MÖTLEY CRÜE’S, “THE DIRT” SCORES FIRST TOP TEN ALBUM IN MORE THAN A DECADE ON BILLBOARD’S 200 CHART
Keith Caulfield of Billboard reports: Mötley Crüe earns its first top 10 album in more than a decade on the Billboard 200 chart, as the band’s soundtrack to The Dirt debuts at No. 10. The set launches with nearly 30,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 28th, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 15,000 […]
“PLAY IT LOUD: INSTRUMENTS OF ROCK N’ ROLL” EXHIBITION OPENING AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK CITY ON APRIL 8TH
As previously reported, the first major loan exhibition in an art museum dedicated entirely to the iconic instruments of rock and roll will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 8th, 2019. Through more than 130 instruments that were used by such artists as Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Jimi […]
DEF LEPPARD’S JOE ELLIOTT SAYS VH1’S MOVIE ABOUT THE BAND WAS “THE BIGGEST PLIE OF S–T EVER MADE”
Patrick Doyle of Rolling Stone spoke with Def Leppard, prior to the band’s induction to the Rock Hall. Excerpts from the interview appear below. Rolling Stone: You played Madison Square Garden this last year, and you played Wembley just recently. What is it like to be in that position at this point in your career? […]
GHOST ANNOUNCE “ULTIMATE TOUR NAMED DEATH” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES, TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 5TH
With Dance Macabre becoming the band’s third No. 1 single at Rock Radio, Grammy Award-winning artist Ghost has announced a six-week North American headline tour that will see the Swedish rock band’s elaborate rock theater presentation metamorphose into a full-on arena production. Billed as the Ultimate Tour Named Death and produced by Live Nation, the tour will begin September 13th in at the […]
3/31: TRUNKNATION AND YOUTUBE
Pretty much every day I hear from someone that says to me “I hear you on YouTube”. The truth is I have never personally posted anything on YouTube in my life. There is a YouTube channel that my webmaster has access to but we haven’t really developed that out in any real way yet. What […]
3/31: RADIO SHOW UPDATE, MOTLEY CRUE PODCAST, ANOTHER BIG LA INVASION SET FOR 4/8
Psyched to announce my next TrunkNation LA Invasion broadcast is set for April 8th as usual from The Rainbow in LA. I have 3 major guests for this one and they will be announced tomorrow on my daily show on 106 Volume at 2P ET. As usual LA remotes are free and open to all […]