Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth is spreading holiday cheer with the release of a festive new song entitled "Talking Christmas Blues", which is now streaming online.
Roth did not provide details about the track, which follows the recent release of his re-recording of the Van Halen classic "Jump", that he recorded during a special session in May of 2022. (continue)
As the holiday season unfolds, the legendary blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa extends a special musical offering to his fans worldwide. His digital Christmas compilation album, Merry Christmas, Baby, is set to bring the festive spirit to homes, available for a limited time as a free download.
This compilation is a unique blend of holiday classics reimagined through Bonamassa's blues lens, along with original tracks that resonate with his signature style. The 2023 edition is particularly special, as it includes three new tracks, adding fresh vibrancy to this yuletide collection. (continue)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have added a Las Vegas stop to their 2024 World Tour. Marking their triumphant return to Las Vegas for the first time in over 20 years, Springsteen and The E Street Band will perform at T-Mobile Arena Friday, March 22.
Tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. PT on AXS.com. Lauded by Rolling Stone as "the embodiment of rock & roll," with more than 140 million records sold around the globe and more than 70 million in the United States, Bruce Springsteen is one of the world's best-selling artists. Long recognized as an incomparable live performer, Springsteen and The E Street Band's 2023 international tour marked their first live shows since the conclusion of The River Tour in 2017 - a 14-month run named 2016's top global tour by both Billboard and Pollstar - and kicked off in February 2023 with a string of U.S. arena dates. The 2023 tour then continued into Europe over the spring and summer, before returning to North America for a second leg in August. (continue)
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has announced that he will be returning to the road early next year to launch a North American solo tour in February.
Des Rocs and Jigsaw Youth will be joining Corey on the tour that is set to kick off on February 3rd in Toronto, ON at History and will wrap up on February 29th in San Antonio, TX at the Aztec Theater. (continue)
Sepultura have announced that they will be launching their farewell tour that will also celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band. The European leg of "Celebrating Life Through Death' will feature support from Jinjer, Obituary and Jesus Piece.
The band had this to say, "Sepultura has reached the end of the road and has chosen to depart via a conscious and planned death. Throughout the next 18 months we will celebrate 40 years of existence together along with our loyal fans on a farewell tour across the entire globe. It will be a celebration of the past and the present for one final time. (continue)
On his new album, Before And After, Neil Young has approached a totally eclectic collection of mostly obscure songs like a painter with a new palette. Picking from a vast array of his originals, Young chooses favorites from his playbook like a trip into his music history and performs them mostly alone taking a solo acoustic journey to a new place.
Each of the songs blend and create one continuous flow, clocking in at a 48-minute pure and intimate listening experience. Produced by Lou Adler and Neil Young and mixed by Young and Niko Bolas, aka The Volume Dealers, this is unlike any other album he has released to dat (continue)
Pistols At Dawn is ushering in the festive season with a twist on the beloved holiday anthem, "Last Christmas." Available now on all major streaming platforms, this latest single from the band promises to ignite holiday spirits with its rock-infused rendition of Wham!/George Michael's timeless classic.
With a fervent dedication to crafting an enduring holiday track, Pistols At Dawn embarked on a mission to create a rendition that resonates across generations. Adding their unique rock stamp to the iconic melody, the band infused raw emotion and intensity, channeling George Michael's original sentiment while introducing a new dimension to the song's sonic landscape. (continue)
Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards just released a new single and video called "Oh, Songbird" from the forthcoming album "Rapture Waltz". To celebrate we asked Johnny to tell us about the track. Gere is the story:
Sometime in the Spring/Summer of 2020, I was demoing a handful of new songs that I had, and "Oh, Songbird" was among them. I had just lost a family member and was now quarantined just like everybody else, and things were beginning to look really bad. Music was dead, along with any other type of live event or social interaction, and It was weighing on me pretty heavily. This was one of those songs that just sprang up from nothing, and immediately turned into a full, thought-out song. I had demoed it with just piano and vocals, and it stayed that way for a year or two. (continue)
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