Godsmack have announced that their hit album Awake will be released on Vinyl for the first time. Godsmack’s second album, originally released in 2000, features fan favorites “Bad Magick,” “Awake,” and “Greed.” Its title track became Godsmack’s first Billboard No. 1 song, while the track “Vampire” was nominated for a Grammy. Having sold more than…… read more »
Aerosmith have announced they will release a limited edition of their second album, Get Your Wings on vinyl via UMe/Capitol on May 17, in celebration of the record’s 50th anniversary. The limited edition, limited to numbers 1-1974 to honor the year of the album’s release, is pressed on 180g custom color “gold sparkle” vinyl. It…… read more »
Craft Recordings has announced the first wide vinyl release of Creed’s multiplatinum-selling Greatest Hits collection. Originally issued in 2004 as a limited-edition pressing, the 13-track compilation spans the Grammy and American Music Award-winning band’s first three albums – 1997’s My Own Prison, 1999’s Human Clay, and 2001’s Weathered. The album also features such chart-topping singles…… read more »
Twenty One Pilots recently announced “The Clancy World Tour” and shared a new single, “Next Semester,” from their upcoming album, Clancy. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun announced a huge tour in support of the album. The tour kicks off on August 15 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, and will include…… read more »
Chad Smith and Lars Ulrich are set to make cameo appearances in the This Is Spinal Tap sequel. According to Deadline, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica drummers will make cameos in the upcoming film. The report also says that Fran Drescher will be reprising her role as publicist Bobbi Flekman. The cast will…… read more »
Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has announced an expanded digital edition of his acclaimed third solo album, Lighthouse. The deluxe release includes eight additional tracks with three exclusive live performance videos filmed last December at Easy Street Records in McKagan’s hometown of Seattle, Washington. Lighthouse (Expanded Edition) features a stripped-down acoustic rendition of “I…… read more »
System of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has teamed up with composer Bear McCreary on “Incinerator,” a track from the latter’s upcoming album, The Singularity, which is due out on May 10th. “When I got the music, when I got this song specifically, I was blown away. It’s explosive,” Tankian said about the song. The…… read more »
Korn have announced dates for a 2024 North American tour, with support from Gojira and Spiritbox. The extensive 25-city North American fall tour will kick off on September 12 in Tampa at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre. The tour will make stops across Charlotte, Newark, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas…… read more »
BBC Radio 6 Music has announced a new series hosted by Courtney Love. “Courtney Love’s Women” will start airing on BBC Radio 6 Music next month. According to BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds, “Courtney Love’s Women” will be a “candid and raw new music series, in which the legendary Courtney Love shares the…… read more »
Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes recently released the official video for “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero).” The star-studded re-recording of Knopfler’s 1983 solo single was released in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. For the nearly 10-minute new take of the Local Hero theme song, Knopfler joined forces with numerous rock…… read more »