Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale has been taking part in We Are Hear’s streaming interview series, and during her most recent Raise Your Horns With Lzzy Hale segment, Hale welcomed her “bestie,” Evanescence’s Amy Lee. The duo also performed a socially-distanced duet of Halestorm’s “Break In.. ...Read Full Story
Within Temptation have released a brand new single called “Entertain You.” . ...Read Full Story
Whitesnake is streaming the 2020 version of their 1987 track “Give Me All Your Love.” It’s the latest sneak peek into their upcoming collection titled “The ROCK Album,” out on June 19.. ...Read Full Story
Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Alex Skolnick (Testament), Roberto “Ra” Diaz (Suicidal Tendencies) and Brandon Yeagley (Crobot) have shared their version of the classic RUSH song, “Red Barchetta,” recorded with each member separated in his own home while in quarantine.. ...Read Full Story
The surviving members of Motörhead are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark album the ‘Ace Of Spades’ with a special day celebration. The event will be taking place this Friday, May 8, and includes the worldwide premiere of a new lyric video of their famous title track at 5pm BST. The event will also feature a unique Facebook and Instagram filter to Warpig your face, and the release of limited edition road crew merchandise, of which proceeds will go to Live Nation’s Crew Nation Fund to provide financial support to touring crews affected by coronavirus.. ...Read Full Story
The Rolling Stones launched their new, limited-edition weekly streaming concert series, “Extra Licks” with footage from the band’s 2016 film, “Ole Ole Ole!: A Trip Across Latin America.”. ...Read Full Story
Journey have announced that they have cancelled their 2020 tour, featuring The Pretenders, due to the restrictions from the shutdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The tour was set to kick off on May 15th at Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington, and hit more than 60 cities across the U.S. before wrapping up at Bethel, New York’s Bethel Woods Center For the Arts on Sept. 12. . ...Read Full Story
Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and Sting will perform at an upcoming benefit for New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19. Hosted by Tina Fey, the virtual telethon Rise Up New York! will air at 7PM ET on May 11. . ...Read Full Story
Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack has revealed that the family have been talking about doing a reboot of their hit MTV reality show “The Osbournes”.. ...Read Full Story
Liam Gallagher has shared a video of himself performing a previously unreleased track titled Eh La.. ...Read Full Story
Metallica surprised their fans with a new version of their song “Blackened” recorded from their own homes while in quarantine. The clip with the stripped down version of the classic track surfaced on the band’s YouTube page with the message, “Here’s a little something we cooked up over the last few days. Hope you’re all safe & sound. Have a great weekend.”. ...Read Full Story
Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison have addressed the status of their forthcoming Stadium Tour of North America, telling fans that a decision has not yet been made on how to proceed.. ...Read Full Story
The Eagles have announced the rescheduled dates for their U.S. Hotel California Tour, which will now be taking place in the fall of next year. The special shows will include two sets; the first will feature the band playing the landmark album in its entirety joined by an orchestra and choir, followed by a second set of some of their biggest hits.. ...Read Full Story
Rage Against The Machine have announced they will be rescheduling their entire reunion tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After initially postponing the first leg of their North American tour in March, April, and May, the band decided move the entire tour to 2021.. ...Read Full Story
Five Finger Death Punch are taking $150,000 worth of funds raised by past touring and their single “Blue on Black” and donating it to the Gary Sinise Foundation, which aids America’s defenders, veterans and first responders during times of need.. ...Read Full Story
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has revealed that the band have been discussing the possibility of recording a new album while in quarantine during the global pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer have announced that they have been forced to postpone the start of their Hella Mega European tour due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which was set to kick off in Paris, France on June 13. . ...Read Full Story
Dave Grohl delivered a surprise acoustic performance of the Foo Fighters’ hit “Everlong” to a surprised New York City nurse and fan on Jimmy Kimmel Live.. ...Read Full Story
The Offspring have released a new lockdown video of their cover of The Clinton Johnson Band’s “Here Kitty Kitty,” which gained notoriety from the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King”.. ...Read Full Story
Rock artists Bryan Adams and Rush’s Geddy Lee are among 25 Canadian artists under the group name ArtistsCAN who have recorded all-star charity cover of the classic Bill Withers’ song ‘Lean On Me’. . ...Read Full Story
John Fogerty and his family performed a trio of Creedence Clearwater Revival classics during an appearance on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. Forgerty was joined by sons Tyler and Shane and daughter Kelsy for the home quarantine jam, which opened with Fogerty’s 1985 hit, “Centerfield”, before rolling out the CCR hits “Down On The Corner”, “Long As I Can See The Light” and “Proud Mary.”. ...Read Full Story
Papa Roach held a special event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s breakthrough album Infest. “Infest In Conversation” was held two decades after the arrival of their second full-length record and first major-label release and featured a discussion between the four members of the band along with original drummer Dave Buckner plus special guests, including Deftones singer Chino Moreno, Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates, and Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch. . ...Read Full Story
The Louder Than Life Festival, which was to feature two headline sets from Metallica, is one of three music festivals that have been canceled by Danny Wimmer Presents due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The organizers are offering full refunds for all ticket holders.. ...Read Full Story
Post Malone rocked a livestream Nirvana tribute concert from his home in Salt Lake City, UT to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. The rapper was joined by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, guitarist Nick Mack and bassist Brian Lee for the 75-minute, 15-song performance of hits and fan favorites by the Seattle band.. ...Read Full Story
Joan Jett is auctioning off a limited-edition, autographed signature Gibson guitar to raise funds for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. The music industry charity offers immediate financial assistance to musicians, production crews and music industry creators.. ...Read Full Story
Chris Cornell’s daughter, Toni, performed a stripped-down version of the 1991 Temple Of The Dog classic, “Hunger Strike”, as part of a COVID-19 relief benefit hosted by video streaming service LiveXLive. You can view it on Toni’s Instagram page at the link here.. ...Read Full Story
An all-star lineup of artists will team up this week to cover the 2002 Foo Fighters classic, “Times Like These,” in support of the global effort to stay safe and stay home during the Coronavirus crisis. Times Like These was the second single from the Foo Fighters’ fourth album, “One By One,” which earned top 10 status in more than a dozen countries and sold more than a million copies in the U.S.. ...Read Full Story
PlayOn Fest has announced the lineup for a three-day virtual festival, featuring a diverse group of artists. The digital event is set to begin on Friday (4/24) and run from noon to midnight ET through Sunday, will air on PlayOn’s website as well as Songkick‘s YouTube channel.. ...Read Full Story
Bon Jovi announced that they have decided to cancel their summer tour due to the current Covid-19 coronavirus shutdown.. ...Read Full Story
Evanescence have announced their new album, The Bitter Truth will be out this year, and on Friday, April 24 they will be dropping the first track from the album, titled “Wasted on You.” The band announced the news on Twitter, saying, “We promised you a new album in 2020 and we won’t let anything stop us. We are proud to begin sharing our new album ‘THE BITTER TRUTH’ with you, one piece at a time, starting with our first song “Wasted On You” next FRIDAY!”. ...Read Full Story
The full-length Slipknot documentary “Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life” is been streamed free on YouTube in its entirety by BBC Radio 1. . ...Read Full Story
Rock veterans Kansas have released a music video for their new single “Throwing Mountains.” The song comes from their forthcoming album “The Absence of Presence”, which is due out on June 26th.. ...Read Full Story
Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes have streamed newly-released live footage from their recent Brothers Of A Feather tour. Filmed on March 6 during their final date at The Chapel in San Francisco, CA, the three-song performance includes “Hotel Illness” from 1992’s “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion”, “Wiser Time” from 1994’s “Amorica”, and “The Garden Gate” from 2009’s live set, “Before The Frost…Until The Freeze.”. ...Read Full Story
Whitesnake are streaming the previously-unreleased 2019 track, “Always The Same.” The track is a preview to the release of a new collection of their hits called “The Rock Album” on June 19th.. ...Read Full Story
Lamb of God has teamed up with Scottish craft brewer BrewDog to create a non-alcoholic beer named Ghost Walker. The beverage is named after the track “Ghost Walking” from the band’s 2012 album Resolution, which vocalist Randy Blythe wrote the lyrics to as he started his journey toward an alcohol-free lifestyle. . ...Read Full Story
Pink Floyd have announced that they will launch a weekly series of full concert videos on YouTube starting today, April 17. The band has been showing short-form videos from its archives every Friday at 12 p.m. ET but will now begin streaming full concert films starting this week with “Pulse”, a 1994 recording filmed at the now-demolished venue of Earls Court in London, UK during The Division Bell Tour.. ...Read Full Story
Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are among the New Jersey residents who will take part in Jersey 4 Jersey, a benefit for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, taking place on April 22 at 7PM ET.. ...Read Full Story
Godsmack frontman Sully Erna has kicked off a new bi-weekly web series on YouTube called Hometown Sessions. The talk show will have Erna hosting some surprise guests, including fellow musicians, in a bid to combat boredom while homebound during the coronavirus pandemic. . ...Read Full Story
Alice Cooper and Joan Jett are among the artists set to appear on a benefit broadcast special in support of pandemic relief efforts in Cleveland, OH on April 15. The one-hour “Cleveland Rocks: From Our Living Rooms” will highlight musical artists performing from their homes to help raise money for the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, which to date has awarded more than $1.68 million to 21 nonprofit organizations and groups.. ...Read Full Story
The current lineup of Ratt bring back their blockbuster hit song “Round And Round” in a brand new television commercial from the insurance company GEICO. The song originally appeared on the band’s 1984 debut full-length album “Out Of The Cellar.”. ...Read Full Story
Lana Del Rey has given new details about her upcoming spoken word poetry album, revealing the title and cover on Instagram. Described as “an audiobook of poems,” the album is titled Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass and the cover art features an orange tree illustrated by Erika Lee Sears. The singer-songwriter also shared that Jack Antonoff contributed music to the project; however, she has yet to announce its release date.. ...Read Full Story
Nickelback are updating fans on the forthcoming release of their new documentary. In a Twitter post, video guitarist Ryan Peake reveal the documentary as being “very close to being released… in the next month or two”. . ...Read Full Story
Handwritten notes that Paul McCartney made for the recording of the Beatles’ classic “Hey Jude” have been sold for $910,000 at an auction. The auction was originally expected to be held at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York’s Times Square, but it was moved entirely online due to the city’s shutdown as a result of the coronavirus.. ...Read Full Story
Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee is keeping busy at his Los Angeles home while Californians are under stay-at-home orders. The drummer said that in addition to preparing for this summer’s The Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, he’s staying creative “inside my weird little bubble.” Lee’s new solo album, Andro, is expected to arrive at a to-be-determined date this summer, Andro is Lee’s third studio album under his own name, and his first since 2005’s Tommyland: The Ride. He planned to release the first singles in April and the album in the spring, but both have been pushed back, with the singles most likely coming in June.. ...Read Full Story
Pearl Jam’s new album, Gigaton, debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart this week. Additionally, it landed in the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200.. ...Read Full Story
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was joined by Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles for a version of the band’s 1986 smash, “Manic Monday,” in the latest installment of his new weekly cover song series, No Fun Mondays. Written by Prince, “Manic Monday” was a No. 2 US hit for The Bangles.. ...Read Full Story
The Psychedelic Furs have announced they are postponing the release date of their forthcoming studio album “Made of Rain” to July 31st, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
Evanescence and Within Temptation have announced the rescheduled dates for their Worlds Collide Tour of Europe. The trek was originally scheduled to kick off on April 4th in Brussels, but the bands postponed the trek due to the current Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
James Taylor has announced that he has been forced to postpone his spring tour with his All-Star Band and special guest Jackson Browne due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The rescheduled dates will be announced soon. . ...Read Full Story
Duran Duran bassist John Taylor shared via social media that he is recovering from coronavirus after he tested positive for the illness three weeks ago. . ...Read Full Story
Bush, Live and Stone Temple Pilots have announced rescheduled dates for their Under The Southern Stars Australian tour. The shows have been moved to February and March of 2021.. ...Read Full Story
Megadeth’s full performance from Resurrection Fest 2018 in Viveiro, Spain is now streaming online as part of Knotfest.com’s full live concert series. Dave Mustaine and company played the following songs: “The Conjuring”, “The Threat Is Real”, “My Last Words”, “Take No Prisoners”, “Sweating Bullets”, “She-Wolf”, “Tornado of Souls”, “Dystopia”, “Symphony of Destruction”, “Peace Sells…” and “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due”.. ...Read Full Story
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has announced that he will be auctioning some items from his collection to help a local hospital in their battle with Covid-19.. ...Read Full Story
Singer Marianne Faithful is the latest celebrity to be diagnosed with coronavirus. The 73-year-old singer is “stable,” according to a statement by Faithfull’s spokesperson.. ...Read Full Story
The Foo Fighters have postponed the remainder of dates on their upcoming 25th anniversary Van Tour of North America due to the coronavirus pandemic.. ...Read Full Story
Queen + Adam Lambert have announced that they have been forced to reschedule their European Rhapsody tour UK and European leg due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tour was original set to take place this spring and early summer but has now been pushed to next year and will be kicking off on May 23rd of 2021 in Bologna, Italy at the Unipol Arena.. ...Read Full Story
Metallica are streaming video of a complete 2017 concert in Paris, France as the latest edition of their recently launched streaming series “Metallica Mondays.” The newly-launched weekly series – which debuted with footage of a 2019 show at the iconic Slane Castle in Meath, Ireland – sees the band premiere full concert footage every Monday at 8 p.m. ET on their YouTube and Facebook feeds.. ...Read Full Story
Ozzy Osbourne has cancelled upcoming plans to visit Switzerland for medical treatment for his Parkinson’s disease due to restrictions during the global health crisis. The 71 year-old rocker was diagnosed with the neurological condition in 2003, and was looking to participate in a six-to-eight week treatment regimen to help with the disease.. ...Read Full Story
Bon Jovi have released a music video for a special rerecording of the song “Unbroken” that was recorded with the Invictus Games Choir in support of the Invictus Games Foundation.. ...Read Full Story
Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe took to Youtube to share a raw version of a new still-unfinished track, “No Time for Love Like Now.” . ...Read Full Story
