* Moody Blues's Justin Hayward talks to The Insider about upcoming solo album. bit.ly/YHbdHK

 

* Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" pyro singed the roof lining of Vancouver's BC place during November 26 concert there. 

 

* Video for Cheap Trick's "I Want You For Christmas," a knock-off of "I Want You To Want Me," premiering today (Friday, December 7) on VH1 and VH1 Classic.

* Joe Perry tells Noisecreep he's not sure Aerosmith will make another album. 

 

* Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy passes away at age 89. 

 

* Peter Frampton says deluxe version of Humble Pie's "Rockin` The Fillmore" album, featuring all four shows, coming in 2013.

 

* The Rolling Stones` 50th anniversary "tour" hits U.S. soil on Sunday (December 8) in Brooklyn, with Gary Clark Jr. and Mary J. Blige guesting. 

 

* Stones guitarist Ron Wood's fiance tells British press she's not a gold-digger despite 31-year age difference. 

 

* Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Sean Lennon, Todd Rundgren, Dr. John, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention all featured on Johnny Depp-curated "Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys" due February 18.