Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck passed away on Tuesday, January 10. He was 78. “It is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing,” a statement released by his family reads. “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this…… read more »
Foo Fighters, The Lumineers and Paramore are set to headline this year’s Boston Calling festival. The festival takes place on Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, at the Harvard Athletic Complex. Boston Calling will also feature performances from Niall Horan, Alanis Morissette, Bleachers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the National, Maren Morris, The Flaming Lips, Noah Kahan, Queens…… read more »
The Black Keys, Gwen Stefani, and The Black Crowes are set to headline the BeachLife Festival in 2023. The event is scheduled to take place from May 5 to 7 in Redondo Beach, California. Besides the headliners, the lineup includes Pixies, Modest Mouse, Tegan & Sara, Sublime with Rome, John Fogerty, The Head and the…… read more »
Cage the Elephant’s Matt Shultz was recently arrested for keeping guns in his possession. The lead singer of the Grammy-wining rock band was taken into custody at the Bowery Hotel in Lower Manhattan last Thursday after two loaded firearms were found in his room, the NYPD said. The Daily Mail reports that police arrived at…… read more »
Bono has added three dates to his critically acclaimed Stories of Surrender spring 2023 run at New York’s Beacon Theatre. In addition to the original dates of April 15, 17, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, and May 3, the U2 frontman has added three new dates: May 4, 7, and 8. This brings the limited…… read more »
The Royal Mail is honoring Iron Maiden with their own set of British postage stamps celebrating the heavy metal heroes. The stamps, capturing all current band members performing live, will be available for pre-order from January 12 at https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/iron-maiden. The 12-stamp collection includes eight stamps featuring pictures from across the band’s four decades of epic…… read more »
Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan has revealed that the band is likely to release their Look Outside Your Window album later this year. Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Crahan recorded the Look Outside Your Window album in 2008, around the time they were working on the record All Hope Is Gone. Although Taylor…… read more »
Blink-182 vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge says the rock band’s new album is the best they have ever made. “This is the best album we’ve ever made,” DeLonge wrote on Instagram, accompanied by an illustration of the cartoon rabbit from Blink-182’s legendary 1999 Loserkids tour poster. He added, “I’m personally tripping and so proud of…… read more »
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi recently took to social media to reveal his plans to record a new solo album. The eight-minute video released by Iommi on his YouTube account shows him speaking about his reunion with Ozzy Osbourne for a brief performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and also shows him paying…… read more »
Fall Out Boy have teased their fans about an upcoming new album through a cryptic note. In a new year’s note to fans entitled “A Homeboy’s Life,” the band promised that new music is coming in 2023. “We spent the last year jamming ideas in a tiny room [and] can’t wait to share them with…… read more »