ALICE COOPER ANNOUNCES MARCH/APRIL TOUR DATES WITH BUCKCHERRY

After wrapping a successful and uninterrupted fall 2021 tour, Alice Cooper recently announced a run of January and February dates ahead of a headline appearance on the Monsters Of Rock cruise, which takes place February 9th -14th. Cooper has confirmed a slate of new spring 2022 dates, begining March 18th in Connecticut and winding down on April 23rd in California. […]

DAVID LEE ROTH ADDS DATES TO HIS LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY

David Lee Roth has added four more shows to his upcoming Las Vegas residency. In addition to playing at Mandalay Bay’s House Of Blues on December 31st, January 1st, 5th, 7th and 8th, the Van Halen singer will now also also perform on January 14th-15th and January 21st-22nd. Roth Las Vegas residency dates are now as follows: December 31st, 2021 January […]

DAVID LEE ROTH EXPLAINS HIS ROLE IN HELPING TO CREATE THE ICONIC DESIGN FOR EDDIE VAN HALEN’S “FRANKENSTEIN” GUITAR

Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth has released a seven-minute video , which can be seen below, where the singer discusses how he was involved in helping to create the iconic red-white-and-black-striped pattern for guitarist Eddie Van Halen‘s “Frankenstein” guitar. Van Halen has held the copyright, for the design, since 2001. In 2011, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of […]

STEVE VAI TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM,”INVIOLATE” SHORTLY AFTER THE NEW YEAR, RELEASES VIDEO “LITTLE PRETTY”

Steve Vai and Favored Nations/Mascot Label Group have announced his new studio album titled Inviolate which will be released digitally and on CD January 28th, 2022. The LP will follow on March 18th. Today, they present the song Little Pretty which can be previewed below. The recording is a dark-toned fusion-funk workout played almost exclusively on a Gretsch hollow body guitar. As for what […]

IRON MAIDEN ANNOUNCES FALL 2022 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Iron Maiden will return to North America in 2022 to bring the Legacy Of The Beast world tour to yet more cities, many of which the band has not performed in for many years. The show has already been seen by almost two million people across the globe, being hailed by fans and media alike as the […]

VARIETY: MÖTLEY CRÜE SELLS CATALOG TO BMG

Variety reports: After months of negotiations, BMG has acquired the entire recorded-music catalog of Mötley Crüe in a deal sources say is valued at approximately $150 million, although other sources cited a significantly lower number. The agreement includes the iconic band’s entire recorded output spanning their 40-year career totaling nine studio albums from their 1981 […]