ALICE IN CHAINS TO RELEASE, “DIRT” 30TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET, ON SEPTEMBER 23RD

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release a remastered 30th-anniversary 2LP 12″ black vinyl edition of Alice In Chains‘ landmark album Dirt on September 23rd. Originally released through Columbia Records on September 29th, 1992, Alice In Chains’ second full-length studio album established the band as formidable frontrunners in the alt-rock music revolution rolling out of the Pacific […]
MEGADETH RELEASE VISUALIZER FOR NEW SONG “SOLDIER ON!”

Megadeth has released a new single, from the band’s sixteenth forthcoming studio album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!, called Soldier On!, it can be streamed below. Frontman Dave Mustaine says about Soldier On!, “Coming to the realization that you need to walk away from a relationship that’s very toxic, and how hard it can be to start […]
TED NUGENT DISCUSSES HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH EDDIE VAN HALEN AND SAYS “WHAT A GREAT MAN HE WAS”

On August 11th, Ted Nugent was a guest on Eddie’s Sirius/XM show, Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, where he discussed his friendship with guitar icon, Eddie Van Halen. Nugent said (as per blabbermouth.net), “What a great man he was. What a force to reckon with, how he enriched our lives with his musical genius. And […]
DIO’S “DONINGTON ’83” AND ” ’87” TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD

On September 23rd, Niji Entertainment and BMG will re-release two legendary live performances from Dio at the Castle Donington festival in the United Kingdom. Donington ’83 captures the original Dio lineup on the Holy Diver tour and captures a young, hungry band three months after the release of their debut album. The set features classic tracks from Ronnie James Dio‘s already-amazing career as vocalist for Rainbow and Black Sabbath, alongside future classics […]
DREAM THEATER GUITARIST JOHN PETRUCCI ANNOUNCES MORE DATES TO UPCOMING HEADLINE SOLO TOUR WITH DAVE LARUE ON BASS AND MIKE PORTNOY ON DRUMS

On the heels of the recent announcement of the solo tour that made global headlines, Grammy Award winning guitarist John Petrucci, of the ground-breaking and influential prog-metal band Dream Theater, is announcing more dates to his first headlining solo tour. The shows in Boston, MA (October 7th); New York, NY (October 13th) and Washington, DC (October 15th) were announced […]
AIRBOURNE FRONTMAN JOEL O’KEEFE SAYS THAT “THE WHOLE FUTURE OF ROCK AND ROLL DEPENDS ON SMALL CLUBS”

Airbourne frontman Joel O’Keefe recently spoke with Janne Innanfors of the Rock Klassiker radio station, when his band supported Iron Maiden on July 22nd in Gothenburg, Sweden. O’Keffe discussed how the pandemic effected many small businesses across the world, including live music venues. O’Keffe said (as per blabbermouth.net), “”It makes me angry, this whole thing, because the ecosystem of live […]