“You Give Love A Bad Name” Surpasses A Billion Streams

“You Give Love A Bad Name” Surpasses A Billion Streams

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…

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New Music: Dragonforce, Kittie, The Ravonettes, A Day To Remember & More

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…

John Lennon Guitar Auctioned For $2.9 Million

John Lennon Guitar Auctioned For $2.9 Million

A long-lost acoustic guitar used by the late John Lennon sold for $2.9 million at auction on Wednesday (5/29), becoming the highest grossing auctioned guitar in Beatles history. The 12-string guitar, used in the recording of The Beatles’ ’65 “Help!” album and film (notably on “You Got To Hide Your Love Away“) was found in an attic having not…

Hillhaven’s “The God You Think You Are”

Hillhaven’s “The God You Think You Are”

Hillhaven, a band comprised of members of Ice Nine Kills and From Ashes To New, have released a second single “The God You Think You Are.” The song “is a frontal assault on the manipulative narcissist,” the band stated. “It’s an aggressive, forward, unapologetic ego killer of a song.” The first single was “Damned To Dream.” “We’ve…

“Routine Medical Procedure” Cancels Heart’s European Tour

“Routine Medical Procedure” Cancels Heart’s European Tour

Heart has canceled a planned summer European tour so that singer Ann Wilson can recover from what is described as a “time-sensitive but routine medical procedure.” The minimum recovery time is six weeks.  The European leg of the “Royal Flush” tour was scheduled to kick off next month and run through mid-July, with several festival appearances.  “I’m okay! Please…

Soulfly’s Fall Tour

Soulfly’s Fall Tour

Soulfly will embark on the “Superstition” U.S. tour in October. Soulfly is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, “Totem,“ which came out in ’22. A follow isn’t expected to arrive before ’25. In ’21, Soulfly parted ways with longtime guitarist Marc Rizzo due to personal differences.  Dino Cazares played guitar on the band’s run of ’21 – ’22 shows.  Mike DeLeon is now slated…

Creed’s Scott Stapp in “Reagan” Movie

Creed’s Scott Stapp in “Reagan” Movie

The movie “Reagan,” which features Creed vocalist Scott Stapp as Frank Sinatra, will be in U.S. theaters August 30th. As the title implies, the film details the life and career of late U.S. President Ronald Reagan, with Dennis Quaid in the title role. However, it seems the Sinatra role should have gone to Stapp’s guitarist bandmate Mark Tremonti, since he…

Asking Alexandria’s North American Trek

Asking Alexandria’s North American Trek

Asking Alexandria have announced the second leg of their headlining “All My Friends“ U.S. tour. The trek will kick off September 24th in Sioux Falls, SD and wrap November 2nd in Chico, CA. General on-sale for tickets begins this Friday, May 31st   at 10:00 a.m. local time via Asking Alexandria’s web site. “Where Do We Go from Here?;”…