In honor of this century's most anticipated and celebrated tour making its way back to the United States, Harley-Davidson has announced the launch of a special capsule collection, in conjunction with the GUNS N' ROSES "Not In This Lifetime" tour. Available in early August, the limited-edition line of men and women's wear, created in partnership ...
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Brian "Head" Welch has apologized for implying Chester Bennington was a "coward" just hours after the LINKIN PARK frontman's death. Bennington was found dead on July 20 at his home in Southern California. A Los Angeles County coroner confirmed that the cause of death was "suicide by hanging." In a Facebook message posted shortly after ...
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The second part of an official video recap of the European leg of GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" tour can be seen below. The 2017 North American leg of the trek kicked off July 27 in St. Louis, Missouri and will include eleven newly announced dates in cities across the U.S., including Newark, ...
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Scott Bowling of "Good Company" (web site) recently conducted an interview with SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about SEVENDUST's plans for the follow-up to 2015's "Kill The Flaw" album, Lowery said: "We're gonna do another record in November, man. We just started writing for it. "It's ...
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GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose is featured in the latest episode of the GTV Reality video web series, where Giovanni Arnold can be seen meeting celebrities for autographs and filming every encounter POV (point of view). In the two-minute clip, Axl can be seen being cordial to fans after GUNS N' ROSES' intimate show ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus has told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a new interview that he is looking forward to recording a studio album with the partially reunited classic lineup of the band. "Everyone is excited about it," he said. "There's a really magical thing now with the band. It feels ...
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GUNS N' ROSES performed at Harlem's world-famous Apollo Theater this past Thursday night (July 20) for a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers. Quality fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. The gig marked the first time that GUNS N' ROSES performed at the iconic venue. The special event, taking place before ...
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GUNS N' ROSES performed at Harlem's world-famous Apollo Theater last night (Thursday, July 20) for a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers. The gig marked the first time that GUNS N' ROSES performed at the iconic venue. The special event, taking place before the next leg of the band's North American "Not In This Lifetime" ...
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GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" tour is the most popular and highest-grossing global tour of 2017 so far, according to the mid-year report from live entertainment trade Pollstar. Grossing $151.5 million, GUNS N' ROSES was the only group to sell more than one million tickets so far this year, says Pollstar ...
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GUNS N' ROSES appears to be teasing a celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of its iconic debut album, "Appetite For Destruction", by placing ads around New York City featuring the record's artwork with the hashtag #APPETITE30TH. "Appetite" will officially turn thirty this Friday (July 21), and the band is scheduled to perform an intimate show ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash, METALLICA axeman Kirk Hammett and Rob Zombie all reacted online to the death of filmmaker George A. Romero, who changed the horror genre in 1968 with his classic "Night Of The Living Dead" and invented the modern concept of the zombie. Romero, who died ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Michael Monroe's July 15 performance at the Lahden Yöt festival in Lahti, Finland can be seen below. The former HANOI ROCKS frontman has just released "The Best", the first official collection of his (ongoing) solo musical exploits, featuring prime tracks from 1987 right up to 2017. It arrived June 30 via ...
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"Dungeon Hunter 5", the latest episode of Gameloft's successful hack-and-slash series, has announced a partnership with Universal Music Group and multi-platinum-selling rock band AVENGED SEVENFOLD. The game will offer its players an exciting experience around the universe of the band, with a special bat-themed dungeon and featured in-game assets. The collaboration will also grant fans ...
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SEVENDUST has inked a deal with Rise Records. The band is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in November with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette (ALTER BRIDGE, SLASH) to begin recording the follow-up to 2015's "Kill The Flaw" album for a spring 2018 release. In a new video message posted on the SEVENDUST Facebook page, guitarist ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, longtime GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed has revealed that he is a grandfather. Reed posted a photo on Instagram of him and a baby who he identified as his grandson Riley. It is not clear when the photo was taken, and the infant is not a newborn, but ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus recently gave Germany's Thomann a tour of his gear before a concert on the European leg of the band's "Not In This Lifetime" trek. You can now watch the footage below. Fortus said in a recent interview that the reunited partial classic lineup of GUNS N' ROSES ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES' July 1 performance at Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto in Hämeenlinna, Finland can be seen below (video shot and uploaded by Alex Kornyshev). Featured songs: * It's So Easy * Welcome To The Jungle * Estranged * Live And Let Die (WINGS cover) * You Could Be Mine * This I ...
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Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy recently conducted an interview with former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe. You can listen to the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how his new solo career-spanning "The Best" compilation came to be: Michael: "Since it's been 30 years since the release of my ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES' June 27 performance at Telia Parken in Copenhagen, Denmark can be seen below. GUNS N' ROSES recently made Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list of the world's top-earning entertainers for the first time. The band landed at No. 12 with earnings of $84 million in the past ...
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Jason Becker, the guitarist/composer who has had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) for over 27 years, has taken to Facebook to speak out against the Senate health care bill. "I usually stay out of politics, but people have asked me whether the American Healthcare Act (AHCA), if passed by the Senate, will ...
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ALTER BRIDGE's video for the song "Cradle To The Grave" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", which was released in October by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. The CD was produced by longtime friend ...
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The first part of an official video recap of the European leg of GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" tour can be seen below. GUNS N' ROSES recently made Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list of the world's top-earning entertainers for the first time. The band landed at No. 12 with earnings of ...
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Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent has promised to do away with his "hateful rhetoric" after a gunman opened fire at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning, critically wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. The attack has prompted calls for media and lawmakers of all political stripes to dial down their comments. During an appearance on ...
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According to Billboard, a video of GUNS N' ROSES performing a cover of SOUNDGARDEN's "Black Hole Sun" at the opening show of the Axl Rose-fronted outfit's European tour in Slane, Ireland has landed at the top of the May 2017 edition of Billboard's Top Facebook Live Videos chart. The chart, whose latest edition ...
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GUNS N' ROSES has made Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list of the world's top-earning entertainers for the first time. The band landed at No. 12 with earnings of $84 million in the past twelve months, before taxes and fees for managers. The GUNS N' ROSES "Not In This Lifetime" tour has grossed more ...
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U.K. rock trio RAVENEYE will head back to the U.S. for more tour dates this summer. The band will hit the road on July 6 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and continue through July 27 in Houston, Texas. Three of the shows on their U.S. itinerary will be as special guests of CHEVELLE. RAVENEYE previously toured ...
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According to the Los Angeles Times, GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has sold one of his homes in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles for $3.785 million. The Spanish hacienda-style house hit the market in late April for $3.85 million and closed last week for $65,000 shy of the asking price. ...
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Metal Hammer magazine has announced that metal's founding fathers, BLACK SABBATH, will be the recipients of the Golden God award, the most prestigious award of the night, at this year's Metal Hammer Golden God Awards in association with Orange Amplification. The awards take place at the IndigO2 at The O2, London on Monday, June 12. ...
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Richard Fortus says that the reunited partial classic lineup of GUNS N' ROSES has begun "assembling ideas" for a new studio album. Fortus, who joined GUNS N' ROSES in 2001 and became the band's longest-serving post-Slash guitarist, spoke about the possibility of new music from GN'R during an interview with the new "StageLeft" ...
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As they have done at every show during their current European tour, GUNS N' ROSES paid tribute to Chris Cornell Friday night (June 2) by performing a cover version of SOUNDGARDEN's "Black Hole Sun" at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Lisbon, Portugal. Fan-filmed video footage of the rendition can be seen below. For his first ...
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