7/21: THE TOURING BUSINESS IN 2015 & THE FUTURE?
Really interesting reading some of Kerry King’s comments about the current Mayhem tour (now in the news section) which features Slayer and King Diamond as headliners. The owner of the festival had made some comments about how difficult it is to keep viable metal acts that draw on a bill while also keeping costs down. […]
LYNCH MOB STREAMS ANOTHER NEW SONG CALLED “JELLY ROLL”
As previously reported, Lynch Mob will be releasing their eighth studio album, Rebel, on August 21st through Frontiers Music SRL. The band is currently streaming another song from the forth coming release entitled, Jelly Roll. Listen to it below. To listen to other songs streaming from Rebel, please click on the song titles: Automatic Fix […]
SLAYER’S KERRY KING SAID THIS YEAR’S “MAYHEM FESTIVAL” WAS NOT “BOOKED CORRECTLY”
While Slayer is currently on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, the festival’s co-founder Kevin Lyman recently stated that metal “chased girls away” because the genre “got gray, bald and fat. When Slayer guitarist Kerry King was asked by Metal Insider to comment on Lyman’s statement, he said, “It’s a very generalizing statement and it […]
AC/DC DRUMMER PHIL RUDD ORDERED TO UNDERGO RANDOM DRINK AND DRUG TESTS
Paul Chapman of The Telegraph reports: Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd must undergo random testing for drugs and alcohol after allegedly being caught drinking while serving a home detention sentence in New Zealand. Rudd, 61, was arrested at his luxury waterfront mansion in the North Island city of Tauranga at the weekend, and spent Sunday […]
AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS HOME DETENTION, AC/DC DRUMMER PHIL RUDD ARRESTED AGAIN
Reuters is reporting that AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been arrested in New Zealand where he lives just 10 days after being sentenced to home detention, media reported on Sunday. Rudd, who on July 10th was sentenced to eight months home detention after pleading guilty to charges of threatening to kill and possession of drugs, […]
BON JOVI TO RELEASE SPECIAL FAN ALBUM IN AUGUST
Michele Amabile Angermiller of Billboard reports: Bon Jovi is releasing a special fan album leading up to its overseas fall tour, Billboard has learned. The band is releasing two new tracks not even one month before the August 21st release of their new album, Burning Bridges. A spokesperson for Bon Jovi tells Billboard, “Burning Bridges, […]