Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have announced that they will be reuniting for the Can't Let Go Tour of North America this spring and summer and have revealed the initial dates for the trek.
The tour is currently set to kick off on June 2nd in Tulsa, OK at Cain's Ballroom for a special centennial celebration and they have announced dates through September 1st in Vail, CO at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. (continue)
Neil Young + Crazy Horse have announced that they will be hitting the road this spring for the 2024 Love Earth Tour in support of their new album "FU##IN' UP."
The trek will kick off with a two night stand at the Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego, Ca on April 24th and 25th and will wrap up on May 23rd in Chicago, IL at the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island. (continue)
Dethklok returns to American stages with the Mutilation on a Spring Night tour, featuring special guests DragonForce and Nekrogoblikon, and can now reveal a special two-night event with Babymetal.
The Babyklok Tour resumes for two nights only at The Masonic in San Francisco. BABYMETAL and DETHKLOK coheadline, with support from DragonForce on April 24 and Nekrogoblikon on April 25. (continue)
The Mars Volta have announced an upcoming string of live dates taking place this June with support from special guest Teri Gender Bender. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 16 at 10AM local time.
The band is also confirmed to perform a set at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, taking place June 14 in Manchester, TN. The Mars Volta continue to support their most recent albums 'The Mars Volta' and 'Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón'. The dates announced today are cities the band have yet to perform in since their return to performing together. (continue)
Breland have announced that he will be hitting the road this spring to launch his Little More Countrier Tour, a headline trek that will visit select cities across the U.S.
The Midwest, Northeast focused tour will be kicking off on April 3rd in Indianapolis, IN at HiFi and will run through May 10th where it will wrap up with Breland's appearance at the Big As Texas Fest in Conroe, TX. (continue)
Epiphone is proud to unveil its next global release in partnership with Adam Jones, legendary guitarist of the multi-platinum-selling and GRAMMY Award-winning band, TOOL. The Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom pays tribute to one of Adam's top favorite guitars of all time. The guitar represents a new era of premium features for Epiphone, including the world-renowned Gibson open-book headstock and high-quality electronics.
Multi-platinum-selling and four-time GRAMMY Award winner Adam Jones, from the band Tool, is one of rock's most talented and sonically innovative guitarists. Now Epiphone has partnered with Gibson Custom to create a new model that pays tribute to what Adam calls "one of my top favorite guitars of all time" his Silverburst 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom. It has a three-piece maple neck with a custom Adam Jones profile, an ebony fretboard, and a mahogany body with a maple cap. Finished in Antique Silverburst, it also features high- quality electronic components throughout, including a Gibson Custombucker pickup in the neck position and a Seymour Duncan Distortion in the bridge position, along with CTS potentiometers and Orange Drop capacitors. The Epiphone Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom also features a Gibson "open book" headstock profile, and artwork created by Joyce Su and Adam Jones is on the rear headstock. The guitar also comes with a replica two-inch convex mirror included in the Deluxe Protector Series hardshell guitar case. (continue)
Pearl Jam have shared their brand new single "Dark Matter", to announced that April 19th release of their twelfth studio album, and is the title track to the forthcoming effort.
"Dark Matter" was produced by Andrew Watt. The band shared the following background details: "In 2023, the band retreated to Shangri-La Studios in Malibu where they simply plugged in and played under the watch of producer Andrew Watt. (continue)
Carlos Santana and Counting Crows have announced they will hit the road together for the Oneness Tour this summer. Santana will perform high-energy, passion-filled songs from their fifty-year career, including fan favorites from Woodstock to Supernatural, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer and will be highlighted all tour.
Following three successful tours across the world, the Counting Crows return to the road with Santana and promises fans an unforgettable show filled with their timeless hits, including music off their most recent project Butter Miracle, Suite One. (continue)
Helmet have announced that they will be launching a second North American leg of their Look Left Tour in support of their 2023 album "Left", which will feature Cro-Mags as special guests.
The first North American leg was launched last fall and followed by a number of sol out dates in the UK and Europe. The tour new leg will be kicking off April 14th in Detroit, MI at The Magic Stick and will wrap up May 18th in Pittsburgh, PA at Spirit Hall. (continue)
Unleash The Archers are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their transfixing sixth studio release, the AI inspired concept album Phantoma, out May 10, 2024 via Napalm Records.
The new album follows the band's breakout 2020 album, Abyss, which won the JUNO Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year after debuting at #1 on the US Current Hard Music and Top New Artist charts. (continue)
The 2024 edition of Coca-Cola's Sips & Sounds Summer Festival returns to Austin, TX June 29-30 with headliners Kelsea Ballerini and Jon Pardi and spectacular performances from Maren Morris, Marcus King and more at the Circuit of The Americas infield.
Presented by Coke Studio, the one-of-a-kind experience from Coca-Cola will bring 15 epic performances from today's top artists across two stages over two days along with exciting fan experiences throughout the festival. (continue)
MNRK Heavy has signed Cleveland, OH-based alternative metal band A Killer's Confession, led by former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis, to a worldwide deal.
The first single, "Greed," will be released on March 15th, with a full-length studio album slated for the fall. Scott Givens, MNRK's SVP of Rock & Metal, says, "I watched Waylon build AKC from the ground up, and when the opportunity for MNRK Heavy to become involved presented itself, we jumped at the chance. We are all looking forward to unleashing the new record this fall." (continue)
More A Killer's Confession News
A trailer has been released for RUNAWAY RADIO, an upcoming documentary following the monumental influence of radio and Houston's iconic AOR station "101 KLOL" on the music industry. The film will be released on DVD and VOD platforms this February 27th via Dark Star Pictures.
Written and directed by media personality Mike McGuff, the film features interviews and archival footage of Lyle Lovett, ZZ Top's Dusty Hill, fifteen-time Grammy nominee Melissa Etheridge, Sammy Hagar, Carmine Appice, Dug Pinnick of King's X, and more. (continue)
UK black metal band The Infernal Sea just released their new album, "Hellfenlic", and to celebrate we asked them to tell us about one of the tracks and they selected "Black Witchery". They have a new album out on Candlelight Here is the story:
This is a short and furious track that came together fairly quickly. The verse and chorus riffs were a part of a long-forgotten and altogether different song that found a new life here. The influences of Motorhead and 80's thrash loom pretty large here, we are really pleased about this. The end riff is inspired by a combination of a video game soundtrack and Metallica. Our guitarist J.E nailed the leads on this one, there is a drill featured on this track too, see if you can spot it. (continue)
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