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On this day… Red Hot Chili Peppers were honored with the 2,717th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was dedicated in the category of Recording in front of Amoeba Music at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard. There was an emergency street closure called by the LAPD due to the estimated 2,500 fans in attendance. “Our…
On this day… Disturbed’s “A Reason To Fight” was #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart becoming the band’s sixth consecutive chart-topper – a record. Disturbed’s five previous #1’s are “The Vengeful One,” “The Light,” “The Sound Of Silence” (the Simon and Garfunkel cover), “Open Your Eyes” and “Are You Ready.” The acoustic-based power ballad about addiction…
AC/DC sold 1.5 million tickets in one day in advance of their European “Power Up” tour scheduled to begin in May. “I woke up at 2:30 or 3 in the morning and Europe had already opened — and we’d sold out some of the shows already,” Chris Dalston told Pollstar. Dalston serves as co-head of…
Sheryl Crow’s 11th album “Evolution” has arrived. Produced by Mike Elizondohe, the set contains the single “Alarm Clock,” which Crow co-wrote with Grammy winning songwriter/performer Emily Weisband. Crow had previously stated that she didn’t intend to release another full-length album following her ’18 release “Threads.” “I started sending just a couple of demos to Mike,…
Skid Row has parted ways with singer Erik Grönwall. Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale, a longtime friend of the band, will handle vocal duties for upcoming scheduled concerts. Grönwall, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in ’21, decided that the travel and rigors of the road was not conducive to his overall health and recovery. Skid Row wrote that they…
On this day… Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac and solo) appears on Oprah’s Master Class. Nicks offers some useful advice to the cable show’s viewers. “If you’re gonna start doing coke, save your money because it’s gonna cost you $50,000 to go to rehab.” The singer/songwriter also discussed her mother’s death, her legendary musical partnership with…
On this day… Kid Rock went golfing with President Donald Trump. Rock hit the links sporting his red, white, and blue American flag golf pants. A long time Trump supporter, Rock and the 45th president were spotted teeing it up at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Rock took to Instagram and Twitter (now X)…
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will make his first appearance at a U.S. comic convention on March 30th at WonderCon in Anaheim, CA for a panel discussion on the debut of “The Mandrake Project” comic book series. “The Mandrake Project” is Dickinson’s saga about the century-long battle for the human control of immortality. Prior to the comic book, “The Mandrake…
Daughtry’s “Pieces” will be going to radio on March 26th with the music video released later this month – the lyric video (linked above) is out. “We will all experience trauma of some kind,” noted Chris Daughtry. “Something that chips away at the essence of who we are. This is about finding the strength to…
Iron Maiden will return to the United States and Canada with “The Future Past Tour” this fall. According to bassist Steve Harris, the band plans to perform songs which have not been played live for 35 years or even at all before. That will include tracks from “Senjutsu,” Maiden’s most recent effort, and “Somewhere In Time,” the band’s…