Suicide Silence lead guitarist Mark Heylmun has threatened to leave the United States if President Donald Trump wins re-election later this year. That’s what the musician indicated during an extensive interview on an episode of the “Scars and Guitars” podcast that emerged earlier this month (Feb. 8). Joking that “if Trump wins again, I very well could just leave […]
STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has pushed back against criticism over a photo he posted on social media. On Monday (February 17), Sweet took to his Instagram to share a picture of him and STRYPER bassist Perry Richardson smoking cigars, along with the following caption: “We’re enjoying a long overdue day off and celebrating @pastforpresent birthday in San Antonio. I haven’t smoked a good cigar in probably […]
Earlier this month, Dwyane Wade announced his support for his 12-year-old child Zaya coming out as a transgender girl. The open-minded parenting love from Wade and Gabrielle Union drew support from the LGBTQ+ community, but rapper Boosie Badazz wasn’t feeling the Wades’ decision. Boosie blasted the Miami Heat legend, saying a 12-year-old isn’t fit for that kind of decision in life […]
Former JUDAS PRIEST members K.K. Downing (guitar), Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals) and Les Binks (drums) have joined forces in a new band called KK’S PRIEST. The group, which will pay homage to Downing‘s past the lineup, is rounded out by guitarist A.J. Mills (HOSTILE) and bassist Tony Newton (VOODOO SIX). “Forging ahead with KK’S PRIEST was not only inevitable but essential for me to perform and deliver everything that […]
On the heels of its successful winter headline tour that wraps next week, ALTER BRIDGE has announced a spring run that is set to launch this May. The trek will include select festival appearances as well as headline shows with special guests BLACK STONE CHERRY and SAINT ASONIA. The tour kicks off on May 1 in Atlanta and wraps up […]
Congratulations: You’re old! You’ve been going to see FOO FIGHTERS shows for 25 years now! What better way to celebrate than joining the band in commemorating its silver anniversary in some of the same cities where the first FF shows took place in 1995? Beginning April 12 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, the FOO FIGHTERS‘ 2020 “Van […]
HELLYEAH has announced the “Perseverance” tour of the U.S. with ALL THAT REMAINS, BUTCHER BABIES, SAUL and DEEPFALL. These headline shows will lead the band to the radio festivals they are set to play all around the U.S. this spring. Tickets will go on sale, Friday, February 21 at 10 a.m. local time. SiriusXM‘s Octane has started playing the track “Oh My God” from “Welcome Home” in honor of […]
PRIMUS will pay homage to prog-rock legends RUSH this summer with “A Tribute To Kings”, a cross-country tour that will feature the Bay Area trio playing RUSH‘s classic 1977 album “A Farewell To Kings” in its entirety, in addition to their own music. “A little over one year ago, Ler Lalonde and I started kicking the idea around of PRIMUS performing a series of shows featuring […]
Grammy Award-winning heavyweights KORN and the iconoclastic, platinum-selling FAITH NO MORE today announced their epic co-headline North American tour. The trek will see both bands traversing the continent this summer and will give fans the chance to see two of the biggest forces in rock perform on the same stage each night. The tour will also feature special guests DARON […]
Roger Waters’ upcoming North American tour coincides with the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, and that’s not by accident. Waters’ “This Is Not a Drill Tour” promises to be his most political outing to date, because “as the clock ticks faster and faster and faster down to extinction, it seemed like a good thing to make a […]
Ozzy Osbourne‘s 2020 North American “No More Tours 2” has, unfortunately, been canceled to allow the legendary heavy metal singer to continue to recover from various health issues he has faced over the past year. This decision was made to accommodate fans who have been holding tickets for rescheduled shows and have been asked to change plans […]
A group of men driving around in Rolls-Royces posed as famous rappers to scam more than $100,000 from exclusive hotels, according to a criminal complaint filed this week in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Investigators say Aaron Barnes-Burpo and another man claimed to be with the entertainment firm Roc Nation and the Wu-Tang Clan. The […]
