2024 “When We Were Young Festival Info

Bad Omens and Poppy have issued a collaborative new single “V.A.N.” Written and produced by Bad Omens frontman Noah Sebastian, the song is on upcoming “Concrete Forever” project, an experimental extension of the band’s “The Death Of Peace Of Mind” and the soundtrack to their “Concrete Jungle” comic book universe. “That’s a song that started just with the hook ‘Violence against nature’, explained Sebastian. “With the acronym and seeing…

Queensryche have released “Nocturnal Light,” the eighth video taken from the band’s latest album, “Digital Noise Alliance.” The video was enhanced through the use of AI. “This is a song spawned from the truly catastrophic year of 2020,” the band stated. Beginning with a relentless global pandemic with lockdowns… we had to endure natural disasters, racial injustices,…

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will make his first appearance at a U.S. comic convention on March 30th at WonderCon in Anaheim, CA for a panel discussion on the debut of “The Mandrake Project” comic book series. “The Mandrake Project” is Dickinson’s saga about the century-long battle for the human control of immortality.  Prior to the comic book, “The Mandrake…

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has released the “Blues-oriented” album, “Orgy Of The Damned.” The effort has notable guest vocalists (see the track list below). The lead single was a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor,” featuring vocals by AC/DC’s Brian Johnson with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on the harmonica. “It was one of the first songs I learned in my very first band,” shared…

1st – Atlanta’s Music Meltdown with My Chemical Romance, Jack White, Fall Out Boy and A Day To Remember is cancelled due to a possible legal challenge to the event’s long running ban against guns. A Georgia law allows residents to legally carry firearms on public land.  The festival was planned for mid-September at the…