Pete Townshend and the Who manager Bill Curbishley were honored at the 11th annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert Thursday night at New York’s Best Buy Theater with a special evening of Who music featuring Bruce Springsteen, Joan Jett, Billy Idol, Willie Nile and host Colin Quinn. “I wouldn’t be windmilling a Fender Telecaster if it weren’t for […]
Riot Fest has announced the first wave of artists for its 2015 events in Chicago, Denver, and Toronto, featuring headliners Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Faith No More, Iggy Pop, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg. The Ultimate Summer Festival Guide: Who to See, What to Wear and Where to Stay In Chicago and Denver, select artists will be doing […]
On the tail of rumours that Hulk Hogan was set to be added to the ever growing cast of the Expendables franchise, the man himself has admitted he’s been talking to Sylvester Stallone about possibly appearing as a villain in the fourth movie. Hogan spoke at Body Pro Expo in Birmingham earlier this month bout reuniting with his Rocky […]
ASKING ALEXANDRIA singer Danny Worsnop “stopped caring” about the band before he officially quit the British metalcore group via a phone call to ASKING ALEXANDRIA guitarist Ben Bruce in January, the axeman claims in a new interview. Worsnop revealed he was exiting ASKING ALEXANDRIA on January 22, explaining in a statement: “Over the last eight […]
SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that the band’s split with longtime label American Recordings came after the group was offered an “insulting” deal for its eleventh album. SLAYER‘s long-awaited new CD, “Repentless”, which is scheduled for release on September 11 via Nuclear Blast, marks the band’s first effort without the backing of Rick Rubin‘s record […]
Ex-VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar has fired back at the band’s current singer, David Lee Roth, over comments Roth made about the possibility of VAN HALEN ever performing Hagar-era material with Dave on vocals. Speaking to Billboard earlier this month, Roth was asked if he would ever consider tackling any of the songs that were […]
Jonathan Davis has a long history of collaborating with artists both in metal and way outside the genre. The Korn frontman has hooked up with a plethora of eclectic artists including Sepultura, Orgy, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, as well as rapper Xzibit, Infected Mushroom, producer and DJ Datsik and a collaboration with Emigrate featuring Rammstein’s Richard […]
Hardcore Misfits / Glenn Danzig fans will get a kick out of this. More than three decades after Glenn Danzig left the Misfits, the horror punk frontman has donned skull makeup. Though the Misfits still exist with sole founding member Jerry Only, Danzig hasn’t fronted the iconic act since 1983. Classic members such as guitarist […]
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Guns N’ Roses / Sixx: A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba apparently got into some trouble at a recent concert he was attending due to an e-cigarette. According to TMZ, the rocker was at a Romeo Santos concert at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas over the Memorial Day weekend when the […]
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson will appear on Jim Breuer’s upcoming rock album. The comedian was on SiriusXM’s Opie and Jim Norton Show recently and talked about getting to work with and record with Johnson. In the audio above, Breuer’s excitement at getting the rocker on his new album is evident as he recalls how the recording […]
With all of the trailer excitement surrounding STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, I forgot all about Andy Serkis‘ cryptic narration over the initial teaser for J.J. Abrams‘ film. With all of the character reveals we have seen in recent months, Serkis’ role has still bee a mystery. That is, until now. In a follow up […]
A couple of weeks ago, The Boondocks voice actor Gary Anthony Williams (Uncle Ruckus, no relation) was cast as Bebop in TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2, and it appears the sequel has finally found its Rocksteady. The latest TMNT 2 set pics reveal that WWE superstar Sheamus (Stephen Farrelly) is playing the Shredder henchman, and […]
