MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE 2025 ANNOUNCED MARCH 10th-15th ALL-STAR LINEUP FEATURES OVER 35 ARTISTS INCLUDING TESLA, MICHAEL SCHENKER, KROKUS, EXTREME, WINGER, QUEENSRŸCHE, STEPHEN PEARCY OF RATT, AND MANY MORE, HOSTED BY EDDIE TRUNK
The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise (MORC), the world’s premier hard rock and heavy metal fan immersive music cruise, is returning for its thirteenth year. Promoter On the Blue Cruises has announced the five-day/five-night full-ship music charter will set sail March 10-15, 2025aboard Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Norwegian Joy® and depart from the Port of Miami, […]
MEGADETH ANNOUNCES “DESTROY ALL ENEMIES” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES, WITH GUESTS MUDVAYNE AND ALL THAT REMAINS
Following successful runs in Latin America (Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and México) and Europe (Sweden, Italy, France, Germany, and more), multi-platinum-selling and GRAMMY® Award-winning rockers Megadeth will return to the North America this summer for their 34-date Destroy All Enemies trek. The Live Nation-produced tour, with special guests Mudvayne and All That Remains, begins August […]
MICHAEL SCHENKER’S “MY YEARS WITH UFO,” TO FEATURE AXL ROSE, SLASH, STEPHEN PEARCY, MEMBERS OF EUROPE, WHITESNAKE AND MORE
Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses),Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Joey Tempest (Europe), Roger Glover (Deep Purple), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Biff Byford (Saxon) and Stephen Pearcy (Ratt) are among the musicians who appear on My Years With UFO, the new album from Michael Schenker on which the legendary German guitarist revisits his classic years with UFO from 1972 to 1978. Due on September 20th through earMUSIC, the 50th-anniversary LP […]
BASSIST MICHAEL ANTHONY ON UNRELEASED VAN HALEN MATERIAL, “EVERY TIME THAT WE WENT INTO THE STUDIO…WE HAD [THE ENGINEER] PRESS RECORD”
Greg Prato for Ultimate Guitar spoke with bassist Michael Anthony about unreleased Van Halen material, the conversation appears in its entirety below. Ultimate Guitar: To the best of your knowledge, how many unreleased Van Halen songs are there from when Dave was in the band? Because if you read old interviews with Dave or Eddie, […]
BLACK COUNTRY RELEASES NEW SONG, “LETTING GO,” FROM NEW ALBUM “V” OUT TODAY
Black Country Communion, the supergroup featuring legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath),guitarist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol),has shared the official music video for its new single, Letting Go. The track is taken from the band’s fifth studio album, V, which is being released today (June 14th). Resonating with the band’s signature fusion of […]
GENE SIMMONS DECLARES THAT HE MAKES MORE MONEY WITH HIS SOLO BAND THAN HE DID IN KISS
During an appearance on the latest episode of Steve-O’s Wild Ride! podcast, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was asked if he now tours and performs with his solo band. He responded (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net), “Yes. Gene Simmons Band already headlined — oh, goodness. We were in South America, São Paulo [in April]… So we’re going to Europe [this summer] to headline festivals and other […]