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LED ZEPPELIN: Reunion Footage Coming

A source close to Led Zeppelin tells us they recently viewed the footage of their 2007 reunion show in London. Everyone was happy with what they saw, and there are plans to release it. It's just a matter of when.

RONNIE JAMES DIO: More Posthumous Releases

There are more Ronnie James Dio posthumous releases in the works in addition to the Dio at Donnington collection due in November. His widow and manager Wendy Dio says the Dio band's debut album, Holy Diver, will be issued on vinyl in November, and next year we'll see the release of a 16-CD or vinyl collection called For the Record: The Complete Dio Vinyl CollectionThe Complete Bootleg box. as well as

MOTLEY CRUE: Vince Slams Nikki, Gets Investigated

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil doesn't hold back in slamming bassist Nikki Sixx in his upcoming autobiography, Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back With One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen. In excerpts that just hit the web, Neil writes, "I don't think Nikki has changed much over the years. He still likes to portray himself as the Messiah. Everything is his. Everything is his idea. I'll look at him and think, 'He just loves playing that persona.' And my sentiment is: 'I don't really care one way or the other. If he wants to be that, fine.' I do my job, and I have fun. But in Nikki's world, he has to be known as the 'thinker' or the 'creator.' He needs to be seen as Mr. All-Important." Tattoos & Tequila will be published on September 23rd.

METALLICA: Live to EP to Mark End of Tour

Metallica are releasing a live EP through their website and in Australia to mark the upcoming end of their Death Magnetic world tour. Six Feet Down Under compiles eight tracks recorded during previous Aussie tours from 1989 to 2004. The EP will be sold through Metallica.com starting September 20th. Metallica's Australian tour starts Wednesday.

OZZY: Fall Dates

Ozzy Osbourne will return to North America for a month-long arena tour starting November 12th in Victoria, British Columbia. Dates are scheduled through December 12th in Minneapolis, but more are on the way. The tour, in support of Ozzy's album Scream, will feature special guest Halford, led by Judas Priest singer Rob Halford.

MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: Join the Club!

Tool/A Perfect Circle singer Maynard James Keenan has started a wine club through his Merkin Vineyards. The Velvet Slippers Club has three levels of membership that include three bottles of wine delivered each quarter as well as a special corkscrew and a vineyard poster autographed by Keenan.

GENE SIMMONS: Doing What He Does Best --Talking

Gene Simmons has signed on as the keynote speaker at the inaugural American Music Conference in Los Angeles on November 19th. Organizers hope to bring together artists, label chiefs, agents, managers and other industry pros.

IN OTHER NEWS

All the major networks will air the Stand Up to Cancer benefit tonight. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and U2's The Edge are among those taking part. (Stations Note: We'll have audio coverage in TV Drops on Monday.)

The Carnival of Madness tour -- which was headlined by Shinedown this summer -- will return next summer with a different headliner.

Jack White has produced an album for rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson called The Party Ain't Over. It features guest appearances by White's Raconteurs bandmates Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler and is due out January 25th.

Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla tackles "In the Evening" on From the Land of Ice and Snow: The Songs of Led Zeppelin, which is due out October 12th.