To celebrate 105 years of making the coolest motorcycles on the planet, Harley-Davidson are planning a huge bash across Milwaukee on the 29th and 30th August 2008.

Headlining the act will be New Jersey’s finest, Mr Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band. The Springsteen gig is due to take place on 30 August at the Roadhouse at the Lakefront in Milwaukee’s Veteran’s Park. Tickets for the concert will go on sale on April 5 via the Karley Davidson website.

Also playing to the leather-clad Harley devotees will be a stellar rock lineup: Daughtry, ZZ Top, the Black Crowes, Buddy Guy, Blue Oyster Cult, the Crave, Dr. John, Peter Frampton, Puddle of Mudd, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Garry Allan, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, War, Blind Melon, Cameo, Dierks Bentley, Foghat and Los Lonely Boys. I’d link to them all, but I don’t have the time!

According to Billboard, the Harley Owner’s Group are planning an Aerosmith/Kid Rock concert on 28 August, which effectively turns the event into an amazing 3-day festival.

Oh, what a time to be a biking enthusiast…I’d sell my mother to go to that concert (sorry Mum)…

If my sources are correct, Home is going to be the first UK single for Chris Daughtry and his mighty band of rockers.

The baldy one apparently wrote the song just before his stint in American Idol and it’s an awesome rock power ballad complete with heartfelt chorus and string section.

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard a decent rock ballad, and Daughtry deliver the goods with Home and its sentimental lyrics:

So I’m going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.

Apparently Home was chosen as the track to see off rejected Idol contestants last year, which makes it the ‘loser’ song. In my opinion, it’s a winner. A great song to sing your heart out to.

No video for this one – note to 19 Entertainment that if you’re going to put the video on YouTube, it’s polite to allow fans and reviewers to share it on their websites. Why, in this day and age, are record companies still such proprietary dickheads? (This also applies to Universal Records)