Hard rock legends AC/DC are back on the singles charts with two of their best loved songs landing on the latest Billboard sales and streaming charts this week, according to Forbes.
The band's 1980 hit "You Shook Me All Night Long," from their blockbuster "Back In Black" album landed at No. 9 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, and retained a No. 3 spot on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart. (continue)
Longtime Guns N' Roses keyboard player Dizzy Reed has released a brand new solo single entitled "D.I.B.", along with a lyric video for the track that will feature on his forthcoming album.
Reed shared, "It's part of a full album that will be released in late August. I'm excited for all of you to hear the new material. Turn it up loud. Loud is always better." (continue)
Reissue specialist label Madfish have shared details of "8314 Boxed", a limited-edition deluxe box set tribute to Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson's treasured solo works. The package, set for release on 23rd August, will include:
Includes exclusive first-time vinyl releases of "Divinities: Twelve Dances with God", "The Secret Language of Birds" (2LP), and "Rupi's Dance" (2LP), "Walk Into Light", "Divinities: Twelve Dances with God" and "Homo Erraticus" remastered at half speed by Air Studio, "Roaming in the Gloaming" LP offers previously unreleased live recordings from 1995-2007 (continue)
Illness continues to sideline Pearl Jam, with the band announcing that they have been forced to cancel two concerts that were scheduled to take place this week in Berlin.
The band had previously cancelled their June 29th concert at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. They took to social media to break the bad news to fans about the additional cancelled shows. (continue)
Nada Surf have released a music video for their new single "New Propeller". The track comes from their forthcoming album, "Moon Mirror", which will arrive on September 13th.
We were sent these details: The 11-song set was produced by the band with Ian Laughton (Supergrass, Ash) and recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales. Moon Mirror is Nada Surf's first album in four years and marks the 30th anniversary of their debut single, "The Plan"/"Telescope." (continue)
German heavy metal legends ACCEPT will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2025-2026. To mark this mammoth milestone, the band will be ringing in the band's golden birthday with a very unique anniversary tour at the end of 2025. An anniversary album will be released early 2026.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, ACCEPT is embarking on a spectacular world tour that will take fans on a musical metal journey through time. Fans can look forward to a unique stage show with surprise guests, all the classic hits from the band's history as well as rarely performed songs. (continue)
Equal Vision Records and Hail The Sun are excited to present the 10-year anniversary tour for Wake, the experimental California-based rock quintet's revered sophomore album.
During September and October, the band will be making headline appearances across the U.S., with additional performances confirmed for Furnace Fest on October 5 and Kill Iconic's A Home Away From Home Tour in select markets. Support on the Wake anniversary tour will be provided by A Lot Like Birds. (continue)
idobi Radio Summer School, the brand new touring festival that aims to put new music discovery at the forefront, is thrilled to announce Save The Music as their charity partner for the upcoming tour. The festival will donate $0.50 of each ticket sold throughout the tour to Save The Music in support of their mission to help students, schools, and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music.
Save The Music shares: "We are honored to team up with the Summer School tour to support young creatives and build community through the power of music," said Henry Donahue, Executive Director for Save The Music. "The critical funds raised from this tour will jumpstart much-needed music programs in public schools nationwide." (continue)
Nashville-based heavy duo Friendship Commanders are excited to share their new single "OUTLIVE YOU" (Steve Albini Mix) and its accompanying music video, and the track comes from their forthcoming album BILL - The Steve Albini Mixes out on July 22, which would have been Steve's 62nd birthday (pre-order).
Friendship Commanders is also announcing a Nashville record release show taking place on July 26 at DRKMTTR. In late 2017, Nashville-based heavy rock duo Friendship Commanders set up shop at Electrical Audio in Chicago to make their second album, BILL, with Steve Albini. The result of their week-long collaboration was a thirteen-track body of work about change, grief, and the ever-elusive idea of community. Tracked entirely to tape, BILL bridges the stylistic gap between the band's punk/hardcore beginnings and the sludge/grunge metal sound of their later releases, 2020's HOLD ON TO YOURSELF EP and 2023's MASS album. The version of BILL that was released on October 5th, 2018, was mixed by FC drummer, Jerry Roe. But the original mixes were done by Steve Albini himself. Like the recordings, those mixes are analog, performed live in the studio. (continue)
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Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's "Nine Tonight" 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: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's Nine Tonight really does feel like a close approximation of seeing the tireless veteran Detroit singer/songwriter and his band when they were one of America's top live acts. When Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band compiled the live double album of concert performances found on Nine Tonight in 1981, there was no bigger American name dominating both the album and hit charts, as well as at the box office. But they never had it handed to them. Bob Seger earned it every step of the way, and as you will hear in my classic rock interviews, there were a whole lotta steps. (read more)
Silver Cave just released their new covers EP, and to celebrate we asked mastermind Trent Rowland to tell us about one of the tracks and he selected their take on Taylor Swift's "Sparks Fly". Here is the story:
"Sparks Fly" is the second track on Taylor Swift's third album Speak Now. I had known about Taylor Swift as that teenager in the country world, but this record is where I became a TRUE fan of hers. I've followed her career closely since, and have seen her become the sun the entire music industry revolves around. (continue)
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