Twenty Four hours before we leave for Rock On The Range! It’s almost like waiting for Christmas Day, with like 300 of your family members…..Love this! Pulse of Radio reported Metallica, Slash, Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and many other musicians turned out to honor Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne on Monday night (May 12th) at the 10th annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Also honored this year was Village Studios owner and CEO Jeff Greenberg. Metallica performed a four-song set that included covers of Ozzy’s “Diary Of A Madman,” Rare Earth‘s “I Just Want To Celebrate,” the Beatles‘ “In My Life” and Deep Purple‘s “When A Blind Man Cries.” Ozzy himself performed a five-song set of solo and Sabbath classics that included “I Don’t Know,” “Suicide Solution,” “Iron Man,” “Crazy Train” and “Paranoid.” His backing band included Slash, Navarro, Billy Morrison of The Cult, Ozzy and Sabbath drummer Tommy Clufetos and Ozzy solo bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson. Ozzy was given the Stevie Ray Vaughn Award for his dedication and support of the MusiCares MAP Fund and his commitment to helping other addicts with the addiction recovery process. Ozzy received the award from Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, who referred to him as “the grandfather of heavy metal.” Ozzy has struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for more than 40 years, relapsing in 2012 after a long stretch of sobriety but getting back into recovery in 2013. Despite his struggles, Ozzy told us a while back that that his life story is ultimately an inspiring one: “I come from a very low, working class family in Birmingham, England. I would sit on my doorstep thinking, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if Paul McCartney was to marry my sister, la la la, and all these daydreams that silly kids have. And what I say to a lot of people, they say what advice can you give me, and I go, ‘I had a dream, and most of my dreams came true and more, you know.’ You couldn’t invent my story.” Ozzy’s daughter Kelly told Billboard.com at the event, “I could not be more proud of my father. Regardless of sobriety or not, I’ve always been proud of my father because I adore him. But seeing him today and everything that he’s achieved, it blows my mind, and I’m so, so proud of him.” All proceeds from Monday’s show benefit the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment regardless of their financial situation. Watch Metallica’s “In My Life” here. And here is a compilation of red carpet and Ozzy’s performance…..The Pretty Reckless have announced a fall tour. We’ve got it in Road Rage and Adelitas Way will be opening most dates. Check out the band performing “Heaven Knows” recently in nYc….I am hearing Foo Fighters will be releasing their album in October, because, after all, it IS ROCKtober!….Hurray! This is AWESOME! Pulse of Radio reported Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and many other musicians and creative artists have signed a letter in favor of keeping net neutrality, the policy that makes the Internet a level playing field for all websites. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a change in the rules that would allow corporate behemoths like Comcast and Time Warner Cable to demand extra fees from websites for faster download speeds, potentially allowing discrimination against online content that is not able to pay for special treatment. According to Spin, the letter reads in part, “”The open Internet’s impact on the creative community cannot be overstated. The Internet has enabled artists to connect directly with each other and with audiences. It has eliminated the barriers of geography and taken collaborations to new levels. And it has allowed people — not corporations — to seek out the film, music and art that moves them.” The proposed changes have already faced such backlash that FCC head Tom Wheeler — a former lobbyist for the very companies that would benefit from the changes — has been tweaking the plan in hopes of getting it approved. A vote was scheduled to be held by the FCC commissioners on Thursday (May 15th), although it could be delayed. Other artists who have signed the letter include Neko Case, filmmaker Oliver Stone, Avengers star Mark Ruffalo, Jello Biafra, Kimya Dawson, Fugazi, Kronos Quartet, David Lowery, OK Go, Aerosmithguitarist Joe Perry, Jill Sobule, Lost star Evangeline Lilly, comedian Judah Friedlander and many more. Independent record labels also have come out against Wheeler’s reported proposal. The American Association of Independent Music said in a May 5th FCC filing that creating fast and slow lanes for Internet use would make it harder for the labels to connect with fans. The Future of Music Coalition and Free Press, two nonprofit advocacy groups that organized the letter, said that Wheeler’s plan would allow telecom giants “to pick winners and losers online and discriminate against online content and applications.” Wheeler has called the campaign “misinformation” and has insisted that the rule change wouldn’t allow “behavior harmful to consumers or competition by limiting the openness of the Internet” and would not disadvantage the websites that can’t afford to pay extra. Man, forget about downloading music! In my building, it’s just the ability of my other computer, my PC, be able to open websites and my blu-ray player to stream Netflix! TWC is a joke! I even called the other day about my internet service and said to the technician “if you guys would only open up the intenet so we don’t have these problems instead of charging extra to boost the service!” The guy said, “We don’t do that.” LOL LOL LOL He’s joking!…..Celebrating birthdays today: George Lucas is 70. Ian Astbury of The Cult is 52, Alice In Chains bassist Mike Inez is 48 & AFI bassist Hunter Burgan is 38.