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On this day, Judas Priest played New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Rowdy concert goers trashed the venue doing over $250,000 in damage. As a result, Priest was banned for life. Here’s what happened… Before the show even began, the crowd was hurling beer bottles, lighting firecrackers and tossing lit M-80s onto the stage. Several…
The surviving members of the Sex Pistols, sans John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), are getting back together for a pair of benefit gigs August 13th and 14th at London’s Bush Hall. Guitarist Steve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock and drummer Paul Cook will play the band’s debut album “Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols” with vocalist/tattoo…
Disturbed’s frontman David Draiman has received the joint Jerusalem Post and World Zionist Organization award for outstanding contributions in the fight against antisemitism. Draiman noted that he lost many of his colleagues and friends over his defense of the Jewish people. “The world can seem like a very, very dark place these days,” added Draiman in his acceptance speech on 6/3 in…
Queens Of The Stone Age will be spending the summer touring Europe. But in late September the band will return to the U.S. for a limited number of shows as part of their “The End Is Nero” tour. Founded in ’96 by Josh Homme, the only remaining original member, Queens Of The Stone Age have released…
Battle Beast’s Noora Louhimo took to Instagram in support of June: Pride Month. “WONDERFUL PRIDE month for LBTGQ+ communities and everyone who agrees for equal love, self and sexuality,” posted Louhimo. “I hope that one day we could live in a world where equality would be the norm in all communities.” Louhimo joined Battle Beast in ’12…
Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name“ has joined Spotify’s Billions Club. It’s the band’s second song to have a billion streams on the platform. “Livin’ On A Prayer” reached that milestone last year. “You Give Love A Bad Name,” written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, was the first single from the ’86 album “Slippery When Wet.” The song…
Godsmack’s “Truth” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart (dated June 1st). It’s the band’s 13th song to top the chart. The power ballad came about after frontman Sully Erna (pictured above) suffered a relationship betrayal that took a lot of processing to get through. The track is from “Lighting Up The Sky,” Godsmack’s eighth album…
A bat landed on the left leg of The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen while the band played “Witches Burn“ during a set at Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, Spain, on May 29th. Noticing audience members were pointing at Momsen’s leg she looked down and exclaimed, “There’s a fucking flying bat on my leg right now. Can someone…
Dragonforce: The Draco Tale The band has teamed with ‘Brawl Stars’, a hit multiplayer mobile game with over one billion downloads, to celebrate a new character entering the game. Kittie: One Foot In The Grave The new track is the fourth single to be released from the band’s studio album, “Fire,“ their first in over 13 years, due…
Key Events in May, 2024. 5/1 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) keyboardist Richard Tandy dies at the age of 76. 5/2 Creed plays a seven-song acoustic set at guitarist Mark Tremonti’s charity golf event for the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) at Champions Gate golf club in Orlando, FL. 5/3 Hall Aflame, a band led by Metal Church guitarist Kurdt…