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The Irish band formed in Dublin and has released fifteen studio albums to date. The first was “Boy” in ’80 and the most recent was “Songs Of Surrender in ’23. According to Pollstar, U2 were the second highest grossing musical act (behind the Rolling Stones) from ’80 to ’22, earning $2.127 billion in revenue from 26.178 million tickets…
Three Days Grace have announced the return of original frontman Adam Gontier (pictured). He will share lead vocals with Matt Walst, who has fronted Three Days Grace for over decade. “I feel like it’s been seamless, better than we were expecting,” stated Gontier. “It’s like we got back in a room together and picked up where we left off. We…
The idea of marrying Rock and Jazz (a combination not made in heaven) had been kicked around for a while by the time Chicago Transit Authority left their Midwest home for L.A. In the end, it wasn’t a fusion Jazz and Rock, rather, Chicago (they had to shorten their name under threat of a lawsuit…
Grand Funk Railroad were just a bunch of Michigan wannabes when Terry Knight took over as their manager. Knight had a less than stellar career as a solo artist when he realized, correctly, that there was more money in managing Rock acts than being in one. He landed a client when a couple of guys…
The Offspring: Come To Brazil The track is off the band’s “Supercharged” album, due out October 11th. “Every time we announce any shows, we get comments from our Brazilian fans saying ‘Come to Brazil!’ which we love! Brazil really does go off,” explained singer Bryan “Dexter” Holland. “It has enthusiasm, passion and is an amazing place to play!”…
Sevendust’s Clint Lowery will not be part of the band’s upcoming tour. The guitarist was advised by doctors to sit out the run after suffering a recent neck injury. “He has been instructed to rest to allow the injury to heal and rocking with you all would work against his recovery from this injury,” writes…
The Dead Daisies have delivered their seventh album, “Light ‘Em Up.” The first single and title track dropped on May 10.th “It’s a kick-ass, straight-ahead Rock and Roll tune,” enthused frontman John Corabi (pictured above). Corabi, ex-Mötley Crüe, joined The Dead Daisies in early ’15 but after three studio albums, he departed in ’19. Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes stepped…
Green Day were rushed off stage during their 9/4 concert in Detroit after a drone was spotted flying overhead. The band was playing “Longview” approximately 20 minutes into the concert, when a stagehand ushered Billie Joe Armstrong and company to the back of the stage. “There was an individual that flew a drone into Comerica Park, so Green Day was…
Jelly Roll, a former inmate, took his music the maximum security yard at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem on Monday (9/2). Yes, the show included a rendition of Johhny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” which he personalized to “Oregon State Prison.” “For the first time in 20 f—— years they have brought music to the prison…
Offspring and Pennywise will headline Punk In The Park, a pairing of music craft beer tasting, in San Diego on November 16th. The Offspring is often credited (alongside bands like Pennywise), for reviving mainstream interest in Punk Rock in the 1990s, They have sold more than 40 million records. The band will release its eleventh album…