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ALTER BRIDGE “TAKE THE CROWN” WITH LYRIC VIDEO FOR LATEST SONG FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM “WALK THE SKY”

As the debut single Wouldn’t You Rather continues to climb the Active Rock charts and on the heels of the recently-released, fan favorite Pay No Mind, Alter Bridge have unveiled another track from their upcoming releaseWalk The Sky (October 18th via Napalm Records). Take The Crown is now available on all digital service providers around the globe and an inspiring lyric video for the track can be seen below.

The song, which is sure to be an addition to the band’s live set, opens with the rallying cry lyric “So sorry, so sorry, but you’re going down.” The song is quintessential Alter Bridge and showcases the musicianship that has won Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars, Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals, Brian Marshall on bass and Scott Phillips on drums, fans around the globe.

Walk The Sky is available for pre-order, here.

Recently, Alter Bridge announced the Victorious Sky Tour beginning in September that will take them throughout the United States co-headlining alongside Skillet with special guest Dirty Honey opening. The European headline tour billed as the Walk The Sky Tour is scheduled for November and December and will feature Shinedown, Sevendust and The Raven Age. The band has also been announced as part of the inaugural Exit 111 festival in October and as a headliner of the sold-out 2020 sailing of Shiprocked.

Alter Bridge Victorious Sky Tour co-Headline with Skillet and special guest Dirty Honey:
 
Sept-19 Raleigh, NC – The RItz
Sept-21 North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
Sept-22 Baltimore, MD – MECU Pavilion
Sept-24 New York, NY – Terminal 5
Sept-25 Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Sept-27 Columbus, OH – Express Live!
Sept-28 Grand Rapids, MI * – 20 Monroe Live
Sept-30 Toronto, ON * – Rebel

Oct-3     Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Oct-5     Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Oct-6     Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
Oct-8     Minneapolis, MN – Myth Live
Oct-10   Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre
Oct-11   Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre
Oct-13   Manchester, TN – Exit 111 Festival
Oct-14   St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Oct-16   Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre
Oct-17   Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company
Oct-19   San Antonio, TX – Vines Event Center
Oct-20   Dallas, TX – Tress
Oct-22   Tampa, FL – Jannus Live
Oct-24   Orlando, FL – House of Blues
Oct-25   Orlando, FL – House of Blues
* Dirty Honey Not Appearing on This Date

Alter Bridge Walk The Sky Tour Featuring Shinedown, Sevendust and The Raven Age:
 
Nov-12 DEN, Copenhagen – KB Hall
Nov-14 FIN, Helsinki – Ice Hall Black Box
Nov-16 SWE, Stockholm –  Hovet
Nov-17 NOR, Oslo – Sentrum Scene
Nov-19 GER, Hamburg – Sporthalle
Nov-20 GER, Berlin – Columbiahalle
Nov-22 GER, Leipzig – Hause Auensee
Nov-23 POL, Warsaw – Hala Kolo
Nov-26 GER,Cologne – Palladium
Nov-27 GER, Munich – Zenith
Nov-29 AUT, Vienna – Gasometer

Dec-1 SWI, Zurich – Halle 622
Dec-2 ITA, Milan – Mediolanum Forum
Dec-4 SPA, Barcelona – St. Jordi Club
Dec-6 POR, Lisbon – Sala Tejo
Dec-7 SPA, Madrid – Vistalegre
Dec-9 FRA, Paris – Olympia
Dec-10 HOL, Amsterdam – AFAS Live
Dec-12 BEL, Brussels – Cirque Royal
Dec-14 ENG, Nottingham – Motorpoint Arena
Dec-15 ENG, Manchester – Manchester Arena
Dec-17 SCO, Glasgow SSE – Hydro Arena
Dec-18 ENG, Birmingham – Birmingham Arena
Dec-20 WAL, Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena
Dec-21 ENG, London – 02 Arena

Alter Bridge is:

Myles Kennedy on vocals/guitars
Mark Tremonti on guitars/vocals
Brian Marshall on bass
Scott Phillips on drums

For more info visit:

alterbridge.com
facebook.com/alterbridge
twitter.com/alterbridge

 

OZZY OSBOURNE GIVES A HEALTH UPDATE AND JOKES THAT HIS NEXT ALBUM WILL BE CALLED “RECUPERATION”

Kory Grow of Rolling Stone has written a feature article about Ozzy Osbourne. Highlights from story appear below.

When Ozzy Osbourne took a fall in January, he thought he broke his neck. “I came down really, really hard,” he tells Rolling Stone from his Los Angeles home. “I went slam — on my face.” He had gotten up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and tripped in the dark. His wife, Sharon, took him to the hospital, where he’d spend the next two months recovering from neck surgery…

…starting last October, “everything I touch has turned to s–t,” as he put it in a statement to the press. He got surgery on his right hand after contracting a potentially deadly staph infection, forcing him to postpone several gigs. He contracted the flu, which turned into pneumonia and put him in the ICU, leading to more postponements. And then he had his fall, dislodging some of the metal rods doctors had put in his body after his near-fatal 2003 quad-bike accident. The surgery made him reschedule all of his 2019 dates for next year and he’s been recovering slowly ever since.

“For the first, say, four months, I was absolutely in agony,” he says. “I was in agony beyond anything I ever experienced before in my life. It was awful. I’m taking physical and occupational therapy classes, but the progress is very slow. They say it’s going to take at least a year. I’m hoping that I’ll be OK and ready to go by January [when his No More Tours 2 tour is set to resume]. I’m really keeping my fingers crossed…”

…“When they do surgery on your neck, they cut through all the nerves, and it f–ked everything up,” he says. “So I’m wobbling all over the place. And since they cut through the nerves, my right arm feels permanently cold.” He likens the sensation to when he would play in the snow as a kid and then warm his hands up too fast: “You’d get a warm feeling in your hands. I wake up with it, and I go to bed with it.” The doctors gave him medicine for nerve pain, which blew his mind. “I’d never heard of anyone needing nerve-pain medication,” he says…

…To make matters worse, he’s developed blood clots in his legs — “I don’t know where they came from,” he says — and he’s on blood thinners. “The nurse told me, I have to be careful if I bang myself, because there’s a blood clot and all that s–t,” he says. “It’s scary stuff … From 40 [years old] to 70 was OK and suddenly you get to 70 and everything caved in on me…”

…He’s recorded about nine song ideas – he jokes that his new album will be called Recuperation…

…All he can do now is be optimistic about his continued recovery so he can make his first gig next year….”We’re just keeping our fingers crossed.” He pauses and a metaphor comes to him. “It’s like making a sculpture,” he says. “You chip away at it and it turns into this thing. You have to resculpture your life again.”

Read more at Rolling Stone.

WATCH SLASH WITH MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS’ PERFORMANCE OF “SHADOW LIFE” OFF THEIR FORTHCOMING “LIVING THE DREAM TOUR” DVD, HERE

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators have released the new performance clip for Shadow Life off their forthcoming live concert album and DVD titled the Living The Dream Tour, due September 20th vithrough Eagle Vision. Watch the group perform Shadow Life , below.

For more details about the Living The Dream Tour DVD including track listing, all configurations, etc., please click here.

KING DIAMOND ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES, REVEALS TITLE OF NEW ALBUM, “THE INSTITUTE”

After introducing a new live show, as well as music, at festivals across Europe this summer, King Diamond is now ready to officially reveal the title and theme for the first studio album in 12 years: The Institute. Fans can expect the debut single to arrive this fall and an album in 2020; in the meantime, a tour teaser with a sneak peak of the new stage set can be viewed below.

King Diamond comments about the upcoming album The Institute: “For reasons unknown to you, it is clear that you have no way of making it to The Institute on your own at this point. Therefore, we will bring The Institute to you. You don’t want to miss this special opportunity for treatment only we can give you. It could be for your own good, you know…”

In support of The Institute project, King Diamond will embark on a North American tour with Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Idle Hands in November/December.

King Diamond says: “Watch out North America, we are coming for you this Winter. I’m very proud to bring two special and amazing guests to you. Their names are Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, plus Idle Hands. Make an appointment now…kingdiamondcoven.com.

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats adds: “As the long nights draw in and the temperatures drop, I can’t think of a better artist to creep around North America with than the legendary King Diamond. You’ll all be in for a treat…See you there!”

Idle Hands adds: “Touring with the iconic King Diamond is nothing short of a dream and we are excited to make it a reality.”

Meet and Greet with King Diamond is available for the first time ever on this tour – VIP Meet and Greet packages which include one ticket to the show and exclusive merchandise go live this Tuesday at 10am ET at: kingdiamondcoven.com

King Diamond tour dates w/ Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Idle Hands:

Nov. 2 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
Nov. 4 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Nov. 5 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center
Nov. 7 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
Nov. 8 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Nov. 10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Tower Theater
Nov. 11 – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric
Nov. 12 – Montreal, QC – M-Telus
Nov. 14 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
Nov. 15 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora Theatre
Nov. 16 – Louisville, KY – The Palace Theatre
Nov. 18 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera
Nov. 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Palace Theater
Nov. 22 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore
Nov. 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Nov. 25 – Seattle, WA – The Paramount
Nov. 26 – Portland, OR – The Schnitzer
Nov. 27 – Vancouver, BC – The Queen Elizabeth
Nov. 29 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield

Dec. 1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Dec. 2 – San Diego, CA – Magnolia
Dec. 3 – Anaheim, CA – The Grove of Anaheim
Dec. 4 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica

King Diamond online:

kingdiamondcoven.com
twitter.com/kingdiamond
facebook.com/kingdiamond

CELTIC FROST FRONTMAN SAYS METALLICA “BUTCHERED” THEIR COVER OF “THE USURPER”

Back in May, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo covered Celtic Frost’s The Usurper as part of the regular “Doodles” section of Metallica’s live show.

Celtic Frost’s Thomas Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom G. Warrior) was asked about the cover by Rolling Stone of which he said, “They butchered it, and it was humiliating. Why don’t they leave their millionaire fingers off it? They’ve long lost the ability to play true metal in my opinion. Maybe I should go onstage and do a really miserable version of [Metallica’s] Hit the Lights with, like, 200 mistakes to set the balance.”

He is no fan of Metallica frontman, James Hetfield, either, stating, ““This is completely personal, and I know probably the majority of your readers will not share this feeling, but even if they had done a fantastic job, I could puke all over it because I don’t support people who go hunting bears for a hobby. I cannot respect a person like that, even if it’s a genius musician.”

Read the entire interview here and watch Metallica’s cover of Celtic Frost’s, The Usurper, below.

SONS OF APOLLO LAUNCH LIVE CLIP FOR “LABYRINTH” FROM “LIVE WITH THE PLOVDIV PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY” DUE OUT AUGUST 30TH

Sons Of Apollo–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force) have released another clip from their Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony CD/DVD. See the performance of Labyrinth, below.

To learn more about this release, view the track list and to see the live performance of Just Let Me Breathe, please click here.