KISS frontman Paul Stanley took to X to share a photo of his wife and revealed that the band is working on a documentary about their End Of The Road Farewell Tour.
The iconic band wrapped up the trek, featuring their final line up of Stanley, co-founder Gene Simmons, as well as Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, with two hometown shows at Madison Square Garden in December of last year. (continue)
AC/DC continues their domination of music and this week they made an impressive showing on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart in the UK claiming one-fifth of the entire chart, according to Forbes
The legendary group claimed eight spots on the chart, including five albums that reappeared on the tally, but according to the report, this week marked the very first time that the band's 1988 release "Blow Up Your Video" landed on the chart. (continue)
Former Allman Brothers Band keyboardist and harmonica player Johnny Neal has passed away, according to his former bandmate Warren Haynes, who shared the sad news on Sunday (October 6th). Neal was 70 years old.
Haynes wrote via social media, "Aside from being an amazing musician and singer, Johnny was one of the funniest people on the planet - a true character. 'Johnny Neel stories,' as we refer to them in our little chunk of the music world, are legendary. Some of you reading this will know some of those stories and even ones that I don't know - but I know a ton. (continue)
Creed frontman Scott Stapp has played some of the biggest venues in the world but on October 23rd he will be making his debut on one of the most legendary stages in the world, the Grand Ole Opry.
Stapp will be taking the venerated stage to make the live debut of his very first duet, "If These Walls Could Talk" a song that he released with rock vocalist Dorothy and was co-written by Stapp and Kylie Sackley (Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Walker Hayes), Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood, Ozzy Osbourne, Faith Hill), and Scott Stevens (Halestorm, Shinedown). (continue)
It's all treats and no tricks on AXS TV this Halloween, as the Network conjures up hours of macabre music mayhem in "AXS TV's Shocktober" event-airing Friday, October 25 through Thursday, October 31. The frighteningly festive lineup is packed with iconic concerts, horror movies, candid conversations, and themed episodes of hit AXS TV series, getting viewers into the spirit of the season and serving as the perfect backdrop to the month's Halloween hijinks.
The block begins on Friday, October 25 at 8P ET, as a malevolent spirit haunts a family throughout the generations in An American Haunting, starring Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek. Other highlights include groundbreaking concerts featuring Nirvana's famed Halloween homecoming concert Nirvana: Live At The Paramount, filmed just five weeks after Nevermind shocked the airwaves. Also, costume-clad rock monsters KISS roaring through Sin City with a hit-packed set in KISS Rocks Vegas. (continue)
Buzzed-about UK band KillerStar is led by Rob Fleming (vocals, guitar, synths) and James Sedge (drums) which features an array of David Bowie's most trusted collaborators. The band will make their U.S. concert debut on Saturday, November 2 at the Cutting Room in NYC.
At this NYC show, Fleming and Sedge will perform with Bowie band alumni Mike Garson, Mark Plati, and Gerry Leonard. They will be joined by Dom Beken (from Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets) and Grammy Award winner and saxophonist Andy Snitzer as well as Ulrika Bergelind and Nicki Richards on backing vocals. Rob Fleming says, "We're excited to be playing our first KillerStar USA live show in NYC. Whilst it's a first for KillerStar, it's a city where some of the band live and many of them have gigged before, like the David Bowie band alumni Mike Garson, Mark Plati, and Gerry Leonard, plus, Dom Beken with Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets and of course New York locals Nicki Richards and Andy Snitzer. NYC is such a vibrant city with an amazing musical legacy, and we can't wait to play the Cutting Room on Nov 2." (continue)
Following a massively successful amphitheater tour opening for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH across the U.S. this past summer, emo rock outfit THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT will bring their theatrical 'devotion ceremonies' to audiences this fall at Aftershock Festival before heading out as direct support to Mongolian rock sensation THE HU.
The Funeral Portrait today, October 7, announce new headlining shows in between their dates with THE HU across North America throughout October and November, as well as a one-off show supporting Twiztid. The headlining shows, will feature direct support from Dark Divine and special guests Not Enough Space. The final stop will see the band perform a special hometown gig in Atlanta, GA on November 17. (continue)
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Alternative rock band Cartel will be celebrating their iconic album CHROMA with two full-album performances at this year's When We Were Young Music Festival.
Taking place October 19th-20th in Las Vegas, the festival's impressive lineup also features My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, The Used, The All-American Rejects, and more. (continue)
Ross Valory has just debuted a performance video series-via the original Journey bassist and songwriter's YouTube channel-with a cover of Jimmy Smith's "Root Down."
The series was filmed at ROSS' Northern California studio and features VALORY, bass; Bobby Strickland, sax; Paul Spina, drums; Eric Levy, keyboards; and Vernon "Ice" Black, guitar, vocals. This initial video will be followed by new ones every Thursday for the next three weeks. "Until I play out, I'm Playing In!" Ross says when asked if he'll be doing live shows. (continue)
AOR/Melodic rock quintet Sunstorm is excited to share the official video for "I'll Stand for You," the first single from their upcoming third album, 'Restless Fight,' set for release on November 22, 2024, via Frontiers Music Srl.
Ronnie Romero expressed his enthusiasm for the album, by saying: "I really love the new album! I believe it keeps the Sunstorm essence with an AOR base, but brings a fresh more guitar-oriented and heavier sound. The new song 'I'll Stand For You' is the perfect example, where the melodies are still very important. It was fantastic to work with Aldo for the first time and I believe the fans are going to like the album very much!" (continue)
Stephen Wilson Jr. announces the continuation of his massively successful son of dad tour with a run of 2025 dates including stops in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Toronto and many more.
Wilson Jr. is currently in the midst of a victory lap fall leg that includes December shows at Nashville's Brooklyn Bowl and New York City's Gramercy Theatre. Tickets go on sale this Friday October 11 at 10 a.m. local time. (continue)
The anticipated return of what many consider the most important traveling heavy music festival, Mayhem Festival, presented by Hit Parader and Live Nation, will take place in just under a week on Saturday, October 12 at Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernadino, CA, where it began over 13 years ago. The festival is gearing things up and have revealed set times for the event (below).
The one-day event will be headlined by heavy metal powerhouse acts Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, and Architects, in addition to a packed lineup of metal's top and rising acts including Jinjer, Poppy, Kittie, August Burns Red, Seven Hours After Violet, We Came As Romans, Suicide Silence, After The Burial, Hanabie, Throwdown, Born Of Osiris, Peyton Parrish, Darkest Hour, Unearth, Brutus, It Dies Today, Escuela Grind, Holy Wars and Roman Candle. (continue)
African metallists Skinflint return on October 25, 2024 with their latest album, 'Baloi,' which will be immediately supported by almost a month's worth of live dates in the US - when the trio tours with Soulfly.
Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Giuseppe Sbrana, bassist Kebonye Nkoloso, and drummer Cosmos Modisaemang, Skinflint's latest album is their seventh release overall (and issued via Into Records). (continue)
UK progressive rockers Frost* have released the Christian Rios-directed video for their new song "Idiot Box", which is the third single from their forthcoming double concept album 'Life In The Wires', that is due out October 18th, 2024 via InsideOutMusic.
"Every prog band worth their salt really should do a double album, shouldn't they?" asks Frost* frontman Jem Godfrey. "We've always kind of had this idea of wanting to do one. So I sat down last summer and thought, well, I'm just gonna have to get my head down and go for it." (continue)
Young Knives are today announcing new album Landfill, alongside the record's lead single 'Dissolution', as well as a run of headline UK tour dates. The record was produced by the band in their studio in Oxfordshire and Mixed by Mike Lindsay of Tuung"
Four years have passed since Young Knives' last studio outing - 2020's aggressive and philosophical look at humanity's propensity for hyper-violence, Barbarians - and during this time the band have taken a step to consider the changing of the world around them, their place in it, and the sometimes-futile pursuit of controlling what it is that we leave behind when we're gone. (continue)
The 45th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac's 1979 double album 'Tusk' 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: The tale of the October 1979 Fleetwood Mac double album Tusk, the follow-up to the record-setting Rumours two years earlier, takes a full two episodes to tell, full of dizzying commercial success amid accusations of personal betrayal, conspiracy, and questions of creative direction and control. (read more)
(hennemusic) Metallica is sharing video of a performance of its 1984 classic, "Ride The Lightning", from a September 22 show in Mexico City. The event marked the second of four concerts at the city's Estadio GNP Seguros as part of the final run of 2024 dates on the group's M72 World Tour in support of its latest album, "72 Seasons."
Metallica confirmed the series will be extended - into a third year - with the recent announcement of North American shows next spring. The M72 World Tour's 2025 itinerary will continue the hallowed No Repeat Weekend tradition, with each night of the two-show stands featuring entirely different set lists and support lineups. (continue)
Overkill star DD Verni and his wife Lisa recently released the new song and video "The Sayin' I Love You" and launch the The Sayin' I Love You Deeptime Leadership Scholarship Fund and to celebrate we asked DD to tell us about the song. Here is the story:
So when Covid hit and the world shut down, it was the first opportunity in almost 40 years for me to be in my studio day after day. During that time, I wrote three different records: Overkill's "Scorched", The Cadillac's Band's "Let's Rattle", and this last solo record "Dreadful Company". I wrote 'Sayin' I Love You' at this time. Sometimes I felt a little guilty sitting out there enjoying every moment of writing/creating songs while the world seemed to be a mess. I actually think that contributed to the song. (continue)
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