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Slipknot's Corey Taylor has announced that he is going on tour in May. His wife's burlesque troupe the Cherry Bombs will serve as opening act. The short tour will kick off in Reading, PA on May 2nd and will wrap in Green Bay, WI on May 7th.

Check out the tour dates below:

May 02 - Reading, PA - The Theatre at Santander Arena
May 03 - Johnstown, PA - 1st Summit Arena
May 05 - Moline, IL - The Rust Belt
May 07 - Green Bay, WI - Epic Center

As Motley Crue carries on with new guitarist John 5, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen makes it more than clear that it was Mick Mars' decision alone to quit the road. It was announced last fall that Mars had retired from touring, but that the 71-year-old guitarist will remain a part of the band. For years, Mars has been suffering from Ankylosing Spondylitis (A.S.), a crippling degenerative disease, which affects the spine.

Blabbermouth transcribed some of Rick Allen's chat with the Appetite For Distortion podcast, as he shed light on his recent tourmate on the massive "Stadium Tour": "It was Mick's decision to really move on and just get to the next part of his life. And we all know that Mick has suffered terribly, terribly with pain; you see it on his face all the time. And I think the only time I ever saw him truly in his element (was) when he was up on stage playing with the band. It was more his decision. That must have been a super hard decision."

He went on to say, "It would have been different if the guy was being thrown out of the band, but it wasn't like that at all. It was a personal choice that he made. And you can't say that that's wrong. It was right for him at the time. . . it must have been a very difficult decision for everybody to have to go through that."

In an upcoming episode of Impractical Jokers, Post Malone pretends to smoke up a hot box a woman's car when she leaves it at an auto repair shop. In a clip released online, Malone, pretending to be a mechanic, steps out of the car and tells her give it about 10 minutes "unless you want the contact high."

The full episode airs tonight (Feb. 16^th) on truTV and TBS.

In other Post Malone news… He'll perform a medley of hits as one of the headlining entertainers for the NBA All-Star Game. The show will take place on Feb. 19 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, just before the NBA All-Stars take the court. The Kid Laroi was previously announced.

TL;DR:

• In an upcoming episode of Impractical Jokers, Post Malone pretends to hot box a woman's car when she leaves it at an auto repair shop.
• The full episode airs tonight (Feb. 16^th) on truTV and TBS.

Tame Impala has announced new Lonerism box set for the ten year anniversary. The box set will be released on May 26th.

The anniversary box set features the original album with a 24-page booklet, previously unreleased demos, and more. It comes out on May 26th.

Van Halen fans are in for treat with the recently released book, Tonechaser - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen. The tome by musician, friend, and journalist Steve Rosen chronicles the pairs relationship between 1977 and 2003.

In addition to major in-depth chats with Van Halen over the course of his most important years creatively, Rosen is able to paint a vivid picture of life on the road, hanging out, recording at 5150 and just simply existing in the rarefied air Eddie Van Halen lived and breathed.

Steve Rosen spoke about the difficulty in juggling the dual-role of being both a die-hard Van Halen fan -- and an actual buddy to the guy creating the music: "Ed would ask me about a song or he would play something for me and I'd go, 'Yeah, really good' -- when in my head and my heart I'm thinking, 'This is so remarkable, I don't even know the words for it, Edward. What and I supposed to say, to you?' And his response to me -- because I almost came off as if I was underwhelmed -- was, like, 'Well, man, I thought it was really neat, I thought it was really good.' I had to walk this line between going overboard every second I was with him."

Tonechaser - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen is available via Amazon.

Ghost has announced that they will be hitting the road this Summer with special guest Amon Amarth. The 27th date trek willkick off in Concord, California on August 2nd and will wrap in Los Angeles on September 11th.

"Re-Imperatour" 2023 tour dates:

Aug. 02 - Concord, CA - Concord Pavilion
Aug. 04 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Aug. 05 - Airway Heights, WA - BECU Live at Northern Quest
Aug. 07 - West Valley City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
Aug. 08 - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre *
Aug. 11 - St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 - Milwaukee, WI - American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Aug. 14- Clarkston, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre
Aug. 15 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Aug. 16 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 18 - Syracuse, NY - St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
Aug. 19 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
Aug. 20 - Bridgeport, CT - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
Aug. 22 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
Aug. 23 - Burgettstown, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake
Aug. 24 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 25 - Camden, NJ - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Aug. 27 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
Aug. 29 - Simpsonville, SC - CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
Aug. 30 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place
Aug. 31 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sep. 02 - The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Sep. 03 - Austin, TX - Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Sep. 05 - Irving, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sep. 07 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater
Sep. 08 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Sep. 11 - Los Angeles, CA - Kia Forum ^

* Non-Live Nation date

^ AMON AMARTH not on this date

Godsmack has announced that they are hitting the road with I Prevail in the Spring. The tour will kick off on May 4th in Denver, Colorado and will wrap on May 28th in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Check out the tour dates below:

May 04 - Denver, CO – KBPI at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
May 06 - Phoenix, AZ – KUPD at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
May 07 - Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
May 09 - Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
May 10 - Bonner Springs, KS – Azura Amphitheater
May 12 - Oklahoma City, OK – KATT at The Zoo Amphitheatre
May 13 - The Woodlands, TX – The Buzz at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 14 - Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
May 17 - Birmingham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
May 18 - Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 20 - Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville (I Prevail plays 5/19)
May 21 - Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
May 23 - Franklin, TN – Firstbank Amphitheater
May 25 - Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival
May 26 - Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Outdoor Summer Concert Series *
May 28 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena *

* Without I PREVAIL

During a recent chat with Yahoo Entertainment, Slash admitted that Guns N' Roses' behavior back in the 1980's would've gotten them "cancelled" today.

Although taken to task back in the day for their at times gluttonous behavior -- along with material that was often deemed misogynistic and homophobic -- Slash says there's no way the band would've survived unscathed in these more PC-centric times: "Everything that we did (laughs) would've gotten us cancelled in this day and age. We would not have fared well in this environment, for sure. I mean, on so many levels -- right? But that's just, y'know. . . I mean, a lot of things from back then would be what you considered, uh, 'acceptable' at this moment in time. I can't put my thing on a specific thing because, 'cause it's pretty much all of it."

Guns N' Roses will next perform on June 30th at London's Hyde Park.

Bon Jovi's co-founding guitarist Richie Sambora was revealed as "The Masked Potato" on Britain's talent show, The Masked Singer. Loudwire reported, "Over the course of his run, Sambora had performed Elvis Presley's 'Viva Las Vegas,' Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah,' Fleetwood Mac's 'Go Your Own Way' and John Newman's "Love Me Again."

During the performance of 'Go Your Own Way' he even played guitar while in costume, which took a bit of doing. Sambora appeared on England's Sunday Brunch on Channel Four and explained: "They cut my gloves off and matched (my) fingers to gloves" -- and admitted he couldn't see the instrument while playing it.

Dave Grohl played a rare private gig on February 10th at Phoenix, Arizona's Crescent Ballroom for Crown Royal whiskey. Grohl, who was featured in a Super Bowl ad for the famed Canadian Whisky, performed a four-song set at the invitation-only event, "which was meant to celebrate the hospitality and military communities while working with two of the brand's long-standing charity partners, CreatiVets and Packages From Home."

Grohl's mini-set consisted of acoustic run-throughs of "Times Like These," "My Hero," "Best Of You," and "Everlong."

Blabbermouth transcribed some of Grohl's comments to the crowd regarding his and Foo Fighters' connection to Crown Royal, stating, "If you're wondering why I'm here. I've had a long and fruitful relationship with Crown Royal. This goes back a long, long time. I'm talking, like, late-'90s, maybe mid-'90s. We went and we hung out with this band called Pantera a long time. If you've ever had a night with Pantera, you won't remember it. But Pantera loved the Crown Royal. And they got us hooked on that Crown Royal."

Grohl went on to recall, "It got to the point where we started getting the Crown Royal backstage. Then it got to the point where we started bringing that f***ing Crown Royal on the stage with us. Then it got to the point where our audience knew that we loved Crown Royal loved so much that our fans actually f***ing made a cape of the purple bags and sent it to us. So when we were. . . That record -- our fourth record -- has the song 'All My Life' and a bunch of s**t on it. I was wearing that f***ing cape while we were mixing that record. Prized possession."

Paramore have announced that they will perform their latest single "Running Out Of Time" on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Valentine's Day (February 14th).  

The band released their sixth studio album "This Is Why" which was released last Friday (February 10th).

Rob Zombie, Sepultura and Arch Enemy members are featured in a new documentary called Punk Rock Vegan Movie, written and directed by Moby. The documentary had its world premiere and was the opening night film for the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival last month.

According to Blabbermouth, Moby opened up about the documentary, saying, "'Punk Rock Vegan Movie' was created to shine a light on the surprising and inspiring history of punk rock and animal rights, but also to remind people of the importance and desperate urgency of adopting the uncompromising ethics and actions of the original punk rock activists." 

He continued, "After it makes its world premiere at Slamdance, it's yours. It's my goal to give the movie away, as I can't in good conscience try to profit from what is essentially a labor of love and activism."

The documentary is now available to stream on all platforms via www.punkrockveganmovie.com.

As expected, U2 is headed to Las Vegas. The band officially announced the "Sin City" run via a Super Bowl Sunday (February 12th) ad, which stated the "U2: UV Actung Baby Live At The Sphere'" would take place shows this fall at the new globe-shaped arena. The MSG Sphere shows will mark the band's first without drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., who is recovering from back surgery, and will feature stand-in Bram van den Berg for the 2023 concerts. No official dates have been announced for U2's Vegas stand.

According to the announcement, "The Sphere show has been in the works for a long time. We don’t want to let people down, least of all our audience. . . The truth is we miss them as much as they appear to miss us. . . our audience was always the fifth member of the band. Bottom line, U2 hasn’t played live since December 2019 and we need to get back on stage and see the faces of our fans again. And what a unique stage they’re building for us out there in the desert. . . We’re the right band, Actung Baby the right album, and the Sphere the right venue to take the live experience of music to the next level. That’s what U2’s been trying to do all along with our satellite stages and video installations, most memorably on the Zoo TV Tour, which ended in Tokyo 30 years ago this fall. The Sphere is more than just a venue, it’s a gallery and U2’s music is going to be all over the walls."

Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton touched upon performing with a new drummer for the first time in their career, explaining, "It’s going to take all we’ve got to approach the Sphere without our bandmate in the drum seat, but Larry has joined us in welcoming Bram van den Berg who is a force in his own right."

Over the years, Bono has been no stranger to self-promotion, and admits that he has no problem doing that, since he sees it as a necessary part of the music business: ["I come from a long line of traveling salespeople on my mother's side. I mean, I will sell my wares, and I believe in them. Rock bands get all shy and don't like to discuss the filthy lucre and pretend that their songs exist entire to themselves, which we all know is not true. You've got to get them on the radio. You've got to get people to take them seriously. I mean, it's, y'know. . . the job is not over when you finish the song, sadly."] SOUNDCUE (:23 OC: . . . the song, sadly)

U2's new album, Songs Of Surrender, drops on March 17th. The set will be available as a full 40-track digital set; a limited edition 40-track double CD with hardback deluxe book; and a limited edition 40-track four-vinyl collection.

Machine Gun Kelly revealed on Instagram that he was electrocuted while performing Friday (February 10th) during a Waste Management Phoenix Open performance at Coors Light Birds Nest in Scottsdale, Ariz.

In his stories, he wrote, “YOOO 🤯 I GOT ELECTRICUTED (sic) AND MY HAIR STOOD UP ⚡️🤣⚡️.”

Machine Gun Kelly has been booked to play a one-off show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall.

An honor for any artist, he'll follow in the footsteps of legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Tom Petty.

The show which is way off course from his tour, will talk place on May 31. According to his website, that date is booked for the Bunbury Music Fest in Cincinnati. It's not clear if there's enough time to maneuver both shows or if he plans to cancel the Motor City show.

After the London concert, he'll fly back and play Detroit the following evening.

In other Machine Gun Kelly news… he's working on new music, just last week, he tweeted: "I head banged the demons out my body in the studio last night (sic)"

TL;DR:

• Machine Gun Kelly has been booked to play a one-off show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall on May 31.
• According to his website, that date is booked for the Bunbury Music Fest in Cincinnati.

Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer Chad Smith recently sat in with a pub band to play AC/DC covers for 17 people during a night out at the Cherry Bar in Melbourne, Australia.

It was open mic night at the pub, and Smith played the drums while the house band of AC Dan and Josh May led covers of AC/DC's "If You Want Blood (You Got It)" and "Up to My Neck in You."

It was 45 years ago today (February 10th, 1978) that Van Halen released their self-titled debut album. The collection, which hit Number 19 on the Billboard 200, peaked at Number Four on the magazine's Top Rock Albums chart, and redefined the direction of hard rock for the 1980's. The set, which was produced by Ted Templeman -- best known for his work with the Doobie Brothers -- spawned such instant radio staples as "Runnin' With The Devil," "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "Jamie's Cryin'," and the band's killer reinvention of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me."

The tracklisting to 1978's Van Halen is: "Runnin' With The Devil," "Eruption," "You Really Got Me," "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "I'm The One," "Jamie's Cryin'," "Atomic Punk," "Feel Your Love Tonight," "Little Dreamer," "Ice Cream Man," and "On Fire."

Back in 2001, Gene Simmons spoke to Eddie Trunk and shed light on his early connection to Van Halen: "I found a band called Van Halen and flew them to New York and produced their first demo, which included their first record and a lot of other tunes that would up (on other albums) through the years. And I couldn't convince (Kiss manager) Bill Aucoin to sign them, or the record company (Casablanca), because Bill Aucoin thought that they looked like Black Oak Arkansas. And I told him he was on crack again, because nobody knew who that band was, and so what if they were there -- this is the next big band in America. I really believed it, I couldn't convince anybody. So I said to them, 'Y'know, I got ya signed (to a production deal), go back to L.A. after the tour, let's see what happens. I gotta go out on tour with Kiss.' At the end of the tour, they got a deal with Warners and I tore up the contract (and said) 'consider this a gift.'"

Back in 1978, David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen shed light on how they finally inked the all-important recording contract with Warner Brothers Records: "(David Lee Roth): We got discovered. The president of Warner Brothers came down in a bar one night. We were playing for free and he came with our producer Ted Templeman and they said, 'We wanna sign you.' You gotta have faith in yourself, y'know? It's hard. . . (Eddie Van Halen): You gotta keep at it. A lotta people get together, y'know, and they change members every other week. Y'know, they go. 'Oh, who are they this time?' -- y'know? You gotta stick together and just keep workin'."

Take it with a grain of salt -- but a British DJ revealed that the Foo Fighters are releasing a new album next month. Music Radar reported that on February 8th, Radio X's Chris Moyles, played the Foos' track "Walk" and said, quote, "I love that song so much -- Foo Fighters, and 'Walk.' They've got a new album coming out in, er, March, Foo Fighters. . . which I'm very much looking forward to."

Neith Moyles went on with his shift and never returned to the subject and the band's management has yet to comment. The Foos will hit the road in May but has yet to announce who'll sit behind the drumkit following the death of Taylor Hawkins.

On Wednesday (2-8) new dates were posted by Fall Out Boy that will take them through the UK and Europe as part of their headlining tour.

The 15 date leg will kick off in Warsaw, Poland on October 17 and wrap in Berlin on November 8. It includes a total of five UK shows, to take place in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London.

Just last week, the band announced that Chicago will get the first show of their North American leg on June 21. Tickets go on sale February 17.

Fall Out Boy's next album, So Much (For) Stardust is due on March 24.

TL;DR:

• Fall Out Boy will tour UK and Europe as part of their headlining tour beginning October 17.
• Chicago will get the first show of their North American leg on June 21.
• Tickets go on sale February 17.

Travis Barker has revealed an injury he incurred while rehearsing for the upcoming Blink 182 reunion tour. He tweeted, "I was playing drums at rehearsals yesterday and smashed my finger so hard I dislocated it and tore the ligaments."

Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows commented on Barker's injury, saying, "Damn - nothing worse than a lingering injury o tour. Get better soon."

AlterBridge has announced 2023 US tour dates with Sevendust. The tour will kick off on May 6th in Greensboro, NC and will wrap in Alabama on May 19th.

The band is currently on tour with Mammoth WVH, Red and Pistols at Dawn on select dates, will continue through February and March and will wrap on April 1st.

Then they have an appearance at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida the very next day.

Hayley Williams of Paramore says that when she was 19 she visited Taylor Swift at her home and was inspired to write a song that Paramore recently recorded.

She told People.com that they were both just beginning to experience success and Taylor just seemed so together. She was a great cook and also very organized, to the point that she had a closet filled with ready-to send gifts for people she's thankful for.

Williams said, "I was like, 'Oh my God, my life is so not together.' There are still Christmas gifts at my house that I have not sent to my friends just sitting there in the back of my close."

That's the moment that served as inspiration to write "Running Out Of Time." The song is from Paramore's new album called This Is Why, to be released on Friday, February 10.

Paramore will be on the road opening for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour beginning next month.

TL;DR:

• Hayley Williams of Paramore says Taylor Swift served as inspiration to write "Running Out Of Time."
• The song is from Paramore's new album called This Is Why, to be released on Friday, February 10.