Quick quips: Slash, Madonna, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, GWAR, Paul McCartney, Motown

Slash talked to Billboard on his upcoming album. "It's very different from the last one. There's a lot of freedom on this record; it's very diverse, but it's definitely the sound of one band with a lot of different ideas. This is probably the most 'live' recorded album I've ever done, too. The way I like to do records is rehearse, rehearse, rehears and then go in and get to know the song like the back of your hand and then go in and bang it out. That's how we're doing it."
He also said that Velvet Revolver will be getting together to "spend some time with a couple of singers."


Madonna is working with Iconix Brand Group to launch a new lifestyle brand for women. Truth or Dare by Madonna is aimed at those in the 27 to 50 age group (which the singer is now out of) who have a "timeless style and innate sex appeal."
2012 will see a fragrance followed by handbags, shoes and underwear.


Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey have announced they will be raising funds to renovate part of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center pediatrics floor. Also on board for the charity is Robert Plant.


The plan is to rework the ward for patients aged 15 to 25 around central hubs where cancer patients can socialize.
The Edmonton Journal has said that GWAR's Friday show in Edmonton would go ahead as planned even after the death of band member Cory Smoot on Thursday.


Paul McCartney is helping to fund the restoration of the 1877 Steinway Grand Piano that was used on many of the Motown classics of the sixties.


The piano, which no longer plays, is being refurbished at the Steinway factory in New York where it was built 134 years ago and will be returned to Detroit for a big March fund raising gala.