AC/DC have added three rarely performed tracks to their European set list: 'Problem Child', 'What Do You Do For Money Honey'and 'Up To My Neck In You'. This is the first time vocalist Brian Johnson has EVER performed 'Neck'live... According to www.metal-sludge.com Portrait Records'John Kalodner is in the process of constructing www.johnkalodner.com. Also, Portrait will be focused on recording and marketing new acts, such as THE UNION UNDERGROUND and the forthcoming release in July from SPIKE 1000. Profitable older acts, such as GREAT WHITE and IRON MAIDEN, will continue to record and release CD's on the label... Former RATT guitarist Robbin Crosby has posted another message on the message board of former RATT bassist Juan Croucier regarding the pair's current musical collaboration. The message reads as follows: "I can't wait for everyone to hear our new music. Get ready for some bone crushing rock and roll!"... After touring Europe from June 22nd through July, the BLACK CROWES will tour North America again, launching a theater tour in late August/early September... URIAH HEEP have released a new DVD called Acoustically Driven... Phil Naro has a new web site which features up to date news regarding the forthcoming NARO album and more at http://phil-naro.fateback.com/home.html... SHY will not be appearing at the forthcoming Z Rock Germany Show on September 8th... TESLA is scrapping the idea of a covers album and going ahead with a live album from the reunion tour, along with a forthcoming studio album. Meanwhile, here is your opportunity to directly affect the songs that you will hear on the new live album set to be released in August. Troy told Teslatheband.com that, "we have a ton of great material here and it is too hard to decide which tracks we want on the live album. Since this album is really for our fans, we would like them to vote on which songs THEY want to hear." Vote for your favorite songs here: teslatheband.com. Choose 13 of the songs you think should be on the new live album. The songs to choose from are: ?Cumin'Atcha Live?, ?EZ Come EZ Go?, ?Hang Tough?, ?Gettin'Better?, ?The Way It Is?, ?Song & Emotion?, ?Changes?, ?Signs?, ?Little Suzi?, ?Lazy Days, Crazy Nights?, ?Call It What You Want?, ?Freedom Slaves?, ?Love Song?, ?We're No Good Together?, ?Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)?, ?Mama's Fool?, ?Edison's Medicine?, ?Modern Day Cowboy? and ?What You Give?." Vote at http://www.teslaweb.com/poll.asp... The International QUEEN fan club recently held a vote for "who should be the next Queen vocalist?". The top 5 went as such: GEORGE MICHAEL, GARY CHERONE, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, ELTON JOHN and DAVID BOWIE... RUSH is finally back in the studio "ensconced in creative mode", says Neil Peart... VELOCITY are looking for either a guitarist or bassist. If they find a guitarist, mainman David Victor will switch to bass. According to Victor, ?ideally the new person will have songwriting abilities and good backing vocals, and the only true requirement will be the person must live in, or move to, the Los Angeles area, home of sun, fun and women with artificially enhanced bodies." Contact davidv@acceleratorrecords.com or see http://www.acceleratorrecords.com for more info... HUSH?s new album, II, the band?s first for Frontiers is out now. The tracklisting: ?The Restless Ones?, ?Don't Turn Around?, ?Till We Become The Sun?, ?Don't Say Goodnight?, ?Is It Good Enough?, ?Another Girl?, ?Forever?, ?Like Love?, ?The Real Thing? and ?Dreams?. The band consists of Patrick Simonsen (lead vocals/guitar), Keith Kristiansen (guitars/keyboards/vocals), Steve Titz (bass/vocals), Rod Rutle (drums) and Terry Smith (piano/organ)... GARY MOORE will play a series of dates in the UK between September 12th and September 19th... SAXON?s website, Saxon747.com, has reported that the band has been added to the lineup for the Waldrock Festival, slated for June 30th in Holland... TALISMAN and SEVEN WISHES will play a one-off show at Home in Karlskoga, Sweden on June 15th. See http://www.home-kga.se for more info. Another Talisman show is set for June 17th at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, UK. A Talisman live album is due out this fall.... URBAN TALE?s self titled album is due on July 23rd from Now & Then/Frontiers. The tracklisting: ?The Devil In Me?, ?Passion Take Over?, ?Circus?, ?King Of Hearts?, ?One Day (I'll Make You Mine)?, ?Runaway Train?, ?Engine?, ?Broken Chains?, ?On The Edge?, ?Doris Day? and ?Water?. The band consists of Kimmo Blom (vocals), Erkka Korhonen (guitars/vocals), Tuomo Kovalainen (bass/vocals), Timo Pudas (keyboards) and Kari ValimAki (drums/vocals). The band will play Finland, France, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, and Greece this year, plus the Gods 2001 Festival in the UK... THE SIGN will be appearing at the Lokerseen Festival in Lokeren, Belgium on August 11th, from 10pm to 11:30pm... Rockin? The Hills is a festival to take place in Bottineau, North Dakota from June 28th - July 1st. Acts performing over the weekend include: DAVID LEE ROTH, JACKYL, FOGHAT, ENUFF Z?NUFF, QUIET RIOT, WARRANT, POISON, TED NUGENT, SLAUGHTER, SURVIVOR and more. For more info go to www.rockinthehills.com... VON GROOVE have been added to the bill for Z Rock 2001 Germany on September 8th. The appearance will be the bands debut on German soil. The full line up is now as follows: TYGERS OF PAN TANG, ENUFF Z NUFF, Von Groove, JADED HEART, HUMANIMAL (feat Jeff Scott Soto , Marcel Jacob and Pontus Norgren), DREAMHUNTER, CONTAGIOUS and SEVEN WISHES. For ticket details visit the Z web site at www.zrecords.net... Tony Mills (SHY, SIAM) will release his first solo album via Z Records in early 2002... TYGERS OF PAN TANG are completing their forthcoming album Mystical. The band will be touring the UK during early November of this year... Hairball 2001, the show that was originally reported as just a DAVID LEE ROTH show, is an outdoor event that will take place on June 23rd at The Rock in Maplewood, MN. Acts scheduled to perform include: TOUCHED, GREAT WHITE, WARRANT, BLUE OYSTER CULT and JACKYL, with David Lee Roth headlining. The action then moves indoors for THE MIGHTY ROOSTERS and FIREHOUSE. For more info call (651) 770-7822... JOHN TAGLIERI will perform a full-band set on June 23rd at Love Sexy in Hoboken, NJ. The show will include material from his next album, which will be "much tougher sounding than Leap Of Faith was and has much more power and vocal harmonies to it." The band hopes to be in the studio recording the new album "before the end of summer." For more info see LeapDogMusic.com.