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Ian Hill's No Choice, Dream Theater 17, Sharon On Megadeth

Ian Hill explains why he left Judas Priest after 56 years: arthritis in his shoulder and thumb, six shows in eight days, a tendon that snapped in Brussels, and a decision he says he'd already made. 'I had no choice, really.' His bass is on the next Priest album, and he's open to encores if asked.

Also: Dream Theater post a studio photo and a hashtag, and album seventeen with Mike Portnoy is underway earlier than anyone said. And Sharon Osbourne finally explains why Megadeth weren't at Back To The Beginning: 'There was no time.' Scott's take: three endings, and the rule underneath all of them…

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