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Machine Gun Kelly and his fiancé, Megan Fox have become cat parents. The couple took to Instagram to let the world know they have adopted a kitten.

In the photo, the couple is posing in matching cheetah-print pajamas with their new fur family member, named Whiskey.

The cat looks to be a Savannah Cat, a special breed that’s a hybrid cross between an African Serval (which is a wild animal) and a domestic cat.

TL;DR:

• Machine Gun Kelly and his fiancé, Megan Fox have adopted a kitten named Whiskey.
• The cat looks to be a Savannah Cat.

"If you like Wordle and Weezer, you'll probably like Weezle." Such was the message tweeted by singer Rivers Cuomo yesterday (Thursday, March 3rd) in regard to a game that gives players six chances at guessing a five-letter word. If the player solves it correctly, the reward is getting to listen to a Weezer song.

Weezle is Cuomo's latest development. Earlier this year, he revealed Weezify, like a Spotify just for Weezer that held over 3,500 demos.

Weezer's SZNS album project will release the first part, called Spring, on March 20th. 

Ex Bullet For My Valentine bassist Jason "Jay" James has revealed that he drank for four months straight after getting kicked out of the band. According to Blabbermouth.net, he said, "When all that happened, on a Thursday it kind of happened, I found out, and it was a shock. And I didn't want Monday to come, because it was too much to deal with, so I thought, 'I'll just get f*cked up for now and I'll deal with all of that on Monday.' But Monday didn't come for four months. And I just kept on hiding behind the alcohol in my house, which is what happened to me, 'cause I didn't know what to do."

He continued, "All I'd done for the last 10, 12 years was play guitar on stage, tour, management, all that kind of stuff. And then suddenly I felt like there was nothing; I didn't know what to do. So the answer to me was in my friend alcohol. So that's what I did. And that got out of control, which led me to get some help and go into rehab and become sober, to where I am now."

Taylor Swift is known for supporting other artists and this week sent flowers to Avril Lavigne.

The beautiful bouquet included pink, peach, and white flowers, as well as a personal note to congratulate her on her recent album release.

It read: “Avril, been dancing around my kitchen to your fabulous new album! It’s AMAZING, like you. Your forever fan, Taylor.”

Released on Feb. 25, Lavigne's 12-track album called Love Sux, was produced by Blink-182’s Travis Barker.

TL;DR:

• Taylor Swift sent flowers to Avril Lavigne.
• The bouquet included pink, peach, and white flowers to congratulate her on her recent album release. 

Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl gave Billie Eilish high praise when he was asked if he thought rock was still relevant.

Grohl acknowledged that relevance can be tricky to define, but thinks there's a lot of great music out there.

He said, "They might not be as popular as Nicki Minaj, but honestly, when I see f***ing Billie Eilish, that's rock 'n' roll to me. She started a revolution and took over the world."

The interview was published this week in The Independent.

TL;DR:

• Grohl: "When I see f***ing Billie Eilish, that's rock 'n' roll to me. She started a revolution and took over the world."

Shinedown has set a new record for most Mainstream Rock Airplay Number One hits, according to Billboard. The feat comes just weeks after Three Days Grace tied Shinedown for the most Number Ones on that chart. Shinedown regains their lead as the song "Planet Zero" leaps to the top of the chart dated March 5th.

"Planet Zero" is also the band's seventh consecutive Number One hit, tying Shinedown with Disturbed for the most chart-toppers in a row.

Black Label Society will be hitting the road on their headlining U.S. tour this spring. The trek opens on April 30th in San Diego, California and ends on May 21st in Inwood, West Virginia with special guest Nita Strauss, also known for her role as the guitarist in the Alice Cooper band. General tickets go on sale on Friday (March 4th) at 10 a.m. local time.

Black Label Society's latest studio album, Doom Crew Inc., was released last November. The 12-track project was made available digitally on CD and vinyl as well as a deluxe edition that includes vinyl, CD longbox, cassette and more.

Dave Grohl revealed that none of the Foo Fighters expected their new movie Studio 666 to come out as professionally as it did. Grohl spoke to Rock Cellar and admitted, "Originally, none of us imagined we were going to make a full-length feature film. We thought, in true Foo Fighters fashion, it would just be some low-budget run-and-gun thing, maybe a longform video that would make people laugh, y'know? But we made the mistake of hiring the most talented people in town to make the film. (Director) BJ (McDonnell) is a legitimate badass, he's worked on some really, really amazing films. And Tony Gardner did the special effects. I mean, that guy, he's full f***ing Hollywood legend. And then the entire crew. . . I think we were surrounded by a like-minded group of people that were there just to f***ing have a good time."

After acting in his videos and directing his various documentary projects, Dave Grohl was asked how it felt to be directed as an actor in a major motion picture: "It's very, very different. And different process, too, I mean, like, if we're doing a documentary, when I sit down to interview someone, they say 'action,' and I just have a conversation, I very rarely hold questions. And I'm learning as much as the viewer as I'm doing this. With the film, oh my god, there's so much, like, hurry up and wait, and the prosthetics and makeup and the scripts, and the take after take. A very, very different process, but both really fun."

He went on to explain, "These are things that. . . we wouldn't do these things if they weren't enjoyable to the band. We don't do anything unless it's enjoyable for the band."

Foo Fighters perform on Friday (March 4th) in Geelong, Australia at GMHBA Stadium.

Marilyn Manson has sued ex-fiancee Evan Rachel Wood over her abuse allegations. According to Deadline, the suit claims that Wood's rape and abuse allegations are a "malicious falsehood" that has derailed Manson's music, TV and film career. He also accused Wood of defamation and impersonation of an FBI agen.

The complaint -- which was filed Wednesday morning (March 2nd) in Los Angeles Superior Court, read, "This action arises from the wrongful and illegal acts done in furtherance of a conspiracy by Defendant Evan Rachel Wood and her on-again, off-again romantic partner, Defendant Ashley Gore, a/k/a Illma Gore, to publicly cast Plaintiff Brian Warner, p/k/a Marilyn Manson, as a rapist and abuser—a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner's successful music, TV, and film career."

The suit -- which is seeking a jury trial, goes on to make some accusations against Wood and Gore, alleging that the duo hacked into the singer's computers and social media, as well as "created a fictitious email account to manufacture purported evidence that Warner was emailing illicit pornography."

The suit continued, "It's incredibly important to differentiate between the character of ‘Marilyn Manson' and the man Brian Warner. Wood's claims may resonate because of the intentionally ‘shocking' character of ‘Marilyn Manson' but they simply do not reflect the truth. The manufactured facts these conspirators scripted a decade after the event never happened."

Manson later posted a message on Instagram, saying, "There will come a time when I can share more about the events of the past year. Until then, I'm going to let the facts speak for themselves." He advised viewers to click the link in his Instagram bio which directs them to a PDF of the lawsuit.

Manson is asking for unspecified damages.

While publicizing the Foo Fighters' new horror spoof Studio 666, Dave Grohl revealed he actually partied at the site of the infamous Manson murders. Grohl recalled hanging out at 10050 Cielo Drive where pregnant actress Sharon Tate and three of her house guests were mercilessly slain by followers of Charles Manson on August 8th, 1969.

Grohl recalled to Britain's The Independent, "When I was young, I was kind of obsessed with the macabre and knew everything about the Manson Family and those killings. Then, in the summer of '92, I was staying in California with a friend in this tiny house with no air conditioning." Grohl went on to say that every day the pair would search out a new swimming pool to cool off in.

He remembered, "My friend called me and said, 'Guess where we're swimming today? The house where Sharon Tate was killed by the Manson Family.' It was f***ing dark because it became real, everything I knew about it: walking into that house, it was real. And that house had not changed; the front door, the living room. It was f***ed up. It was legitimately f***ed up. It was not cool at all."

Halestorm have tapped Stone Temple Pilots, Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH, and Black Stone Cherry on select dates for their upcoming spring tour, set to launch on May 10th in Billings, Montana. The tour is in support of Halestorm's upcoming album, Back From The Dead, due out on May 6th.

Tickets go on sale beginning on Friday (March 4th) via Ticketmaster.

Halestorm announced the tour via social media yesterday (Tuesday, March 1st) writing, "Freaks, let's do this. We are ready to bring the rock show to the people. To add to the excitement, we also have the legendary Stone Temple Pilots, our friend Wolf Van Halen of MammothWVH, and dear brothers in Black Stone Cherry coming to tear it up with us!"

Papa Roach will release their 11th studio album, called Ego Trip, on April 8th. Yesterday (Tuesday, March 1st), they shared a new single, called "Cut The Line," and the video is set for release on Friday (March 4th) at 10 a.m. PT on YouTube.

Singer Jacoby Shaddix said, "Now isn't the time for comfort or conformity, but to be inspired and build something new. Something better, in order to channel something more."

Papa Roach kicked of their their North American headline Kill The Noise Tour featuring special guests Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves last night (Tuesday, March 1st) with a sold-out show in Anaheim, CA. This is the band's first headlining tour in three years.

Greta Van Fleet has announced 42 date North American Dreams in Gold tour. The trek will kick off on March 10th in Kalamazoo, MI and will make stops in Madison, WI, Peoria, IL, Atlantic City, NJ, Rio de Janeiro, BR, Tampa, FL, Charlotte, NC, before wrapping Sacramento, CA on November 12th.

Check out the tour dates below:

Greta Van Fleet 2022 Tour Dates:

03/10 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Wings Event Center
03/12 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The DeltaPlex Arena
03/13 – Saginaw, MI @ Dow Event Center
03/16 – Flint, MI @ Dort Financial Center
03/17 – Ypsilanti, MI @ EMU Convocation Center
03/19 – Huntington, WV @ Mountain Health Arena
03/22 – Madison, WI @ Kohl Center
03/23 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
03/25 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha
03/26 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
03/29 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center
03/30 – Hershey, PA @ GIANT Center
04/01 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
04/02 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
04/27 – Santiago, CL @ Estadio Nacional *
04/30 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Campo Argentino de Polo *
05/03 – Rio de Janeiro, BR @ Qualistage
05/05 – Porto Alegre, BR @ Estacionamento da Fiergs *
05/07 – Curitiba, BR @ Estádio Couto Pereira *
05/10 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Estádio do Morumbi *
05/12 – Belo Horizonte, BR @ Estádio do Mineirão *
05/16 – Mexico City, MX @ Pepsi Center
05/27 – Napa Valley, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley
06/04 – Kv, DK @ Heartland Festival
06/05 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Gröna Lund
06/08 – Berlin, DE @ Waldbühne +
06/09 – Milan, IT @ I-Days
06/11 – Vienne, FR @ Theatre Antique de Vienne
06/14 – Cologne, DE @ Tanzbrunnen
06/15 – Frankfurt, DE @ Jarhunderthalle
06/17 – Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop Festival
06/19 – Firenze, IT @ Firenze Rocks
06/23 – Dublin, IE @ Fairview
06/25 – London, UK @ Alexandra Palace
06/28 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
06/29 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
07/01 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
08/11 – Buffalo, NY @ Highmark Stadium *
08/14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park *
08/16 – Quebec City, QC @ Centre Videotron #
08/18 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell #
08/19 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena #
08/22 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre #
08/23 – Regina, SK @ Brandt Centre #
08/26 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome #
08/27 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place #
08/29 – Kelowna, BC @ Prospera Place #
08/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena #
09/02 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
09/03 – Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena
09/20 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum $
09/21 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena $
09/23 – Fargo, ND @ Fargodome $
09/24 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center $
09/27 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center $
09/28 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena $
09/30 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena $
10/01 – Allentown, PA @ PPL Center $
10/04 – Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena $
10/05 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena $
10/07 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena $
10/08 – Bangor, ME @ Cross Insurance Center $
10/18 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena $
10/19 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena %
10/21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena %
10/22 – Estero, FL @ Hertz Arena %
10/25 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live %
10/26 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena %
10/28 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center %
10/29 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at the BJCC %
11/01 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Arena %
11/02 – Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena %
11/04 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center %
11/05 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center %
11/08 – El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center %
11/09 – Tucson, AZ @ Tucson Arena %
11/11 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center ^
11/12 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center ^

* = w/ Metallica
+ = w/ Foo Fighters
# = w/ The Pretty Reckless and Hannah Wicklund
$ = w/ Houndmouth and Robert Finley
% = w/ Durand Jones & The Indications and Crown Lands
^ = w/ Fruit Bats and Crown Lands

CHVRCHES TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA: Chvrches is bringing their Screen Violence tour to North America this spring. The band will kick off the next leg of their tour on May 13th in Mexico City, Mexico and hit cities like Miami, FL, Orlando, FL Washington DC, and Omaha, NE, before wrapping things up in Manchester, TN on June 18th. Presale begins on Wednesday (March 2nd).

HAIM DROPS 'LOST TRACK': Haim dropped the song, "Lost Track" on Tuesday (March 1st) along with a video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The visual was shot at The Balboa Golf Course in Encino, California on January 26th as a part of W Magazine's feature on the Licorice Pizza director.

Foo Fighters' first movie Studio 666 has flopped at the box office -- despite being the only new movie opening nationwide this past weekend (February 25th to 27th). Box Office Mojo posted the film grossed only $1.58 million from its showings at 2,306 movie screens across North America. When describing the movie to NME, Dave Grohl explained, "It's kind of like Scooby Doo meets Spinal Tap meets The Evil Dead."

When pressed as to whether he ever dealt with a real life supernatural experience, Grohl offered up: "I moved into a house in Seattle in 1993. It was a new house built at the edge of a forest and little things started happening: noises, motion detectors going off. That soon ramped up into doors opening on their own or I'd feel like someone was right behind me at all times. Then I had these recurring nightmares where this old woman would be standing looking at me. She was barefoot in a grey sweater and this weird, dirty blue skirt. She was covered in mud and her hair was all f***ed up. It got to the point where I'd hear footsteps in the kitchen…"

Dave Grohl shed light on how the legendary Lionel Richie made his way into Studio 666: "Well Lionel's scene was written into the script by the screenwriters without them realizing that I actually know that dude. And so when I read the script, I laughed hysterically at that particular scene and picked up my phone and texted him. I said: ‘Hey man, we're making a horror film – do you wanna be in it?' and he said: ‘Absolutely my brother.' I think he was on the set of American Idol when I was texting him. It was pretty f***ing hilarious."

Eddie Vedder recently tested positive for Covid and he didn't have an easy go. Vedder told the crowd at his solo show on Friday (February 25th) in Los Angeles that it was "pretty serious" and "literally saw my life flash in front of my eyes," People.com reports.

A fan captured a video of Vedder saying, "I got the COVID right before we were supposed to start practicing, probably five, six weeks ago, and literally saw my life flash in front of my eyes. I wasn't quite sure…because I've done some very good things for my body, and I've also had a lot of fun. And I've done some things that could be … some kind of abuse, I mean, nothing really clinical. I won't get into the details. Just use your imagination!"

He added, "But it was, it felt pretty serious. And to get through that and then be back in a room like this, facing this many people facing this way, and listening to us play music for you is really, truly, it's been a gift and an honor. Thanks for listening. We're so grateful."

It's safe to assume that Vedder was vaccinated. He has been an active proponent of vaccines, even performing at Global Citizen's livestreamed Vax Live event in May of last year. At the time he encouraged world leaders to share the vaccine with all countries that need it.

Rise Against, The Used and Senses Fail are joining forces for a U.S. summer tour. They kick things off in Las Vegas at Zappos Theater on July 15th. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday (March 4th) at 10 a.m. local time.

This combined tour is likely the reason that Senses Fail in part scrapped their spring headlining tour, according to theprp.com.

Anthrax, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Fear Factory & more have been announced as performers for the 2022 Blue Ridge Rock Festival. The festival will be held across five stages at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, VA from September 08th-11th.

See the latest list of artists confirmed below:

Anthrax
Lamb Of God
Killswitch Engage
Fear Factory
Jinjer
Comeback Kid
Memphis May Fire
Hawthorne Heights
Crowbar
Municipal Waste
Fit For An Autopsy
Attila
Bad Omens
He Is Legend
Eskimo Callboy
A Skylit Drive (reunion show)
Smile Empty Soul
Fire From The Gods

Previously confirmed artists for the festival include:

In Flames
Nonpoint
The Union Underground
Buckcherry
Suicide Silence
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Butcher Babies
Lacey Sturm
Kittie

Corey Taylor has released his new EP, called CMFB…Sides, which is available now on all streaming platforms with physical copies / merch bundles available at store.thecoreytaylor.com. H has also shared a lyric video for his stripped back take on “Lunatic Fringe,” the 1981 classic originally performed by Red Rider.

CMFB…Sides features nine unreleased B-sides, covers of songs that inspired the band, acoustic renditions, and live versions. Taylor takes on songs recorded by Metallica, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, KISS, and Eddie Money, to name a few.

Dirty Honey has released the music video for “Another Last Time,” described as "a real-time . . . escapade that immerses the viewer into the action from the first frame to the last, unfolding as one continuous, five-minute take."  The clip features four separate but intertwining storylines.

With the band’s previous music videos having been primarily performance-based, Dirty Honey’s Marc LaBelle explains that the band wanted to do something completely different for this video. He said, “The song’s lyrics tell the story of a toxic relationship you can’t seem to get out of, and you keep going back for more.  But it’s as much a song about any addiction or compulsion, anything you just can’t kick – drugs, money, danger, whatever.  Shooting the video the way we did presented a real challenge, but I think that when you take on doing something special like this and you succeed, you come out with something really great.  And I think we did.”

The “Another Last Time” video features Derek Phillips - Billy Riggins from the NBC-TV series Friday Nights Lights - TikTok influencers Elizabeth Marochok and Emma Jade, and actress Christiana Lucas from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Last Stand.

Dirty Honey just launched the Young Guns Tour, the 34-city, co-headline trek with Mammoth WVH.

Metallica played its first show of 2022 on Friday night (February 25th) at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium. Blabbermouth reported the band played to a reported 60,000 fans with both Greta Van Fleet and Ice Nine Kills serving as their opening acts.

Drummer Lars Ulrich told us a while back that Metallica has forever changed the way it tours: ["The old days of a year-and-a-half on the road, I mean, that's not going to happen again. If our success has bought us anything, it's the freedom to do these things the way we want to do them, on our own agenda, on our own time frame. We don't really even need to have, like they say in the business, a 'product' out there. We can just sort of go out and tour if we wake up one morning and feel like it."] SOUNDCUE (:19 OC: . . . feel like it)