Matthew Wilkening
Guns N’ Roses Cancel Tomorrow Night’s Albany Concert
Attention, upstate New York music fans: you will not be rocking with Guns N’ Roses tomorrow night! The band has called off their Nov. 23 concert at the Times Union Center in Albany due to “production issues.”
Rob Halford Answers Questions About Judas Priest’s Next Album, Their Current Tour and How Much His Coats Weigh
Rob Halford of Judas Priest was kind enough to phone us up for an interview recently, and despite all the talk about the band’s current trek being the last major Priest tour, it’s obvious from the energy and passion the singer spoke with about their future plans that the “Metal Gods” aren’t going away anytime soon.
Sammy Hagar Says Eddie Van Halen Can’t Write Songs
Van Halen might wanna get someone from their camp outside of ex-singer Sammy Hagar talking about their upcoming new album, cause he’s not exactly working hard to shift units for the band lately.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce New Album, 2012 Tour
Bruce Springsteen has announced on his official website that he and the E Street Band will be embarking on a 2012 world tour in support of a brand new album, ending months of feverish speculation by his fans.
Black Sabbath 2012 Tour Dates Begin with European Festivals
Black Sabbath 2012 tour dates that will find the recently reunited band touring the European festival circuit throughout May and June were released by the band today. This highly anticipated trek will kick off May 18 in Moscow, Russia, and wrap up June 24 in Milan, Italy.
Fan Stabs Himself To Death, Blames Hearing Damage from Them Crooked Vultures Concert
A music fan has stabbed himself to death after allegedly being unable to sleep for three months as a result of hearing loss from a concert by Them Crooked Vultures, the group featuring former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
Van Halen Poses for Photo with Interscope Records Staff
Van Halen is captured in a new photograph with the bosses of Interscope records, with whom they just signed a record deal that takes them away from Warner Brothers for the first time in their career.
Judas Priest Deliver Master Class In Metal During Cleveland Concert
Judas Priest led their faithful fans through a two hour and twenty minute tour of heavy metal’s history last night (Nov. 15) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, performing songs from every era of their long and storied career in what we most certainly hope was not any kind of a farewell performance.
Van Halen’s ‘Hot for Teacher’ Covered on ‘Glee’
Van Halen‘s ‘Hot for Teacher’ will be performed by the cast of ‘Glee‘ tomorrow night (Nov. 15), in yet another shocking and appalling example of popular television-on-classic rock crime. The song originally appeared on the band’s ’1984′ album, their last (so far) to feature original lead singer David Lee Roth.
Black Sabbath Officially Announce Reunion, New Album and 2012 World Tour
Black Sabbath‘s original lineup has officially announced that they will reunite in 2012, kicking off a world tour by headlining the Download Festival in England on June 10. That will be followed by more concerts and the fall release of the band’s first album together in 33 years.
Kiss: ‘Rock and Roll Over’ Turns 35 Years Old
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the release of ‘Rock and Roll Over,’ which is the fifth of six studio albums to be released during what many fans consider the original lineup glory days of Kiss.
Van Halen Reportedly Sign to Interscope Records
According to a reliable source, Van Halen have signed a record deal with Interscope Records, meaning their upcoming album will be the band’s first ever not to be released by their longtime label, Warner Brothers.