With “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” playing in the background, Poison’s Bret Michaels picked Jes to be his so-called “rock-star girlfriend” on the final episode of Rock of Love. Click above to check out Rock Daily’s interview with Michaels, where he admits his true feelings about the girls on the show and reveals what went on behind the scenes, and check back later for our full Rock Reality Show Recap.

Radiohead have been teasing fans with cryptic clues about their seventh studio album for weeks, and now they have made a surprising announcement via their Dead Air Space Web site: The album, titled In Rainbows, is coming out October 10th. As of now, there has been no news about the band signing to a label (their deal with Capitol ended after the release of 2003’s Hail to the Thief), and In Rainbows is only available for sale via the Web site Inrainbows.com (for now). Fans can either order discboxes containing the new album on CD and vinyl, a second CD with additional tracks, artwork and photos, a lyric booklet and a download (the package will ship on or before December 3rd) or a download, which will be active as of October 10th. The price: interesting. The discbox costs 40£; the download is pay what you wish (plus a transaction fee). Keep reading for the tracklist: (more…)

Sunday night Poison frontman Bret Michaels’ quest for a worthy romantic partner will come to an end with the final episode of Rock of Love. Since Rock Daily has been closely following every catfight, projectile vomiting attack and rendition of “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” on the show each week, we were more than pleased to sit down with Michaels to grab a little dirt from behind the scenes. Come back Sunday night after the last episode airs for our full interview (where Bret reveals details from the reunion show and scenes you didn’t see), but for now, enjoy Michaels admitting what really happened with Heather and his true feelings about Lacey — plus check out a shocking tease as to who he ultimately picked to rock his world.

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• The day millions of crazed David Lee Roth fans (and dozens of Wolfgang Van Halen fans) have been waited for arrived: Van Halen played their first gig with David Lee Roth since 1984 in North Carolina.

• The day Phil Spector has been waiting for also arrived: Jurors returned from deliberating his murder charges deadlocked, and the case was declared a mistrial.

• Rolling Stone received proof that Axl Rose is alive and kicking: a photograph of the Guns N’ Roses leader in the studio with Sebastian Bach, whose Angel Down LP features some Rose cameos.

• David Gilmour killed off hope of a Pink Floyd reunion.

• Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced: the list includes Madonna, the Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, Afrika Bambaataa and John Mellencamp.

Today show live concerts normally air between 8:30 and 9:00 AM, but this morning Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band broke the rules and played the show’s longest-ever set. “I can count on one hand the number of acts we would seek this for,” Today executive producer Jim Bell tells Rock Daily. “[Springsteen] is known for playing longer than scheduled, so we were prepared. He was supposed to play about four songs and he played seven.” The final set list was a mix of classics and new cuts from Magic: “The Promised Land,” “Radio Nowhere,” “Livin’ in the Future,” “My Hometown,” “Night,” “Last to Die” and “Long Walk Home” (click above for footage from Magic debut single “Radio Nowhere”). Bell says this morning’s crowd ranks among the show’s largest, extending onto the plaza of 30 Rockefeller Center and including two women who arrived yesterday morning from Ohio to claim their front-row spot (giant screens were set up so everyone had a decent view). “Bruce had the Magic this morning, and we’ve had a lot of great feedback coming in from all quarters from people saying how special was,” Bell quips. After the show was over, Springsteen and Co. packed up and headed back to New Jersey, where tonight they’ll play the final of three benefit warm-up gigs for their fall tour.

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