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Queen’s catalog has generated over 20-billion streams on Spotify. That’s more streams than The Beatles, Linkin Park or Metallica. Not surprisingly, “Bohemian Rhapsody” accounts for roughly 10% of the total with 2.295-billion streams (an average of 869-thousand streams a day). Queen also has four songs that have exceeded a billion streams on Spotify. Don’t Stop…
The nominees for the 2024 Best Metal Performance Grammy are out. BEST METAL PERFORMANCE Disturbed (pictured above) – “Bad Man“ The track is from the band’s eighth studio album, “Divisive.” Ghost – “Phantom Of The Opera” The cover of an Iron Maiden song appeared on the “Phantomime” EP. Metallica – “72 Seasons” It’s the title…
Bassist Kyle Christner — who claims he collaborated on and recorded numerous songs with Linkin Park in ‘99 — filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the group, seeking credit and unpaid royalties. Christner said he never received “a penny” for his work and asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to sort out ownership and authorship…
Helmet have released “Left,” the band’s ninth studio album, but first studio effort in seven years. The band’s previous effort was ‘16’s “Dead To The World.” Left contains the track “Gun Fluf.” “Left” Track Listing: 01. Holiday02. Gun Fluf03. NYC Tough Guy04. Make-Up05. Big Shot06. Bombastic07. Reprise08. Dislocated09. Tell Me Again10. Powder Puff11. Resolution Helmet:…
Can’t make it to Madison Sqaure Garden for the “last ever” KISS concert? Not to worry, the concert will be available on pay-per-view via PPV.com. KISS‘s last show is slated to take place on December 2nd at MSG in New York City. It will be streamed worldwide and also be available on PPV via cable…
Vixen‘s Brittany Denaro (a.k.a. Britt Lightning) will be honored at the upcoming 2024 She Rocks Awards on January 25th at the Anaheim Convention Center Ballroom in Anaheim, CA. Denaro earned a degree in music business from Northeastern University and continued her education at Berklee School Of Music before embarking on an extensive music career. She joined Vixen in 2017. The…
Spiritbox (pictured above) has collaborated with Grammy winning Rapper Megan Thee Stallion on her new release “Cobra” (Rock Remix). The original version of “Cobra” dropped earlier this month. Megan Thee Stallion has released two albums to date – “Good News” (2020) which went platinum (one-million units moved) and “Traumazine” (2020) went gold (500,000 units). “I don’t care about genre,”…
Iron Maiden have announced an epic graphic novel in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their fourth album, “Piece Of Mind.” It’s due out November 21st through Z2. Each of the nine songs on the album, which includes “The Trooper,” “Flight Of Icarus” and “Revelations” has an individual chapter. Frontman Bruce Dickinson contributed to the “Revelations”…
The Killers will release the ‘best of’ album “Rebel Diamonds” on December 8th. The album includes “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young,” “All These Things That I’ve Done” and the new track “Spirit.” There is at least one song from each of the band’s seven studio albums – from “Hot Fuss” to “Pressure Machine.” “Rebel…
U.K.’s Download festival will return as DLXXI (the 21st edition) at Donington Park, Leicestershire. Headliners are Queens Of The Stone Age (pictured above), Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold. In addition, over 70 bands have been scheduled. The festival will take place June 14th-16th. General tickets are available at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.