SHINEDOWN, 311 and WEEZER will headline the third edition of the SandJam annual rock music festival, set to take place April 24-26, 2020 at Panama City Beach, Florida's M.B. Miller Pier. Another 20 acts are scheduled to perform on two massive stages set right on the beautiful white sand over the three days. Tickets will ...
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Watch GUNS N' ROSES Bassist DUFF MCKAGAN Unbox 'Super Deluxe' Reissue Of PRINCE's '1999'
GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has written liner notes for a reissue of Prince's 1982 album "1999", due on November 29 via Warner. The reissued "1999" will be available in three versions: super deluxe (5 CDs or 10 LPs and DVD); deluxe (2 CDs or 4 LPs) and remastered album (1 CD or 2 ...
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES Announce September 2020 U.K. Tour
American rock supergroup HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES will embark on a U.K. tour in September 2020. Rock and roll royalty Joe Perry, Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and shock rock icon Alice Cooper will play four shows — in Leeds, Glasgow, London and Birmingham — in support of their critically acclaimed sophomore studio album, "Rise". The three legends ...
Documentary About Late BLIND MELON Singer SHANNON HOON To Receive 2020 Release
A documentary about the final years of BLIND MELON frontman Shannon Hoon will be released in 2020. According to Variety, Double E Pictures and Live Nation Productions were recently added as executive producers for the film, which was created using over 200 hours of the late singer-songwriter's home videos by photographer ...
Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Drugs Are Very Silly To Me'
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke to Australia's Silver Tiger Media about the music industry's "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" ethos and how it has somewhat been taken over in recent years by a desire to be healthy and fit. "You know, I'm not a guy who likes to promote ...
Ex-WHITE LION Singer MIKE TRAMP Says 1980s Glam Metal Bands Found Out They Were All 'Replaceable And Disposable' When Grunge Hit
In a brand new interview with The Cosmick View, former WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp was asked if he thinks MTV played an instrumental role in the overall success of the band's 1987 album, "Pride", which went double platinum and scored several hit songs. He responded: "Of course MTV played a ...
SHARON OSBOURNE Says OZZY And POST MALONE 'Nailed It' With Their Performance At AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
During today's (Monday, November 25) episode of her daytime TV talk show "The Talk", Sharon Osbourne dished on husband Ozzy's performance with Post Malone and Travis Scott at last night's American Music Awards. The BLACK SABBATH singer, who has spent much of 2019 recovering from health issues and surgeries, returned to the stage for a ...
RICHIE FAULKNER: 'It's Not My Decision To Make' Whether K.K. DOWNING Will Be Involved In JUDAS PRIEST's 50th-Anniversary Tour
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner says that it's his bandmates' call as to whether they want to include K.K. Downing in their upcoming 50th-anniversary celebrations. Earlier today, Downing revealed that he recently reached out to JUDAS PRIEST "to gather their thoughts" on the possibility of him participating in the 2020 tour marking the band's half-century ...
WOLF HOFFMANN Still Doesn't Quite Understand What Caused PETER BALTES To Leave ACCEPT
Pomelo Rocker recently conducted an interview with ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2017's "The Rise Of Chaos" album: Wolf: "Well, it's going slow, but it's ...
BON JOVI Guitarist's PHIL X AND THE DRILLS Sign To GOLDEN ROBOT RECORDS
Golden Robot Records has announced the signing of PHIL X & THE DRILLS to a worldwide deal. Phil X needs no introduction, having been an integral full-time member of BON JOVI since 2016 after also filing in for Richie Sambora on the 2011, 2013 and 2015 BON JOVI tours. PHIL X & THE DRILLS will ...