LARRY PINK THE HUMAN, the side-project of Slaves‘ Laurie Vincent, have shared details of their first ever live shows. The duo, completed by producer Jolyon Thomas, will play two gigs later this year, with more promised soon. This October, the pair will play Ramsgate Music Hall (October 14) and London’s Lexington (22). Tickets for both shows
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Wolfgang Van Halen revealed the favorite piece of advice his dad Eddie Van Halen ever offered him. The Mammoth WVH leader also revisited his previous comments on his father’s failings as a guitar teacher, saying he’d never meant anything negative with his words. Asked about the late guitar legend’s advice, Van Halen told Rock Sverige:
David Crosby and Graham Nash opened up about the lingering personal friction likely preventing a full Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young reunion. “Stephen [Stills] and Neil [Young] and I are great,” Nash told CBS Sunday Morning. “We talk often. We don’t talk to David.” Crosby, in a separately filmed interview, noted, “I don’t expect to
My Chemical Romance have announced an arena tour of Australia in March 2022. The news comes over a year following the cancellation of the emo legends’ ill-fated 2020 tour of Australia, where they were scheduled to headline the third annual Download Festival in Melbourne and Sydney. Both cities are on the itinerary for next year’s
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead will debut a new band, the Smile, tonight at the ticketed Glastonbury livestream event, Live at Worthy Farm. The group will be rounded out by drummer Tom Skinner, in collaboration with producer Nigel Godrich. “We’re truly honored that Thom and Jonny have chosen our livestream event to premiere their brand
The ‘Play Jaja Ding Dong’ guy and unlikely star of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga read out Iceland’s results at last night’s (May 22) 2021 Eurovision Song Contest – see footage below. Prior to the ceremony, which saw Italy emerge victorious and the UK fail to pick up a single point, Hannes Óli
Metallica appear to be prepping a reissue of their 1991 self-titled album, colloquially known as the Black Album, based on their recent social media posts. On Friday, the metal titans shared a minute-long clip on Facebook of them playing Black Album single “Wherever I May Roam” during a 1992 San Diego concert, which was memorialized in
Sometimes, the only way to follow-up a best-selling critically acclaimed album is to do it all over again, only bigger. That’s the approach Crosby, Stills & Nash took in 1970 with their follow-up to May 1969’s Crosby, Stills & Nash. They enlisted Neil Young to expand the trio into a quartet and spent six months
The Smile, the new band comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, gave their debut live performance tonight (May 22). The new group played as part of Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream event, which was filmed at various spots across the iconic festival site. The Smile’s involvement
What’s in a name? If you’re a multi-platinum, arena-filling rock band, the answer is often “enough to go to court over.” Plenty of rockers have gone through ugly, years-long litigation in order to wrest control of their band name back from their ex-bandmates, with both sides feeling equally entitled to the moniker. Sometimes it’s a cut-and-dry case, with
The tuk-band is not one of the Caribbean’s more famous musical exports, but it is a relatively common sight at carnivals around Barbados, the island where Sons Of Kemet leader Shabaka Hutchings spent much of his childhood. It is a marching band featuring snare drums, bass drums and triangles, fronted by one or two flutes
A new graphic novel detailing Freddie Mercury‘s life is set to be released later this year. Freddie Mercury: Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs is inspired by the Queen frontman’s life and words; it will be released via Z2 Comics sometime in November. Written by Tres Dean (All Time Low Presents: Young Renegades), a synopsis of
A youthful lust for sexual satisfaction. The angst that comes with a stinging hangover and cigarette-stained fingertips. Between the heat of the dancefloor and the scratch of tonight’s mistress, experiencing everything that comes with being a young gun on the prowl is like nothing else in life. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/people/Tash-Hagz/100004559084449/ Tash Hagz is taking us into
The colorful life and career of legendary Queen singer Freddie Mercury has been turned into a new graphic novel. Freddie Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs marks the first time the iconic frontman’s story has been captured in comic book form. In a press release announcing the project, publisher Z2 comics promised the graphic
“Magic isn’t about pulling rabbits out of hats,” says Ewen Bremner as Alan McGee, fancying himself the dark lysergic mage of EC1, midway through the recent, regrettable Creation Stories biopic. “But it is about making something materialise.” As if on cue, like the shopkeeper in Mr Benn, Aleister Crowley appears in the loo of a
Metallica have announced the return of their streaming concert series ‘Metallica Mondays’ for one night only. The band will air a 2018 gig in Lincoln, Nebraska on YouTube next Monday (May 24) at 1am BST in honour of their charity All Within My Hands Foundation’s Month Of Giving. From March to August 2020, Metallica relived
Dan Rodriguez’s new single “Passenger” is a true highlight in a year of more slow ballad sad tracks this year’s music seems to offer thanks to the reactionary vibes of a post-Covid world. Starting with a breathy count Rodriguez laments the feeling of helplessness like he’s a kidnapped victim of the literal devil but it’s
Music Phenomena Laugh has just released his debut single “Criminal.” Laugh is the solo project of NYC based musician Christian VM, and is a response to the farcical tragedy of everyday life. “Criminal” is a fun and heavy swinging rock/pop single drenched in dark layers of synth and bass. Download or stream your copy of
L.A. Rats, the new supergroup comprising Nikki Sixx, Rob Zombie, John 5 and Tommy Clufetos, have released their first single, a cover of the Geoff Mack-penned country standard “I’ve Been Everywhere.” The quartet’s rendition of the 1959 classic will appear on the soundtrack for the upcoming Netflix movie The Ice Road starring Liam Neeson. L.A. Rats