BLACK SABBATH members Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar) and Geezer Butler (bass) spoke to the media in Omaha, Nebraska earlier this week ahead of the kick-off show of the first U.S. leg of the band’s “The End” tour. You can now watch the entire question-and-answer session below. “The End” will start on January 20 […]
Rock titans DISTURBED and ROB ZOMBIE have announced a co-headline tour for May with support from POP EVIL. Tour dates: May 03 – Mississippi Coast Coliseum – Biloxi, MS May 04 – Oak Mountain Amphitheater – Birmingham, AL May 06 – Aaron’s Amphitheater – Atlanta, GA * May 07 – Ascend Amphitheater – Nashville, TN […]
The reunited GUNS N’ ROSES — featuring singer Axl Rose alongside guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan — will be one of the first acts to play the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, set to open April 6. They will play at the venue on April 8 and April 9. Tickets for the shows […]
According to The Pulse Of Radio, SOUNDGARDEN is officially back in the studio. The band started work on a new album last year, but took a break while singer Chris Cornell toured through the fall in support of his latest solo effort, “Higher Truth”. With that trek completed, Cornell posted a brief message on Twitter […]
SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that he “doesn’t have time” for the Grammy Awards, explaining that the annual show is nothing but “a popularity contest” among aging music industry insiders, many of whom have had a long history of ignoring hard rock and heavy metal. Although SLIPKNOT has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, it […]
The North American leg of BLACK SABBATH‘s final tour, which is being billed as “The End”, will start on January 20 in Omaha, Nebraska, ending on February 27 in New York City. Dates in Australia and New Zealand have been confirmed for April, with European festival shows taking place during the summer. During a recent […]
allas Taylor liked to say that he made his first million — and his last million — by the time he was 21. The rock drummer was a key sideman for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. He played at Woodstock, appeared on seven top-selling albums and bought three Ferraris. He also stabbed himself in the […]
Sting and Peter Gabriel will embark on a 19-date co-headlining North American concert tour this summer, Billboard has learned. The Rock Paper Scissors tour will play a mix of arenas and amphitheaters, beginning June 21 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The tour will be produced by Arthur Fogel, chairman of Live Nation’s Global Touring […]
The Walt Disney Company currently owns two of the biggest film properties in the entire world, and they are a multi-billion dollar industry. Well, owning LucasFilm and Marvel Entertainment is something that has given Disney material to make money for decades and decades, but what if there was more? Marvel legend Stan Lee thinks that […]
ne of pro wrestling’s memorable characters from its golden age has died. “Iron” Mike Sharpe, the WWE wrestler billed during the 1980s as “Canada’s Greatest Athlete,” died at age 64 over the weekend in Hamilton, Ontario. Sharpe was known in wrestling circles as a “jobber” or “enhancement talent,” often losing to opponents the company wanted to […]
Gary Loizzo, who had a Top 10 hit in 1967 with “Bend Me, Shape Me” as the lead singer of the American Breed, died on Saturday (Jan. 16). In addition to his recording career, he owned Pumpkin Studios, where he engineered many hit albums by Styx, and had also been Styx’s live soundman for many […]
Back in 2014, Ronstadt recounted how a legendary rock band came to be. Glenn Frey and Don Henley knew each other before they joined Linda Ronstadt‘s band in 1971. But it was that time together that led to the formation of the Eagles later that year. Upon the publication of her 2014 autobiography Simple Dreams: […]
