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Corey Taylor has cancelled his upcoming North American solo tour issuing a statement apologizing to fans. “For the past several months my mental and physical health have been breaking down, and i reached a place that was unhealthy for my family and i,” Taylor wrote in a post. Taylor promises those who already bought tickets will get refunds. “CMF2,”…
Elvis Presley will be making yet another comeback this November in London. It will be the King’s first show in the U.K. capital. While Presley shuffled of this mortal coil in ’77 and his 89th birthday is in days (January 8th) his magic is set to return via the “Elvis Evolution,” an “immersive concert experience”…
Sleater-Kinney has released “Untidy Creature,” along with a music video. The track is the closing number on the band’s forthcoming 11th album, “Little Rope,” due January 19th. The clip features Australian freediver Amber Bourke, who holds her breath underwater in a bathtub for nearly the entire length of the 3:48 song. “It (the song) became…
Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk says that the iconic band will not play any more shows. “So while there has been some communication that this may be happening in the future… I want to let you know that RATM (Tim Commerford, Zack De La Rocha, Tom Morello and I) will not be touring or playing live again,” stated Wilk. “I’m sorry…
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor feels music’s lack of importance in today’s world “is a little defeating.” Reznor made the comment during a recent interview on producer Rick Rubin’s “Tetragrammaton” podcast. “In the context of Nine Inch Nails, in terms of an audience and the culture,” added Reznor, “music used to be the thing that……
Green Day‘s fourteenth album, “Saviors,” will drop January 19th. The lead single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart… the band’s eighth #1 on the survey. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said he knew “The American Dream Is Killing Me” would be the album’s lead single as soon as the band finished cutting…
The legendary Metal band has been inducted into the RockinTown.com Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 Iron Maiden took its name from a particularly nasty medieval torture device. As a reaction to the U.K.’s rising late-70’s Punk scene Iron Maiden aimed at preserving the Metal ethos and set down a blistering path with chain…
The Classic Rock band is in the RockinTown.com Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 “If I’d know it was going to be such a big hit I think I would have spent a lot more time working on it,” Tom Petty once said of “Refugee,” The quote revealed a self-depreciating nature. Petty, solo or…
10. Within Temptation: Bleed Out For their eighth studio album, the group focused on singles rather than attempting to record an album in one fell swoop. As a result, the album spawned five singles. Key Tracks: Entertain You, The Purge, Shed My Skin. Don’t Pray For Me and Ritual. Awsooooooooome! Masterpiece! Linda Morgan I was 14 when I discovered this band, now…
Green Day will perform an exclusive concert for SiriusXM at New York City’s Irving Plaza on January 18th to commemorate the release of their 14th album, “Saviors,” due January 19th. The album’s lead track, “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” has been #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Songs chart for five weeks… and counting. Subscribers can enter for a chance…