Papa Roach and hard rock group Highly Suspect have announced a trio of shows for May.
The bands will be in Springfield, MO on May 22nd, Tulsa, OK on the 24th and San Antonio on the 26th.
Tickets for the general public will go on sale this Friday, February 25th.
Prior to that, Papa Roach will be on the road with Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves from March 1st through March 30th.
Daft Punk announced Tuesday (Feb. 22nd) that they are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Homework by releasing a special deluxe edition of the album.
According to NME, the special edition of their debut album will feature new remixes, nine of which were previously unavailable on streaming services.
The electro-pop duo is also sharing a one-time only livestream on Twitch of a 1997 performance in which the pair can be seen without their signature helmets.
Breaking Benjamin will head out on a headlining U.S. tour this spring with special guests Seether, Starset and Lacey Sturm. The 17-date run will launch on April 22nd in Manchester, New Hampshire. Tickets are on sale now at breakingbenjamin.com.
Currently, the tour will wrap up on May 21st in Savannah, GA.
The run will support Breaking Benjamin's 2018 album, Ember.
Slash's new song, "Fill My World" was inspired by Myles Kennedy's dog, Mozart.
The idea came when Kennedy couldn't get home to his dog during a storm, but was watching him through a security camera. Although Mozart was secure, he was freaking out with the sounds of the storm.
Kennedy says that the song is based on the perspective of… "When are you coming to save me?
Kennedy said when he recorded it, if you listen close you can hear his voice break at one point because the song meant so much to him. Admitting… "I'm a softie; I'll admit that. I'm a guy, if I'm in a chick flick, I will cry during the movie."
"Fill My World" is on Slash's fifth solo album called 4. It was released earlier this month.
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators recently kicked off a North American headlining tour. They'll hit 28 cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and Nashville.
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Tool's fans aren't happy with the band at the moment. On Sunday (February 20th) night, the band posted on Instagram about news of an Ultra Deluxe vinyl version of their 2019 album Fear Inoculum which will be only sold at live shows, but it's gonna cost big money. To begin with, it's strictly available to fans who bought the Toolarmy VIP tickets to current concert dates. On top of that, the autographed set, which includes five discs of 180-gram vinyl with music on one side and etched art on the other, costs $810.
Via a Reddit thread, fans reacted with comments like "Seems like a great way to let your fans know that you have absolutely no respect for them, whatsoever," and "Tool's pretentiousness knows no bounds."
Bring Me the Horizon adopted a more eco-friendly approach which reduced emissions by 38% during their U.K. arena tour last year. According to Loudwire, during their brief 2021 fall tour, the group used renewable fuel for trucks, ate plant based meals, reducing food waste, using energy efficient equipment and, provided water coolers on the tour bus and through back of house at shows.
The band's efforts avoided contributing 27.97 metric tonnes of CO2e -- which is carbon dioxide equivalent. This figure does not count for audience travel.
Billie Eilish is continuing to keep fans safe on her Happier Than Ever tour.
The singer was performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday (Feb. 19th) when she encouraged fans to take a breather. Footage obtained by TMZ also showed the "Bad Guy" singer asking fans near the stage to step back and give each other room.
Eilish drew the ire of Kanye "Ye" West for allegedly throwing shade at Travis Scott during the Atlanta stop on her tour earlier this month.
When the singer paused the show to help a fan who had trouble breathing, she told fans, "I wait for people to be OK before I keep going." The comment prompted Ye to threaten to pull out of Coachella if the 20-year-old star doesn't apologize.
Twitter dragged Machine Gun Kelly for trying to crack an Avengers joke during intros at the NBA All-Star game Sunday (Feb. 20th).
The rocker, who was wearing a sparkly rhinestone sweater and pansuit, brought on Team Durant before making a self-deprecating joke. MGK said, "All right look, I'm not a great basketball...OK, I'm not even a good basketball player, but I did steal all of the Infinity Stones from Thanos, so LeBron, if you need me, I can probably sink something from half-court while I'm wearing this tonight. Just let me know, I'll be happy to step out."
Twitter users immediately called the joke "corny," said it was causing them "physical pain" and requested that he be taken off the stage.
In other botched All-Star intros, Meghan Fox was mistakenly referred to as MGK's wife on the jumbotron. The two have not yet wed and only confirmed their engagement a month ago.
Foo Fighters have released a new trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy film, Studio 666.
The story is about a metal rock band moving into a demon-obsessed house to record their next album. Dave Grohl's character, at first is inspired, but then, as the recording continues, he's overtaken by the demons and spirits.
Because of the blood and gore content, the promotional video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube.
As for the music from the fictional band in the movie, Grohl is planning on releasing an entire metal album.
The movie is based on a story by Grohl and will be in theatres on February 25.
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Halestorm's Lzzy Hale says that things are very different playing shows post-Covid. She recently told Detroit's WRIF, "I feel like it's different now in a strange way. Everything is a little elevated. No one's chatting on their phone. Everyone's going to a show like it's gonna be their last show. It's pretty incredible."
Hale admits she was super nervous about playing her first live show after so many months in Nashville last summer. She explained, "It had been the longest I've ever gone without doing a live show, and my panic mode started at soundcheck. It wasn't just, like, 10 minutes before we go on, 'Oh, God.' It was just all day of, like, 'Oh my Gosh. We're really doing this.'"
Halestorm's fifth studio album, Back From The Dead, will be released on May 6th.
For the 8th time, Metallica Night has been scheduled for Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants.
The event, which has previously seen Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield perform the national anthem and drummer Lars Ulrich throw out the ceremonial first pitch, has been on hold due to the pandemic.
Through a press release, the band said, "It's a tradition that we've missed the last two seasons, so we're really excited for the return of Metallica Night at Oracle Park with our hometown baseball team, the San Francisco Giants.
Metallica will take over the field as the Giants play the New York Mets on May 24.
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A collection of Vinnie Paul videos has been posted online in one location for easy fan access. The 44 minute of Vinnie talking covers 7 years of online messages.
The YouTube channel, Aaros Compilations created the tribute and it's now available for viewing.
Co-founder of Pantera and a member of Hellyeah for 12 years, he died in 2018 at age 54 from a heart condition.
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As Scorpions gear up for an album release, they have dropped a new single. "Shining of Your Soul," is a more mid-tempo paced song with singer, Klaus Meine opening up about the uncertainties of love and how his heart is overpowered once a certain someone is near.
Meine said, "The new material sees us return to our roots. We simply wanted to reactivate the original Scorpions' DNA … great riffs, strong melodies."
The band has now released four songs from their next album, Rock Believer, which comes out on February 25.
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Buckcherry will head out on their second headlining U.S. tour this year beginning on April 29th in Des Plaines, IL. They will be joined on the 18-date run by Blacktop Mojo and Sumo Cyco.
Buckcherry recently wrapped up a co-headlining runs with The Lacs which launched in early January.
The band recently released a music video for their latest single, "54321."
Drowning Pool have signed with a new label to release their upcoming sixth studio album, called Strike A Nerve. This is the band's third album with frontman Jasen Moreno, who joined in 2012.
Moreno said, "I'm so grateful for such a big opportunity and proud of everyone's hard work that afforded us this chance. It's been such a flood of emotions since we started recording this album and talking to Universal. It almost didn't seem real when everything was put on pause because of Covid. I'm so eager for people to hear the new record and get out there and perform it live. I'm very excited and I welcome the pressure of the moment, but what I feel most is gratitude and anticipation for what the future holds."
The album and record deal were completed prior to the pandemic.
Drowning Pool gave a sneak peek at Strike A Nerve to fans aboard the Shiprocked cruise on January 22nd with a live performance of "Hate Against Hate." A new track will be added to the band's setlist with their return to the road beginning on March 13th in San Antonio, TX on their Brothers In Arms Tour.
Foo Fighters have just released the lyric video for "March Of The Insane" -- as featured in their upcoming movie Studio 666. The song is released under the moniker Dream Widow and billed as being "From their never released self-titled album."
Studio 666, opens on February 25th, The horror-comedy stars the band and features appearances by Lionel Richie, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Garlin, and Will Forte. Studio 666 was directed BJ McDonnell and based on an original story by Dave Grohl.
2022 is shaping up to be a major touring year for Foo Fighters. We caught up with Dave Grohl a while back and he shed light on how the band decides on its setlists from year-to-year: "You've got to change it up. To keep things interesting musically, like, that's our lifeline, y'know, and to experiment and do things we've never done before. So at this point, the show's like two-hours-long, y'know? So we go out every night and we play all the loud, old rock stuff, we play all the loud new rock stuff, we play acoustic stuff, newer acoustic stuff, we just kind of change it up a little bit." SOUNDCUE
On May 20, Train will be releasing their first album in 5 years. The title track, "AM Gold," was released this week as a single.
About that, frontman Pat Monahan said, "It has to start with love. Love that goes into work comes out of work. We love this song, this album, and our fans."
To promote what will be their 11th studio album, Train will launch their North American Summer tour on June 8th in Mansfield, Massachusetts. With over 35 stops, cities include Nashville, Dallas, New York City, and San Diego. It wraps on August 6th at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Opening will be Jewel and Blues Traveler.
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Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots and more have been booked for the 2022 Beale Street Music Festival. This year's event will be held at the Fairgrounds in Liberty Park in Memphis, Tennessee on April 29th- May 1st.
Here's the full line up:
The full lineup for the festival thus far runs as follows:
Foo Fighters
Van Morrison
Weezer
Lil Wayne
The Smashing Pumpkins
Counting Crows
Three 6 Mafia
Sarah McLachlan
Death Cab For Cutie
Stone Temple Pilots
Moneybagg Yo
Modest Mouse
DaBaby
Chevelle
Lindsey Buckingham
Sarkodie
Spoon
Dirty Honey
Grace Potter
NLE Choppa
Goose
Grouplove
Rival Sons
Stonebwoy
Indigo Girls
Kurt Vile & The Violators
Waka Flocka Flame
Toad The Wet Sprocket
JJ Grey & Mofro
Patty Griffin
The Glorious Sons
Robert Randolf & The Family Band
Ayron Jones
Soccer Mommy
Black Pistol Fire
Cory Henry
Project Pat
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
Lil Wyte
Al Kapone
Sue Foley
Trigger Hippy
Cory Branan
Kenny Brown
Janiva Magness
Aerosmith continues to gear up for the band's official 50th anniversary with the announcement of a new licensing deal. According to Licensingsource.net, Universal Music Group's Epic Rights is now the band's global brand management agency, and "will now develop an all-new multi-category worldwide retail program for the legendary rock band, with a roster of new licensing partners signed to create branded merchandise."
The band, which is booked for a 50th anniversary hometown show on September 8th at Boston's Fenway Park, is said to also be gearing up to commemorate the 45th anniversary of 1977's Draw The Line album, the 40th anniversary of 1982's Rock In A Hard Place, the 35th anniversary of 1987's Permanent Vacation, the 30th anniversary of Get A Grip, and the 25th anniversary of the 1997's Nine Lives album.
Lisa Streff, the senior vice president of global licensing at Epic Rights said in a statement, "We are thrilled to have Aerosmith, one of the all-time greatest rock icons, on the Epic Rights' roster. In anticipation of the upcoming 50th anniversary activities, we're excited to be developing a global licensing program that will celebrate and illustrate the band's career at retail."
We asked Steven Tyler how a band like Aerosmith -- which has lasted 50 years in the spotlight -- can hope to revitalize itself every time out: "Maybe in the new songs. In writing new songs, you always come up with a new you. I think you should. You can always do another 'Dude Looks Like A Lady,' another 'Dream On' -- we always tap into something new."
Aerosmith - 1971: The Road Starts Hear -- the band's recent Record Store Day offering will see wide release on CD, digital, and vinyl on April 8th. The early rehearsal version of "Somebody" is out now to stream and download.
Dirty Honey's Marc LaBelle says that his band's pairing with Mammoth WVH for the upcoming Young Guns Tour was a no-brainer. He told radio host Carlota for the Audacy Check In, "When we saw (Mammoth WVH) play in Philadelphia, it was pretty obvious that this was going to be a really cool thing to do and to take on the road and to take across the nation. The biggest thing was really seeing him and his band and they kicked ass and it really showed some optimism for the future of rock 'n' roll."
LaBelle admitted, "It's been a little difficult to find bands to go out with just because rock bands have just become so scarce."
The co-headlining Young Guns Tour kicks off on Sunday (February 20th) in Denver.
Mongolian rock band The Hu is set to head out on tour this spring. The Black Thunder Tour will launch on April 16th in San Diego, CA and wrap on on May 31st in Mexico City, MX. General tickets go on sale on Friday (February 18th) at 10 a.m. local time online at thehuofficial.com.
The Hu will release their sophomore album sometime later this year. The project was recorded in their homeland of Mongolia over the last several months.
Famed record producer and music mogul Rick Rubin has announced his first book due out in early 2023. The Guardian reported the tome by the Def Jam Records co-founder, titled, The Creative Act: A Way Of Being, will not be traditional a memoir, but a "a non-fiction work about creativity." Rubin explained in a statement, "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be."
Over the course of his career, Rick Rubin has produced such legendary artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Slayer, Public Enemy, the Cult, Danzig, the Black Crows, Mick Jagger, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Limp Bizkit, Weezer, Slipknot, Dixie Chicks, Audioslave, Shakira, Poison, Neil Diamond, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Donovan, Metallica, and Johnny Cash, among many, many more.
Rick Rubin is behind the boards once again for Red Hot Chili Peppers' latest album, Unlimited Love, which drops on April 1st. Drummer Chad Smith told us the band has always relied on Rubin for his vision and enthusiam: "I know Rick is great when it comes to helping us with our songs. He always has been. He's our guy, we trust him. It's whether or not, y'know, you want to try somebody new to see what that does, but we know what Rick brings to the table and we like it and it's been, y'know, he really, really helps us. We're comfortable with him, obviously."
Yesterday (February 15th), Weezer celebrated the 30th anniversary of their first practice. According to Loudwire, the band held their first practice with singer-songwriter Rivers-Cuomo, drummer Patrick Wilson, bassist Matt Sharp and guitarist Jason Cropper on February. 15th 1992, in Los Angeles.
The band commemorated the anniversary with a message on social media, written by their longtime assistant Karl Koch, who wrote, "And just like that, it's been 30 years to the day that weezer was born," Koch said. "On 2/15/92, Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp and Jason Cropper met at TK Productions at 1956 Cotner Ave in West LA, for the first of 3 days of rehearsals, running through about 20 different songs numerous times, including a few songs that would make it to the Blue Album 2 years later."
Koch continued, "The room at TK was hot and sweaty — gross, frankly — and the band worked very hard, ironing out a million snags and mistakes, repeatedly jamming the songs until they sounded like rock music. On day 3, Rivers rolled tape on his 8 Track cassette recorder, and they recorded everything till they had something they could listen back to."
He added, "For all of this, weezer wasn't really even 'weezer' yet, because the band wouldn't get its name until a few hours before their first show on 3/19/92, closing the night out at Raji's after the debut performance of Keanu Reeves' Dogstar. But regardless of when the name stuck, the band that has been going strong for 30 years now was born."
Coachella has dropped all Covid-19 precautions.
According to a festival admission update posted to the event's website, there will be no vaccination, testing or masking requirements at Coachella 2022. This is in contrast to the rules posted by organizers last fall, requiring attendees to submit a negative test taken within 72 hours of the festival.
Coachella 2022 is set to take place from April 15th to 17th and from April 22nd to 24th. Headliners include Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Kanye "Ye" West, although "Ye" recently threatened to pull out of the event.
