Van Halen has posted an acoustic performance of the band's cover of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" online via Yahoo. The clip is taken from "The Downtown Sessions," a bonus DVD of four acoustic numbers that will be included with the deluxe edition of the group's upcoming album, A Different Kind Of Truth. The other three tracks on the DVD are "Panama," "You and Your Blues" and "Beautiful Girls." The footage was shot at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles. CHECK OUT THE YAHOO VIDEO HERE

No. 15 Baylor pulled out a thrilling Alamo Bowl victory in the highest-scoring bowl game in history, beating Washington 67-56 in a record-smashing shootout Thursday night.

If this was RG3's final showcase before jumping to the NFL, it was a gripping goodbye to watch. One of the nation's most electrifying players was upstaged by an even more exciting game that shattering the previous record for points in regulation set in the 2001 GMAC Bowl.

Griffin had an unremarkable night, throwing just one touchdown pass and running for another. But Terrance Ganaway starred ably in his place, rushing for 200 yards and five touchdowns.

His last was a 43-yard run with 2:28 left to seal Baylor's first 10-win season since 1980. (baylorbears.com)

I have seen and heard and hidden from 11.11 since October 2010. Its been following me everywhere - ask anyone I know...and now the day is upon us! It appears that the original lineup of Black Sabbath will make its own special announcement on Friday, November 11th -- 11/11/11 -- at a private event in Los Angeles. The official Black Sabbath website's homepage features that date below the band's classic logo. All four original members will attend the announcement, which will take place at 11:11 a.m. The event will take place at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, the same club where Sabbath made its U.S. debut on November 11th, 1970.

Word began spreading over the summer that the original Sabbath would reunite for an album and tour, and guitarist Tony Iommi told us that the foursome did get together privately for a jam session.....we will see tomorrow!

An irate fan of the Detroit Lions is so incensed that the team has hired Nickelback to perform during halftime at the squad's annual Thanksgiving Day (November 24th) game that he's started a petition on Facebook to have the group removed. According to the petition, the fan wants Nickelback booted from the day's events because "this game is nationally televised, do we really want the rest of the US to associate Detroit with Nickelback? Detroit is home to so many great musicians and they chose Nickelback?!?!?! Does anyone even like Nickelback?"

The petition, which has more than 15,000 signatures so far, continues, "Is this some sort of ploy to get people to leave their seats during halftime to spend money on alcoholic beverages and concessions? This is completely unfair to those of us who purchased tickets to the game. At least the people watching at home can mute their TVs. The Lions ought to think about their fans before choosing such an awful band to play at halftime."

• Nickelback will release a new album titled Here And Nowon November 21st. The first two singles, both out now, are "When We Stand Together" and "Bottoms Up."
• A new poll released earlier this week by a dating website revealed that the Canadian act was the top musical act that turned potential partners off the most.

Alice Cooper has been teaching as an occasional substitute teacher at his local church.

He said: "You should see the look on people's faces. 'Alice Cooper teaching Bible class? But he's the spawn of the Devil!'" Alice added: "Surely people get it by now — Alice is just a character. Alice hates going to church, but I go every Sunday."

 

Alice's father was a pastor, but it took the birth of his daughter Calico in 1981 for Alice to change his ways. He said: "Before Cali came along I was living Alice's life. Every day was just one big party, fuelled by a bottle of whisky and case of beer."

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has penned a piece this week for The Daily Beast called "My Favorite Mistake," in which he revealed what he called "probably the single biggest mistake I've made in the creative department." The error in question was passing on the chance to have filmmaker Quentin Tarantino use Metallica's music in his two-part action thriller Kill Bill. Ulrich writes, "One of the most surreal 30 minutes of my life was having Q.T. six inches from my face, eyes dancing, intensely animated, explaining in intricate detail how he had written and choreographed the two main fight scenes in the film to the Metallica songs 'Enter Sandman' and 'Sad but True.'"

READ IT HERE: http://tinyurl.com/3qqmgb7