Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx revealed in a new interview how the band came to team up with country music legend Dolly Parton for a new duet version of their classic hit "Home Sweet Home", and it was Dolly's reaction to being nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame that originally set them on the path to the collaboration.
Nikki sat for a new interview with Steve Baltin of Forbes and discussed how the new duet came about. Sixx explained, "I loved that moment when I saw online where she said if she's going to be in the Rock Hall she's got to make a rock record. And I remember I read that at like midnight or something online, and my very first phone call the second I could get a hold of my manager, was like, 'I want to play bass on that record.' So, I was one of the first people that had reached out. They'd started reaching out, this whole concept, so they had a song ready to go, they sent it out, and I cut the song. (continue)
Following the launch of their landmark "Long Live" The Black Parade Tour, My Chemical Romance's groundbreaking, 4X-Platinum 2006 album The Black Parade has earned ten new certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The album's lead single "Welcome to the Black Parade" is now certified 7X-Platinum, "Teenagers" is now 6X-Platinum, "Famous Last Words" is 2X-Platinum, and "I Don't Love You" and "Mama" ascend to Platinum status. Additionally, album tracks "House of Wolves," "The End.," "The Sharpest Lives," "This Is How I Disappear," and "Disenchanted" are now certified Gold. (continue)
OK Go have announced additional North American headline dates in support of their new album, And the Adjacent Possible. The latest leg of the tour kicks off September 11 in Kansas City and wraps up December 8 in Nashville, with stops along the way at Denver's Levitt Pavilion for Indie102.3's Indieverse, the legendary Stubb's BBQ in Austin, and Atlanta's most popular new venue, The Eastern. Once again, LA Exes will provide support.
OK Go have also unveiled a dazzling official visualizer for And the Adjacent Possible track "Fantasy vs. Fantasy." Created in collaboration with acclaimed visual artist PosterLad, the dreamy clip is available to watch (continue)
The Charlatans UK kick off a new era today with the news of their 14th studio album, We Are Love, out Friday, October 31, via BMG. The announcement comes accompanied by the album's first offering, the title track "We Are Love," which the Manchester band debuted live this month at a landmark hometown show at Castlefield Bowl.
"We Are Love" is a celebratory statement of intent, an urgent, limber, clattering love song to the human race. Propelled forward by driving drums and anthemic guitar, frontman Tim Burgess describes it as "like an open-top car ride in the credits of your favorite movie, driving along the coast to somewhere amazing." (continue)
On Friday, Big Time Rush rocked a sold-out crowd in Nashville, TN at Ascend Amphitheater, lighting up the opening weekend of their brand-new tour, BIG TIME RUSH IN REAL LIFE WORLDWIDE. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicked off on July 9 in Birmingham, AL to overwhelming fan excitement.
BIG TIME RUSH IN REAL LIFE WORLDWIDE is giving fans exactly what they've long asked for - the band is playing every song from every episode of their hit Nickelodeon show, many of which have never been played live. The jam-packed setlist contains over 40 songs from the band's beloved series, including a very special acoustic b-stage set, bringing BTR closer to their fans out in the audience. (continue)
Continuing his worldwide momentum, 20-year-old singer-songwriter, producer, and breakthrough artist of the year sombr will embark on a 2026 UK and European headline tour.
The run commences on February 10 in Stockholm, Sweden at Annexet, sees him take over iconic venues such as O2 Academy Brixton in London, UK on March 8, and concludes at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on March 16. Speaking to overwhelming international demand, he will notably be performing his most expansive and extensive set yet (continue)
Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), the GRAMMY Award-winning band led by the dynamic duo of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, has announced the official release of Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN') with Leon Russell.
Marking 10 years since the iconic tribute performance at the Virginia-based festival, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN') will be made available on global streaming platforms, CD, and vinyl on Friday, September 12th via Fantasy Records for the first time ever. TTB has also released the first single off the forthcoming collection with the Joe Cocker classic "The Letter" featuring Tedeschi on lead vocals. (continue)
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Born in the mile-high city of Denver, Fox Lake bring an elevated and energetic sound to the heavy music scene. The band formed back in 2017 as friends jamming in their basement, looking to branch out from the standard metalcore sound by incorporating elements of their favorite genres - hardcore, hip-hop, and rock 'n' roll. Fox Lake continue to level up by delivering a musical brass-knuckled punch to the face that lands on anyone in their proximity.
The band will unleash NEW WORLD HEAT on August 1 via MNRK HEAVY. They also just announced their headline New World Heat Tour set for fall, with various supports noted. (continue)
The 45th anniversary of AC/DC's blockbuster "Back In Black" album is being celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands.
Redbeard shared this synopsis for the episode: My rare Malcolm Young interview from the In the Studio archive will be certain to give you even more insight into the gut-wrenching circumstances which precipitated the making of "Hell's Bells", "Shoot to Thrill", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "...Money Honey", "Have a Drink on Me", and "Back in Black" as Angus Young and Brian Johnson host AC/DC's forty-fifth anniversary of the world-wide phenomenon Back in Black with me here In the Studio. (read more)
Indie rock icon and DBs co-founder Chris Stamey just released his new solo album "Anything Is Possible", and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the single "Meet Me In Midtown". Here is the story:
When I was writing "Meet Me in Midtown," the fourth single from my new album Anything Is Possible (Label 51 Recordings), I was mostly thinking about the days at the end of the pandemic, when the world was opening up shop again and people were tentatively tiptoeing out into public spaces once more, when you could say "let's meet up and grab a coffee" without inviting disaster. But there was another subtext going on, as I wrote in the liner notes: (continue)
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