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Rob Zombie is offering "Ultimate Fan Packages" through I Love All Access for his upcoming North American tour, which begins this Thursday (October 29th) in Phoenix, Arizona. The package includes one ticket per buyer, priority access where allowable, a meet and greet with Zombie, a pre-show party, an exclusive Zombie gift bag, a souvenir tour laminate and parking. If you already have a ticket, you can upgrade your existing ticket through the package.

Zombie will be joined on his first headlining trek since 2007 by openers Necromantix and Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures. Zombie told us that the latter band may be familiar to fans who saw his latest effort as a director, Halloween II: ["Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures are . . . they're sort of like the Monkees. They were a fictitious band that now became real. They're the band that's playing in the Halloween party in Halloween II, which this friend of mine, Jesse Dayton, we formed this fake band for the movie, and people seemed to love it so much it sort of took on a life of its own, and now it's like a real band that's on tour with us


Morrissey collapsed onstage just moments into his concert on Saturday night (October 24th) at the Oasis Leisure Center in Swindon, England, about 100 miles west of London. According to the Associated Press, the former Smiths vocalist slumped to the stage and had to be pulled off by two band members after completing the opening song. He was taken to Swindon's Great Western Hospital, where he stayed overnight. He was released on Sunday (October 25th). A hospital spokesperson said, "Morrissey became unwell, and he was admitted overnight as a precautionary measure. He's been seen by the medical team, much improved and now discharged home."


Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland and his wife, Mary Forsberg Weiland, were so hooked on heroin that they once showed up to a party at Leonardo DiCaprio's house wearing long sleeves to hide their track marks. According to the New York Post, that's one of the many revelations Mary shares about her life with Scott in her upcoming memoir, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness. The book, co-authored with ex-Esquire editor Larkin Warren, arrives in stores on November 10th.