Marilyn Manson has returned to social media after a year away to tease new music. Yesterday (May 15th), Manson posted two black and white photos of himself singing into a microphone on to Instagram. He captioned the photo, "I've got…
During an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan revealed that he cried when Kurt Cobain died. He said, "I will go down always as saying, Kurt was the most talented guy of our generation.…
Gene Simmons recalled the last time he saw Eddie Van Halen. Simmons, who played a key role in the development of Van Halen, had signed them to a production deal and produced the pre-fame demos recordings for the then-unsigned act.…
During an interview with Robert Cavuoto of Myglobalmind, Buckcherry opened up about covering Bryan Adams' Summer of 69. Josh Todd said, "We're huge fans of Bryan Adams." He continued, "I think every band, when you're in the game of songwriting,…
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong hopped on stage to join London cover band Borderline Toxic on Saturday night (May 13th) for a performance of Green Day's 1994 hit "Basket Case." The performance took place at a dive bar called Slim…
A new Motley Crue album may be coming sooner than you think. Bassist Nikki Sixx posted an update to social media, which read: "Hit the studio with Vince Neil today in London. The new Motley Crue songs are 100% officially…
U2 has added eight new dates onto their band's upcoming U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere show in Las Vegas. The newly added shows will play on December 1st, 2nd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 15th, and 16th. For verified fan…
Avenged Sevenfold have announced a suprise live performance in Las Vegas. The band will perform in Las Vegas tomorrow (May 12th) The band will performat the A Lot at AREA15. That set will take place amid an ongoing event being…
In a new chat with Music Radar, Metallica frontman James Hetfield explained how the band became more democratic during the sessions for its latest album, 72 Seasons. Hetfield spoke about how he and drummer Lars Ulrich integrated the musical ideas…
The 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival has unveiled its full lineup. The music festival will feature Slipknot, Pantera, Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Staind, Limp Bizkit, and Shinedown alongside hip-hop acts like Flo Rida, 2 Chainz, Three 6 Mafia, Insane…
Lionel Richie has announced his own three-day Bahamas getaway for fans and titled it, Dancing on the Sand. The all-inclusive luxury weekend trip is set for November 30th through December 3rd, at the world-renowned Atlantis Paradise Island. Along with performances…
After gaining traction on TikTok last month, Billie Eilish has now officially released a cover of Drake's "Hotline Bling." The original take was produced by her brother, Finneas and posted almost five years ago to SoundCloud. The new version, which…
Dogstar -- which consists of guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose, drummer Rob Mailhouse and bassist Keanu Reeves, have announced that they will reunite on stage at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, May 27th. The trio will perform music from their…
Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan has just dropped a new three-song EP, titled This Is The Song, which was released in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month. McKagan spoke about the title track, explaining, "'This Is The Song' was…
Imagine Dragons showed support for striking writers in Hollywood by performing some of their biggest hits for picketers outside of Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles Tuesday (May 9th). TMZ reports that lead singer Dan Reynolds and Guitarist Wayne Sermon brought…
Pantera is the latest metal band being accused of using pre-recorded tracks onstage. TheMetalDen.com posted a clip from the group's May 6th show in Panama City Beach, Florida in which during the song "Becoming" -- according to some viewers --…
A Los Angeles judge has dismissed most of Marilyn Manson's defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachael Wood, including claims that Wood "recruited, coordinated, and pressured" women to make false statements about the musician using a checklist and a script, and claims…
Staind has announce trio of shows in Florida. The band will perform in Tampa, Orlando and Hollywood, FL in the month of July. The dates will take place prior to their summer co-headling tour with Godsmack, which begins on July…
Dolly Parton will release her star-studded Rockstar! album on November 17th, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story goes that Parton, who feeling self-conscious after being inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and initially asking…
Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH has just released the lyric video for "Like A Pastime" from its upcoming second album, Mammoth 2, which drops on August 4th. Blabbermouth quoted Van Halen describing "Like A Pastime" by explaining, "It centers around…
Sum 41 have announced that they are breaking up. The band plans to complete a farewell tour and one final album before splitting. The band said in a statement, "Being in Sum 41 since 1996 brought us some of the…
Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has signed on as a guest judge for the music competition series Banded: The Musician Competition. Blabbermouth posted the series, hosted by Brandon Jenner, will air on all of AXS TV's digital channels beginning this…
Disturbed's David Draiman has revealed that he is using Tinder to find "the right woman" following his divorce from Lena Draiman.
After a fan discovered a dating profile with Draiman's name and likeness and posted it on Twitter, the singer responded, saying "Not fake lol. It's me. You'd be surprised. It's hard for a guy like me to meet the right woman. I'll tell you, it's been so weird so far. Lots of scammers. Trying to figure out how to navigate this new terrain."
Billy Corgan revealed that he enlisted the help of the FBI to keep the latest Smashing Pumpkins album from being leaked online, according to Stereogum. Released last week was the final release of the group's conceptual trilogy -- Atum: Act Three. The new works are directly linked thematically to the Pumpkins' 1995 double LP, Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.
While appearing on Audacy's Klein Ally Show, Billy Corgan explained the back-story to the leak: "They were all probably the most catchy, single-y type songs. So it's like, not only is it six months too early, you're pretty much giving away the album before you even have a chance to set your feet into the ground. Somehow, some hacker was offering the files for money, and we were able to trace it and pay off and keep it from leaking. The FBI got involved. . . I don't know how they got what they got."
Corgan added he paid the ransom for the tracks out of his own pocked, adding, "It was a mercenary person who had hacked somebody -- I don't want to say who -- and they had other stuff from other artists. It wasn't like some Pumpkins fan who was hellbent on breaking it on Reddit. Somehow, they gave some information that allowed the FBI to track them."
A while back, Billy Corgan explained to FMQB how intense the recording process often is for him: "We were fiddling with stuff to literally the last second. I mean, I would take a lot of the blame. I'm more detail-oriented probably than anybody I've worked with. People commonly call it perfectionism, but I feel a little bit like a painter, because as the person who sort of generates the original idea and writes the song, I have to sort of put it all together. So it's like, if some element is not supporting another element that I'm intrinsically involved in, then there's some part of me getting disappointed."
Smashing Pumpkins next perform on May 25th in Napa, California at JaM Cellars Ballroom.
