Today in Music News: Van Halen Get Gamey, Jane's Addiction Doesn't Stop, Ean Evans Dies

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 8, 2009... Time to practice your hammer-ons and roll-offs--Guitar Hero: Van Halen will hit shelves some time in the second half of this year. Band in-fighting and prima donna attitudes not included. Jane's Addiction may be jumping on board the...

By Lance Lester

May 8, 2009

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Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 8, 2009...

Time to practice your hammer-ons and roll-offs--Guitar Hero: Van Halen will hit shelves some time in the second half of this year. Band in-fighting and prima donna attitudes not included.
Jane's Addiction may be jumping on board the release-it-free-on-the-Internet bandwagon by releasing "Embrace and Darkness" and "I'll Protect You".
Lynyrd Skynrd bassist Ean Evans has died.

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