying 'thank you' St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute for treating him in 2010 after he suffered a brain hemorrhage. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the renowned hospital is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and its website features a '50 Years, 50 Faces' icon with a number of high profile people who have been cared for at the hospital publicly thanking the hospital for the treatment they received.

Bret Michaels is saying 'thank you' St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute for treating him in 2010 after he suffered a brain hemorrhage.

Located in Phoenix, AZ, the renowned hospital is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and its website features a '50 Years, 50 Faces' icon with a number of high profile people who have been cared for at the hospital publicly thanking the hospital for the treatment they received.

"I want to thank all of my good friends at Barrow who saved my life," says Bret. "Without them I wouldn't be standing here today."

Patients like Michaels travel from all over the world for the special neurological expertise available at Barrow. The hospital has treated a long list of public figures including Michaels, baseball great and broadcaster Joe Garagiola, a Saudi Arabian queen and a host of professional athletes.

Michaels will be on tour this summer with his band Poison and fellow rockers Def Leppard.

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