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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has finally met the singer he replaced, Paul Di’Anno, for the first time in Croatia. Dickinson, promoting his solo album, “The Mandrake Project,” performed on 7/13 in Zagreb, where Di’Anno has been receiving physiotherapy treatments after undergoing major knee surgery nearly two years ago. Di’Anno was ushered out of Iron Maiden because “his vocal abilities…
Mr. Big, with founding members Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar) and Billy Sheehan (bass), have delivered its tenth studio album, “Ten,” containing the tracks “Good Luck Trying” and “Up On You.“ Currently, Mr. Big is on the European leg of “The Big Finish Tour,” an extensive farewell trek. “And then right after that, I got other projects, but no…
Phish’s “Evolve,” their first studio album in over four years, has arrived. The band’s 16th studio album follows the band’s ’20 set “Sigma Oasis,” and the ’22 release of “Mercy,” guitarist/lead vocalist Trey Anastasio first solo acoustic album. “I think I’ve historically felt safer playing the guitar than I have walking down the street,” offered…
JULY 7th – JULY 13th 7/8 AC/DC’s ’80 breakthrough album “Back In Black“ is certified for U.S. shipments of 26-million copies by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA). 7/9 Queens Of The Stone Age cancel the remaining nine concerts of their European tour because frontman Josh Homme needs to return to the U.S. to undergo ’emergency surgery’….
Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated July 13th). It follows “Dark Matter,” title track from the twelfth studio effort, which had a four-week run at the top in March. The band has had five #1s on Mainstream Rock Airplay. In addition to “Wreckage” and “Dark Matter,” they are “Daughter” (’93),…
The Killers have been awarded two Guinness World Records titles for “Mr. Brightside.” The Indie-Rock anthem has spent the most amount of time on the U.K. singles chart compared with any other song, with 416 non-consecutive weeks as of July 4th. Ironically, the U.K,’s biggest single never reached #1. The track has also been awarded…
KISS’s “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club.” The disco-tinged track originally appeared in ’79 on the band’s seventh studio effort, “Dynasty.“ It’s their first billion-streamer. Written by lead guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and ace songwriter Desmond Child, along with songwriter/producer Vini Poncia, the song sold over 1-million copies. and peaked at #11 on the Billboard singles chart….
Skillet and Seether are headed out on the road together this fall. The tour kicks off on September 17th in Asheville, NC and runs through October 20th in Minneapolis, MN. “We’ve talked about going out together for a while, but after we played a show together this summer that drew big numbers, we knew it…
Dark Tranquillity: Not Nothing “‘Not Nothing‘ is an existential piece of (the upcoming album) ‘Endtime Signals‘ that we feel showcases some of the diversity that the album holds,” offers vocalist Mikael Stanne. As I Lay Dying: The Cave We Fear To Enter “This is the first time I’ve written lyrics based on an idea started by someone else in…
The Devil Wears Prada has announced a fall “The Devil Wears Prada Is Eternal” North American tour. The trek will begin October 25th in Grand Rapids, MI and will conclude December 1st in Albuquerque, NM. In between, there will be over two dozen concerts. Prior to the tour the band will play the “Ohio Is For Lovers…