METALLICA TO RELEASE A VINYL SET OF THEIR “BY REQUEST” TOUR STARTING IN NOVEMBER
At long last, the Live Metallica vinyl has arrived. With the fans help voting for their favorites, the band pressed four shows from the 2014 Metallica By Request tour on 180-gram vinyl. These quadruple vinyl sets from Bogota, Helsinki, Istanbul and Montreal are limited to 500 copies of each show and a new title will […]
RITCHIE BLACKMORE ANNOUNCES ONE MORE ROCK SHOW AND IT WILL BE IN THE UK
On the heels of announcing two Monsters Of Rock festivals in Germany, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore will bring his new version of Rainbow to the UK for one show next year – but not to the Download festival. The former Deep Purple guitarist recently confirmed he was planning a temporary return to rock music from the […]
OVERKILL FRONTMAN BOBBY “BLITZ” ELLSWORTH DISCUSSES MUSIC, SPORTS AND TATTOOS
Former Hades guitarist Dan Lorenzo spoke with Overkill vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth yesterday for Painful Pleasures. Below is a portion of their conversation. Dan Lorenzo: How old were you when you got your first tattoo? Bobby Blitz: I was 40…it was the first step to a divorce, the closing chapter. Dan Lorenzo: Did anybody in […]
OZZY OSBOURNE CONFIRMS THAT BLACK SABBATH WILL NOT RECORD ANOTHER ALBUM
NOLA.com posted a feature article about Ozzy Osbourne on October 27th. In the piece Osbourne stated that Black Sabbath have decided against recording another album, making 2013’s, 13, their last. The singer said, “It’s the end of Sabbath, believe me.” He continued, “In December, I’ll be f——‘ 68 and I think it’s time to call […]
QUEENSRYCHE ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES
Queensryche has announced Condition Human 2016 tour dates. Their dates are as follows: 1/7 — San Jose, Calif. — Rockbar 1/8 — Anaheim, Calif. — House of Blues 1/9 — Las Vegas, Nev. – Hard Rock Live 1/10 — Tucson, Ariz. — Rialto Theatre 1/12 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Marquee Theatre 1/14 — San Antonio, […]
BRITISH FILM DIRECTOR DRUMMING UP A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ICONIC ROCK PERCUSSIONIST, COZY POWELL
Steve Newton of The Georgia Straight reports: British independent film director Lee Hutchings has announced plans to shoot a documentary about the life and times of hard-rock drummer Cozy Powell, who played for artists such as: Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Rainbow, and Black Sabbath before perishing in a high-speed car crash in 1998 at the […]