FOREIGN NEWS:

Rip It Up, Issue 182, 1 September 1992, Page 2

FOREIGN NEWS:

Metallica leader James Hetfield had his left hand and right arm injured by a pyrotechnic on stage in Montreal. He was rushed to hospital where he was treated for second and third degree burns. Hetfield, unable to play guitarfor several weeks, will continue the tour on vocals with Metal Church man John Marshall standing-in on guitar... Nirvana’s Kurt Kobain and Courtney Love beacme parents in August to a three week premature daughter “Frances Bean” ... on R.E.M.’s new album Automatic For The People their label asked the group to retitle the track ‘Fuck Me Kitten’ to ‘Star Me Kitten’ ... the new Public Enemy album Greatest Misses features six new tracks and six remixes of popular PE tracks . .. Ice-T will host his own Cable TV show Ice-TV . . . Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis makes his movie debut in Gas Food & Lodging alongside Donovan’s children lone Skye and Donovan Leitch ... Roger Waters is releasing a new album Amused to Death... Bruce Fairburn has produced the new AC/DC live album. It’s available in two formats; 70min 1 -CD and a 132 min 2-CD set. It’s the band’s first live record in 14 years .. . guests on the new Tom Waits LP Bone Machine include Keith Richards and Los Lobos frontman David Hidalgo ... David Bowie is doing a new solo album with Let’s Dance producer Nile Rodgers ... session drummer and Toto founder Jeff Porcaro died age 38 at his home of a heart attack possibly caused by pesticide poisoning . . . former Housemartins drummer Hugh Whittaker has been remanded in custody after being charged with assault with an axe and setting fire to an occupied house .. . Prince has re-signed with Warner Music in a mega-million six album deal. Like the Madonna and Michael Jackson deals, part of the deal involves support for the artist’s own label. Sources have doubted that the 100 million figure cited by publicists is accurate, though for his song publishing only Prince received a 20 million advance. His October album has no name, but it bears the Prince world tour symbol that combines the male and female symbols . . . Skid Row have recorded five fave covers; ‘Little Wing’ (Jimi Hendrix), ‘What You’re Doin’’ (Rush), ‘C’mon And Love Me’ (Kiss), ‘Psycho Therapy’ (Ramones) and ‘Deliverin’ the Goods’ (Judas Priest)... Def Leppard and Hothouse Flowers collaborate as Acoustic Hippies From Hell for three Def Leppard B-side tracks; ‘From the Inside’ (Joe Elliot), ‘Little Wing’ (Hendrix) and ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ (Rolling Stones) ... Madness will record again for the Go! Discs label. First release will be a double live album from their recent shows... the Sex Pistols may tour with the release of their Kiss This compilation. And on bass? .. .