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Foo Fighters has announced their confirmed six more new headline concert dates for this year. Support on the Spokane, Salt Lake City, Stateline and Virginia Beach dates will be The Breeders.

Check out the new dates below:

August 4 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena
August 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
August 10 - Stateline, NV - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey's
September 19 - Virginia Beach, VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
October 3 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater
October 5 - El Paso, TX - Don Haskins Center

Previously announced dates:

May 24 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
May 26 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling Music Festival
May 28 - Columbus, OH - Sonic Temple Arts & Music Festival
May 30 - Washington DC - The Atlantis
June 2 - Nürburgring, DE - Rock Am Ring
June 4 - Nürnberg, DE - Rock Im Park
June 14 - Rogers, AR - Walmart AMP (SOLD OUT)
June 16 - Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
June 18 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
July 8 - Quebec City, QC - Festival D'ete De Quebec
July 12 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Bluesfest
July 15 - Milwaukee, WI - Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival
July 29 - Naeba, JP - Fuji Rock
August 11-13 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
September 3 - Aspen, CO - Jazz Aspen Snowmass
September 9 - Sao Paulo, BR - The Town
September 17 - Asbury Park, NJ - See.Hear.Now
September 21 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life
October 1 - Dana Point, CA - Ohana Festival

Avenged Sevenfold has announced the second leg of their Life Is But A Dream North American tour. The trek will feature support Falling In Reverse. The trek includes stops in Nashville, Denver, Austin and more before wrapping at Fort Worth's Dickies Arena on October 15th.

Check out the tour dates below:

Tue Jul 18 - Camden, NJ - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Wed Jul 19 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
Fri Jul 21 - Québec City, QC - Videotron Centre
Sat Jul 22 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Mon Jul 24 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
Wed Jul 26 - Clarkston, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre
Fri Jul 28 - Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 29 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
Mon Jul 31 - Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Centre
Wed Aug 02 - Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel Centre
Fri Aug 04 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
Sat Aug 05 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
Mon Aug 07 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena

Leg 2:

Sat Sep 16 - West Palm Beach, FL - iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre - NEW SHOW
Sun Sep 17 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre - NEW SHOW
Tue Sep 19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion - NEW SHOW
Wed Sep 20 - Alpharetta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre - NEW SHOW
Fri Sep 22 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena - NEW SHOW
Mon Sep 25 - Maryland Heights, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - St. Louis, MO - NEW SHOW
Tues, Sept 26 - Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center * - NEW SHOW
Thu Sep 28 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena^ - NEW SHOW
Sat Sep 30 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre - NEW SHOW
Mon Oct 02 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome - NEW SHOW
Tue Oct 03 - Portland, OR - MODA Center - NEW SHOW
Sat Oct 07 - Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre - NEW SHOW
Sun Oct 08 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre - NEW SHOW
Tue Oct 10 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater - NEW SHOW
Thu Oct 12 - The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - NEW SHOW
Fri Oct 13 - Austin, TX - Germania Insurance Amphitheater - NEW SHOW
Sun Oct 15 - Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena - NEW SHOW

*Not a Live Nation Date

^Without Falling in Reverse

On May 26th, Aerosmith's Joe Perry will release a revamped version of his last solo album, Sweetzerland Manifesto -- now renamed Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII. Ultimate Classic Rock reported the collection features alternate versions of the tracks from the original 2018 set along with newly recorded material.

The Joe Perry Project, featuring Gary Cherone on lead vocals, kicks off a six-show East Copast and Midwest run on Saturday night (April 15th) at Mashantucket, Connecticut at Foxwoods Casino Resort.

Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII includes a cover of Barry McGuire's 1965 chart-topper, "Eve Of Destruction" and features such high profile guests on the album are the Who's Zak Starkey and Johnny Depp on drums, bass by Stone Temple Pilots' Robert DeLeo with vocals by Joe Perry, Gary Cherone, Chris Robinson, Terry Reid, David Johansen, and Cheap Trick's Robin Zander. Out now is the album's lead single, "Fortunate One," featuring Chris Robinson and Robert DeLeo.

I n the official announcemnet for the new album, Joe Perry said, "We had so many songs and with everything going on with the (Hollywood) Vampires, Aerosmith, Covid, not touring and touring, this music kept riding along for me. It was like the engine of a train that wasn't going to stop. I'd wanted to put these songs out, and the idea of adding them to a vinyl release or 'Deluxe Version' turned into doing MKII. I tend to think in terms of albums. The first one had a vibe, and MKII is a little more rocked out. I almost prefer it. It's one of those records I can play from front to back live."

Joe Perry told us that he always fools around with a few covers to open himself up to the songwriting process: "To get inspired to go down and write, I would go down and cover some of my favorite old rock songs or blues songs. So I'd go down and do, like, 'Little Red Rooster' -- y'know, sing it, play it, and do the whole exercise and, and finish a song. And then the next day, I would write something new."

Motionless In White have earned their second gold single in the United States. Their single "Voices" was released as the sixth and final single from their 2017 album Graveyard Shift. The RIAA officially certified the track as gold on April 7th, 2023.

It follows last October's gold certification of the band's 2020 single "Another Life" from 2019's "Disguise".

Evidentially there are several complete collaborations between N.W.A.'s late-Eric "Eazy-E" Wright and Guns N' Roses. Rockthembells.com spoke with Easy-E's longtime friend and associate Arnold "Bigg A" White, who shed light on the unlikely team-up, recalling, "There is unreleased music still out there. We know for a fact that he had two or three or four reels in his car when he went to the hospital. Those reels came up missing. He had songs with Slash from Guns N' Roses -- he had songs with Guns N' Roses on those reels."

White went on to explain that the elements to the collaboration remains strewn all over the place: "Those reels have been found 'cause they wound up in Canada. That's a whole other story, but what happened to them (since), I don't know. I don't know if the estate got them, but there is unreleased music, and (rapper and producer) Yella has some, I know for a fact that there is some unreleased acapella vocals, that he was working on some records with a couple of producers I worked with and last I heard was that they were up in (Dr.) Dre's studio."

Eazy-E died from AIDS-induced pneumonia on March 26th, 1995 at the age of 30.

Metallica has announced four night Jimmy Kimmel Live! residency. The band announced via Twitter, "We're celebrating #72Seasons release week by taking over late night!"

The announcement continued, "Catch us on @JimmyKimmelLive on ABC Monday, April 10 - Thursday, April 13 for four live performances, one night of chatting on the couch, and whatever other fun Jimmy has in store for us."

TL; DR

Metallica has announced four night ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!' residency starting tomorrow (April 10th until Thursday, April 13th.

Ousted Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer admits he's been far from impressed with the music the band has recorded without him, according to Consequence Of Sound. Guitarist John Frusciante rejoined in late-2019 to perform on the band's next two albums, Unlimited Love and Return Of The Dream Canteen, both of which were released in 2022. Klinghoffer now performs as part of Eddie Vedder's side band, the Earthlings -- as well as a touring member of Pearl Jam.

While appearing on the Brazilian podcast 5 Notas, Klinghoffer admitted he couldn't help comparing the unreleased music he was creating with the band prior to being forced out to the music featured on their new albums with Frusciante: "It's tough (listening to their new music), only because I honestly think we were doing cooler music. . . I never want to sound negative about anyone doing music -- but I was shocked when I heard their new record."

When asked about the band's latest music recorded with John Frusciante, Klinghoffer admitted: "I don't think I finished (listening to) the second one. I was trying to cram it in once before leaving on a plane, and I got as far as maybe the ninth song, and I don't think I listened to the rest."

Back in the day, upon joining the Chili Peppers, drummer Chad Smith raved about Klinghoffer's playing style: "Josh is not a hit you over the head kind of guy. He comes at you like a fog, y'know? It kind of envelopes you and he's like a sonic architect more than like a riff guy. But he comes up with the coolest, smart, cool -- like he can rock hard, no doubt about it. Josh can get his rock on. But Josh is an incredible musician."

GAVIN ROSSDALE IS A GRANDPA: Gavin Rossdale is now a grandfather. The Bush frontman's daughter, Daisy Lowe, welcomed a baby girl with her fiancé Jordan Saul on Sunday (April 9th). She wrote on Instagram, "Our Easter egg finally hatched. Ivy Love Saul you have made all my dreams come true- our dream girl. I have never known happiness or love like this. I can't stop crying tears of joy."

THE OFFSPRING TO SUPPORT BUDWEISER: The Offspring are planning to support Budweiser following country singer Travis Tritt's decision to ban Anheuser-Busch beverages from his backstage hospitality riders. Noodles tweeted Thursday (April 6th) , "We are going to be adding Anheiser-Busch products & Jack Daniels to our hospitality rider just to piss off a bunch of dimwitted bigots who fear what they don't understand. I know a shit-ton of artists who feel exactly the same. (And we all drink A LOT)." Tritt lashed out after the brand teamed up with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney for a March Madness campaign.

With little fanfare, Rush's Geddy Lee officially announced on his Geddyimages Instagram account, his autobiography, titled My Effin' Life, will be published on November 14th. Other than posting the cover sleeve to the memoir, Lee added only, "More to come."

Lee had previously recalled he had begun working on the memoir during lockdown. Back in 2021 he posted on his social media pages "There were some shiny silver linings to be found at home: teaching my grandson the finer points of baseball and birdwatching, tending to my pups (one of whom was quite ill) and spending the evenings with my lovely better half, glass of Armagnac in hand, as we watched every European mystery show ever produced. Oh, and another thing: I began to write. Words, that is."

Lee went on to explain that the long shadow of Rush drummer Neil Peart's 2020 death played a part in inspiring the upcoming tome: "My friend and collaborator on the Big Beautiful Book Of Bass, Daniel Richler, saw how I was struggling in the aftermath of Neil's passing, and tried coaxing me out of my blues with some funny tales from his youth, daring me to share my own in return. So I did -- reluctantly at first, but then remembering, oh yeah, I like wrestling with words."

Despite all the years he's clocked in writing, recording, and touring, Geddy Lee finds himself still learning new things about the business all the time: "It's awfully naive to think that you've learned everything. You're always learning. There's always something else to learn. There's always something to improve. It's not unlike any other aspect of your life, y'know, any other endeavor. Nobody's finished as an artist, y'know, at a certain age, (when) you go, 'Well, that's it. I now know everything, and I'm a complete artist.'"

Ghost has announced that they will release a covers EP called Phantomime. They also premiered a video for their new cover of Genesis' "Jesus He Knows Me." Phantomime is due out on May 18th.

Phantomime tracklisting:

"See No Evil" (Television)
"Jesus He Knows Me" (Genesis)
"Hanging Around" (The Stranglers)
"Phantom of the Opera" (Iron Maiden)
"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Tina Turner)

5 Seconds of Summer will release a live album. Along with it comes a world tour which includes dates in South America, U.K., Europe, and North America. Major cities in the U.S. include New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Boston, and Minneapolis. Pre-sale tickets available April 11.

The new live project was recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall and spotlights songs from their 11-year catalog of music. Production highlights include a 12-piece string orchestra as well as a 12-member gospel choir.

There are 2 different dates for the live release. Titled, The Felling Of Falling Upwards Live From Royal Albert Hall, it will be available in digital formats beginning April 14 and the hard copy version will be out on July 14.

TL;DR:

• 5 Seconds of Summer is set to release a live album available in digital formats beginning April 14.
• They will launch a world tour which includes dates in South America, UK, Europe and North America.
• Pre-sale tickets go on sale April 11.

Linkin Park has announced that they will be hosting a Global Fan Q&A livestream. The livestream will be taking place on Monday (April 10th) at 11 am PT/2pm ET and will be streaming globally across YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and will feature Linkin Park.

Linkin Park's Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition will be released this Friday, April 7th.

Guitarist Mick Mars has claimed that Motley Crue fake plays live during concerts. According to Deadline, in a lawsuit filed earlier this week, Mars claimed that Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Tommy Lee have been fake playing and pre recorded some of their vocals for the tour.

Mars is requesting that seven corporate entities associated with Motley Crue hand over records related to their business dealings following a 2022 dispute stemming from Mars notifying the band that he'd be retiring from touring due to a medical condition. Mars claims the band subsequently attempted to oust him altogether and diminish future earnings he claims he's entitled to.

Ed McPherson said in a statement, "It is beyond sad that, after 41 years together, a band would try to throw out a member who is unable to tour anymore because he has a debilitating disease. Mick has been pushed around for far too long in this band, and we are not going to let that continue."

Sasha Frid, attorney for Motley Crue told CNN in a statement that Mars' lawsuit is "unfortunate and completely off-base," and that Mars, and the other members of Mötley Crüe, signed a 2008 agreement that "in no event shall any resigning shareholder be entitled to receive any monies attributable to live performances (i.e., tours)."

Frid's statement continued to say that after Mars publicly resigned from Mötley Crüe, "the band offered Mick a generous compensation package to honor his career with the band" despite "the fact that the band did not owe Mick anything."

The band also addressed allegations that they performed some songs to pre-recorded tracks while on tour. Frid said in a statement, "Mötley Crüe always performs its songs live but during the last tour Mick struggled to remember chords, played the wrong songs and made constant mistakes which led to his departure from the band."

Frid later said, "After the last tour, Mick publicly resigned from Mötley Crüe. Despite the fact that the band did not owe Mick anything — and with Mick owing the band millions in advances that he did not pay back — the band offered Mick a generous compensation package to honor his career with the band. Manipulated by his manager and lawyer, Mick refused and chose to file this ugly public lawsuit."

Halsey is set to make her horror film debut in the upcoming, MaXXXine. Others announced for the cast include Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Moses Sumney, and Lily Collins.

Mia Goth will return for the newest installment, reprising her role as Maxine Minx. Halsey's character is still unknown.

Although this is technically Halsey's first step into the horror-film industry, she did previously write and star in an hourlong, R-rated concept film released in 2021 to promote her album called, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power.

Halsey also stars in Americana, a western which premiered at SXSW last month.

TL;DR:

• Halsey is set to make her horror film debut.

• Others announced for the cast include Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Moses Sumney, and Lily Collins.
• Mia Goth will return for the newest installment, reprising her role as Maxine Minx. Her character is still unknown.

Blink-182's Travis Barker and his wife Kourtney Kardashian are getting ready to launch their own reality show and have posted the first official trailer.

'Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis, follows the couple to their 3 different wedding ceremonies. One in Vegas, one in Santa Barbara and one in Italy.

A contrast from the rock star persona exuded by the drummer, he reveals his tender side and says, "I was nervous and I knew I'm not going to be able to say my vows without crying,"

The show premieres on April 13 on Hulu, Disney+ (internationally) and Star+ in Latin America.

TL;DR:

• Blink-182's Travis Barker and his wife Kourtney Kardashian will launch 'Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis
• The reality show premieres on April 13 on Hulu, Disney+ (internationally) and Star+ in Latin America.
• Trailer has been posted

Hayley Williams took to social media to celebrate 10 years of Paramore's self titled album. Williams wrote via Instagram, "10 years ago, we put out a record that took a lot of guts and self-determination to make. Mainly because after losing 2 members of the band Josh and Zac Farro there was so much discourse around whether or not the band could make anything worthwhile – let alone stay together." She added, "Thank you for allowing us the room for creative risk and for keeping this story going."

She continued, "The story of Paramore has been rife with reality show-style drama. Well, until the last 6 or 7 years. It's really great to be able to look back from where we are now, knowing the story didn't end when some said it would. If all that led to our Self-Titled album hadn't happened, we'd be the most boring band of all time. If we hadn't been forced out of our trauma-bonded comfort zones, we would've never known what we might be capable of."

She added, "Taylor York and I wrote these songs having no idea if people would accept a reformed, more liberated version of Paramore. Our fans not only accepted but championed our rebirth," Williams concluded her message. "Thank you for allowing us the room for creative risk and for keeping this story going. We love you. Paramore forever."

Lana Del Rey and Fall Out Boy have both scored number one debuts on the Billboard Rock and Alternate Album Charts. Del Rey has landed her seventh number one on the top alternative album charts and sixth in a row, while Fall Out Boy claims its fifth number one on the Top Rock Albums chart this week.

Del Rey's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd hit number one on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums surveys with 115,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week. Meanwhile, Fall Out Boy's So Much (for) Stardust bows at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums with 64,000 equivalent units.

Lizzo and Jack Black will both have roles in the new season of The Mandalorian. Jack Black posted about it online and shared a photo of the two of them.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the duo plays Duchess and Captain Bombardier, rulers of Plazir-15, which operates partly as a democracy.

Look for them in season 3 of the popular Star Wars series.

TL;DR:

• Lizzo and Jack Black will both have roles in season 3 of The Mandalorian.
• They play Duchess and Captain Bombardier, rulers of Plazir-15, which operates partly as a democracy.

Former KISS member Ace Frehley says that after demanding Paul Stanley take back comments made during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Frehley requested an apology within seven days, but was instead told "F**k you Ace, I'm not going to apologize" and was hung up on.

Frehley told Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk about the ultimatum he gave Stanley, saying, "Yes he did, not long after the show was over. I was blindsided by the phone call because I saw his name come up on my cell phone and I spoke to him 100 different times on that number — and that can be verified by Verizon, who is my cell phone carrier — I figured he was calling me maybe to apologize or at least explain why he said that. Maybe he meant it more towards Peter than me."

He continued, "Instead of an apology, I got a five-second phone call, 'F**k you Ace, I'm not going to apologize' and hung up. He wasn't even man enough to give me a rebuttal and explain why I'm so upset or anything like that," the guitarist continues."

Frehley added, "And if you look for your email messages that I sent you, I did screengrabs from Verizon — it's the same day as our interview and it says five seconds,"

Foo Fighters are set to play the first concert at The Atlantis, a new venue next to the 9:30 Club in Washington DC, opens on May 30th.

According to Billboard, the venue will be near a replica of the original 9:30 Club and will host up to 450 concertgoers.

This is also one of the band's first shows since their longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins died while on tour in March 2022.

Greta Van Fleet has shared a few teasers for their new song "Starcatcher." The band posted an Instagram reel featuring clips of the members of the band performing with an acoustic song playing in the background. A few days later, they posted another reel with footage of the band in the desert and the caption, "Been waiting for so long," with the same audio.

Back in December, Greta revealed that they were wrapping up recording their follow up to The Battle at The Garden's Gate album. No word on an official release date.

Lizzo, Harry Styles and Metallica are among the nomines for the 27th Annual Webby Awards.

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday (April 4th) that Post Malone, Romeo Santos, Sublime, Disturbed, Future featuring Drake, Muse and Christina Aguilera are all nominated in the music categories.

Lizzo is up for the Best Web Personality/Host award for her Amazon series, Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls.

Other music stars nominated in various categories include Selena Gomez, Harry Styles, Doja Cat, BTS, BLACKPINK, Megan Thee Stallion and Metallica.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 25th, and celebrated at an in-person award show on Monday, May 15th, at Cipriani Wall Street.