L.A. GUNS RELEASE LIVE VERSION OF “WHEELS OF FIRE” FROM “COCKED & LOADED LIVE” OUT JULY 9TH
L.A. Guns, featuring Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns, have announced that they will release a new live album, Cocked & Loaded Live on July 9th. As the title implies, the performance celebrates the band’s treasured second album, Cocked & Loaded. The band has dropped a live version of Wheels of Fire, listen to it below. To […]
JUDAS PRIEST ANNOUNCE RESCHEDULED “50 HEAVY METAL YEARS” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Judas Priest will finally get the opportunity to celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with the launch of a North American tour this fall. The 50 Heavy Metal Years tour will also feature Sabaton as openers and is being fueled by the highest-charting album of Priest’s career, Firepower, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart. Produced by Live Nation, the […]
FORMER DOKKEN GUITARIST GEORGE LYNCH JOINS THE BAND ONSTAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA, FAN FILMED FOOTAGE POSTED ONLINE
George Lynch joined his former band, Dokken, on stage on June 5th at the Live United Live Music Festival in Sunbury, Pennsylvania to perform the band’s classic songs Kiss Of Death, Tooth And Nail and When Heaven Comes Down. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. In other Lynch news, the iconic guitarist has reportedly decided to change Lynch Mob‘s name […]
FORMER KISS GUITARIST VINNIE VINCENT BELIEVES HE “COULD HAVE” REJOINED THE BAND AFTER “REVENGE” WRITING SESSIONS
Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent gave an hour-long interview to Mike Brunn at the May Metal Madness event on May 29th at S.I.R. Soundstage in Nashville, Tennessee. Highlights from the interview appear below, as transcribed by blabbermouth.net. When asked if he ever felt there was a chance that he could rejoin KISS when he was brought back to co-write Unholy, Heart Of Chrome and I Just Wanna for the band’s […]
COUNTING DOWN TO ANTHRAX’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY…TICKETS FOR THE BAND’S LIVESTREAM EVENTON SALE TODAY
The countdown to July 18th, the 40th-anniversary of thrash/metal legends Anthrax, is well underway and heading towards the big finale. A special worldwide Livestream event, presented by Danny Wimmer Presents and originating from Los Angeles, will begin in North America on July 16th, beginning at 4 PM PT and 7 PM ET, and in the UK on July 17th, starting at […]
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN DISCUSSES HIS FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM, PLAYING IN VAN HALEN, HIS FATHER, THE HATERS, AND SAYS, “MY WHOLE LIFE, I’VE WORKED SO HARD TO BE MY OWN MUSICIAN…I’M NOT MY DAD”
Geoff Edgers of The Washington Post wrote a feature article on Wolfgang Van Halen. Highlights from the column appear below. The master plan, as Wolfgang Van Halen told his dad late in 2019, would please everyone. One last Van Halen tour. Eddie, the guitar hero, and brother Alex, the drummer, would bring back both original singer […]
