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Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. Written by Queen singer Freddie Mercury in ’79, the song originally appeared on Queen’ s ’80 album “The Game.” “‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or ten minutes,” shared Mercury. “I did that on the guitar, which I can’t play for nuts, and in one way it was…
ZZ Top lead singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons will be the grand marshal for the upcoming Ambetter Health 400 on February 23rd. As grand marshal Gibbon will kick off the main event of Atlanta’s spring NASCAR weekends and will say, “Drivers, start your engines. Time to roll… fast and faster!” The weekend features races across all three of the sanctioning body’s national…
Alice Cooper has added more shows to the spring/summer U.S. leg of his “Too Close For Comfort” tour. “I want the audience to get involved in the show,” stated Alice in a KLPX radio interview. “We don’t do a lot of lasers. We don’t do things like that, because I want the emphasis to be on the character Alice,…
On this day… Van Halen’s self-title debut album dropped. The set included “Runnin’ With The Devil,” “Eruption” and a blisteringly brilliant cover of The Kinks “You Really Got Me.” Producer Ted Templeman made it known he was looking for a “guitar hero” act. It was suggested he check out a local L.A. band named Van…
Jinger have issued their fifth studio album, “Duél.” Three singles dropped from “Duél” prior to the set’s release. The last was “Kafka.” “Being an artist is sometimes beautiful but most of the time it’s brutal… as our art is dissected word for word and ripped apart note by note,” offered vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk talking about the song. ”…
Spiritbox has released “No Loss, No Love,” a track from the band’s upcoming sophomore album. “Tsunami Sea,” which is due March 7th. Two tracks “Soft Spine” and “Perfect Soul,” have already been released, “Tsunami Sea” Tracks: 01. Fata Morgana02. Black Rainbow03. Perfect Soul04. Keep Sweet05. Soft Spine06. Tsunami Sea07. A Haven With Two Faces08. No Loss, No Love09. Crystal Roses10. Ride The Wave11. Deep End Before the album…
Thundermother have delivered their sixth studio set, “Dirty & Divine.” The set introduces new members; frontwoman Linnea Vikström Egg and drummer Joan Massing. It also marks the return of bassist Majsan Lindberg. In ’23, singer Guernica Mancini, drummer Emlee Johansson and Lindgren exited the band forming The Gems. At the same time, guitarist Filippa Nässil said that she would continue with a new Thundermother –…
Dream Theater have released their sixteenth studio album, “Parasomnia.” Produced by guitarist John Petrucci, the LP marks the band’s first release with drummer Mike Portnoy since ’09’s “Black Clouds & Silver Linings.” “He (Portnoy) was gone for a long time,” noted keyboardist Jordan Rudess. “When I listen back to the music that we’ve been creating, it’s got his stamp on it.” The…
Pop Evil has announced a spring “What Remains” headline tour. The trek begins on April 8th in Tulsa and runs through May 18th in Bloomington, IL. Devour The Day (which features Pop Evil members, bassist Joey “Chicago” Walser and drummer Blake Allison), Return To Dust and Oni are the supporting acts. “We’re bringing the chaos with us,” Pop Evil said. “It’s a sonic…
Black Sabbath’s original line-up — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — will play its final concert on July 5th. The charity show, “Back To The Beginning,” will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham, U.K. Metallica, Slayer and Pantera are slated to perform along with Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jonathan Davis (KoЯn)…