Iron Maiden have shared a New Year's video featuring frontman Bruce Dickinson where he promises that the band's 2025-2026 Run For Your Lives Tour will feature a "setlist for the ages".
Bruce shared, "Right, hello folks. You know, this is my tour pass for 2024. That'll get me anywhere in 2024, but I don't need that anymore now because 2025 is gonna be something special. Not just because of the tour pass, honestly. We are pushing the boat out with the tour. (continue)
The Doobie Brothers shared a New Year's message from Pat Simmons where he revealed that the band's new album will be entitled "Walk This Road" and will include Michael McDonald.
Here is Pat's full message, "Season's Greetings to all our fans out there. It's hard to believe another year just shot by like a rocket! We're currently celebrating almost 56 years together as a band. 55 years since we released our very first self titled album The Doobie Brothers. It's been a long winding road since those early days but we're still working together, doing our best to remain creative, and looking forward to bringing our music to you folks out there again next year. (continue)
What Sammy Hagar intended as a celebration of his former partnership with the late Eddie Van Halen took a turn when the topic was shifted to a debate over the David Lee Roth and Hagar eras of Van Halen, with Sammy calling out Alex Van Halen for ignoring his time with the band.
The criticism comes from Alex Van Halen's recently released memoir "Brothers" which chronicles his relationship with Eddie through 1984 when David Lee Roth quit Van Halen. (continue)
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose and legendary guitarist Michael Schenker had a top 24 story of Sept 2024 after they shared a cover of the classic UFO track "Love To Love", from Schenker's brand new album "My Years With UFO" that finds him revisiting tracks from his era with the iconic hard rock band.
The album features Schenker covering 11 songs from his six year tenure with UFO with new versions of tracks from the albums "Phenomenon", "Force It", "No Heavy Petting", "Lights Out", and "Obsession". (continue)
AC/DC classic hit "You Shook Me All Night Long" landed the legendary band a top 24 story of Sept 2024 after it debuted on a Billboard chart 44 years after it was released. Here is the report in our look back in the Year In Rock: AC/DC's landmark 1980 album "Back In Black" is the gift that keeps on giving for the iconic rockers and a hit single from the record made a new chart debut in September.
"You Shook Me All Night Long" had made its first appearance on the Billboard Global 200 chart, debuting at No. 199 on the chart that measures the popularity of music from across the world. (continue)
Arena rock legends REO Speedwagon had a top 24 story of Sept 2024 after they shared the sad news with fans that they have decided to "cease touring effective January 1, 2025" marking the end to the popular band that formed in 1967.
They took to social media to explain their decision to fans. They wrote, "To our fans: Bruce has intended to be Back On the Road Again by now. If it were up to just him, he'd be back on tour... but it's not up to just him. The consensus opinion was that he had not recovered sufficiently to be able to perform at the level the fans have come to expect. (continue)
Killswitch Engage had a top 24 story of Sept 2024 after they offered fans a very special treat during their set at the New England Metal And Hardcore Festival when they were joined on stage by former frontman Howard Jones.
The band used the event and their headline performance to celebrate their 25th anniversary as a band and part of that special celebration was bringing Jones on stage to perform the songs Take This Oath," "Rose Of Sharyn," and "The Signal Fire." (continue)
Motley Crue earned a top 24 story of Sept 2024 after they took to social media on September 23 to celebrate the 41st anniversary of their sophomore album, "Shout At The Devil", hitting the top 20 on the U.S. album charts.
The band shared, "#onthisday in 1983 SHOUT AT THE DEVIL catapulted the Crüe to superstardom. Delivering on the promise of the PLATINUM debut, 'Too Fast For Love', SHOUT AT THE DEVIL hit the US Top 20 and was certified 4X PLATINUM. (continue)
Metallica had a top 24 story of Sept 2024 on September 27th, which marked the 38th anniversary of the death of legendary Metallica bassist Cliff Burton. To mark the occasion, frontman James Hetfield reflected on Cliff in a new episode of The Metallica Report.
James shared that Burton still has a massive influence on the band, even after all of these years. He said, "Hetfield says, "Cliff still lives in all of us. The way he lives in me is I get to channel, you know, 'Cliff, what would be really cool right here?' (continue)
Doug Aldrich (The Dead Daisies, Ex-Dio, Ex-Whitesnake) guitarist had a top 24 story of Sept 2024 after he updated fans on his condition following a surgery in his battle with throat cancer. He revealed the diagnosis last week and shared that because of the treatment he would be sitting out upcoming live dates with The Dead Daisies.
Aldrich shared a photo from his hospital bed and a message via Instagram on Saturday (September 28th). He said, "Quick update... Hi guys, just wanted to reach out and say thank you so much for the prayers and well wishes. It really helped more than I can say. (continue)
Kris Kristofferson had a top 24 story of Sept 2024 when tributes are poured in from the music community following the loss of the music and acting great on September 28th at his home in Maui at the age of 88. EBM collected a number of tributes that you can see below:
"Kris and I shared a magical weekend together. We both were introduced by legends at The Newport Folk Festival in 1969. Johnny Cash brought him and introduced him. Pete Seeger brought me and introduced me. If that were not enough, other artists made their debut as well such as James Taylor and Van Morrison. To top it off we landed a man on the moon that weekend and everybody was writing songs. Whenever I saw him we would always talk about it. Kris was a fine man" - Don McLean (continue)
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