According to The Press Association, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson will fly around 200 passengers from Newark, New Jersey to Reykjavik for budget airline Iceland Express in what will mark one of the first flights out of New York following Hurricane Irene.

The singer is a qualified pilot and recently-appointed marketing director with aircraft leasing firm Astraeus Airlines.

Dickinson flew IRON MAIDEN, its 60-member crew and 12 tons of equipment around the world on the band's own customized Boeing 757, Ed Force One.

Ed Force One is named after MAIDEN's infamous mummy mascot "Eddie."

Dickinson told CNN.com in a 2007 interview, "Aviation's been kicking around my family for as long as I can remember; my uncle was in the RAF. But I always thought I was too stupid. I was useless at maths and majored in history at university, so I thought history majors don't become pilots, let alone rock stars. And then our drummer learned to fly so I said if a drummer can learn to fly then anyone can."

He added, "I never dreamed I would end up flying an airliner. I ended up flying IRON MAIDEN around on tour in a little eight-seat, pressurized, twin-engine plane. Basically we were flying round all the world's major airports, flew across the Atlantic and back, which was quite an adventure. At the end I thought I really want to fly something bigger, but I can't afford it — I can't buy my own 707. If I'm going to do that I have to get a job."

On how the thrill of piloting a 757 compares to taking to the stage with MAIDEN:

"It's a different kind of buzz. Obviously you aren't leaping around the flight deck yelling and screaming, but you have to manage situations... Flying at 35,000 feet is an internal thing, really. Whereas 35,000 people, that's just showing off."

On whether he will be hanging up his leopard-skin spandex forever:

"I could never contemplate giving up music. I have to say I've always been interested in planes, the only difference is I started to fly the darn things 15 years ago. I don't see why I should give up either of them. People say 'Why do you need a second job?' I say 'Why do you need to breathe?'"

"Takasago Army", the new album from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, can be streamed in its entirety at AOL Music. The CD will be released in North America on September 6 via Spinefarm Records. Produced by Rickard Bengtsson (ARCH ENEMY, NEMESIS) at Sweet Spot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden, this 10-track outing completes a trilogy of CHTHONIC releases, telling a story that binds together the band's "Seediq Bale" and "Mirror Of Retribution" albums, released in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

"Takasago Army" track listing:

01. The Island
02. Legacy Of The Seediq
03. Takao
04. Oceanquake
05. Southern Cross
06. Kaoru
07. Broken Jade
08. Root Regeneration
09. Mahakala
10. Quell The Souls In Sing Ling Temple

Comments bassist Doris Yeh: "The Takasago Army was a Taiwanese troop of Japanese force/Axis powers that fought in the Pacific War/World War II between 1940 and 1944. The Takasago soldiers were descendants of a brave and powerful people from the mountains of Taiwan, people with a strong warrior tradition. They impressed their rivals with their cunning, tenacity and skill on the battlefield, and they became the most revered and most feared combat unit in the Japanese Imperial Army."

Vocalist Andy Biersack of Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES has revealed to Artisan News that the band will release a new EP in early 2012 prior to entering the studio to begin recording a new full-length CD. He said (see video below), "We're gonna be putting out an EP, hopefully around the first of the year — just a couple of songs and some stuff that we've been toying around with, some tracks from the last record that didn't make it to the [last] record, kind of revamping some stuff. We just wanna keep putting out material for all our fans."

NoiseArt Records has announced the signing of long-running Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN. The band's new album, "Psychology Of Death", will be released in Europe on November 18 and will include the group's classic debut LP, "Mayhemic Destruction", as a bonus disc in the limited digipak version. The follow-up to 2007's "An Absence of Faith" was mixed with producer/engineer Darren "jENK" Jenkins and marks the recording debut of guitarist Ryan Huthnance, who replaced Mick Sultana.

Commented the band: "MORTAL SIN are proud to announce we have signed to NoiseArt/Rock The Nation for the release of our new album, 'Psychology Of Death'.

"What we wanted to do was a simple thrash album.

"Sometimes you can get so caught up in the complexities of everything that you forget about what thrash is all about. This time around we said we wanted to go back to our roots, we were going to write an album like 'Mayhemic Destruction' — simple old-school thrash!

"This is by far our fastest and heaviest album to date. We really wanted to grab people by the balls with this one!"

Added NoiseArt Records: "We are more than happy to welcome such a legendary band like MORTAL SIN to the NoiseArt family!

"Back in the glorious Eighties, MORTAL SIN had essentially formed the thrash metal genre as we know it among other groups like METALLICA, ANTHRAX, MEGADETH and SLAYER, leaving a milestole album for the fans with 'Mayhemic Destruction' in 1986 which has become a true classic! This album will be released as a bonus CD with the limited digipak edition of the new output, 'Psychology Of Death'.

"MORTAL SIN have lost nothing of their enormous energy whatsoever. The new record is an intense and amazing masterpiece of thrash: aggressive, fast, brilliant!

"We're very much looking forward to the release of the album and to be working with MORTAL SIN in the future!"

Former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland is selling a digital album, "A Compilation Of Scott Weiland Cover Songs", via his official store.

The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. I Am The Resurrection (STONE ROSES)
02. Personality Crisis (NEW YORK DOLLS)
03. Frances Farmer Will Get Her Revenge On Seattle (NIRVANA)
04. Let Down (RADIOHEAD)
05. Into Your Arms (LEMONHEADS)
06. Dead Flowers (THE ROLLING STONES)
07. Waiting For Superman (THE FLAMING LIPS)
08. Revolution (The Beatles; recorded by STONE TEMPLE PILOTS in 2001)
09. But Not Tonight (DEPECHE MODE)
10. Reel Around The Fountain (THE SMITHS)
11. Fame (DAVID BOWIE)
12. Jean Genie (DAVID BOWIE)

Scott Weiland's autobiography, "Not Dead & Not For Sale", was released on May 17 via the Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner. The singer collaborated on the project with David Ritz, the "Sexual Healing" lyricist who has co-written autobiographies for the likes of Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and more recently Don Rickles.

Utrecht, Netherlands-based progressive thrashers ALERION have issued the following update:

"We have some unfortunate news. Recently, Maaike (Siegerist) decided to leave Alerion, after three years with us. Gradually, she moved in other directions than Alerion, which ultimately led to her departure. We are sad to see her go and want to thank her for her contributions to the band. We wish her all the best in her musical ventures."

Maaike has composed the following message to explain her departure:

"I'd like to thank the guys of Alerion for the good times we had together; it was great to be the band's leading lady for three years. I loved being on stage with them, writing songs together with Bas - who's got a composer of classical magnitude in him - and especially joking over beers after band practice.

However, lately, I felt out of place. Drawn to old-fashioned jazz, pop, and other musical genres, and frustrated with the challenging conditions metal singers face on stage at smaller venues, I grew less enthusiastic about playing with the band. So I made the difficult decision to quit Alerion.

I wish Alerion all the best, and hope they'll find the new singer they deserve. When they hit the stage again, I'll be sure to be in the audience!"

"Believe", the new video from the Finnish rock band NEGATIVE, can be seen below.

Commented NEGATIVE frontman Jonne Aaron: "The video was filmed in Tampere [Finland]. In the scenes that were filmed on the beach, you can see area where I spent my childhood years ... it's a western part of Tampere city and it's called Lielahti. If you look really closely, you can see the factory where my grandparents used to work at back in '60s and '70s. So this video is kind of a back-to-the-roots step, [and] it means a lot to me. I'm very glad that this video brings more flesh to the song. The song itself is quite romantic and so is the video." He added, "We thought it might be very exotic to the people all over the world to film some Finnish nature/sunset."

California natives KAURA (pronounced kay-aura) were born from the vision of infusing the aggressive power of hard, melodic rock with the haunting and ethereal sounds of ancient instruments. The band will release their debut full-length CD/DVD, That Which Defines Us, on September 20th.

The band announced that they will be giving away one new track cut from That Which Defines Us, each week up until the release date. A new track can be downloaded weekly at this location, where the new album can also be streamed in its entirety now.

Produced by singer Malcolm Guess, the album is a testament of dedication, taking over two years to record with the assistance of rock luminaries such as Sylvia Massey (DANZIG, TOOL, SYSTEM OF A DOWN), Ken Andrews (A PERFECT CIRCLE, FAILURE) and Michael Romanowski (DREDG). Central to the album’s sound were instruments that the band collected on their travels to India, Thailand, Bali, Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal.

“We were really drawn to the sounds of these instruments because they are not traditionally heard in modern rock music,” explains guitarist Ben Rojas.

Drummer Benjamin Jones adds, “We have always strived to create our own unique voice and incorporating these instruments helps us do that and create a really expansive depth of sound.”

The DVD portion of the set includes two music videos directed by drummer Benjamin Jones for the songs ‘Ephemeral Fall’ and ‘Silence Speaks Louder’. It also features an hour long "Making Of The Album" feature, and footage of the band’s adventures collecting instruments during their travels.

Tracklisting:

'Inovocation'
'Sera Phi'
'One Becomes Two'
'Ephemeral Fall'
'Solace'
'Silence Speaks Louder'
'Apathy'
'Alarmico Saturn'
'2C&B'
'If This Were To End'
'Tether's End'
'A Lament For Change'

The Boston Phoenix recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

The Boston Phoenix: You seem like you would be demanding as a bandleader — almost like a metal version of James Brown.

Mustaine: [Laughs] Bite your tongue! I don't really know Mr. Brown very well so I don't know if that's a compliment or a friendly insult. I know that for us, what we do is try to make it as enjoyable for the listener as possible. When you're playing extreme music, you can't be sending out chocolate and flowers to your staff after you're done — you know? It's like everyone is eating broken glass nachos and stuff like that, so you gotta have that slugging each other in the arm kind of thing. I know that would seem like it's demanding, but when you have people that are dedicated to what we're doing here and they're all at the top of their game, there really isn't much to be demanded, you're just kind of calling out the plays and people do it. It's a very heads-up football kind of thing; I'm calling audible quarterback plays and taking the whole approach with MEGADETH like it's very militant, everybody has their roles, and when it's time for the show to start, the lights go out, it's synchronized, it's like a pit crew. You see these NASCAR guys come in and they have a car completely changed and filled up with gas in 12 seconds — that's what my guys are like, they're all top-notch professionals.

The Boston Phoenix: Why do you think some people are having trouble buying the fact there is peace between all the ["Big Four"] bands?

Mustaine: I feel sorry for people like that — you wonder what makes them tick. Do they get up in the morning and walk into the kitchen and hit themselves in the face with a frying pan? How were they rendered so ignorant? I don't know. Some people need something to live for. I tend to go through my day seeing if I can bring happiness into people's lives instead of going around talking scuttlebutt about bands and who doesn't like who.

The Boston Phoenix: METALLICA just announced that they were doing an album with Lou Reed and were in the studio with Ray Davies. Could you ever see yourself doing a similar project with them?

Mustaine: Well, I already did a project with METALLICA a long time ago. You mean another project with METALLICA? I dunno. . . . If they're digging up old guys to rock with, those guys are a little bit older than I am, I may have to have my AARP card to do it [laughs]. No, of course I would do it — that was my band. MEGADETH was what the next logical step was in my musical career. It was a natural progression, but if an opportunity came for us to play again — I think what would be ideal, and I've talked to James [Hetfield] about this before. And he didn't say "No," that he and I and Lars [Ulrich] and [MEGADETH bassist] David Ellefson should do a record together and see what happens. Not as a band or anything like that, but something to donate the money to charity. We're all getting a lot older now and just the fact that we're talking was a great start. Playing together is even better, and the idea of us doing something together could be just too much for my little brain to handle and it might just explode.

The Boston Phoenix: You've got two kids: Justis and Electra. I have to ask about the irony in those two names.

Mustaine: He's not called Justis because of "…And Justice For All" — that's shallow. It's spelled the Old English way and "Justis" is a form of Jesus which is another form or "righteous." And Electra, it had nothing to do with the record label Elektra [where METALLICA spent the majority of their career]. We were gonna call her Savannah, but I didn't like that name because it was some trollop that blew her face off or something because she was an old porn star, and that particularly didn't ring well with me. We were at church one morning and they were dedicating the child there, and they said her name was Savannah and that it meant "barren plains," and I thought, "We're not naming our kid 'barren plains' — sheesh, we might as well just call her 'scorched earth.' " We had looked at some other names and Pam [Dave's wife] thought that the name Amber was pretty and I looked up the Greek meaning of Amber which means "dawn of light," the beginning of every day. And Electra is the same thing as Amber in Greek, so I thought it was great. Now, we do have that one kid that we gave up for adoption named Puppets. . . .

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement In Rock 'N' Roll" award as part of the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards on August 21 in the main showroom of the Las Vegas Hilton. The event was hosted by Vegas Rocks! magazine founder/CEO Sally Steele and was preceded by a grand rock 'n' roll royal red-carpet media event with appearances with some of the most famous rock artists in the music industry, including Lemmy Kilmister (MOTÖRHEAD), John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Wayne Static (STATIC-X), Steven Adler (ADLER'S APPETITE, GUNS N' ROSES), Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES), Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) and Chip Z'Nuff (ADLER'S APPETITE, ENUFF Z'NUFF).

Highlights of the event included a live performance of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Crazy Train" as a tribute to Randy Rhoads, featuring John 5, Carmine Appice, Sebastian Bach, Dario Lorina and Sean McNabb. Then Bach and Steve Stevens took to the stage to perform LED ZEPPELIN's "Whole Lotta Love" with an unexpected guest appearance by Vince Neil.

Other highlights for the evening included adult film legend Ron Jeremy and Frankie Moreno presenting an award, with Ron picking Frankie up and putting him over his shoulder and carrying him off the stage. There was also a tribute to rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix with an all-star lineup which included most of the stars attending the show for the grand finale of "Fire".

Commented Sally Steele: "I was really happy that so many of my favorite artists came out to celebrate my publication's seven-year anniversary to make it an amazing rock-royalty-filled event. It was truly a historic night in rock and roll for Las Vegas! One thing I can say is that it might be hard to top this show next year — but we will try!"

Chicago's NOVEMBERS DOOM has parted ways with drummer Sasha Horn. The band states, "For once this isn't your typical 'musical differences' excuse; this is simply due to distance and Sasha's pursuit and focus in other directions, it became clear to all of us, he was no longer able to contribute the same dedication to NOVEMBERS DOOM as the rest of the band. We wish Sasha the best in his future endeavors.

"As for the future of NOVEMBERS DOOM, we are currently seeking to fill this position. Anyone interested in this opportunity can contact us through drummer@novembersdoom.com. Several projects are already in the works, and [while] it's too soon for any formal announcements, we can assure you, NOVEMBERS DOOM's best days are yet to come."

"What Could Have Been", the latest video from NOVEMBERS DOOM, can be viewed below. The clip has a cinematic feel and was once again helmed by Cage XXI Enterprises and director Tony Myles, who was responsible for the band's "Autumn Reflection" and "A Eulogy for the Living Lost" videos.

"What Could Have Been", which features a guest appearance by Dutch singer Anneke Van Giersbergen (AGUA DE ANNIQUE, THE GATHERING), comes off NOVEMBERS DOOM's eighth full-length album, "Aphotic", which was released on May 10 via The End Records. The CD features other special guests on several tracks: world-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine (EARTHEN GRAVE) lends her talent on both "What Could Have Been" and "The Dark Host"; finally, the man behind the mixing board, Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH), adds his vocal touch to "Of Age and Origin", also offering rare appearance of his mighty growl!

Instrumental progressive band ANIMALS AS LEADERS have set Weightless as the title of the group's newest album, due to be released by Prosthetic Records this fall. More information on Weightless will be revealed in the near future.

The group recently kicked off their first-ever European tour, which sees them as direct support to the DEFTONES tonight in London, UK. They will kick off a North American tour alongside BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME on October 27th. A complete list of upcoming dates can be found below:

Western Australia's masters of progressive metal experimentation, VOYAGER, recently signed with the New Jersey-based prog metal pros at Sensory Records for the release of their upcoming fourth full-length album, The Meaning Of I.

'Momentary Relapse Of Pain'
'Stare Into The Night'
'Seize The Day'
'Broken'
'The Pensive Disarray'
'He Will Remain'
'The Meaning Of I'
'Iron Dream (In Memoriam: Peter Steele)'
'Feuer Meiner Zeit'
'Fire Of The Times'
'She Takes Me (Into The Morning Light)'
'It’s Time To Know'
'Are You Shaded?'

Escape Music has set an October 1 release date for MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP singer Gary John Barden's new solo album, "Eleventh Hour".

Gary Barden belongs to THE voice of British hard rock. The first time Barden appeared in the scene was as part of the newly formed MSG (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) founded by the former SCORPIONS guitarist of the same name. Their first collaboration resulted in the highly acclaimed album "The Michael Schenker Group", which was released in 1980. Besides the great songs and the great guitar output Barden's voice was one of the reasons why this album became a huge success and allowed the band to hit the road in Europe, Japan and the USA. Their second album, "MSG", saw the light of day in 1981 and followed an even more melodic direction than its predecessor. After the following world tour, Barden was informed that he was no longer part of the band and replacement was found soon in ex-RAINBOW singer Graham Bonnet. Chrysalis, however, released a live disc recorded in Japan by the original MSG entitled "One Night At Budokan".

Searching for a new band, Barden started to write some songs with THIN LIZZY guitarist Gary Moore which later on ended up on Moore's "Corridor of Power" release. Their working period was short and so was the collaboration between Bonnet and Schenker. Bonnet sang on the 1982 record "Assault Attack", but BARDEN was back with MSG for some live appearances including Reading Festival in the same year and the 1983 record "Built to Destroy". The label's pressure to steer more into a commercial direction made the band quit business in 1984.

Barden moved on and found a new home in the business together with ex-THIN LIZZY six-string Brian Robertson and the band STATETROOPER, who put out their highly acclaimed self-titled debut album in 1987 and played a couple of live shows in the following months. "Statetrooper" was reissued on CD by Escape Music.

After a long break, Barden returned to the scene with PRAYING MANTIS' "The Power of Ten" and the live album "Captured Alive in Tokyo City" (1996). In 2000, Barden hit the road again for a couple of live shows with COMPANY OF SNAKES and founded the band SILVER together with Michael Voss (CASANOVA) and Bernie Tormé (IAN GILLAN). STATETROOPER finally reunited in 2004 and put out the classy new record "The Calling".

The Escape Music album "Past & Present" marked the first solo album by Gary Barden and offered a very personal collection of new, exciting interpretations of some all-time MSG classics, a selection of songs that both suited Gary Barden and MSG fans! With his longtime pal Michael Voss (CASANOVA, BONFIRE) and a couple of friends he went back to the roots to perform his bluesy smoky songs that will touch your soul and are exemplified on the release "Agony and the Xtasy". In 2007 the more rockier "Love and War" was released by Escape Music and it has been a long anticipated wait for the next chapter.

Gary now presents us with "Eleventh Hour", which features 11 tracks of hard rock brilliance. These new songs are fresh and exciting and Gary has poured his heart and soul into them. Once again Michael Voss is ever present and the end result is just perfect. This is a hard-hitting rock album that highlights what a great singer Gary is, his contribution to the British rock scene is just legendary.

"Eleventh Hour" track listing:

01. Baghdad
02. Fallen By The Wayside
03. Child Of Sorrow
04. What You Wanna Do
05. We Are Dead
06. All In
07. Blackmail
08. Shine A Light On Me
09. Easy Does It
10. Before The Eyes Of The World
11. Don't Take Me For A Loser

Cult British underground heavyweights AMEBIX recently parted company with Alternative Tentacles Records after 26 years. The band has decided to step up to the challenge of releasing its own work and has founded Amebix Records in conjunction with Easyaction. They are releasing the new album and back catalogue under the new label while Profane Existence will continue to manufacture and sell the band's work as high-quality vinyl releases, with global distribution through Cargo Records.

AMEBIX's new album, "Sonic Mass", will be made available on September 23 as a CD and gatefold vinyl LP, as well as a digital download.

"Sonic Mass" track listing:

01. Days
02. Shield Wall
03. The Messenger
04. God Of The Grain
05. Visitation
06. Sonic Mass Part 1
07. Sonic Mass Part 2
08. Here Come The Wolf
09. The One
10. Knights Of The Black Sun

AHOLA, the new "vital rock act" launched by Jarkko Ahola of the Finnish metal groups TERÄSBETONI and NORTHERN KINGS, has announced the addition of guitarist Antti Karhumaa to the group's ranks. According to AHOLA, "[Antti] has been an 'all-around man' in music for several years now and teaches guitar techniques as a profession. Antti ended up in AHOLA by his 'dobbelganger' Antti Mäkelä [drums], who recommended him to [Jarkko]. Luckily he also liked the songs very much that [Jarkko] had written for the band."

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAMAT, PHOTO PARADE) on bass, and Jocke Lindström (DIGRESSION ASSASSINS) on vocals — will release its second album, "Descending Through Ashes", on September 25 in Europe and October 25 in North America via Agonia Records.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. To Armageddon
02. The Plague and the World it Made
03. Come Winter
04. Your Final Demise
05. Bloodfalls
06. From The Valley of Defilement
07. Another State of Decay
08. Stillborn in a Dying World
09. Descending Through Ashes
10. The Coiled

Infernus and GORGOROTH were informed this weekend by Regain Records that because of the label's current financial situation, it will once again be necessary for the label to postpone the release of Gorgoroth's upcoming album Under The Sign Of Hell 2011, which was scheduled for release on August 29th.

According to a Gorgoroth update, "the master tapes were handed over to Regain by the band in April this year, and so it is of course very disappointing for the band that the label for the second time is not able to meet the set release date. Therefore, to avoid this happening again, no new release date will be given by the band until Regain can sort out their problems and provide a new date with 100% certainty."

As previously reported, on Under The Sign Of Hell 2011, Pest and Infernus repeat their roles as vocalist and guitarist/bassist, respectively, from the original 1996 recording, while Tomas Asklund does the drums.

Mark Morton at the Heavy Metal Examiner recently spoke with KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Q: Are you bothered at all that your earlier albums are out-of-print?

Yopungblood: "(Laughs) I guess there are pros and cons to that. Of course, those records don’t really belong to us, because it was a time when the record deals were really bad. I mean, we haven’t seen a penny from those record sales. But of course, you want to have your history out there for people to purchase. So I think it’s a bit of a double-edged sword. I think now that we have our own record label, we’re looking at a lot of the back catalogue and ways we can re-acquire them so we can remaster and reissue them."

Q: How did KMG Recordings come about, anyway?

Youngblood: "Well, the idea of having our own record label has been talked about for many years now. We talked to a lot of labels about releasing Poetry For The Poisoned here in the US, and we felt that we didn’t have the belief that we had in the people who wanted to support us with their own label. So that’s what we have now; we have people who understand Kamelot – they understand our fans. And the record sold in the first week almost double what the last record sold with the previous record company, so obviously it was the right decision to make.

We keep all the rights, and we keep all the control over how the band is marketed; because we know our fans more than anybody sitting in an office who has a hundred other bands to worry about. It was a risk, but since the album has been out, it was a risk worth taking, and we have set a precedent for the future."

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has posted the following message on his Twitter profile:

"Well, this blows. Heading to airport for TWISTED show [at the Rock Jam festival] in Colorado tomorrow and leaving my family to deal with hurricane. Made sure things were secure before I left, but still....

"We lived in Florida during Hurricane Andrew so I know how devastating a hurricane can be. I pray it's nothing like that, but the news are really revving up the reports of devastation!

"I wanted to cancel, but the band guilted me into playing. I won't be able to get back until Monday at the soonest. Feeling terrible."