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Linkin Park (pictured) and Metallica will headline the third edition of the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas on April 12th, 2025. Queens Of The Stone Age, Evanescence, The Flaming lips and AFI are also scheduled to perform. Fans can sign up now for the festival pre-sale list at SickNewWorldFest.com to receive an access code for…
Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) has announced a solo North American tour in support of “I Want Blood,“ which arrives on the 18th. Filter (Alt. Rock, Industrial Rock, Post Grunge) will support on all dates. “This record (“I Want Blood”) is a serious piece of work.” stated Cantrell of his fifth solo effort. “There’s a confidence…
The U.S. government has requested that Iced Earth leader Jon Schaffer be sentenced to three years of supervised probation, as well as an order that he pay $2,000 in restitution and the mandatory $200 special assessment, in connection with his involvement in the January 6th, ’21 riot at the U.S. Capitol. According to the government’ “Such a sentence…
Crossfade will play their first shows since 2012 when they perform at the Sonic Temple and Inkcarceration festivals in Ohio next year. Founding members Ed Sloan (pictured) and Mitch James are confirmed for the festival dates, along with guitarist and keyboardist Les Hall, who joined the group in 2006. While they technically never broke up they…
Monster Magnet has been forced to cancel the remaining dates of their 35th-anniversary European tour due to band leader Dave Wyndorf’s illness. “It is with regret that I have to announce cutting this tour short by 10 shows,” said the guitarist/vocalist in a statement. “I started the tour off with a mild cold that worsened to the…
On this day thirty years ago… R.E.M.’s “Monster” was #1 on the Billboard 200 (on first week sales of 344,000 copies). The band’s ninth studio album featured the song “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” – the first of five singles from the album. Drummer Bill Berry was eager to tour (for the first time since 1989) and…
Guitarist Sophie Lloyd has dropped the music video for “Won’t You Come”, a collaboration with vocalist Marisa Rodriguez. The track is on last year’s full-length debut album, “Imposter Syndrome.” “I always love working with Marisa.” noted Lloyd. “She’s got one of the most incredible voices and she’s also so creative and passionate about everything she does.” Lloyd added, “It’s very…
Paramore’s Haley Williams disputes allegations that a salon she co-founded in Nashville, Fruits Hair Lab, fostered a toxic workplace environment. William made a statement coinciding with World Mental Health Day (10/10 that was posted on one of Williams’ other business ventures, the hair dye company, Good Dye Young. Williams spoke about her own mental health…
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (picture above right) seems compelled to answer any knock against him, and to a lesser extent the band. His latest outburst was focused on a Saturday Night Live sketch that aired over weekend mocking the Gallagher brothers (Noel and Liam) for their legendary inability to get along. Inactive since ’09, Oasis…
Emerson, Lake & Palmer were noted for Rockin’ classical works (“Hoedown,” “Fanfare For The Common Man” and “Pictures At An Exhibition”) and even the “Peter Gunn Theme” from the late-50’s/early-60’s TV detective series. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were prime exponents of the Art-Rock movement. They were also known for flamboyant performances, extended solos, time signature…