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…aahh, those were the days!  Remember him when..

Cosmo premiered this last Thursday afternoon on CITI FM.  Nearly 8 million hits on this vid so far!

For the second time in two months, Slash joined The Joe Perry Project on stage, this time at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. The former Guns n’ Roses guitarist jammed with the Project on the night’s second song, “Walkin’ the Dog.”

Now, wouldn’t it be cool if Slash decided to show up the same night as when the JP Project appears at the MTS Centre opening for the Crue?

Nowhere Boy, the film about the life of the young John Lennon, will be in theaters in the spring. The double-C-D soundtrack will be released on December 15th.

Jimi Hendrix‘s fret work in “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” tops a MusicRadar.com poll that names the greatest guitar riff. Guns n’ Roses‘ “Sweet Child O’Mine,” which topped the poll five years ago, is number-two, followed by Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love.” The rest of the Top 10 has Deep Purple‘s “Smoke on the Water” at four, Derek and the Dominos‘ “Layla” at five, A-C/D-C‘s “Back in Black” at six, Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman” at seven, The Beatles‘ “Day Tripper” at eight, Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at nine and The Rolling Stones‘ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” at 10.

Led Zeppelin, led by guitarist Jimmy Page, had three songs in the Top 20, followed by A-C/D-C (Angus Young), Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi) and Eddie Van Halen with two each. –Sal Cirrincione

Seven Bob Seger songs will be featured on the December 13th episode of the C-B-S drama Cold Case. In the episode, titled “Iced,” the team tries to determine who murdered a minor league hockey player on the memorable night that the U-S hockey team beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. The songs you’ll hear are “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” “Her Strut,” “Rock and Roll Never Forgets,” “Roll Me Away,” “Night Moves,” “Fire Down Below” and “Against the Wind.” Cold Case airs at 10:00 p-m [ET].

Other artists to have their music featured in the series include John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, U-2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Santana.

Bob Seger’s new album, Early Seger, Volume One, goes on sale today through BobSeger.com.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have a new release in stores for Christmas. The Live Anthology is a four-C-D box set containing 48 tracks from 1978 to 2007, putting the band’s hits alongside covers of The Grateful Dead‘s “Friend of the Devil,” Fleetwood Mac‘s “Oh Well,” Booker T. and the M-Gs‘ “Green Onions” and James Brown‘s “Good, Good Lovin’.”

It’s also available in three other versions:

• A deluxe box set featuring 62 tracks on five C-Ds plus…
  • A D-V-D of the band’s 1978 New Year’s Eve concert in Santa Monica, California and the documentary 400 Days, which was shot during the recording and tour for Wildflowers.
  • A re-mastered vinyl edition of the promo-only 1976 Official Live ‘Leg bootleg.
  • And a Blu-ray disc featuring all 62 tracks. This is available either through TomPetty.com or at Best Buy.
• A seven L-P vinyl box set.
• An online-only release called the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Superhighway Tour. Fans who sign up will get 24 of the 48 Live Anthology tracks over an eight-week advance period, along with “archived memorabilia, new band commentary and classic reviews from the vaults.” The final 24 tracks will be available on the day of release.

92 CITI FM will be presenting a TOM PETTY A to ZED WEEKEND beginning this Friday afternoon @3 with Cosmo; All Access VIPs will be at liberty to exchange their rock points for a ballot to qualify-to-win their own personal copy of Tom Petty’s new “Live” Anthology! 

The National Football League has finally confirmed that The Who will provide the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl 44 on February 7th in Miami. They are the fifth classic rock act to perform since Janet Jackson‘s “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 game. Since then, the halftime show has featured the “safe acts” Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Wendy Dio, the wife and manager of Ronnie James Dio, has released a statement saying her husband has stomach cancer. “Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans. Long live rock and roll, long live Ronnie James Dio. Thanks to all the friends and fans from all over the world that have sent well wishes. This has really helped to keep his spirit up.” Dio cancelled a U-K tour and entered the hospital last week. His age is reported to be 67, although some believe he is older.