Red Hot Chili Peppers recently released a new single, “Tippa My Tongue,” and an accompanying video. The song is the first single from the band’s upcoming album, Return of the Dream Canteen, due out on October 14 on Warner Records. The funk-rock track sees frontman Anthony Kiedis playing with lyrical double entendre until he declares,…… read more »
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker recently became the latest celebrity to test positive for COVID-19. Barker shared the news on Instagram alongside a photo of himself jamming on the floor with some drumsticks, posting, “Covid sucks [angry face emoji] I’d rather be playing drums.” Earlier this month, Machine Gun Kelly had revealed that Barker would return…… read more »
Eddie Vedder recently shared a music video for his cover of Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros’ 2003 song “Long Shadow.” The video, produced and directed by Lance Bangs, is available to watch on YouTube. Vedder’s cover of “Long Shadow” marks a celebration of Strummer’s 70th birthday. “Long Shadow” is a song from the album Streetcore.…… read more »
Red Hot Chili Peppers will receive the prestigious Global Icon Award and perform live at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. RHCP will return to the VMAs stage for the first time since 2000, when they received the Video Vanguard Award and performed one of their trademark tunes, “Californication.” This year, the quartet made up…… read more »
Sammy Hagar & the Circle recently released a cover of Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up,” in which the supergroup give a fiery performance of the 1978 song. “Pump It Up” is the second single from their upcoming album, Crazy Times. The album is set for release on September 30 via Ume. Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony,…… read more »
Megadeth and Killswitch Engage have been announced as headliners for the U.K.’s Bloodstock festival in 2023. Killswitch Engage will headline the festival’s Ronnie James Dio main stage on Friday, August 11, while thrash legends Megadeth will close the festival with a headlining set on the same stage on Sunday, August 13. Other bands set to…… read more »
A documentary on heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio will be released in theaters for two days worldwide this Fall. The theater shows are scheduled for September 28 and October 2 via BMG and Trafalgar Releasing. DIO: Dreamers Never Die delves deep into the singer’s incredible rise from ’50s doo-wop crooner to his early rock…… read more »
Pale Waves recently dropped a glitzy new video for their latest single, “Clean,” which features on their third album, Unwanted. The video was shot at London’s Rivoli Ballroom. It shows the band performing in an empty room at the venue, as scenes show the singer and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie holding a press conference. According to…… read more »
Paramount will join forces with Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins’ family to live stream the all-star global music event, The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert. To be recorded live on September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London, the concert will feature rock and pop legends, collaborators, and Hawkins’ surviving Foo Fighters bandmates joining together to pay…… read more »
Rage Against The Machine’s residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden has raised $1 million for charity. “Charity tickets purchased by our fans for our five night Madison Square Garden residency raised $1,000,000,” the band wrote in a statement on Instagram. “These funds will be distributed to the Immigrant Defense Project and by WhyHunger…… read more »