5/13: RONNIE JAMES DIO EVENTS THIS WEEKEND IN LA
Flying to Los Angeles today to for a weekend celebrating the life of Ronnie James Dio and various events to raise money for the cancer charity set up in his name. As many of you know Ronnie was one of my close friends and favorite people. We did countless interviews over the years on radio […]
WENDY DIO TALKS 5TH YEAR RONNIE JAMES DIO CELEBRATIONS, HEAR N’ AID, CLASSIC BLACK SABBATH, DIO RELEASES
Greg Prato of Bravewords interviewed Wendy Dio about this weekend’s five year memorial celebrations honoring the passing of the legendary singer. The interview appears in its entirety below. BraveWords: Let’s discuss the upcoming events. Wendy Dio: It’s five years since Ronnie’s passing, and every year, we have a little memorial ourselves up by the gravesite […]
5/12: HEADED TO LA FOR DIO EVENTS, SLASH, BOOKS, KROKUS PODCAST, MORE.
Huge thanks to the many guests I had on my live SiriusXM show. Jay Jay French, Snake Sabo and Gary Cherone all called in to talk about various things including the Metal Meltdown show all their bands are playing along with Great White in Vegas at Hard Rock 5/30. I’ll see you there for that, […]
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, ADDITIONAL VAN HALEN CONCERTS ADDED AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL AND NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATER
Due to overwhelming demand, a third New York-area Van Halen concert has been added at the Nikon At Jones Beach Theater on Saturday, August 15th and an additional Hollywood Bowl show has been added on Sunday, October 4th. Tickets go on sale Monday, May 18th at 10 AM through Ticketmaster tickets for the previously announced […]
GUITARIST JOE SATRIANI SETS RELEASE OF HIS 15TH STUDIO ALBUM, “SHOCKWAVE SUPERNOVA” ON JULY 24TH
Legendary guitarist, Joe Satriani, announces plans to release his 15th solo studio album, Shockwave Supernova, on July 24th, making him one of the first to utilize the new “Friday, Global Release Day” for music. It would be easy to call Shockwave Supernova a “masterpiece” or “the last word on guitar” from the world’s most commercially […]
METAL ALLEGIANCE, FEATURING DAVE ELLEFSON, ALEX SKOLNICK, MIKE PORTNOY AND MIKE MENGHI, SIGN WITH NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT
After successful appearances at sea on Motörhead’s Motörboat and Shiprocked as well as an unforgettable show before NAMM in Anaheim this past January, Metal Allegiance has signed their first-ever record deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The world-wide deal stems from the popular musical collective uniting to write and record original material this past Winter. Brought […]