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The Rock Legend Joins MTV As Headliner of ?MTV Classic: The Launch?

Mar 27, 2010

Source: MTV News

He became a household name as part of the legendary rock group, Guns ?N? Roses, and now uber-guitarist Slash is heading Down Under to celebrate the launch of our latest channel MTV Classic.

Melbourne?s Palace Theatre will set the backdrop for the event ? titled 'MTV Classic: The Launch', held on Wednesday April 28, 2010.

A host of music industry folk and sexy celebs will head to the event to see Slash perform classic Guns ?N? Roses songs as well as tracks from his upcoming debut solo album 'Slash' with some of Australia?s finest musicians.

We can?t wait to see who steps out on stage with top-hat laden muso, we imagine there?s a whole host of artists who have him on their wish-list of collaborators.

Not only is Slash one of the most recognisable personalities in music history, but he is one of the marquee playable characters in Guitar Hero III, has two signature Gibson guitars in his name, and authored his own top-selling biography 'Slash' in 2007.

Want to get your hot little hands on an invite to the event? Tickets to ?MTV Classic: The Launch? will be available to the public via promotions on radio partner Nova and MTV Australia, so stay locked to mtv.com.au for more deets.

The MTV Classic: The Launch will kick off MTV Classic as the channel goes live on May 1, 2010 at 5pm (AEST). MTV Classic is available on Channel 801 on Foxtel and Austar.

The self-titled album, 'Slash,? is set for release in Australia on April 2 and features the who's-who of music industry talent including collaborations with Fergie, Ian Astbury, Ozzy Osbourne, Kid Rock and Australia?s own Andrew Stockdale to name a few.

http://www.mtv.com.au/news/5764-slash-joins-mtv-classic/

awesome. i assume he'll come an do a show in sydney? and i will be there with bells on..

anyone know where tour dates are/if they're coming out?

Slash and Angry to launch MTV Classic

05:01 AEST Wed Apr 14 2010

The Rose Tattoo frontman and the US guitarist will come together at the Pay TV event in Melbourne on April 28 to perform Nice Boys, a song Guns N' Roses covered in 1988.

Slash has been a fan of the band since the early 1980s, and Rose Tattoo supported Guns N' Roses on the Australian leg of their Use Your Illusion tour.

"Angry and I go way back to when GNR toured with Rose Tattoo in Australia back in 1992 - and had some great times - so when MTV asked me who I wanted to perform with at the launch of MTV Classic, I immediately thought of Angry," Slash said.

Anderson said he was looking forward to rocking out with the music icon.

"It's a beautiful thing when you get an opportunity to jam with an artist who has made such a global impact on rock music in your home town," he said.

The new pay TV channel, MTV Classic, will go live on Saturday May 1 at 5pm.

pretty cool!

From Slash:

We're also playing the Australian MTV launch. Angry Anderson & Andre w Stockdale will be joining us for a couple songs. This will be aired worldwide as well so look out for it.

about an hour ago via Text Message

Wolfmother Frontman Joins His Fellow Afro-Rocker At ?MTV Classic: The Launch?

Apr 18, 2010

Source: By MTV News

They both sport a mane of killer curls and are famous for being axe-wheeling guitar heros. Now new-school rock icon, Andrew Stockdale, and old-school counterpart, Slash, have something else in common - they will be sharing the stage at ?MTV Classic: The Launch?.

Having recently collaborated on Slash?s new self-titled album, the Grammy winner will take to the stage for a killer live performance at Melbourne?s Palace Theatre on Wednesday April 28.

When asked about heir impending live collaboration Slash said: ?Every vocalist I have chosen to work with is someone I have wanted to work with and I was so impressed by what Andrew delivered. He has one of the purest rock voices out there and I can?t wait to rock it out with him in his own country!"

Slash hand picked the Wolfmother frontman to be the vocalist for the first single ?By The Sword?, which is already receiving rave reviews. The star-studded album, which is currently sitting at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart, features a long list of heavy-hitters including: Astbury, Chris Cornell, Rocco DeLuca, Fergie, Dave Grohl, Myles Kennedy, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmister, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Duff McKagan, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop.

Wolfmother are also getting ready to make a big reveal, the next layer of their latest record ?Cosmic Egg?. The band will soon release their video for the albums centerpiece single, ?Far Away?, which they promise to be a mosaic of supernatural, nature inspired, cinematic magic.

Andrew and fellow Aussie rocker Angry Anderson will join Slash on stage to help us celebrate the launch of our newest channel MTV Classic - your new destination for all classic contemporary music and artists from the 80s to the 00s.

Now for the best bit ? how to get tickets! To increase your chances of seeing these monumental performances, we?re giving you a bunch of ways to WIN tickets. Simply click HERE or try you hand at the Jagermeister comp or head to Triple M and MIX94.5 in Perth. What are you waiting for? Get entering!

The event will take place at the Palace Theatre, 20-30 Bourke Street, Melbourne on Wednesday 28 April 2010. The Red Carpet will commence at 6:30pm and the show will begin at 8:00pm.

The MTV Classic: The Launch will kick off MTV Classic as the channel goes live on May 1, 2010 at 5pm. MTV Classic is available on Channel 801 on Foxtel and Austar.

http://www.mtv.com.au/news/357d46bc-slash-and-andrew-stockdale-play-mtv-classic/

Rock animals to celebrate on stage

00:02 AEST Fri Apr 23 2010

By Alyssa Braithwaite

Their wildest days might be behind them but Angry Anderson says fans will see a couple of rock'n'roll animals when he performs with Slash next week.

The Rose Tattoo frontman and the Guns N' Roses guitarist will perform the Aussie band's classic song Nice Boys at the launch of MTV Classic in Melbourne on April 28.

Slash has been a fan of the band since the early 1980s, and Rose Tattoo supported Guns N' Roses on the Australian leg of their Use Your Illusion tour.

The big-haired guitarist specially requested Anderson perform with him at the launch of the music channel.

"I'm excited. I would have expected us to catch up anyway, but I was warmed and thrilled that he said, 'nah nah I want him to come and sing a song with the band'. That was really nice," Anderson told AAP.

"It will be really, really nice to tip our hats to the past and the connection that brought us together all those years ago. And it was a lot of years ago."

The two rockers first met in the early 1980s when Rose Tattoo was on tour in the US with Aerosmith.

They formed a close friendship that has remained over the years.

When Anderson was on This Is Your Life, Slash sent a message saying if it wasn't for Rose Tattoo, Guns N' Roses wouldn't have come into being.

Anderson returned the compliment, saying Slash was the real deal.

"There's very few real rock'n'roll animals left, in the old romantic sense or style, and Slash epitomises rock'n'roll," Anderson said.

"He's got the great dark, brooding, 'leave me alone' (attitude), like Pete - Pete Wells who formed Rose Tattoo.

"Slash is a real rock'n'roll animal, he's one of the few left that can claim that distinction."

Slash will also take to the stage with Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale at the MTV Classic party, to perform the track By The Sword, which they recorded together for Slash's debut solo album.

"He has a great love for, and a great admiration for Australian music," Anderson said.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1043705/rock-animals-to-celebrate-on-stage

Exclusive: Slash Aint No Rock N' Roll Poser

April, 2010

Angry Anderson, the hardest and one of the most respected men in rock, says Slash's upcoming show will be killer because he's the real deal.

In an exclusive interview with Triple M's Byron Cooke the heavily tattoed singer of Rose Tattoo gave the ringing endorsement ahead of Slash's gig next week to launch the new music channel, MTV Classic.

"One thing I love about Slasher is he's the real rock n' roll animal," said Angry. "It's a great choice on MTV's part that they picked a real rock n' roll player as opposed to a lot of the posers and 'would-bes-if-they-could-bes-and-they-never-will-bes-coz-they-can't'!"

In the interview Angry also recalled the first time he met GN'R and the possiblity of Slash and Axl getting the original Gunners back together.

Slash and friends will be playing at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne on April 28 and will be broadcast on the all-new MTV Classic channel on Foxtel and Austar at 5PM on May 1.

Audio here: http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news//blog/exclusive-slash-aint-no-rock-n-roll-poser/20100422-8941.html

Setlist:

Nightrain'
'Back From Cali'
'Beggars & Hangers-on'
'Nice Boy' (with ROSE TATTOO's Angry Anderson)
'Civil War'
'Sucker Train Blues'
'Nothing To Say'
'Starlight'
Slash guitar solo / Godfather theme
'Sweet Child O Mine'
'By The Sword' (with Andrew Stockdale)
'Woman' (with Andrew Stockdale)
'Slither'
'Paradise City

Video pre-view "Nightrain" (not available to all viewers)
http://www.mtv.com.au/shows/mtv-classic-launch/episodes/mtv-classic-launch/video/mtv-news-special-29-04-10-510773/

Photos:

http://www.aapimage.com.au/Search.aspx?search=MTV+CLASSIC+LAUNCH+MELBOURNE%26(IMPORTDATE%3E20100426)&viewtype=Grid

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=slash%20classic%20mtv%20launch

Here is an interview with Slash where he talks about his solo album, GNR, Scott while in Australia:

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news//blog/slash-explains-aussie-cancellation/20100429-8bh5.html

Review:

Slash Reclaims His Guns N Roses Past At MTV Show
by Paul Cashmere - April 29 2010
photo by Ros O'Gorman


Slash was out to reclaim his Guns N Roses past with a full-on show starting with the Gunners `Night Train` and featuring amazing versions of `Civil War` and `Sweet Child O Mine` last might in Melbourne.


The legendary guitarist is in Australia for the launch of MTV?s new channel MTV Classic.

While Axl Rose has done a great job bringing in a Slash impersonator in his current Guns N Roses line-up, Slash fought back by recruiting former Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy who could belt out a Gunners tune will all the full force of an Axl vocal.

What you don?t hear in a Gunners show anymore is that Slash signature guitar sound. When those first few notes of ?Sweet Child O? Mine? started, this was Guns n Roses.

Slash brought out Angry Anderson to sing ?Nice Boys?, the Rose Tattoo cover Guns n Roses had on their first record.

Wolfmother?s Andrew Stockdale was a much publicised guest brought on to perform ?By The Sword?, the song they did together on the new Slash record but the highlight was the next song, Slash?s band with Andrew on vocals performing Wolfmother?s ?Woman?.

MTV Classic will do on air across Australia this weekend.

Slash's setlist for April 28, 2010 at The Palace, Melbourne:

Setlist

Nightrain (from Guns n Roses, Appetite For Destruction, 1987)
Back From Cali (from Slash, 2010)
Beggars & Hangers-on (from Slash?s Snakepit, 1995)
Nice Boy (with Angry Anderson) (from G?n?R Lies, 1988)
Civil War (from Use Your Illusion, 1991)
Sucker Train Blues (from Velvet Revolver, Contraband, 2004)
Nothing To Say (from Slash, 2010)
Starlight (from Slash, 2010)
Slash guitar solo/Godfather theme
Sweet Child O Mine (from Guns n Roses, Appetite For Destruction, 1987)
By The Sword (with Andrew Stockdale) (from Slash, 2010)
Woman (with Andrew Stockdale)
Slither (from Velvet Revolver, Contraband, 2004)
Paradise City (from Guns n Roses, Appetite For Destruction, 1987)

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Another review -- lol at the last part...

Slash's Classic MTV Show

29 April, 2010

Bloody hell. It's not every night that you get to see one of the greatest guitarists strut his stuff in a small theatre.

And that's just what Slash did, rocking 800 lucky fans at Melbourne's Palace Theatre for the launch of MTV's new music channel MTV Classic.

While Slash's new album pretty much starred every muso living in LA, his band tonight was made up of punks not known in these parts. Even singer Myles Kennedy, massive in the US with his band Alterbridge, isn't that big here. But that wasn't the point - his band just needed to deliver their parts with precision and passion and Slash did all the rest.

The two-hour long show was wall-to-wall Slash including three songs from Appetite For Destruction, and featured guest appearances from Angry Anderson and Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale.

They opened the set with a rip-roaring version of the classic "Nightrain", while Angry's killer version of Rose Tattoo's "Nice Boys Don't Play Rock N Roll" almost stole the show. Yep, it was that f***ing good.

Slash didn't talk much and hiding behind his top hat and sunglasses, he let his guitar do the talking. When he did step up to the mic all he said was, "the electricity in this room..." before trailing off.

"Civil War" pleased hardcore Gunners fans; Myles doing his level best to reach those Axl highs. But it was when Slash morphed his solo of the Godfather theme into the opening strains of "Sweet Child O' Mine" that fans got want they wanted.

Curly top Stockdale then took over the vocals for "By The Sword" and "Woman" dancing like an absolute loon before handing the mic back for Slash to close with "Paradise City", which got Slash's missus so worked up that she bizarrely crashed the stage running back and forth in excitement.

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news//blog/slashs-classic-mtv-show/20100429-8ba7.html

doesn't bother me.  I'm really looking forward to seeing him play nightrain when he comes to LA.  :smoking:

That Civil War performance was very good. Although I don't like Myles's songs on the new album, he's probably the only vocalist I know that can compete with Axl's range. I'm looking forward to hearing more GN'R era classics that couldn't be performed by Slash before.

I thought Myles sounded better on this Civil War than the Roxy version, and suspect he will continue to get better as they perform more and more. He will never be Axl, but as you said, he has the range and power vocally to at least do justice to these songs and that is not something Slash has had at his disposal for a long ass time now and it is good to see again.

I am looking forward to getting high quality versions of all of these songs once MTV plays the show on Tv.

Thanks Myles does sound good live.

Here is video of Slash performing in Australia at the MTV Launch (videos not available to all viewers):

At the link, "Nightrain", "Slither", "Nice Boys", "Back From Cali", "By The Sword", "Woman" and "Paradise City".

Here: http://www.mtv.com.au/shows/mtv-classic-launch/episodes/mtv-classic-launch-main-show/video/mtv-classic-launch-main-show-part-8-slash-and-andrew-stockdale-woman-508159/

No one outside of Australia can see it, and none of the Aussies seem to be able to figure out how to rip the video and put it on youtube so everyone can see it.

Give it some time -- and in the meantime, the people here from Australia may want to watch the videos.

Jesus, Slash was like a man possessed during Paradise City.

Is this being aired anytime soon?

Aired today in Australia.

angry anderson failing with the lyrics :hihi:

still not loving myles, does nightrain freeze around the one minute mark for you guys too?

It works for me, but he's another link, maybe this one will work for you.

"Nightrain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vas1_iqsBhQ

Where is "Starlight"?  :-\

Me either, "Slither" was just absolutely brutal.

Just my opinion..

I thought he did a good job, considering I think it's the first time he's performed it live.  I bet if I look I can find a performance from Scott that's worse. :D

Agreed, wouldn't take long.  Scott has one of the easiest voices in rock to cover.

I think Myles has a great voice. He will only get better Slash says in one of the vids that they were only doing their second gig. It is apparant that Myles and Slash are bonding which is something that was not apparent with Scott ever. For me as good as Civil War sounded I missed the red one. I kept looking for him. Just habit for me with that song I guess.

I am really looking forward to the tour.

to bad

nothing to say, starlight, beggers,sucker train blues weren't shot... or shown.

i just don't like the guys delivery or voice in general, no comparisons necessary.

I can kind of see the delivery part, but I like his voice (e.g. Starlight, Back From Cali) and he sounds good live.  Okay, no comparisons, but that could have been fun. :hihi:

Scott has one of the most limited voices in rock, but in his vocal range he does pretty good... Its when he tries to leave his range it all goes to hell.  If Myles wanted to, I am pretty sure he could sound almost identical to Scott.

SLASH Performs GN'R, VELVET REVOLVER Hits At 'MTV Classic: The Launch' Event; Video Available - May 3, 2010

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash performed at Melbourne, Australia's Palace Theatre on Wednesday, April 28 to celebrate the launch of MTV's latest channel MTV Classic.

The event ? titled "MTV Classic: The Launch" ? saw Slash performing classic GUNS N' ROSES songs as well as tracks from his new solo album, "Slash", with some of Australia's finest musicians, including ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson and WOLFMOTHER's Andrew Stockdale.

Slash's setlist for April 28, 2010 at The Palace, Melbourne:

01. Nightrain
02. Back From Cali
03. Beggars & Hangers-On
04. Nice Boy (with Angry Anderson)
05. Civil War
06. Sucker Train Blues
07. Nothing To Say
08. Starlight
09. Slash guitar solo / "Godfather" theme
10. Sweet Child O' Mine
11. By The Sword (with Andrew Stockdale)
12. Woman (with Andrew Stockdale)
13. Slither
14. Paradise City

Watch professionally filmed video footage of the performance below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=139512

very cool, this was on Aussi tv or just internet?

I am supprised Slash is working with MTV concidering all the shit he talked about them in the past.


Joe

someone, anyone know where there be any high quality mp3s???

Audio just popped up here:
http://www.jamtothis.com/showthread.php?p=178382

quoting:
"Show or Bootleg Title:
Melbourne, Australia - April 28, 2010

Show Venue:
Palace Theatre, Melbourne

Source:
Audio - Soundboard

Audio Quality/Production Info:
A+

Audio Lineage:
Digital Satellite -> Foxtel IQ -> Pioneer DVR (PCM Audio Mode) -> DVD-Video -> WAV -> 48K to 44.1K conversion -> FLAC (Level 8)

File Format:
FLAC

Set List/Chapters:
01 Nightrain
02 Slither
03 Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock N Roll)
04 Back From Cali
05 Sweet Child O Mine
06 By The Sword
07 Woman
08 Paradise City

The launch of MTV Classic in Australia with Slash featuring Myles Kennedy on vocals. Special guests Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo) and Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother).

Authored DVD Video with menu and chapters can also be seeded if this is OK with the moderators. Not sure whether this is acceptable or not - please comment..

The video isn't as good as it could be - MTV Classic is a 4x3 channel and the show was shot 16x9 and broadcast as 4x3 letterboxed. Anyway, as I said, if it's OK to upload an MTV show, let me know..."

http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=10975

Slash Records The Theme For Triple M

by Paul Cashmere - May 24 2010
photo by Ros O'Gorman


Slash has taken to the studio to resurrect the old Triple M theme.


The original track used for the theme retitled ‘Dr Dan’ was written by Mike Batt who these days manages Katie Melua. Batt also wrote the Art Garfunkel classic ‘Bright Eyes’.

Original Triple M owner Rod Muir used his track ‘The Journey of The Fool’ from his 1980 album Tarot Suite and renamed it ‘Dr Dan’ after his yacht for the opening of the original Triple M radio station in Sydney.

The current Triple M, now owned by Austereo, is taking a step back to the original Muir origins of the station by not only bringing back the theme but also the original logo used by Muir in Sydney in the 80s.

Slash recorded the new version of the theme when he was in Australia last month for the launch of MTV Classic.