Def Leppard have announced that their new album Drastic Symphonies, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, will be released on May 19. The 15-track Drastic Symphonies features Def Leppard’s greatest produced tracks dramatically reimagined and sounding larger and more exhilarating than ever before. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the album includes new vocals and instrumental from…… read more »
Chart-topping, Grammy-nominated rock band Mammoth WVH have signed a new global recordings agreement with BMG to release their upcoming new studio album. Led by Wolfgang Van Halen, the musical architect behind his solo band Mammoth WVH, this marks his first recordings deal with BMG, who also serves as Mammoth WVH’s music publisher. Van Halen said,…… read more »
Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Korn have been announced as the headliners for the 2023 Aftershock Festival. The West Coast’s biggest rock festival features nearly 100 rock and metal bands. The four-day music festival will kick off in Sacramento’s Discovery Park on October 5. For the second year, Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin will…… read more »
Queen’s Brian May was knighted by King Charles III on Tuesday, March 14, at Buckingham Palace. In a photo shared on Instagram of the knighting ceremony, May can be seen smiling as Charles laid a ceremonial sword tap on the Queen guitarist’s left shoulder. May received the title of Knight Bachelor for his services to…… read more »
Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra have announced plans to embark on a co-headlining “The Amplified Echoes Tour.” The 29-city run kicks off on Tuesday, July 11, in Missoula at Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater and will include stops across North America in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York and more before wrapping up on Saturday,…… read more »
Weezer are set to headline the inaugural Cave Mountain Catskills Music Festival. The Cave Mountain Catskills Music Festival will make its debut this year at Windham Mountain in Windham, New York, on September 15 – 16. Besides Weezer, the lineup also features Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dinosaur Jr., Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Albert Hammond Jr.,…… read more »
Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth recently released his cover version of Marvin Gaye’s 1965 hit “Ain’t That Peculiar.” The track is the ninth solo single shared by Roth in recent months. “Ain’t That Peculiar,” written by Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore and Marv Taplin, was originally released by Gaye in 1965. It…… read more »
Buckcherry have announced their tenth studio album, Vol. 10, and shared a video for its leads single, “Good Time.” The “Good Time” visuals, directed by Tom Flynn and Mike Watts, were recorded in Los Angeles. Vol. 10, which marks the hard-rocking band’s tenth album, is scheduled for release on CD and digitally on June 2.…… read more »
To mark the 20th anniversary of their RIAA Platinum-certified 2003 fourth studio album, Elephant, The White Stripes are issuing two special editions. Elephant (Deluxe) is out digitally on March 31 via Third Man Records and sees the remastered HD audio of the original studio album joined with the band’s July 2, 2003 27-song set at…… read more »
Falling In Reverse have announced the schedule for their upcoming summer tour, “The Popular Monstour,” featuring Ice Nine Kills. Underoath, Spiritbox, Slaughter To Prevail, Crown The Empire, and Catch Your Breath are among the special guests set to support Falling In Reverse on select dates. Falling in Reverse 2023 Tour Dates: June 26 – Charleston,…… read more »