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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 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) have revealed the Rock nominees for the 2024 Grammys. BEST ROCK ALBUM Foo Fighters – “But Here We Are”Greta Van Fleet – “Starcatcher”Metallica – “72 Seasons”Paramore – “This Is Why” (pictured above)Queens Of The Stone Age – “In Times New Roman…” BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE Arctic Monkeys…
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,”…
“Welcome To Rockville” has unveiled the 2024 festival line-up. The headliners are Mötley Crüe (pictured above), Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters and Slipknot. “Welcome to Rockville” will take place over the weekend of May 9th – 12th at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Over 150 acts are expected to perform during the four-day…
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”…