Fans hoping to see David Lee Roth join Sammy Hagar for the full The Best Of All Worlds Tour are out of luck as the Red Rocker says that the invitation he extended was only for the original Van Halen frontman to be a special guest on the trek for maybe one show to perform one or two songs.
The special trek will celebrate the music of Van Halen and late guitar legend Eddie Van Halen and will feature Hagar backed by his longtime bandmate Michael Anthony, Led Zeppelin Jason Bonham and guitarist Joe Satriani. (continue)
(hennemusic) Metallica is streaming pro-shot video of a performance of "King Nothing" from a November 5 show in Los Angeles, CA. The single from the group's 1996 album, "Load", was featured during the second of two events at the city's The Dome at America's Center on the M72 World Tour.
As part of the series' "no repeat weekends" concept - which sees Metallica play two nights in every city it visits while delivering two completely different set lists - the group performed 32 different songs from 11 albums during the pair of concerts. (continue)
(hennemusic) The Black Crowes have released a video for their cover of the Memphis soul classic, "99 Pounds", as featured on the upcoming series of reissues of their 1992 album, "The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion."
Originally recorded by Ann Peebles and written by Don Bryant, the song is just one of 14 never-before-released recordings featured in the 2023 editions. The follow-up to the Georgia band's 1990 debut, "Shake Your Money Maker", delivered their first No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with instant classics like "Remedy", "Sting Me", "Thorn In My Pride" and "Hotel Illness." (continue)
(hennemusic) Extreme is debuting a video for "Thicker Than Blood", a track from its latest album "Six." Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt produced and recorded "Six" in his home studio; the set marks the Boston band's first new full record in 15 years.
"With 'Thicker Than Blood' we wanted to shoot a video that celebrates the 5th and most important member of the band: our fans," says Bettencourt. "So we shot it from the fans point of view. No matter how great a band believes they are... you cannot achieve your dreams of touring the world and doing what you love the most, performing, without your fans. It's the most important relationship in our career." (continue)
Queen have released episode 41 of their special video streaming series The Greatest Live entitle "The Encore". Their camp shared the following details about the new installment in the 50-week series:
The show must go on - right up until the thundering climax that sends Queen fans home in raptures. In this exclusive brand-new video interview Roger Taylor and Brian May explain the art of a roof-raising encore and the all-important role played by the fans. (continue)
To celebrate their momentous 50th anniversary, British music legends Squeeze have today announced a massive UK tour for 2024. With a half-century distinguished by some of the smartest and sweetest guitar-pop made during the rock & roll era, Squeeze will be performing an impressive list of hits and rare gems from their extensive back catalogue. They will be joined by special guest Badly Drawn Boy.
Squeeze are one of rock's vital institutions, a band who carved out a distinctive place in the pop firmament with their vibrantly melodic, perceptive songs. Those songs were written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the composers who have remained at the heart of Squeeze since its inception. 70s and 80s Hits such as 'Up the Junction', 'Cool for Cats', 'Another Nail in My Heart', 'Hourglass' and 'Tempted' led critics to label Difford and Tilbrook the "next Lennon and McCartney", an assessment that wasn't proven to be hyperbole. (continue)
The Allman Betts Family Revival is thrilled to announce the latest round of special guest additions for the 2023 tour. Newly announced guests include Ghalia Volt and Mattie Schell, plus Mike Zito has been added to the tour kickoff on Nov 25 in St. Louis, MO, and Sierra Ferrell will join the Revival on Dec 15 at The Ryman in Nashville, TN.
The Allman Family Revival initially began as a one-off concert in 2017 at The Fillmore in San Francisco to celebrate the late Gregg Allman's life on what would have been his 70th birthday. Now in its 7th year, it has since expanded into a full tour that kicks off on November 25 in Saint Louis, MO. (continue)
US stoner rock and punk icon Nick Oliveri (ex-Kyuss, Queens of The Stone Age) shares a brand new track taken off his upcoming "N.O. Hits At All Vol. 8 & 9" compilations - featuring rare and previously unreleased songs from his past and current projects - on Heavy Psych Sounds. Stream the song "Death March" featuring Temple Of Deimos now!
Hot on the heels of the release of his band Mondo Generator's new album "We Stand Against You" on Heavy Psych Sounds, Nick Oliveri is ready to present some new tracks from his personal stash with the exclusive and highly collectible compilations "N.O. Hits At All Vol. 8" and "N.O. Hits At All Vol. 9". This new rendition of Mondo Generator's "Death March" features Italian band Temple of Deimos and was recorded tracked during his latest solo "Death Acoustic Tour" in Europe. (continue)
The 8th annual New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival at the New Orleans Jazz Museum from Thursday, January 18 through Saturday, January 20 offers a stellar celebration of the art, music and history of homemade stringed instruments in the city where those devices played a role in the early development of Jazz and Blues.
Over the course of the three-day event, performances will be staged featuring guitar phenom Erin Coburn, Louisiana Blues veteran Lil' Jimmy Reed and Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee Jonathon "Boogie" Long, plus Cigar Box Serenaders, Ghalia Volt, Steve Arvey, John Nickel, La Durance Blues Band, Memphis Lightning, John Mary Go Round and a dozen other top cigar box guitar performers. (continue)
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Canadian indie rockers Sun Junkies recently released their sophomore album "Parachuting", and to celebrate we asked vocalist and rhythm guitarist Noah Carmichael to tell us about the focus track "Stay 4 The Night". Here is the story:
Stay 4 the Night was essentially me listing off a bunch of anxieties that were going on in my life at the time and basically telling them to f*** off. I was struggling with the fact that I had lost touch with most of my old friends, not because of any kind of turmoil but just from distance and time. I started to convince myself that these people blamed me for the loss of contact, when in reality I'm sure we all understand that sometimes things just change. The "I'm not listening to you" line was basically my way of trying to push out these intrusive thoughts. It was the thoughts in my own brain I was protesting. As bleak and introspective as that sounds, in the end I decided that love is too important to let all these insecurities get in the way. "If love is blind I don't wanna see and I'll tear out both my eyes so I can't peek." Like most of "Parachuting" this is a song about facing your fears and well, the fact that the passage of time f***ing sucks. (continue)
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