Slash's solo tour to coincide with album release
"Driving around listening to the analog mixes of my solo record, I gotta say it sounds awesome. The whole self-titled record was recorded analog.
"It will be released March/April. Tour starts around then too. It will be released in all formats, including vinyl."
According to The Pulse of Radio, Slash recently took to Twitter to defend Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie's (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson) vocal performance on a new recording she did with Slash of the Guns N' Roses classic "Paradise City", also featuring Cypress Hill. A copy of the recording surfaced online earlier in the month (hear audio below), while Slash is contemplating whether to include it on his new solo album. The former Guns guitarist tweeted, "Until now, not too many people have heard Fergie sing rock & roll but she sings it better (than) most dudes I know. She's a screamer at heart."
Among the other guests appearing on the album are Dave Grohl, Flea, Chris Cornell, Duff McKagan, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Nicole Scherzinger, Meat Loaf, Maroon 5's Adam Levine and Ozzy Osbourne, who contributes vocals to the first single.
"Slash" will see Roadrunner Records (the guitarist's European record label) enter into a unique and innovative association with a U.K. media partner - the special-interest media group Future. In a brand new concept in record distribution the standard album release will be preceded by a "fan pack," in which the Roadrunner Records album will be bundled together with a highly collectable special issue of Future Publishing's Classic Rock magazine dedicated to Slash's career. This will be the first format of the album available anywhere in the world.
"Paradise City" (featuring Cypress Hill and Fergie [a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson] of the Black Eyed Peas):