The big news that Sammy Hagar is taking his The Best Of All Worlds Van Halen tribute tour to Las Vegas for a new residency next year was overshadowed by the reports that two trucks carrying Hagar and Guy Fieri's Santo Tequila were hijacked with $1 million dollars of product inside.
The trucks were highjacked in Laredo, Texas after they entered the U.S. from Mexico. Hagar's representative told Fox News, "It appears this was an organized crime effort where the trucks were illegally double brokered to different carriers who transferred the product to their trucks." (continue)
Guitarists Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) and Billy Morrison (Billy Idol) have announced the "ABOVE GROUND" benefit concert series will return for its fourth event on January 25 at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA. As before, "ABOVE GROUND 4" will feature Navarro and Morrison with an all-star band and special guests (TBA). Tickets go on sale Friday, November 22 here with pre-sale Wednesday, November 20.
The event will again celebrate the vinyl album as an art form, with performances of two seminal albums in their entirety. This year will see Navarro and Morrison feature the groundbreaking self-titled debuts by the New York Dolls (1973) and The Cars (1978). (continue)
Architects announce their awaited new studio album, 'The Sky, The Earth & All Between,' will release February 28, 2025 via Epitaph Records. Alongside the news the band have revealed the third single from the project, entitled "Whiplash". Produced by Jordan Fish, the track received a Hottest Record premiere on BBC's Radio 1 earlier today.
True to its name, the track delivers head-spinning intensity, blending heavy instrumentation with stomping rock riffs and furious screams from vocalist Sam Carter. Known for creating massive sonic landscapes, Architects once again bring a brutal, circle-pit anthem with "Whiplash," featuring one of their catchiest choruses alongside a bone-crushing metalcore breakdown. (continue)
CBS Mornings have shared a preview of Paul Simon's appearance on the show tomorrow morning (November 20th) where he opens up about his dramatic hearing loss and how he is finding a way to perform again.
The music icon takes Anthony Mason behind-the-scenes at the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss, where more than 100 scientists are working to help the nearly half a billion people worldwide who are disabled by the condition. (continue)
After a six-year hiatus, Mountain Jam, the Northeast's premier rock and camping music festival, is back, scheduled to run from June 20-22, 2025. Celebrating its roots with a new twist, the festival moves to the picturesque Belleayre Mountain in Highmount, New York, just a short distance from its original home at Hunter Mountain. This year's event marks the first Mountain Jam since the COVID-19 pandemic led to its pause in 2020.
Mountain Jam 2025 promises three full days of live music on a single main stage set at the mountain's base, offering attendees an intimate, immersive experience with great sight lines in a natural amphitheater setting. Headliners Khruangbin and Mt. Joy will lead the weekend, with a third major headliner to be announced early next year. Fans can also look forward to performances by Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Trampled by Turtles, and festival favorite Michael Franti & Spearhead, along with Julien Baker & TORRES, moe., Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Dogs In A Pile, and others. (continue)
Detroit, MI's Cascade Riot, newly signed to PNWK Records, have released the video for their latest single "Time Machine," which is the third single from the band's forthcoming debut album 'New Disguise.' Lyrically, the song takes a nostalgic look back at the past while musically providing the kind of melodic alternative rock the band is quickly becoming known for.
"This one came together pretty quickly" says vocalist/guitarist, Ryan Failla. "I was driving to the store to pick up a few things and the melody just popped into my head along with a chunk of the lyrics. I quickly grabbed what I needed, rushed home to finish the song, and that was that. It's all about wishing you could go back to what you remember as being a happier time. Truthfully, the past wasn't always as good as you remember it but the idea that it was can be a nice piece of escapism." (continue)
Coldplay have today premiered the music video for The Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai), a new song taken from the expanded Full Moon Edition of the band's No. 1 album Moon Music.
Macchio plays a down-on-his-luck busker who gets his shot at a Coldplay stadium show. Directed by Chris Candy, the video was filmed in Melbourne during the band's record-breaking Australia / New Zealand tour leg which wrapped in Auckland on Saturday. (continue)
One of The Offspring's most iconic songs "The Kids Aren't Alright" has been added to the coveted Spotify Billions Club with over 1 billion streams on the platform. This marks the second song in one year the band landed on the iconic chart as "You're Gonna Go Far Kid" was added this summer.
"The Kids Aren't Alright" was a massive hit upon release as the third single from the band's fifth studio album Americana (released in 1998) and has been certified Platinum in the US, UK, Spain, and Italy as well as gold in Poland, Germany, Denmark and Brazil. The song hit Top 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart (now currently called the Alternative Airplay Chart), appeared in the opening scene of the blockbuster movie The Faculty, and was featured in the Rock Band video game series. (continue)
Metal legends Iron Maiden have revealed the final performance that they plan for their Run For Your Lives World Tour 2025 when they headline the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium next June.
The band shared, Iron Maiden will headline Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium on Thursday 19th June 2025! Tickets go on sale Saturday 30th November at 10am CET. With the announcement of this show, the dates for the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2025 are now complete." (continue)
GRAMMY Award winning bassist David Ellefson and Megadeth cofounder has announced his Bass Warrior Tour across Europe for spring 2025. The tour will feature Ellefson and his solo band performing select cuts from his well-known catalog of Mega hits, solo material and other hard rock & metal favorites which inspired him during his 40-year music career.
To coincide with the announcement, Ellefson teamed up with AMERICAN IDOL contestant JAMES DURBIN to release a powerhouse version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic Metal Gods. The song also features Ellefson's solo band of musicians including his long-time friend & musical director Andy Martongelli. (continue)
A special tribute show to late Great White frontman Jack Russell has been announced at the famed Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood on January 14th with the proceeds going to charity.
VQPR sent over these details: Celebrate the legacy of one of the most iconic singers off the Sunset Strip. Jack Russell, of Great White fame, was tragically lost to us on August 7th, 2024, at age 63 due to complications from Lewy Body Dementia and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). In true Jack Russell fashion, we will celebrate his life and music on Tuesday, January 14, at the Whisky A Go-Go. (continue)
Following a wildly successful run of North American tour dates earlier this year, new wave icon Howard Jones and synth pop stars ABC are set to return to the United States for more co-headlining tour dates in February, 2025. SiriusXM First Wave DJ Richard Blade will open the show with his world-renowned DJ set. The 2025 tour dates kick off in San Francisco at The Masonic on Thursday, February 6th.
Of the new tour dates, Howard Jones commented, "So excited to be teaming up with the excellent ABC once again for another run of dates in the USA. When I heard that Richard Blade was on board with us, I knew that this tour will be something extra special. Join the party...see you out there!" ABC frontman Martin Fry stated, "Keenly anticipating some incredible nights with good friends Howard Jones and Richard Blade on stage. This tour's gonna be unmissable". Richard Blade added, "I'm thrilled to be asked to go on the road with two such important musical artists - and great friends - Howard Jones and Martin Fry of ABC. Their live performances are always so good, I'm definitely going to have to step up my game. It's really going to be an exceptional tour." (continue)
Finnish melodic death metal pioneers Wolfheart are set to make history as the first European metal band to ever perform in Saudi Arabia. The groundbreaking performance will take place as part of XP Music Futures, the renowned 3-day music conference in Riyadh. WOLFHEART will bring their thunderous sound to this landmark event, blending crushing melodies with a historic moment for the global music scene.
"2024 has been full of adventures and taken us to places where we have never been before from Australia to the Balkans and of course to familiar territories all around Europe and Scandinavia. The highlight of the year will definitely be the fact that we will be the first European metal band ever to play a show in Saudi Arabia. Absolute honor and a privilege. Wolves of (continue)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark self-titled debut album with an epic world tour and exclusive new reissue. The first leg of the global headline run gets underway with North American dates beginning March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC and then performing 20 more shows including a very special homecoming performance set for May 10 at Philadelphia, PA's Union Transfer. September will see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah crossing the Atlantic for a series of European dates in Belgium, Ireland, France, and the United Kingdom including a two-night stand at London's EartH (September 19-20). The tour then heads Down Under for dates in Australia and New Zealand beginning November 5 at Sydney's Metro Theatre. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, November 22. Additional dates - including further European shows and visits to Japan, Central and South America - will be announced soon.
The 20th anniversary of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will further be commemorated with a special new reissue, arriving on limited-edition vinyl LP early next year on the band's own label via Secretly Distribution, the defiantly independent home of Alec Ounsworth's music for over two decades. The celebration officially gets underway with today's premiere of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's original 2004 version of the fan favorite, "Heavy Metal," available everywhere now. Recorded live at Pawtucket, RI's Machines with Magnets Studios, the newly remixed and mastered track was recently discovered among the original project files and captures what Clap Your Hands Say Yeah founder and frontman Alec Ounsworth calls "a special moment in time - a young group of guys all piling into one hotel room to wake up and go to a real studio (!) to try to come up with something special just for the fun of it." (continue)
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Napalm Death and the Melvins trek across the U.S. this Spring, joining forces for the next chapter of their legendary "Savage Imperial Death March" tour. The iconic bands first teamed up in 2016 for a six-week tour. The Melvins brought their unparalleled mix of punk and metal, while Napalm Death delivered their signature ferocious grindcore, delivering an unforgettable experience for fans of intense, boundary-pushing music.
"Napalm Death! Melvins! What a dream! Not only are we looking forward to being on the road with our friends in Napalm Death, but we're excited to have both Dale and Coady both on drums once again," Buzz Osborne shares, noting that this is the return of Dale Crover behind the kit following a medical emergency in 2023, and the first time Coady Willis will perform in tandem with Crover since 2016. (continue)
Swiftly off the back of the release of his acclaimed new album 'PowerNerd', Devin Townsend is pleased to announce his first North American headline tour since 2020.
Taking place in May 2025, and featuring a bill-topping appearance at Milwaukee Metal Fest, the jaunt also features special guests Tesseract. Artist presale is 12pm ET today, with general on sale starting Friday November 22nd at 10am local time. (continue)
Clutch have announced that they will be playing their self-tilted sophomore album in full during their up comings European and North American Tour dates next year in celebration of the record's 30th anniversary, and they have shared the dates for the Euro leg with the U.S. and Canada portion to be announced soon.
The band shared, "Master craftsmen of groove rock, CLUTCH have been honing their sound since they first formed in 1991. It was their second record, the eponymous Clutch, which saw them start to experiment more, blending more funk flavors with their stoner and blues influences, a sign of things to come. (continue)
Due to high demand, My Chemical Romance have announced that they have added a second date at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to their 'Long Live': The Black Parade 2025 North American Stadium Tour.
The tickets for the originally announced dates went on sale last Friday and over 365,000 tickets were snatched up by fans. As a result, a second show at Dodger Stadium has been added on Sunday, July 27th. (continue)
Punk legends The Damned have announced that they will be launching a tour of North and South America next year featuring the iconic early 1980s lineup of Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies and Paul Gray.
The North American portion will feature support from The Bellrays from May 1st through May 14th with The Adverts taking over for the rest of the trek that will wrap up on May 31st. (continue)
The 40th anniversary of Eagles icon Don Henley's blockbuster solo album "Building The Perfect Beast" 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: With the mothership infamously waiting for Hell to freeze over, Eagles singer/songwriter/drummer Don Henley recovered impressively from an unremarkable first solo attempt with his November 1984's Building the Perfect Beast. Containing "The Boys of Summer", "All She Wants to Do Is Dance", "Sunset Grill", and "Not Enough Love in the World", Building the Perfect Beast reached #13 album chart, won a Grammy Award, four MTV Video Awards, and sold over three million copies. (read more)
(hennemusic) The Rolling Stones are streaming video of "You Got Me Rocking" from the forthcoming "Welcome To Shepherd's Bush" live package. Due December 6, the project captures the iconic band playing a June 8, 1999 club show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London for "1,800 lucky dogs," according to Paul Sexton's liner notes that accompany the set.
The 90-minute show featured several rarely played deep cuts, including the only known performance to date of "Moon Is Up", from "Voodoo Lounge", along with "Melody", the "Black and Blue" selection performed only once before, more than two decades previously, at the famous 1977 El Mocambo show in Toronto which was officially released in 2022. The live performance of Voodoo Lounge's "Brand New Car" was one of only seven times the band included it in their set, the last back in 2002. Another highlight featured opening act Sheryl Crow joining the group on-stage for a raucous "Honky Tonk Women". (continue)
Veteran rocker and vintage-futurism storyteller Kelly Deco recently released the archival album "Venus", and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the record's lead single "Get Out". Here is the story:
In the 1960's, in a Northern California River town I grew up in, Bay Area adjacent, a lot of the music I heard then reflected social injustice or, inspired hope for the future. The songs I write, in my own way, seem always to be pointed in the direction of writing lyrics to reflect a similar single purpose from the 1960's, humanity. (continue)
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