Arch Music News 7-11-12

Aerosmith has released the video to their current single, “Legendary Child.” The clip includes a minute-long introduction chronicling some of the challenges the band has faced over the past 40 years.  ”Legendary Child” is the first single from Aerosmith’s upcoming album, “Music From Another Dimension” which will be in stores in November.

A new documentary about the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is on the way. “The Great Pretender” features a host of rare and never before released material including vintage interviews, concert footage, video shoots, home movies, and other personal archives, along with new interviews with Queen guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, manager Jim Beach, and others. Highlights include Queen’s first TV appearance and early Freddie Mercury interviews; footage from Freddie’s 39th Black and White birthday party; outtakes from a number of videos including “Days of Our Lives,” “I Want It All,” and “Great Pretender;” and Mercury’s previously unreleased collaborations with Rod Stewart and Michael Jackson. “The Great Pretender” will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray on September 25th, while a companion book also titled “The Great Pretender” will be available on October 2nd.

DirecTV has failed to settle its dispute with Viacom, and dropped a number of the company’s channels.  Some of the stops missing on more than 20 million customers’ screens include MTV, BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and others.

British magazine “The Heat” says Adele‘s due date is in September.  Fans just learned of the Grammy-winner’s pregnancy a few weeks ago, sources say she has been keeping it a secret for seven months.