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This year’s Rock Fest is July 18th-20th in Cadott, WI. The event’s thirtieth anniversary features a lineup of 24 national acts including Shinedown, Jelly Roll, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Dirty Honey and Killswitch Engage. The first Rock Fest drew 4,000 while last year’s had 40,000 campers in attendance. This year, two of the festival’s three…
It happens every election cycle. Politicians play songs at rallies without asking the artist’s permission. This year’s complaints are already underway. Johnny Marr, former guitarist for The Smiths, wasn’t happy to learn that the band’s “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want,” was being played at Donald Trump rallies. “I never in a…
Bad Wolves have dropped “Knife“ across digital platforms. “Sometimes it’s fun to ‘prove’ that you can still write an ass beater,” explained vocalist Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz when talking about the song. The track features scream vocals by AJ Rebollo who has toured with Bad Wolves and has been officially made a full-time band member. “It’s exciting to be able…
The Mötley Crüe/Def Leppard joint “Stadium Tour” wins the Rock Tour of the Year at the Pollstar Awards ceremony in L.A. The twice-postponed North American “Stadium Tour” was one of the highest grossing tours of ’22, earning over $173 million. What killed Hair Metal way back when? Ratt‘s Stephen Pearcy weighs in saying “The whole world…
Def Leppard (pictured) and Journey have announced a 23-city co-headlining stadium tour that will begin next July. Steve Miller Band, Heart and Cheap Trick will trade off as the supporting act. Cheap Trick will play the tour’s first two and last two shows. Steve Miller Band then takes over playing a majority of the…
By 1987, Punk was over a decade old – a lifetime in pop culture. Funny thing, the same conditions and sense of desperation that initially sparked the movement still existed. In a blue-collar California backwater (Albany) guitarist/vocalist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman (aka Matt McCall) started the short-lived Operation Ivy. When that group bit…
“Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” a collection of all Tina Turner’s singles from 1975-2023 , has dropped. The boxset celebrates 50 years since the start of the singer’s career and marks the first time her singles have been released all together. “She was a force of nature, no one had her energy or her voice,…
Bon Jovi‘s original holiday song, “Christmas Isn’t Christmas,“ has arrived. “‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas‘ is a song that I wrote about family,” explained frontman Jon Bon Jovi. “The sentiment that Christmas really isn’t Christmas without YOU which can bring up a lot of memories for people.” For a more uptempo, less serious take, Buckcherry have weighed in with…
Former Guns N’ Roses photographer Katarina Benzova has filed a lawsuit against GN’R and their management claiming copyright infringement over unauthorized use and distribution of materials and sexual harassment by the band’s manager Fernando Lebeis. The suit alleges that Lebeis repeatedly made numerous unwelcome sexual advances toward Benzova between 2016 and 2022. The suit also claims that…
Rage Against The Machine (pictured above), Sheryl Crow, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson and The Spinners were officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the “performer” category during an 11/3/23 ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Rage Against The Machine: Known for melding Heavy Metal and Rap with Punk…