More than 35 years after Judas Priest received a lifetime ban from Madison Square Garden, Rob Halford says he’s ready to return to the iconic New York venue. “I’d love to go back there,” the frontman declared during an interview with Los Angeles radio station KLOS. “Because, it’s like CBGB used to be. It’s like the
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H.E.R. has revealed when fans can expect to hear her highly anticipated debut album, ‘Back Of My Mind’. Taking to Twitter, H.E.R. – real name Gabriella Wilson – revealed that ‘Back Of My Mind’ will be dropping next week on Friday June 18. To coincide with the announcement, Wilson has dropped the album’s latest, uplifting
The past three months haven’t delivered a huge bounty of reissues and archival recordings, but there have been some great records nonetheless. The usual assortment of deluxe editions, super deluxe editions and vinyl-and-multi-disc-stuffed box sets arrived. But there are also sets dedicated to a lost ’60s band’s entire recording output and an album including the last
The Weeknd has taken part in a USAID government meeting in which he was briefed about the “devastating” crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia. The Canadian singer-songwriter (real name Abel Tesfaye) sat down for the virtual meeting on Thursday (June 10) with USAID’S administrator Samantha Power, and National Security Director Colin Thomas-Jensen among others. Sharing screenshots from the
Wolfgang Van Halen successfully lives up to his family name while carving out a separate identity and sound on his debut album, Mammoth WVH. This is quite a narrow needle to thread, at an undeniably difficult time for the younger Van Halen, whose guitar-hero father Eddie died in October 2020. In addition to his personal grief, the reverence
Music publishers in the US have hit Roblox Corporation, the developer behind the massively successful online video game Roblox, with a $200million lawsuit alleging widespread copyright infringement. The suit was filed by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) on behalf of big publishers such as ABKCO Music & Records and indie labels such as Big
Eric Clapton will release a deluxe anniversary edition of his 1970 self-titled debut solo album on Aug. 20. The collection, which includes four CDs and a vinyl LP, will feature three separate mixes: the “Tom Dowd Mix (The U.K. Version),” the “Eric Clapton Mix” and the “Delaney Bramlett Mix.” This will be the first time the Eric Clapton Mix
Nick Cave has given one of his fans some advice in his inimitable style after being asked for his “perspective on getting old”. The artist offered his perspective on his Red Hand Files website, where he regularly answers questions sent in by his fans. In his latest post on the site, Cave responded to Remko
Following the recent discovery of Van Halen‘s long-lost dinosaur music video, another newly unearthed clip shows Eddie Van Halen at his home studio. The video, filmed at 5150, shows the guitarist playing the riff to “Amsterdam” several years before the song’s public release. The clip appears to have been shot in the mid ’80s, but the song wasn’t officially out until it
Marshmello and Megan Thee Stallion have linked up for a thumping new EDM track titled ‘Bad Bitches’. The collaboration, which also features production by Miami-based DJ Nitti Gritti, samples a line of banter from one of Megan’s incendiary live shows. It comes as the third single from Marshmello’s imminent fourth album, ‘Shockwave’, following ‘Back In
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Rising British anomaly Burning In The Skies (named after a Linkin Park song), has just released his dazzling debut EP called “Caught In The Undertow.” It’s easy to see that mastermind of Burning In The Skies Andy King has a unique and astounding passion and effervescence for music. The EP is a collection of feelings
Lynyrd Skynyrd announced their Big Wheels Keep on Turnin’ Tour for 2021 — and detailed a goal to continue with a more “selective” approach beyond a live run previously described as their “farewell.” The 30-date U.S. trek begins June 13 in Forest City, Iowa, and wraps Nov. 19 in Bossier City, La. Thirteen of the shows
AD Feature with Sonos Brian Eno will launch a new Sonos Radio HD station, called The Lighthouse, today (June 8), which will delve into his extensive archive of work. The innovative musician, producer and visual artist is one of the latest curators to join Sonos Radio HD, which is now available in the US, UK,
I think today, we’re afraid of vulnerability. At the very least, we’re uncomfortable with someone expressing their vulnerability because it’s a brave thing to do. We want to experience these moments in private, and we all know the feeling of finding an album we clutch tightly and feel like it’s speaking to us directly. I’m
Shine Eye Landing, the latest album from Arkansan Billy Jeter isn’t exactly something that’s reinventing the wheel on Country music, but it was never really designed to. It serves as an almost anthology looking into the lived-in moments and thoughts of a third-generation Arkansan with a lot to say in his beating heart. I will
New details have emerged in the ongoing controversy surrounding former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson. According to a police report obtained by Rolling Stone, the rocker admitted to engaging in a series of virtual sexual interactions with a 19 year old Dutch fan. In the report, the bassist explained that he first met the woman following
Toronto punks Fucked Up have announced they will reissue third album ‘David Comes to Life’ to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The band’s sprawling, 78-minute concept album will be released as a limited-edition 2LP vinyl on “lightbulb-yellow” in December. Pre-orders are available here. To coincide, the band have made the previously vinyl-only companion compilation ‘David’s Town’
The art of rock ’n’ roll is more than alive and well and that’s thanks to Tedi Brunetti, also appropriately known as the Queen of Pittsburgh. I hadn’t heard much from her before this album, but upon researching her seasoned past tied to the New York City music scene, I came to realize she did
King Crimson will return to the road this summer. A new tour called Music Is Our Friend will launch on July 22 in Clearwater, Fla., and end in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11. With founding guitarist Robert Fripp at the helm, the band is rounded out with bassist Tony Levin, singer and multi-instrumentalist Jakko Jakszyk, multi-instrumentalist