Metallica have announced that their Marching Band Competition is returning for a second year. Last year’s response to Metallica’s first-ever marching band competition “completely blew us away,” with over 500 colleges and high schools in the U.S. submitting their truly unique interpretations of Metallica songs, said the band. Year two offers three times as many…… read more »
UMR has announced Pete Townshend Live > In Concert 1985-2001, an expanded 14-CD box set and digital set featuring seven long-out-of-print live albums by The Who founder Pete Townshend, will be released on July 26. The set is available for pre-order now at https://petetownshend.lnk.to/liveinconcert Newly remastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge, the…… read more »
Falling In Reverse have teamed up with country music star Jelly Roll for a new song, “All My Life”. “All my life I’ve f**ked up and I can’t deny / I do my best to get it together / I told you once, I told you a million times I just can’t live like this…… read more »
Beck has added a second orchestral show at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Last month, Beck had announced dates for a limited run of orchestral performances, which included shows at venues like the Hollywood Bowl and the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall with a rotating crew of instrumentalists. Now, due to high demand, Beck has added…… read more »
An upcoming Jesse Malin tribute album it set to feature Bruce Springsteen, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and many more. In addition to Springsteen and Armstrong, the upcoming tribute album Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin will also feature Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and The Hold…… read more »
Thom Yorke has announced a solo tour set to take place in October and November. In a statement, the Radiohead and Smile frontman stated, “In the autumn in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Japan I will be alone on stage trying a new kind of solo show thing playing versions of the songs I have…… read more »
American rock band Twenty One Pilots’ Clancy has debuted atop the Australian albums chart. Clancy, Twenty One Pilot’s seventh and latest studio album, launched at the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart. This marks the act’s second No. 1 after Trench topped the chart for one week in 2018. Clancy was released on…… read more »
Queens of the Stone Age have announced the final dates of their 2024 North American “The End Is Nero Tour.” The newly added headline dates include stops in Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin. The band, which will be supported by The Kills on the newly added dates, will also appear at the Soundside Festival…… read more »
Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. The track was the band’s first No. 1 hit when it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1986. The song, which was the first single from the band’s 1986 album, Slippery When Wet, was penned by Jon Bon Jovi,…… read more »
Blur are set to release a new live album, Live At Wembley Stadium, which captures the band’s celebrated comeback shows at the iconic Wembley Stadium last year. Live At Wembley Stadium is set for release on July 26th via Parlophone. It will feature the British pop icon’s full performance at the stadium last July 8…… read more »