*UPDATED INFORMATION* UFO TO PLAY THEIR FINAL CONCERT IN OCTOBER OF 2022, TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
Following a number of tours around the globe and countless spectacular shows, British rock legend UFO will embark on its final tour featuring a series of exclusive concerts in summer 2022 to bid farewell to its fans in style. At the grand finale of an unprecedented success story, which began in 1969 and has spanned more than […]
MAMMOTH WVH ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH has announced a handful of new headlining shows for October. Support on the dates will come from the all-female rock outfit Plush. The details are as follows: Oct. 12 – West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go * Oct. 15 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion Oct. 16 – Lincoln, NY – Bourbon […]
BASSIST NEIL MURRAY REFLECTS ON HIS CAREER, DISCUSSES DRUMMER COZY POWELL, WHITESNAKE AND BLACK SABBATH
Andy Greene of Rolling Stone for the magazine’s Unknown Legends series, spoke with bassist Neil Murray (Black Sabbath, Whitesnake and Brian May), highlights from the interview appear below. Rolling Stone: Tell me how you got interested in the bass. Neil Murray: It took quite a long time, compared to some people, to find the bass. […]
KISS’ GENE SIMMONS SAYS DOWNLOADING, AND FILESHARING, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECLINE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS
KISS frontman Gene Simmons spoke with Us Weekly and blamed the decline of the music business on the consumers. Simmons said (via blabbermouth.net), “”By and large, new artists will never have the chance that we got, because record companies would give us millions of dollars — once we got successful — as an advance, non-recoupable, with a […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE’S NIKKI SIXX SAYS DAVID LEE ROTH WAS ASKED TO BE ON “THE STADIUM TOUR” AND DECLINED, STATING, “I DON’T OPEN FOR BANDS THAT I INFLUENCED”
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx is featured in article of the Los Angeles Times dubbed The 25 concerts, festivals, albums and music docs we’re most excited for this fall. Sixx’s, The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx memoir, due October 19th, was included on the list. Describes the L.A. Times. “When the pandemic delayed […]
DORO PESCH DISCUSSES PUTTING OUT SPECIAL RELEASES THROUGH HER OWN LABEL
Ruben Mosqueda of KNAC.com spoke with Doro Pesch (Warlock, Doro), highlights from the interview appear below. KNAC.com: It wasn’t that long ago that I was speaking with you about your last collection Magic Diamonds. Give [and explanation for] those that might have missed it the first time around. Doro Pesch: Yeah, the feedback from the fans […]