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10/2 Stevie Nicks states, in a published interview, that she sees “no reason” to continue Fleetwood Mac without keyboardist and co-vocalist Christine McVie, who passed away the previous year. 10/5 Play ball! A scheduling conflict forces a change of venue for a Guns N’ Roses concert in Phoenix. The show was originally scheduled to take…
9/1 Skillet Say They Are Fine With Politicians Using Their Music “I don’t care who plays my song at their political rally, because I believe in America over party.” explained Skillet’s John Cooper. “I believe in the foundations of this country,” explained Cooper during an On The Road To Rock podcast. 9/2 Oasis Want To Shut Down…
The Pretty Reckless happened when producer Kato Khandwala paired singer/actress Taylor Momsen with guitarist Ben Phillips. There are some people who seem destined for a career in showbiz. Momsen, who had been singing and acting since childhood, was one of them. She played Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl before adding modeling to her resume. Still,…
12/14 Blink-182 Guitarist Discusses New Jersey Drones UFO enthusiast/expert (and Blink-182 guitarist) Tom DeLonge weighs in on the rash of mystery drones recently seen in the New Jersey sky. “There is a good chance that these things could potentially be ‘mimicking’ other aircraft,” the guitarist offered. The White House says “the sightings to date include…
8/1 Metallica Partner Again with Wolverine Boots & Apparel The band’s’ All Within My Hands and the apparel company create a unique, high-quality boot to benefit the Metallica Scholars Initiative which supports the enhancement of community colleges’ career and technical education programs. 8/1 Megadeth Offers Megadeth VMK25 Headphones The limited-edition headphones are manufactured in collaboration with Valco…
Motörhead frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister has been enshrined at one of his favorite haunts to relax and socialize — Stringfellows gentlemen’s club in London. A miniature replica of Lemmy’s custom urn containing a portion of his ashes was installed at the club (on 12/18), ensuring Lemmy can permanently hold court at one of his beloved places. Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell…
Nirvana’s Grunge classic “Nevermind” has become the ninth album to ever spend 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. “Nevermind” was released September 24th, 1991. Just weeks later it knocked Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” from the top spot on the Billboard 200. Produced by Butch Vig, Nirvana’s second full-length effort was the band’s first major label release and also…
7/2 Heart postpones its “Royal Flush” tour so that singer Ann Wilson can undergo cancer treatment. She had undergone an operation to remove “something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.” 7/4 System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian continues his criticism of Imagine Dragons for playing a show in Baku, Azerbaijan because it helped “whitewash the dictatorial regime’s image.”…
It’s Who You Know:In a business built on connections, Staind almost blew it. The New England group, with a self-released album out, was opening a Hartford, CT, show for Limp Bizkit in ’97. Bizkit’s Fred Durst was given a copy of the album but seeing what he thought were Satanic references in the cover art,…
Arch Enemy have announced a spring 2025 North American tour. The trek will kick off on April 14th in San Diego and run through May 16th in Atlanta, with festival appearances at Sonic Temple, Welcome To Rockville and Milwaukee Metal Fest. “We can’t wait to reconnect with our amazing North American fans this spring,” says Arch Enemy’s founding guitarist Michael…
Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie) has met with Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi to tackle concert ticketing issues. “I look forward to working with her and the whole administration to help fix the fiasco of buying concert tickets,” wrote Rock on social media. “Gonna open a can of whoop ass on the bots,…