Former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery on Thursday, April 13th, following his heart attack last month, according to a post by his representatives on social media.
Mark Appleton & Christopher Appleton (management / bookings) shared two updates on Facebook on Thursday. One prior to the surgery and one after the procedure was completed.
They first wrote, "As you know, since his heart attack, Blaze has been awaiting heart surgery. This week he was transferred to a specialist heart unit, & this afternoon has been taken down to the operating theatre for a triple heart bypass. (continue)
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons took to social media to assure fans that he is he doing well and explained the reason for his illness on stage during a concert in Manaus, Brazil on Wednesday night (April 12).
The band was forced to pause the show after Gene became ill during the concert. Paul Stanley told the crowd, "We're gonna have to stop," Paul Stanley told the crowd. "You know how much we love Gene, and he's obviously sick. And we're gonna have to stop to take care of him, 'cause we love him, right?" (continue)
On May 16th 2023, Rick Allen, Vivian Campbell, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott and Rick Savage will be in conversation at the Royal Festival Hall, talking about their incredible life in music, and their new book telling the tale - Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard, published by Genesis Publications.
Tickets to the event can be purchased via the Southbank Centre website here. Especially for the event, copies of Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard that are bought in advance as an optional add-on are available at reduced price of 30 and will come with an exclusive commemorative event poster featuring a new portrait of the band taken by the rock photographer, Ross Halfin. (continue)
Halestorm announced a summer tour with Danish rock/metal band Volbeat spanning both the US and Canada. The dates kick off July 12 at Toronto's Echo Beach and run through the beginning of August. A full itinerary is below. Tickets go on-sale to the general public on Friday, April 21 at 10 AM local time.
The tour comes on the heels of Halestorm's 2022 album, Back From The Dead. Back From The Dead earned critical acclaim upon its release last year: Rolling Stone said the album will "once and for all prove that hard rock is genderless, and Associated Press claimed Back From The Dead will "definitely be in the running for best hard rock/metal album of the year." (continue)
To mark the 30-year anniversary of Soul Asylum's iconic MTV Unplugged appearance, Sony Legacy will release Soul Asylum: The Complete Unplugged - NYC '93 as a Record Store Day 2023 vinyl exclusive.
The double album features the complete audio from Soul Asylum's legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged performance - sixteen tracks, including four previously unreleased, non-broadcast songs from the set. Thought to be lost for over 20 years, master recordings of the band's 1993 performance have been newly mixed from the original tapes for this release. (continue)
(hennemusic) Linkin Park's 2003 album, "Meteora", has returned to the UK Top 10 with the help of a newly-released and expanded 20th anniversary edition of the project.
According to The Official Charts Company, the reissue sees the record vault from No. 182 to No. 7 on the UK album charts, where it previously delivered the band their first No. 1 in the country upon its release two decades ago. (continue)
(hennemusic) The Hollywood Vampires are streaming video of a performance of The Who classic, "My Generation", as the latest preview to their forthcoming "Live In Rio" album.
A top 5 hit in several countries, the lead single from The Who's 1965 self-titled debut album was also recorded by the all-star group - led by Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp - for their 2015 self-titled debut. (continue)
(hennemusic) Clutch has announced plans to release an expanded version of their latest album, "Sunrise On Slaughter Beach." "Coming soon! Sunrise on Slaughter Beach 7" Box Set," shared the group on social media. "We call this limited release 'The Complete Edition'".
The package will include six hand-pressed 7" black vinyl records with three bonus tracks - "Boogeyman Blues", "Arts & Crafts" and "Railroad Daisies" - all of which were recorded during sessions for the 2022 record. While each 7" is packaged in its own jacket, the box will also contain a 7" turntable mat and an 8-page booklet. (continue)
Alberta folk-rockers Starpainter recently released their new single, "Low-Hanging Fruit". To celebrate we asked Joel Stretch to tell us about the track. Here is the story:
Low-Hanging Fruit was written and recorded on the piano in my living room. It's the opening track from a new Starpainter record called Rattlesnake Dream coming out June 2nd on Neon Moon Records.
I was going hard on Bob Dylan's New Morning and Planet Waves when I wrote this one. I love the way Dylan plays piano, on New Morning especially-it's not exactly honky tonk or rock and roll, but still sort of barrels and feels upbeat and percussive. I wanted this tune to have that sort of rhythmic not-quite honky tonk thing, a sort of end-of-the-night looseness and sentimentality. (continue)
(hennemusic) Metallica is streaming its new album, "72 Seasons", in sync with its release on April 14. Produced by Greg Fidelman and band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, the project marks the group's first new studio album since 2016's "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct."
"72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves," says Hetfield about the album title. "The concept that we were told 'who we are' by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is re-enactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry." (continue)
(hennemusic) Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is sharing video of a 2018 live performance of his new single, "Fortunate One" - featuring Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes - following the song's official release earlier this week.
The tune is the lead track from Perry's forthcoming album, "Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII", which delivers six new songs and alternate vocal appearances and mixes from his 2018 album, "Sweetzerland Manifesto." (continue)
Queen The Greatest series returns with season 2 Queen The Greatest Live a year long celebration of Queen Live. This week's episode is Stage Wear. In an exclusive interview with Brian May and Roger Taylor, we discover the thinking behind some of their iconic live outfits. And it won't come as a surprise to anyone to discover which member of the band was most passionate about their choices of stage wear.
"We're not kind of glam, but we are, I suppose.... Yeah, maybe we are glam, but mainly we're dramatic that's the idea." Brian May
"Freddie, he didn't always tell us... I mean, when he first turned up in the ballet thing, I think he slightly looked like Kermit, and the ballet pumps as well.
I mean, we were we were absolutely tickled." Roger Taylor (continue)
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