Rest easy everybody -- Keith Richards is not on the wagon. Richards talked to Rolling Stone and when pressed about the recent rumor that he'd gone on the wagon in support of the now-dry Ron Wood, Richards said: "Listen, the rumors of my sobriety are greatly exaggerated. And we'll leave it at that."

This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will feature performances by Ronnie Spector, Eric Burdon, Peter Wolf, Faith Hill, Chris Isaak, Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5, Train's Pat Monahan and Fefe Dobson.

The Doobie Brothers have announced 26-city tour which kicks off on March 19th in Thackerville, Oklahoma and winds down on October 2nd in Gretna, Louisiana. Fronting the band are co-founding guitarists Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons.

Nearly a year after parting ways with Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Paul Rodgers says that he's amenable to teaming up with the pair for special occasions. After a five-year-run, Rodgers announced in May that Paul Rodgers + Queen had called it quits.

The Grateful Dead has just issued its latest vault release, called Road Trips: Volume 3, Number 2. The collection features the band's set from November 15th, 1971 at Austin, Texas' Municipal Auditorium Municipal Auditorium. Also available, while supplies last, is a bonus disc featuring selections from the band's performance from November 14th, in Fort Worth at Texas Christian University.

A website called The Metal Den has posted a copy online of the earliest Metallica demo tape. According to the site, the recording, dated March 1982, is a very rough "work in progress" version of the song "Hit The Lights," which later became the opening track of Metallica's 1983 debut album, Kill 'Em All. The demo version features founding members James Hetfield on vocals and Lars Ulrich on drums, along with Dave Mustaine on guitar and Ron McGovney on bass.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will release their first new album in eight years called Mojo in the spring and will kick off a 35-city tour in support of the album on May 6th in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tour -- which as of the initial dates announced -- will wrap up on August 27th in Saratoga Springs, New York -- features a handful of different opening acts, including Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills, & Nash, ZZ Top, Drive-By Truckers, and My Morning Jacket.

AEROSMITH have now released a full schedule of European shows they plan to play this summer -- with frontman STEVEN TYLER.  The tour, dubbed the Cocked, Locked Ready to Rock! Tour, will include stops at a total of 11 major European festivals, and the shows will represent the first time the band has played Europe in three years. 

Roger Daltrey says that he'd be up for a collaboration with Jimmy Page. Daltrey kicks off his current string of solo shows opening for Eric Clapton tonight (February 25th) at Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena. The Who front man told BBC Radio, that he's game to record a blues album with the Led Zeppelin guitarist, saying, "I'd love to do something, I'd love to do an album with Jimmy Page. He needs a singer to drive him. I'm a great blues singer. I don't sing the blues with the Who, but that's what I used to be before Townshend started writing. I used to be a great blues singer."

Newly released is a boxed set collection of the Allman Brothers Band's 2009 residency at New York City's Beacon Theatre. Rolling Stone reported that the 2009 Beacon Box is available directly through the band's website hittinthenote.com, and "comes in a hefty wood case with a glossy booklet, souvenir backstage passes and a two-CD bonus show from December 2008." The set sells for a cool $499 -- but each of the 15 shows are available separately for $27.