Due to overwhelming demand Motorhead's The Lost Tapes' collection of volumes 1 to 5 is now available as a CD box set collection, with the latest volume 5 also pressed on vinyl.
Cassette tapes. Remember those? Those things with the dual spools and loads of wide brown plastic recording string that'd occasionally unravel and hang out of the shell, requiring a pencil and firm wrist to spin back into place? (continue)
Enter Shikari have teamed up with Fever 333 frontman Jason Butler for a new collaborative single 'Losing My Grip', which follows the band's chart topped album "A Kiss For The Whole World".
Rou Reynolds had this to say, "We've known [Fever 333 lead singer] Jason for years now and have toured much of the world together. I think we always thought that it'd be great to collaborate on something when the right opportunity surfaced. (continue)
The Allman Betts Band have announced that they will be returning to the road this spring, when the group will be launching their first U.S. tour since 2021, which will feature support from JD Simo on most of the dates.
The Devon Allman and Duane Betts lead group will be kicking off the trek on May 16th at the Charleston Music Hall and Charleston, SC and will wrap things up on June 9th at the Newton Theater in Newton, NJ. (continue)
Saxon unleash the video for "There's Something In Roswell", the second single from the band's 24th studio album, Hell, Fire And Damnation out this week via Silver Lining Music.
Hell, Fire And Damnation sees the band investigate all areas of history and mystery amidst ten of their most confident and thunderously powerful songs and "There's Something In Roswell" is a true treasure amidst the jewels, with the sort of expansive groove and embrace which deserves arenas. The track is about the enigmatic events surrounding the 1947 crash of an assumed Army weather balloon in Roswell New Mexico, referred to as 'The Roswell incident'. (continue)
Lionel Richie announced the extension of his Sing A Song All Night Long tour with very special guests and one of the best-selling bands of all time, Earth, Wind & Fire. Produced by Live Nation, the 2024 13-date run of shows kicks off on Thursday, May 23 in Knoxville at Thompson Boling Arena, with stops in Jacksonville, Memphis, Kansas City, Columbus and more before wrapping up on Sunday, June 16 in Pittsburgh at PPG Paints Center.
The 2024 dates follow a highly successful 2023 sold-out 20-date run of the Sing A Song All Night Long tour which made its way through North America with stops in Chicago, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more. (continue)
The Dandy Warhols have released a brand new track calls "Danzig With Myself" that features Frank Black (a.k.a. Black Francis), along with an accompanying lyric video.
The song comes from the band's forthcoming album, "Rockmaker", which is set to be released on March 15, 2024 via Sunset Blvd. Records. Courtney Taylor-Taylor said of the track, "It started with a riff that either sounded like Misfits or Danzig and then got slowed down... Over time, it became the working title that was just too good to replace." (continue)
Kamelot have announced their upcoming North American "Kamelot: Awaken The World Tour 2024", that will feature direct support from HammerFall, and Ad Infinitum will open, featuring Kamelot touring guest vocalist Melissa Bonny!
The tour will begin on April 25th in Baltimore, MD at Rams Head and will cross North America and back, coming to an end a month later in Tampa, FL on May 25th at Jannus Landing. (continue)
Armed with their first new music since their 2022 EP, Sydney alternative band Yours Truly return today with "Call My Name", out now via UNFD, along with an accompanying music video.
Loaded with driving guitars, sleek yet potent vocals and salient hooks, "Call My Name" is as much a sharp earworm as it is a stirring exploration into self discovery, flexing a fresh new sonic shade of Yours Truly following their formidable 2022 EP is this what i look like?. (continue)
Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) will bring his spirited live show to North America later this year in celebration of All The Little Lights (Anniversary Edition), celebrating 10 years since the release of the seminal and life-changing album that elevated the UK singer/songwriter from a touring street performer to an internationally renowned, Platinum-selling artist.
The headline tour starts on August 22nd in Toronto and sees Passenger return to Montreal, Boston, New York City, Nashville, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Vancouver. The run also includes two special dates at Red Rocks in Denver supporting Gregory Alan Isakov, in addition to his own headline show. (continue)
Following a momentous New Year's Eve run in Oakland, CA, The String Cheese Incident's 30th anniversary year kicks off with the Texas Eclipse Festival on April 6th.
That will be followed by a newly announced run of East Coast shows beginning May 16 in Charlottesville, VA, followed by festival stops at Summer Camp's new Solshine Reverie in Chillicothe, IL, and CaveJam at The Caverns in Pelham, TN. (continue)
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Saint Asonia - comprised of heavy hitters Adam Gontier (former Three Days Grace frontman) and Mike Mushok (Staind guitarist/founding member), along with Cole Gontier (bass) and Cody Watkins (drums) - have shared the official video for the new version of their song "Wolf." This version features guest vocals from Skillet's John Cooper; the original appears on the 'Introvert/Extrovert' album.
"The video for 'Wolf' was shot live on November 22 in Salem, Virginia," says Adam Gontier. "It was filmed and directed by Justin Reich, who directed both the' Above It All' and 'Devastate' videos, and has done a lot of photography for the band, as well." (continue)
Luke Grimes today released "Burn (Spotify OUTSIDE Version) - Live from Nashville." From the team that created Spotify Singles and Green Screen, OUTSIDE is Spotify's newest video-first original music series, featuring artists performing original music outside in the location of their choice.
Grimes performed his song "Burn" in Nashville and fans will be able to see the new video on the Spotify Global YouTube channel. Audio is now available on Spotify. (continue)
Guns N' Roses have passed a new milestone with their classic track "Paradise City", surpassing 1 billion streams on the Spotify music service and earning a place of the service's Billions Club playlist.
This marks the third track from Guns N' Roses to surpass 1 billion streams including "Sweet Child Of Mine" with 1,720,951,787 streams, and "Welcome To The Jungle" with 1,088,306,363 streams at press time. (continue)
Sum 41 has announced their last headlining world tour, 'Tour Of The Setting Sum', to celebrate the upcoming release of their final album Heaven :x: Hell, which will arrive on March 29th.
The band will be making stops in the United States, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Italy, and more, as well as performing their largest show to date to a sold-out crowd of over 35,000 people at Paris La Defense Arena in France later this year. (continue)
Staind is celebrating their second #1 single from their latest album, Confessions of the Fallen. Staind's latest single, "Here and Now" follows debut single "Lowest In Me" to the top of the Active Rock chart, marking the second #1 from the new album - the band's first in twelve years.
"Here and Now" is classic Staind - a powerful, emotionally charged ballad that touches deep in the soul. The accompanying video perfectly conveys the sentiment of the song, as it explores the joy and pain of real-life moments that shape us all. (continue)
Legendary Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has announced that his new group Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian will be launching a U.K. headline tour this spring.
The trek will include a performance at this year's Teenage Cancer Trust shows at the Royal Albert Hall which will mark the final time that the special benefit concerts will be curated by The Who frontman Roger Daltrey. (continue)
Madness announced their first US tour since 2012. The band will visit Seattle, Oakland, Las Vegas, Boston, and New York, giving American audiences their first chance to see the band in over a decade.
The Madness C'est La Vie In America tour follows their new UK #1 album Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie. In their 40-year careers, the bandmates released numerous hit singles and two #1 greatest hits albums, but this is their first #1 studio album. (continue)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Announces ALL THE GOOD TIMES: The Farewell Tour
First leg of dates announced today; Tickets on sale Friday, January 19 at 10 AM local time.
For nearly six decades, the three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has entertained audiences with their top-shelf musicianship and timeless hits "Mr. Bojangles," "Fishin' In The Dark," "An American Dream," and many more. And now, the time has come for the band who has carried a torch for American country and roots music to say so long to the highways and byways they've traveled throughout their career. (continue)
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The death of legendary record producer and music business icon Kim Fowley following a long battle with bladder cancer was the top story on this Day in Rock on January 16, 2015. He was 75.
Fowley was best known for his work with the Runaways, the all girl rock group that featured Joan Jett, Lita Ford and Cherie Currie, as well as cowriting songs with KISS and Alice Cooper. (continue)
Singer-songwriter Aurelance recently released his debut single "It's Just Another Breakup", which is a hyper fusion of pop and rock and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the track. Here is the story:
I wrote "It's Just Another Breakup" to empower the world and myself. I wrote a lot about my heart being broken, words have a deep influence on us, we don't even realize it. (continue)
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