As expected, AC/DC have announced that they will be returning to the road this year. The legendary band announced that they will be launching a European tour this summer in support of their latest album, "POWER UP."
They shared on their official website, "We are thrilled to finally announce the 'POWER UP' European Tour. Angus, Brian, Stevie, and Matt will be joined by Chris Chaney to carry the torch for Cliff. (continue)
Poison frontman Bret Michaels had so much fun with his Parti-Gras festival tour last year that he is bringing it back this summer and recruited Eagles icon Don Felder, legendary original Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm, country star Chris Janson and Twisted Sister's Dee Snider to join him.
Like the inaugural festival, this year's trek will features Michaels joined on staged by his all-star guests and according to the announcement, he will seamlessly move between Poison, Foreigner and Twisted Sister hits by all three original singers. (continue)
Left To Suffer were forced to miss two shows of their current tour with Gideon, No Cure and Fox Lake after a drunk driver struck the band's tour trailer this past weekend.
Frontman Tyler Barber tweeted on Saturday (February 10), ""Woke up for about 20 minutes this morning and watched as a drunk driver swerved across 3 lanes of traffic and flipped our trailer. I am a little shaken up mentally and emotionally but we are all physically fine thankfully. PLEASE CALL SOMEONE, AND DO NOT F***ING DRINK AND DRIVE." (continue)
Joe Bonamassa has extended his road plans this year by announcing that will be launching his Blues Deluxe Tour across the U.S. this summer, visiting 21-cities to promote his Blues Deluxe Vol 2 album.
He will be kicking things off on July 17th in Selbyville, DE at the Freeman Arts Pavilion and will conclude the trek with a two night stand in Hampton Beach, NH at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom on August 30th and 31st. (continue)
Gavin DeGraw announced today he is setting sail on his 2024 World Tour as he continues to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his Platinum debut album Chariot, DeGraw has been back in the studio with new music expected soon.
Kicking off May 2 in Huntsville, Alabama, the 30-date trek will see the multi-Platinum singer and songwriter visiting cities across the U.S. and a dozen European countries. (continue)
Avatar have announced that they will be returning to the U.S. this spring to launch their The Great Metal Circus 2024 headline tour that will feature support from Oxymorrons and Conquer Divide.
Atom Splitter shared: 2024 will be quite a year for Avatar! With headline tours in Europe and Latin America announced, and festival dates in the U.S., the band is set to have a monumental start to their year. (continue)
Get ready to ignite your senses as today unleashes the electrifying kickoff of the "Beyond the Eternal Tour," featuring the powerhouse co-headliners Ov Sulfur and Mental Cruelty.
This tour marks a first for both bands: Ov Sulfur's debut as co-headliners and Mental Cruelty's explosive introduction to the North American stage. The adventure kicks off tonight in Mesa, AZ, and surges through to a climactic finale on March 9th in Las Vegas, NV. (continue)
Sci-Fi alt-metallers Sick N' Beautiful are set to make a triumphant comeback with their latest single, "My Wounds" out today via Frontiers Records. The band's fervently awaited single, accompanied by an electrifying video, will coincide with the start of an extensive European tour, igniting the stage alongside Cradle Of Filth and Wednesday 13.
Lead singer Herma, distinguished by her striking green dreadlocks, shares her anticipation for the upcoming tour, declaring, "The buzz surrounding this tour is beyond measure! With a multitude of cities lined up and sharing the spotlight with two legendary metal acts, it's no wonder that tickets are flying off the shelves! Snatch yours before it's too late!" (continue)
Alien Ant Farm have released the official music video for their brand new single "So Cold", which is the first taste of new music from the band's upcoming new album ~mAntras~ that be released April 24, 2024 through Megaforce Records.
Big Picture Media sent over these details: ~mAntras~ is a record that will not only challenge your preconceptions of the band, but will also firmly reassert their place in the world. The band's sixth full-length, it was shaped by personal change and growth, and it represents as close to a new beginning as a band first formed in 1996 can get. At the same time, it's not a record that dismisses and disregards the past. Far from it. A record of deep contemplation, ~mAntras~ was born out of various trials and tribulations-its songs don't just take the listener on a musical journey, but, as its title suggests, also on a personal and spiritual one. (continue)
This Wednesday, February 14, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr. will make his late night television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers performing his viral single "Cuckoo."
The song appears on his debut double album son of dad that was released last year via Big Loud Records and appeared on numerous year-end lists in Rolling Stone, Whiskey Riff, Wide Open Country, Billboard, Grady Smith and as the #1 album of the year in Holler and All Country News. (continue)
Steve 'Deacon' Hunter, who has worked with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel, has released a new contemporary blues album called "The Deacon Speaks", which as the title suggests finds the renowned guitar player singing.
Glass Onyon sent over these details: There's something very liberating about reaching 75 and discovering a whole new way of being creative. That is what has happened to premier guitar player Steve 'Deacon' Hunter this year. (continue)
Rick Monroe & The Hitmen released their new single "Worth the Hurt" today, February 9th via TLG/Virgin Music Group. Co-written by Monroe, Jared Weeks and Scott Wilson of Saving Abel, and multi-Grammy and multi-Dove award-winning producer and composer, Skidd Mills (Skillet, Third Day, Saliva, Katie Arminger), "Worth The Hurt" is an antithetical Valentine's Day song that highlights the addictive qualities and unhealthy co-dependence of a love gone wrong. The single impacts radio on February 13th.
The single serves as a tantalizing preview of the exceptional content that awaits fans in the group's highly anticipated full-length vinyl project, SIX GUN SOUL, scheduled for release on April 12. This album features previously acclaimed singles such as "World's Gone Crazy" and "God's Ear." The latter has garnered praise from discerning critics like Robert K. Oermann (Music Row) and respected musicians, including Shawn Drover (formerly of Megadeth). (continue)
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Sierra Levesque has released her brand new single "Wrong About You," which was produced by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal.
"I really wanted to showcase a different side of myself, musically, with this song. It's a slower rock ballad based on piano, and it showcases a lot of my vocal range and emotion." says Sierra. (continue)
(hennemusic) Greta Van Fleet is sharing video of a Nashville studio performance of "Meeting The Master", a track from their latest album, "Starcatcher." The song was originally featured as the lead single from the Michigan group's third record, which they recorded at the city's historic RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sammy Hagar).
Upon its release last summer, "Starcatcher" debuted at No. 8 on the US Billboard 200, and landed at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts in the region. (continue)
Dierks Bentley announces over 30 new dates for his summer GRAVEL & GOLD TOUR, Presented By Jersey Mike's, with Chase Rice and Lee Brice for direct support and a diverse lineup of special guests including Graham Barham, Tyler Braden, Kaitlin Butts, Mae Estes, Ella Langley, Randy Rogers Band, Zach Top, Tanner Usrey, Bella White and more. Produced by Live Nation, tickets will begin to go on sale this Friday, Feb. 16 at 10AM Local Time at Dierks.com.
"The Gravel & Gold tour has been the best of my career, and I'm not ready to leave it behind," explains Bentley. "We are so locked in with this production that it allows me to be living right in the moment with the fans, and that's the magic! I'm bringing along some old friends and some newer artists who are all putting their own unique spin on country, bluegrass and Americana music. I can't wait to watch their shows and hopefully sing with them too. Those collaborations are a highlight of my summer every year." (continue)
The 50th anniversary of KISS's self-titled debut 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: To this day I still recall receiving in early 1974 the debut album from a largely unknown band called KISS, and my ambivalence on whether to take it seriously or not. It started right there with the startling high-resolution cover, before hearing even the first note. "Alice Cooper was the biggest thing in music in 1973," Cooper himself once told me here In the Studio, "so a band with four Alices? Couldn't miss." Kiss lead singer/ guitarist/ songwriter Paul Stanley told me about the band fraternity of groups with whom they shared the stage some fifty years ago, "The lovefest ended when we hit the stage, because we were there to destroy them." Gene Simmons agrees. "Putting on the make up was like putting on warpaint." (read more)
Robert Jon & The Wreck return to the UK for their "Red Moon Rising Tour" where they will play ten venues throughout November and December 2024. Today's UK tour announcement coincides with Robert Jon & The Wreck's forthcoming studio album Red Moon Rising released June 28, 2024. Released worldwide by Joe Bonamassa's Journeyman Records.
Produced by the legendary Kevin Shirley (Black Country Communion, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa), the new album is a bold declaration of evolution and rebirth that captures the essence of the band's transformative years and sets a new course for their musical odyssey. (continue)
New Model Army and earMUSIC are celebrating the worldwide chart success the band's recent studio album Unbroken by releasing the lyric video for the song "Language."
With their U.K. and European "Unbroken Tour" about to start, their most recent studio album reached top positions in the official album charts all around the world. Produced by Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, U2), it's a very New Model Army album, full of guitars but with the emphasis on the rhythmic power of bass and drums which characterizes all the band's work. With Unbroken, the band continues to push the boundaries of its signature sound, while staying true to its heart. (continue)
The recently announced Totally Tubular Festival will not only make its North American debut this summer but is now adding additional markets due to impressive ticket sales. "Sales in our initial 17 markets have been so strong, that I decided to add new markets, and invite more friends to the party," says Jon Pleeter CPO (Chief Party Officer) of TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL. Tickets for these shows will go on sale Friday, February 16 at 10:00am local time.
The festival features artists that exploded in the pop culture zeitgeist in the early to mid-1980's thanks mainly to the high rotation of their music videos on MTV; the genre has also seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years. The artists performing on the 2024 tour include THOMAS DOLBY, THOMPSON TWINS' TOM BAILEY, MODERN ENGLISH (select markets), MEN WITHOUT HATS, THE ROMANTICS, BOW WOW WOW, TOMMY TUTONE (select markets), and THE PLIMSOULS. WANG CHUNG has been added to the Huntsville, AL and Washington DC shows. (continue)
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A Doll's House will be releasing their Brian Wheat of Telsa produced album "Annum" this week and to celebrate we asked them to tell us about the record's new single "Over Easy". Here is the story:
"Over Easy" started the way a lot of our songs do with Seth stumbling on something on acoustic guitar in his living room. Just some basic chords with a melody and lyrical idea. Seth messed with it a bit more and got the melody and lyrics nailed down. As is often the case in the way we write songs, Dav (guitarist) then took the basics of the song and gave it a different structure while weaving in the guitar riffs and chording that give the song its "sound." Dav's guitars create a banjo feel just under the surface. That's not surprising given that, although he ultimately recorded with different guitars, Dav started work on the song on a Resonator, which has that dry, plucky feel to it. (continue)
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