Ricky Warwick/Lita Ford Release Duet

Ricky Warwick/Lita Ford Release Duet

“Don’t Leave Me In The Dark,” a duet with Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy/Black Star Riders) and Lita Ford (The Runaways/solo); has arrived. The track is on Warwick’s upcoming solo album, “Blood Ties,” due March 14th. “This was the first song written for the album and details the intricacies of love and the battles we fight to stay…

Fred Durst Sues Universal

Fred Durst Sues Universal

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, claiming he is owed millions in unpaid royalties. The suit filed in California federal court accuses the record label of implementing a policy that was “deliberately designed” to conceal royalties from artists and “keep those profits for itself.” Durst claims that he’s never received any royalties from Universal throughout…

Steel Panther Goes Gold

Steel Panther Goes Gold

Steel Panther’s debut album, “Feel The Steel,” has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales in excess of 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. “Just in time for the 15th Anniversary, ‘Feel The Steel’ goes GOLD in the U.K.!! Thank you to all the U.K. fans for the incredible support,” posted the band. “Feel The Steel”…

John Lennon’s Best Solo Songs
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John Lennon’s Best Solo Songs

John Lennon’s solo career began with the release of three avantgarde albums (“Two Virgins,” “Life With The Lions” and “Wedding Album’) in the late 1960’s with Japanese conceptual artist, Yoko Ono, while John was, if only half-heartedly, still in The Beatles. In 1970, John released the Rock oriented solo effort (“John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’), the…

Scott Stapp To Debut At The Opry

Scott Stapp To Debut At The Opry

Creed frontman Scott Stapp will perform at the Grand Ole Opry on October 23rd. He will give the first live performance of “If These Walls Could Talk,” featuring Dorothy Martin, frontwoman of Dorothy. The song is on Stapp’s fourth solo album, “Higher Power.” “I am humbled by this invitation and grateful for the Opry’s tradition of including outliers like me,”…

Sum 41 Frontman Chronicles His Life Through Heaven And Hell

Sum 41 Frontman Chronicles His Life Through Heaven And Hell

“Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven And Hell,” a memoir by Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41,” has arrived. The book covers his work with the band plus his trials and tribulations. “A decade ago, Whibley collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where doctors revealed his liver and kidneys had failed. He was placed…

Oasis Sell Out

Oasis Sell Out

Oasis sold half a million tickets in just an hour last Friday (10.4) for their North American tour. ‘Oasis Live ’25’ reunion tour tickets with shows in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City were rapidly snapped up. The band has already sold out 19 stadium shows across the U.K. and Ireland schedule…

Lacuna Coil Announces New Guitarist

Lacuna Coil Announces New Guitarist

Guitarist Daniele Salomone has confirmed that he has joined Lacuna Coil replacing the band’s longtime guitarist Diego Cavallotti, who joined the band in ’16 and exited last June. Salomone made his live debut with Lacuna Coil on August 4th at the Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Romania. Lacuna Coil will release their tenth studio effort, “Sleepless Empire” on February 14th. “‘Sleepless Empire’ captures, through our eyes, the chaos…

Bon Jovi
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Bon Jovi

The song “Runaway,” recorded in ’84 by Jon Bon Jovi, was included in radio station W-D-H-A’s compilation of un-signed acts. Technically, Bon Jovi didn’t really qualify. Less than a year earlier, Bon Jovi (the group) had been signed by Mercury Records after building a solid reputation as a live act. In the process, John Francis…