The fifth annual "Bowl For Ronnie" celebrity bowling party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, will take place on Thursday, November 7 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California. Last year's event, which sold out in advance and raised a record $74,000 for the cancer charity, attracted some 300 ...
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MACHINE HEAD played the second show of the European leg of its 25th-anniversary tour for the band's classic debut, "Burn My Eyes", Monday night (October 7) at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Building on the band's previous "An Evening With…" format, the "Burn My Eyes" anniversary show is described in a press release as ...
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Scotty J of Rock Titan recently conducted an interview with CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On recording cover songs as part of CLUTCH's new "Weathermaker Vault Series": Neil: "Doing cover songs is a great exercise to kind of ...
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GUNS N' ROSES performed the song "Locomotive" live for the first time since 1992 during last night's (Monday, October 7) concert in Wichita, Kansas. One of the band's longest tracks at nearly nine minutes, it originally appeared on GN'R's "Use Your Illusion II" album in 1991, although it was written several years earlier prior to ...
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SONS OF CHIPOTLE, the new musical project featuring LED ZEPPELIN bass legend John Paul Jones, will make its North American live debut at next year's edition of the Big Ears Festival, set to take place March 26-29, 2020 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tickets for Big Ears will be available beginning Thursday, October 10 at 12:00 p.m. ...
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Rustyn Rose of Metal Nation recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the status of his hand after undergoing surgery to repair "trigger finger," which is caused when the tendon becomes stuck as it passes through a ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of STATIC-X's October 3 performance at O2 Ritz in Manchester, United Kingdom can be seen below. As previously reported, STATIC-X will release a new album titled "Project Regeneration", featuring the last recordings of the band's late frontman Wayne Static, on May 29, 2020. The rest of the group's original lineup — bassist ...
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Chris Akin from "The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he has "found his groove" with his second solo album, "Rise": Tom: "I think 'focus" is a good word for it. We ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS frontman William DuVall sat down for a "One On One" session at Coney Island Baby in New York on October 1. Video footage of his performance — consisting of the tracks "White Hot" and "'Til The Light Guides Me Home" — can be seen below. "White Hot" and "'Til The Light Guides ...
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In the six-minute video below, DEF LEPPARD frontman and 2019 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Joe Elliott discusses the history of his DOWN 'N' OUTZ side project. DOWN 'N' OUTZ will release its third studio album, "This Is How We Roll", on October 11 via UMC. The band, featuring THE QUIREBOYS' Paul Guerin ...
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Slash is a household name to the same extent as GUNS N' ROSES is. Simply put, the man who is inextricably linked with the image of his black top hat and face-concealing long, curly hair is one of the greatest figures in the history of rock 'n' roll. The living legend is back in the ...
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RATT singer Stephen Pearcy and JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro performed an acoustic version of the RATT classic "Lack Of Communication" during an appearance earlier today (Monday, October 7) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation". You can now listen to their rendition below. A short time after the program aired, Navarro shared an Instagram photo of him ...
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TESTAMENT and METAL ALLEGIANCE guitarist Alex Skolnick will perform the U.S. national anthem as the Chicago Bulls battle the Detroit Pistons on Friday, November 1 at 7 p.m. at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. That same night, the Bulls will have a METAL ALLEGIANCE band spotlight that night. All fans and friends of METAL ...
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Several festivals from promoter Danny Wimmer Presents, including Louder Than Life, Aftershock, Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple Music + Arts have tweeted out "hack" posts which appear to tease an announcement that will be made this coming Thursday, October 10 at 12:00 p.m. PT. The post reads: "The page you are trying to access ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell has announced a special concert on December 7 at The Pico Union Project in Los Angeles, California. In a post on his Instagram, Cantrell said that he will be "accompanied by some cool friends performing songs you might expect, others I haven't played in quite a while and maybe ...
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Entercom got an exclusive sneak peek behind the curtain of a GHOST show with none other than Cardinal Copia. You can watch the three-minute feature below. GHOST's current North American tour will wrap on October 26 in Glens Falls, New York. The band's live set includes two new songs, "Kiss The Go-Goat" and "Mary On ...
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David Lee Roth has shot down suggestion that VAN HALEN was instrumental in spawning the hair-and-spandex fashion sense that dominated much of the 1980s glam-rock scene. "Hair bands were the imitations of VAN HALEN," Roth told 96.3 KKLZ's "The Mike & Carla Morning Show" in a new interview (hear audio below). "It is true. And ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted and his CHOPHOUSE BAND played a fully electric setlist for the first time this past Saturday, October 5 as the headliners of the inaugural J-Town Jam, a musical benefit concert supporting Little Smiles and Little Kids Rock. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Named after Jason's ...
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Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent will host "Vinnie Vincent's Merry Metal Christmas" on December 14 and December 15 at S.I.R. Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. According to a recently released promotional video for the event, "There will be Vinnie shredding, songs, excellent food, Q&A, photo ops, more memorabilia on display, [and] signings. Unreleased and master tracks ...
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Sebastian Bach performed at Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden, Colorado on October 5 as part of his tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of SKID ROW's self-titled debut album. Bach opened the 15-song set with "Tornado" — the LP's final track — and "Forever" before the singer performed the rest of "Skid Row" in order. As ...
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SILVERSTEIN has announced a massive North American tour in celebration of its 20th anniversary as a band. The group will perform three sets: its breakthrough album "Discovering The Waterfront" in full, greatest hits and stripped-down acoustic. Special guests include FOUR YEAR STRONG and I THE MIGHTY. "It feels absolutely incredible to be celebrating 20 years ...
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Few Spirits and Warner Music Artist Services have announced All Secrets Known, a new, limited-release bourbon distilled by Few Spirits master distiller Paul Hletko in collaboration with Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum-selling Seattle grunge pioneers ALICE IN CHAINS. Bottles feature a custom-designed label by artist Justin Helton. All Secrets Known (SRP: $75/750 ml), a nod to the ...
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Tye Trujillo, the 15-year-old son of METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo, played bass with SUICIDAL TENDENCIES this past Saturday night (October 5) at the SoCal Hoedown in San Pedro, California. He was filling in for regular SUICIDAL TENDENCIES bassist Ra Diaz, who was unable to make the gig for reasons that have not been disclosed. Earlier ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE has released a 2019 music video for the "Dr. Feelgood" album song "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)", with additional footage from the band's biopic "The Dirt". Check it out below. "The Dirt", based on CRÜE's 2001 New York Times bestselling autobiography, debuted in March on Netflix. The film's stars, Douglas Booth (Nikki Sixx), "Game ...
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SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the "craziest" thing he's seen happen at one of his concerts: Björn: "There's a lot of wheelchair surfing nowadays. It's really awesome to see ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of SCORPIONS' entire October 4 performance at the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Intro 02. Going Out With A Bang 03. Make It Real 04. The Zoo 05. Coast To Coast 06. Top Of The Bill ...
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MACHINE HEAD has announced the North American leg of its 25th-anniversary tour for the band's classic debut, "Burn My Eyes". The dates kick off in Phoenix on January 16, and continue across Texas, Florida, New York, Toronto, Chicago and Denver, wrapping up at the legendary Fox Theater in Oakland, California on February 21 and House ...
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Technical death metal veterans NILE will release their ninth studio album, "Vile Nilotic Rites", on November 1 via Nuclear Blast. The official lyric video for the disc's second single, the album's title track, can be seen below. Karl Sanders commented: "'Vile Nilotic Rites' was a depraved yet fun song to write and record. Now that ...
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD's founding bassist Larry "L.J." Junstrom, who was also a longtime member of 38 SPECIAL, has died. He was 70 years old. 38 SPECIAL broke the news of Junstrom's passing in a post on the band's Facebook page. "The Big Man on the Big Bass has left us," the post reads. "He rocked arenas ...
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