BangerTV are kicking off 2016 with a brand new show: Sam Dunn's Metal Journeys. The first episode features an interview with guitar legend Slash in Hollywood on the site of Universal Studios, talking about his love for horror, and composing music for the tourist attraction's famous Halloween haunt.

Sam Dunn's Metal Journeys follows Sam as he travels the world exploring the global metal community. It continues the mission Banger began with our 2008 feature documentary Global Metal: to examine what metal means in different cultures by meeting with the musicians and other passionate metalheads who’ve devoted their lives to this music. Upcoming episodes will take you to a metal themed restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden; the working man's club in Sheffield, UK where Def Leppard got its start; David Coverdale's Lake Tahoe home in Nevada; North America's biggest metal festival in Montreal, Canada; and a special three-part series documenting the growing local scene in Johannesburg, South Africa.

On December 31st, Slash along with his band Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators performed at the House Of Blues in Las Vegas. During their set the band paid tribute to iconic Motörhead vocalist / bassist Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, who passed away on December 28th at age 70 from an extremely aggressive form of cancer. Check out the fan-filmed video below.

Guns N' Roses has updated their Facebook cover photo with the image below:

 

 

And the events page on gunsnroses.com now lists two upcoming shows:

April
16 - Coachella Music Festival - Indio, CA
23 - Coachella Music Festival - Indio, CA

Exactly who will comprise this GN'R lineup is still a mystery? Internet rumours - repeat rumours - suggest: Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Dave Kushner, Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer, Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman.

The official 2016 Coachella Music Festival poster has been unveiled and can be seen below.