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Iron Maiden reveals they are working on “Very, Very Exciting Things”

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Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith revealed in an interview that the band has some “very, very exciting things” coming in the future that’ll make fans happy. Said Smith: “I think it’ll be worth the wait, put it like that, as far as the Maiden thing goes. There are some very, very exciting things in the pipeline. So that’s all I can say, really… But I think the fans are gonna be delighted.”. ...Read Full Story

Hollywood Vampires cancel their summer 2021 tour

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Supergroup Hollywood Vampires have shared that they have officially canceled their summer 2021 tour in Europe due to the pandemic lockdown restrictions. The band, which features Alice Cooper, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp, was to launch the tour last year in support of their latest album, “Rise”, and has rescheduled it for this coming August and September, but have now cancelled the tour entirely.. ...Read Full Story

Green Day to release 25th anniversary edition of ‘Insomniac’

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Green Day is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their Insomniac album by releasing a limited-edition translucent orange vinyl double LP, plus an additional LP with eight rare or never previously released live tracks including versions of “Geek Stink Breath” “Stuck with Me” and “Brain Stew.” The remastered set includes cover art by artist Winston Smith printed on prismatic silver foil.. ...Read Full Story

Korn announces livestream ‘Korn: Monumental’ from the “Stranger Things” Drive-Into Experience

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Korn has officially announced the details of their upcoming livestream event titled KORN: MONUMENTAL set to take place Saturday, April 24 at 1:00 p.m. PDT.  The concert will broadcast internationally from the set of Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience and will highlight classic and fan-favorite tracks from throughout the band’s career.. ...Read Full Story

Evanescence to release new graphic anthology series

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Evanescence is announcing their upcoming graphic anthology series, Echoes From the Void. The band has teamed up with Incendium’s OPUS imprint for the upcoming release, which will tie in with a pair of songs from the band’s forthcoming album, The Bitter Truth, as well as other material from Evanescence. Echoes From the Void will consist of 48-page deluxe comic books, each featuring two or more story adaptations from the band’s musical catalog.. ...Read Full Story

Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang was ‘hurt’ by Grammys tribute to his father

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Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang says he was ‘hurt’ by the Grammy Awards tribute to his late father.  During the In Memoriam segment of Sunday’s Grammy Award ceremony, Eddie appeared briefly on screen while extended tributes were paid to Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, John Prine, Gerry Marsden and others who died in 2020. Wolfgang said that he expected a larger tribute for his father, who died aged 65 from cancer in October. . ...Read Full Story

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross receive two Oscar nominations for Best Original Score

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Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have received two Oscar nominations for Best Original Score. The duo were nominated for their soundtrack work on Mank, David Fincher’s biopic about the Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, and also for their work on the the Pixar animated jazz film Soul, a nomination that they share with Jon Batiste. . ...Read Full Story

Yungblud Recruits Machine Gun Kelly, Avril Lavigne for YouTube Benefit Livestream

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Yungblud recruited Tommy Lee, Machine Gun Kelly, Dave Navarro, Avril Lavigne, and more for The Yungblud Show Live, which was livestreamed on Thursday, March 11th as part of YouTube’s Music Nights series. The performance benefits the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA)’s Emergency Relief Fund.
The show was streamed live from Yungblud’s YouTube page and featured appearances KSI, Renforshort, and Lil Huddy. Navarro and Lee performed alongside Yungblud during the livestream, and Lavigne performed a duet with the artist. 
You can watch a replay of the livestream of The Yungblud Show on YouTube – here.

“The Yungblud Show Live” – One Year Anniversary Livestream Set For Thursday, March 11 From An Independent Venue In LA

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Wolfgang Van Halen Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart with Debut Single “Distance”

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Wolfgang Van Halen’s debut single “Distance” has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. Released under Wolfgang’s Mammoth WVH, the single is a tribute to his late father Eddie Van Halen. The video for the song featured home movies of Eddie and Wolfgang, and since its release it has earned over 4 million views on YouTube.  In addition to topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, “Distance” also hit No. 1 on the MediaBase and BDS Active Rock Radio charts.. ...Read Full Story

Metallica celebrate ‘Master Of Puppets’ 35th anniversary with ‘Battery’ performance on Late Show with Colbert

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Metallica celebrated the 35th anniversary of their groundbreaking LP Master Of Puppets by performing its opening track, “Battery,” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Colbert introduced the song noting that Master of Puppets had “such an impact that it was added to National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.”. ...Read Full Story

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021 induction ceremony to take place in-person in Cleveland this fall

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that this year’s event will be held in person, taking place on Oct. 30 in downtown Cleveland at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The event was last held in Cleveland in 2018 at Public Hall; the 2019 ceremony was at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, and 2020’s event was postponed before being changed to a remote event last November.. ...Read Full Story

Lzzy Hale along with members of Code Orange and Baroness cover Pantera’s “Mouth for War”

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On the Two Minutes to Late Night‘s “Bedroom Covers” quarantine series, the latest socially distanced collab is an all-star rendition of the Pantera classic “Mouth for War.”  Among the participants is Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale, Baroness guitarist Gina Gleason, and Code Orange guitarist/vocalist Reba Meyers. Rounding out the lineup is Year of the Knife’s Madi Watkins, drummer Ben Koller of Mutoid Man, along with “Two Minutes” host Gwarsenio Hall (aka Jordan Olds.) 
The series has given fans many socially distanced covers, with some of the highlights including one from the members of Tool, Primus, Mastodon, and Coheed and Cambria covering Rush’s “Anthem”, and Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg covering the Misfits’ “Earth A.D.” with members of My Chemical Romance, Hatebreed, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. 
Watch the cover of “Mouth for War” at the link – here.

Watch LZZY HALE Cover PANTERA’s ‘Mouth For War’ With Members Of BARONESS, CODE ORANGE And CONVERGE

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Download Festival 2021 cancelled; KISS, Iron Maiden To Headline 2022 Festival

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The annual Download Festival has been officially cancelled for this summer. The 2021 event was set to take place at Donington Park from June 4-6, with KISS, Biffy Clyro and System Of A Down as headliners. However when announcing the cancellation of Download 2021, promoters have revealed that plans for Download 2022 are already in place, with Iron Maiden, KISS and Biffy Clyro set to headline over the weekend of June 10-12, 2022.. ...Read Full Story

Take a look at the last Nirvana live concert footage before Kurt Cobain’s death

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While Nirvana‘s Unplugged concert from November 18, 1993 is often believed to be the band’s final show, the legendary group played another month of American concert dates, and performed in Europe in February the following year. Nirvana’s last concert actually took place on March 1st, 1994 in Munich, Germany, at Terminal Einz, an airplane hanger that fit 3,050 people. The band had to deal with technical issues, restarting “Come as You Are” over again when the power went out, and Cobain was experiencing severe vocal issues.. ...Read Full Story

The Offspring to Release ‘Let the Bad Times Roll’ in April

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The Offspring have announced their new album will be dropping soon, their first new LP since 2012’s Days Go By. Guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman and singer Bryan “Dexter” Holland released an audio statement that affirmed, “We’re putting out a record. This is true. It’s different this time. Because it’s done. It’s finished. It’s ‘in the can’ as they say. We’re putting this out.”. ...Read Full Story