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On this day three years ago… a monument honoring Thin Lizzy mainman Phil Lynott is unveiled in his hometown of West Bromwich where he was born and lived before moving to Dublin. The unveiling is on what would have been Lynott’s 72nd birthday. The statue was designed by Luke Perry. Sean Meaney led the fundraising…
Def Leppard w/ Tom Morello – Just Like 73 “It encapsulates a time that burned deep into our DNA,” shared singer Joe Elliott. The song features a guest guitar solo from Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine). “I had a blast Rocking a solo,” added Morello (pictured). Atreyu – Dancing With My Demons The track is from…
On this day seventeen years ago… Kid Rock got into a dust up with Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas. The former spouses of ‘actress’ Pamela Anderson (pictured above) exchanged words before Rock threw a punch (according to witnesses) sending Lee to the deck. Rock (pictured) also took…
On this day, 19 years ago…The Live 8 concerts took place to raise awareness of the extreme poverty across Africa. U2 (pictured), Velvet Revolver and R.E.M. appeared at London’s Wembley Stadium. Pink Floyd’s London performance was the original lineup’s first show since “The Wall” tour in ’81. Green Day and Audioslave played Berlin. On the…
Charlotte Wessels has issued her third full-length solo effort, “The Obsession.” “This album is significant, for on the one hand, telling such a deeply personal journey — through its unintended theme of fear and obsessive thoughts — and at the same time, representing the joy of finding the song’s true forms with everyone involved in the making…
Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets” makes its U.K. Top 40 debut, at #22, thirty-six years after the song’s original release. The resurgence is due to the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” a science fiction horror drama, which featured the song in its season four finale. The series was set in the ’80s and centers around the residents…
Judas Priest have announced a second leg of their “Invincible Shield“ tour with special guest Sabaton. The September/October trek begins in Montreal and concludes in Irving, TX. Judas Priest‘s nineteenth studio album, “Invincible Shield.” which dropped last March, contains the singles “Panic Attack,” “Trial By Fire,” “Crown Of Horns” and “The Serpent And The King.” “It sounds like a young bunch…
Jinger will embark on a North American tour in the fall with support from Metalcore acts Hanabie and Born Of Osiris. The September-October run precedes and international trek in November. “We’ll be performing some brand-new unreleased songs from our upcoming fifth studio album,” wrote Jinger in a statement. “(We) just cannot wait to share what we’ve been…
The Black Keys have dropped managers Irving Azoff and Steve Moir (called an “amicable parting”) following the highly publicized cancelation of the band’s 31-date North American arena tour that was scheduled to begin this fall. The trek was cancelled over Memorial Day weekend, thought due to low ticket sales. Then the band announced that they had…
Queens Of The Stone Age will be spending the summer touring Europe. But in late September the band will return to the U.S. for a limited number of shows as part of their “The End Is Nero” tour. Founded in ’96 by Josh Homme, the only remaining original member, Queens Of The Stone Age have released…