KID ROCK VISITS CAPITAL HILL TO DISCUSS THE HIGH PRICE OF CONCERT TICKETS
Kevin Dolak of The Hollywood Reporter reports: Kid Rock returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon to testify before Congress on behalf of artists on the skyrocketing costs of concert and event ticketing, sharing with lawmakers his ideas on how to combat the corporations and scammers driving up ticket costs, leaving fans shut out and providing no […]
TRIUMPH’S RIK EMMETT EXPLAINS WHY THE BAND REUNITED, REACTS TO RUSH GETTING BACK TOGETHER
Greg Prato for Ultimate Guitar spoke with Trimuph‘s Rik Emmett UG: What made you finally agree to take part in a Triumph reunion tour? Rik Emmett: “It was an accumulation of many things over time. Phil X is playing in the band, so, I mean, that’s one part of it, right? That we went and […]
BRET MICHAELS DENIES DEMANDING SIX TIMES MORE MONEY FOR POISON TOUR
In a new interview with Chaz & AJ In The Morning, a morning radio talk show program on 99.1 WPLR, a rock radio station broadcasting from New Haven, Connecticut, Poison frontman Bret Michaels was asked if fans can expect to see tour to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the band’s debut album, 1986’s Look What the Cat Dragged In, in 2027. He […]
SHARON OSBOURNE IS SPEAKING WITH LIVE NATION ABOUT BRINGING “OZZFEST” BACK
Hannah Karp of Billboard reports: When Ozzy Osbourne died in July, the world remembered how the Black Sabbath legend had shaped both modern rock and many aspects of today’s music business — showing artists how they could build massive merchandising empires and turn reality TV stardom into a new revenue stream, while also pioneering the concept of […]
MICK MARS LOSES LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST HIS FORMER MÖTLEY CRÜE BANDMATES, MUST PAY RESTITUTION
Mötley Crüe says that it has won “a decisive victory” against former guitarist Mick Mars, resulting in “a final arbitration award that rejects every claim Mars made against the band and orders him to pay damages back to the group,” reports blabbermouth.net. According to a press release issued by the band’s attorney, Sasha Frid of Miller Barondess, LLP, “the arbitrator’s ruling not only […]
BOB DAISLEY SAYS HE DOESN’T HOLD A “GRUDGE” AGAINST SHARON OSBOURNE
In a new interview with Scott Penfold of Loaded Radio, Bob Daisley, the 75-year-old veteran rock/metal bassist and songwriter, who performed on — and wrote/co-wrote the lyrics/music for — a good portion of Ozzy Osbourne‘s early solo catalog, was asked about the fact that he was invited to take part in Osbourne‘s final concert, which took place in Birmingham, […]