2025 EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR TO INCLUDE NEWCOMER MARCUS KING AND RETURNING MUSICIANS ZAKK WYLDE, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM, ERIC JOHNSON, SAMANTHA FISH, DEVON ALLMAN, MANY MORE

The Experience Hendrix Tour, the only official multi-artist celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s musical genius that made a triumphant return this year after a half-decade hiatus, has just announced its 2025 edition. Starting at Taft Theatre in Cincinnati and winding its way through the Midwest (with a stop at Toronto’s famed Massey Hall), the tour continues […]

MEGADETH CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST-EVER BAND WEBSITE—MEGADETH, ARIZONA—AND “YOUTHANASIA” ALBUM; READ A DAVE MUSTAINE INTERVIEW

In October 1994, Megadeth and their label took a chance with a new venture. To celebrate the release of the Youthanasia album, the pioneering band established Megadeth, Arizona. It was the first-ever band website on the Internet. The website—as Billboard (October 31, 2024) noted in a story celebrating its anniversary—was “based on the location of the band’s […]

DARK CHAPEL, LED BY BLACK LABEL SOCIETY GUITARIST, DARIO LORINA, SET TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM “SPIRIT IN THE GLASS” ON FEBRUARY 28TH; FIRST SINGLE, “GLASS HEART” AVAILABLE NOW

Guitarist/singer/producer Dario Lorina, best-known as a longtime member of Black Label Society (2014 to present), is launching his brand new band, Dark Chapel. Led by Lorina and also featuring Brody DeRozie (Guitar), Mike Gunn (Bass), and Luis Silva (Drums), the band’s airtight guitar-craft and sludgy grooves with magnetic melodies, bluesy phrasing, and grunge mystique are […]