February 8th – February 14th: Green Day’s Pre-Game Show, Cliff Burton Day & Bad Omens #1
Green Day
2/8 Green Day Opens Super Bowl
The East Bay band plays an on-field medley of their hits at Levi’s Stadium as part of a celebration honoring the Super Bowl’s history and past MVP players.
Green Day open with frontman Billy Joe Armstrong singing a snippet of “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” before the band launches into a medley of “Holiday, “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” and “American Idiot.”
Kid Rock
Bad Bunny
2/8 Kid Rock Leads Super Bowl Halftime Counter Event
As an alternative to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, Kid Rock and Country performers (Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett) present the Turning Point USA All American Halftime Show.
Donald Trump calla Bad Bunny’s appearance “absolutely ridiculous.”
MAGA chimes in wanting an “American” to play halftime. However, Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio), was born in Puerto Rico, which is part of the U.S.
Kid Rock, the most outspoken conservative among the artists, is joined by Gilbert who made his views known in the song “Red Me My Rights,” an anthem where he tackles social issues such as domestic violence, and gun control from a right-wing perspective.
Brice and Barrett have not vocally supported one political party or the other.
Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican Rapper, singer, and record producer known worldwide.
Bad Bunny is the first solo Latino artist to perform during the Super Bowl halftime. “It’s for those who came before me … this is for my people, my culture, and our history,” comments Bad Bunny.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/8 Free Bird Flys In Bud Commercial
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” is heard in a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl.
The clip has to do with a horse (a Clydesdale) who befriends a bird that becomes an eagle that takes wing.
Yes, it puts a tear in your eye… unless you missed it getting another Bud.
Chis Daughtry
2/8 Chris Daughtry Blasts A.I.
“You would think something that is inherently spreading false information as truth should be considered illegal,” Daughtry states in an interview on KLOS. “And so you wouldn’t dare allow a magazine or a publication to print something that false about someone.”
Mushroomhead
2/9 Mushroomhead Suit Settled
Jeffrey Hatrix, also known as Jeffrey Nothing, the co-founder/former vocalist of the Industrial collective Mushroomhead, reaches a settlement with the band’s drummer/producer Steve “Skinny” Felton, ending a case in which Hatrix alleged copyright infringement and failure to pay him owed royalties.
Brett Carlisle
2/9 Great White Vocalist Auditions For American Idol
Brett Carlisle, singing the ballad “House Of Broken Love” backed by his bandmates Mark Kendall on guitar and Michael Lardie on piano. impresses “Idol” judges to earn him a golden ticket to the long-running TV singing competition’s Hollywood round.
Cliff Burton
2/10 Cliff Burton Day
The life of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is celebrated with “Cliff Burton Day” on what would have been his 64th birthday at the Chabot Theater in Burton’s hometown of Castro Valley, CA.
Burton died in ’86 when the band’s tour bus crashed.
Behemoth’s Nergal & Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible
2/10 Behemoth/Slaughter To Prevail Shows Cancelled
The Turkish government cancels Behemoth and Slaughter To Prevail shows at Istanbul’s Zorlu Performing Arts Center.
The band alleges that their music has been deemed as “satanic propaganda” by certain religious groups.
Zakk Wylde
2/11 Zakk Wylde Plays A Solo Acoustic Set
The Black Label Society leader/guitarist plays a solo acoustic mini-set at Amoeba Hollywood, a music store.
He previews the upcoming Black Label Society album, “Engines Of Demolition,” which will arrive on March 27th. The band’s twelfth studio effort contains the singles “Name In Blood,” “Broken And Blind,” “The Gallows” and “Lord Humungus.”
Evan Dando
12/12 Evan Dando Hospitalized
The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando enters a hospital after he’d reportedly sent a fan unsolicited videos of himself masturbating.
“Evan Dando has long struggled with mental health issues dating back to his childhood,” states Dando’s rep. “He’s receiving comprehensive help from experienced doctors and mental health professionals.”
Bad Omens
2/14 Bad Omens Are “Dying To Love”
Just in time for Valintine’s Day, “Dying To Love” rules Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart.
Bad Omens have scored three #1s starting with “Just Pretend.” certified platinum by the RIAA and “Specter.”
Lorraine Lewis
2/14 Lorraine Lewis Launches Podcast
The Vixen and current Femme Fatale singer launches her own podcast, “Dangerously Honest With Lorraine Lewis via iHeartPodcasts.
“I have earned my stripes, I am going to steer my ship the way I want to, and I live unapologetically.
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