The Midwest Rock 'N Roll Express tour with Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent has canceled its April 27th date in Raleigh, North Carolina because of a scheduling conflict. The tour starts April 18th in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The Jon Anderson-less version of Yes was scheduled to televise its show next Tuesday from San Francisco on AXS-TV, but that idea has been scrapped because of "personal matters... They hope to reschedule the television event for a later date." Yes start their tour Friday in West Wendover, Nevada.

Def Leppard have announced that they will tour Spain in June with Whitesnake and Europe opening -- despite saying there were no plans to tour this year outside of their Las Vegas residency from late March into April.

Gene Simmons will appear at the Hard Rock Cafe in Sydney, Australia on March 9th and the Hard Rock Cafe Surfers Paradise on March 13th. KISS do their first show Down Under in Perth tonight (Thursday). Show number-two is Sunday in Adelaide.

Ronnie Wood spent today (Thursday) painting a portrait of The Rolling Stones in concert. He tweeted, "A new project is underway," along with a photo of him at work.