Van Halen tells CarAndDriver.com: "Audi contacted me to test-drive the V-10 on the track. You know, just go crazy. So my wife Janie and I drove up in her Mercedez-Benz ML63 AMG. It's a long drive and we're doing abuot 90, 95 in a 65.
"I get pulled over and the guy writes me up. I'm going, 'The last thing I need is a speeding ticket for that much over the limit.'" He later received a letter from his business office: "The patrol guy who gave me the ticket, his captain voided it. He said, 'You don't give Eddie Van Halen a ticket.' And I had a letter to prove it." Read more
here.
Gabriel says: "I wrote a song a few years back - I'm Amazing, which was, in part, inspired by Muhammad Ali's life and struggles. And at the time of his death, when so many people are celebrating his life and thinking about all he achieved, it seemed the right time to release it."
Last month, Gabriel revealed his albums So, Us and Up would be reissued on vinyl on July 15. The remastered editions were recorded at half-speed to deliver the "maximum sound range." Stream the song
here.
Directed by actress Olivia Wilde (Vinyl, House), the clip sees the band playing the tune while longboarders Carmen Shafer, Amanda Caloia, Amanda Powell and Noelle Mulligan skate through Los Angeles.
"I pitched them my treatment and they chose it based on the treatment and they gave me a shot and I'll forever be grateful because it served as another type of launch pad for me," Wilde tells ET Online. "I really found it to be a logical way to get your feet wet in directing because it is essentially an exercise in making a silent film. You have to learn how to tell a story without dialogue - that is really essential.
"They are incredibly creative people and they're so good at what they do," she adds. "They're so interesting that you really just have to let them have a free space to play in and set them free and they just do 90 percent of the work for you." Watch the video
here.
"It wasn't right for the film, what we did," he said in a British radio interview. "So we thought 'Great! Then it's ours. So we can finish it how it's meant to be and we can release it.' So that side of it was really positive, you know?
"But I guess there's lots of people interested in who does it. There's a lot riding on it, and the song we did was just too dark or whatever, so that's fine. Which means we get to have it back and it's ours and we got to put it out. We're really, really proud of it. Why be, like, attached to an old-fashioned idea of what a James Bond thing was and it being a big deal? It's like it's sort of stupid to get worked up about, really." Read more
here.
Bonamassa is playing the free show as a thank you to his UK fans for the support they've given him throughout his career and is a warm-up show ahead of his Salute To The British Blues Explosion tour which kicks off in July.
He says: "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'm so excited to be debuting the British Blues Explosion concert at the Cavern Club. It's the perfect venue for me to showcase the music of Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. I hope my fans will get a kick out of it as much as I do." Read more
here.
The film will be based off of Robert Greenfield's 2006 book by the same name and follows the band as they record their 1972 album Exile On Main Street.
Besides being brunette, lanky and British, Styles does share a few similarities with Jagger. It wouldn't be a huge stretch to imagine him portraying the legendary musician even though fans of the classic rock band might not like a boy band icon stepping into his shoes. Read more
here.
The album is described as giving "both a nod to the past and puts an eye on the future with lush analogue soundscapes, real living human grooves, and unforgettable melodic lead work that will keep the songs playing in the listener's head long after the music stops."
The record will be mostly instrumental, but Lana Lane will feature on lead vocals on the title track. Norlander says: "If there is only going to be one vocal track on an album, it had better be great, right? The vocal range of Surreal is rather wide, going from ballad-like warm lows to stadium-inspired powerful highs." Read more
here.
The tour will feature performances from New York City's The Machinist and Lancaster, PA's Gladiators, with support from New Jersey's The Blessing Of This Curse.
The Breakout Tour will visit a total of eight Northeastern U.S. cities next month, beginning on July 8 in Falls Church, VA and will hit venues in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut before ending in Lancaster, PA on July 17 at 717 Fest.
See the dates here.
Simo are supporting their latest album Let Love Show The Way, which was released earlier this year, while guitar prodigy Aaron Keylock is currently working on his debut album with producer and Supersonic Blues Machine man Fabrizio Grossi.
Manchester outfit Federal Charm issued their second record Across The Divide in 2015. Tickets for all dates go on general sale on June 17 via The Gig Cartel. See the dates
here.
"We just wanted to say how much we're looking forward to coming to Europe," says vocalist Todd La Torre. "We've got so many countries throughout Europe that we're playing this summer, we have so many friends and Queensryche has an amazing loyal following and we just wanted say how much we're looking forward to seeing you."
Produced by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Sanctuary), "Condition Human" marks La Torre's second album with the group following their 2013 self-titled release and a split with original singer Geoff Tate. Watch the video
here.
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