Today In Rock: November 25th, 1969 – John Lennon Returns His MBE
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Today In Rock: November 25th, 1969 – John Lennon Returns His MBE

“I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts,” wrote John Lennon. On October 26th, 1965, all four Beatles (Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) went to Buckingham Palace to receive their Member…

George Harrison Guitar Auctioned For Record Amount

George Harrison Guitar Auctioned For Record Amount

George Harrison’s Resonet Futurama guitar, played during The Beatles‘ early years, has sold for $1.27 million at Julien’s Auctions’ “Played, Worn & Torn II” event (on 11/20). Originally priced at between $600,000 to $800,000, the Resonet Futurama sold for double the low-end estimate, making it the most expensive Harrison-owned guitar ever sold at auction.   Harrison…

Marilyn Manson’s Twelfth Album Has Arrived

Marilyn Manson’s Twelfth Album Has Arrived

Marilyn Manson has released his twelfth album, “One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1” and the title track. Due to the sexual assault accusations swirling around him, Manson was dropped in ’22 by his record label, Loma Vista Recordings, and talent agency CAA. Manson’s partnership with Nuclear Blast was announced last May. The first single from that deal was “As Sick…

Three Days Grace Present First Song Since Adam Gontier’s Return: “Mayday”

Three Days Grace Present First Song Since Adam Gontier’s Return: “Mayday”

Three Days Grace has released “Mayday,“ their first single since the return of original frontman Adam Gontier. “I feel like it’s been seamless, better than we were expecting,” Gontier offered. “It’s like we got back in a room together and picked up where we left off. We have been friends for so long, it’s kind of natural…

Life Of Agony Vocalist Says She’s “Cured”

Life Of Agony Vocalist Says She’s “Cured”

Transgender singer Mina Caputo, the vocalist for Life Of Agony, says that she has “cured” her gender dysphoria and will change her name back to Keith Caputo after being “physically completely detransitioned” next year. Caputo broke the news of her plans to detransition in a 13-minute video posted to her Instagram account on the 19th. “Yes. I’m off of hormones six,…

Devon Townsend’s First U.S. Tour In Five Years

Devon Townsend’s First U.S. Tour In Five Years

Singer, songwriter, producer Devin Townsend has announced a North American headline tour to launch in May 2025. The trek includes an appearance at Milwaukee Metal Fest May 17th. Townsend’s twenty-second and latest studio album, “PowerNerd,” dropped late last month. “”I would say that a ‘PowerNerd’ would be somebody that has a tendency that society has deemed weak or not…

Sammy Hagar’s “Best Of All Worlds” Vegas Residency

Sammy Hagar’s “Best Of All Worlds” Vegas Residency

Sammy Hagar will launch “The Best Of All Worlds Tour – The Residency” next spring at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas. The residency will feature Hagar, Michael Anthony (bass), Joe Satriani (guitar) and Kenny Aronoff (drums) with an “only in Las Vegas” setlist running April 30th through May 17th. “Instead of traveling all day on tour when there’s no time to…