ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF BLACK SABBATH WILL REUNITE FOR ONE LAST SHOW IN BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND, DUBBED “BACK TO THE BEGINNING,” THE CHARITY EVENT WILL ALSO FEATURE METALLICA, SLAYER, PANTERA AND MANY OTHERS
The original lineup of Black Sabbath — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — will play its final concert in July. Dubbed Back To The Beginning, the charity show will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom on July 5th, with tickets on sale from 10 a.m. on February 14th. Show openers include Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and many more. Rounding out the […]
LATE COMERS FINALLY DISCOVERING HOW AC/DC GOT THEIR NAME AND ITS MEANING
AC/DC fans are discovering that a sewing machine inspired the ’70s rock band’s name. While the group’s catchy tunes like Highway to Hell and You Shook Me All Night Long are still being played on airwaves across America, one Reddit user reignited questions about how the rockers got their name in the first place. One […]
ANGEL’S EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM, CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH REISSUES, TO COINCIDE WITH THE BAND’S 2025 TOUR
Employing a dazzling mix of glam rock, hard rock, and progressive rock, Angel’s outrageous, white-satin-heavy image and equally over-the-top stage shows, making them one of the more colorful arena rock bands of the mid ’70s and early ’80s. Discovered by KISS bass player, Gene Simmons, the group issued their eponymous debut album in 1975, which […]
RATT MEMBERS STEPHEN PEARCY AND WARREN DEMARTINI, REVEAL THEIR M3 BAND MEMBERS, TO EDDIE TRUNK
During an appearance on Wednesday’s (January 29th) episode of SiriusXM‘s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini revealed the musicians who will join them when they perform a set of RATTclassics as one of the headliners of the 2025 edition of the M3 Rock Festival, set to take place May 2nd-4th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. […]
RUSH ANNOUNCES, “RUSH 50” CAREER SPANNING ANTHOLOGY, DUE IN MARCH
On March 21st, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records label groups celebrate the half-century milestone marker for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame icons with Rush 50, a wide-ranging 50-track super deluxe anthology that encompasses the entirety of the band’s long and storied career for the first time across all the band’s label groups, bookended with the first ever reissue of their debut 1973 […]
M3 ANNOUNCES 2025 LINEUP INCLUDING DAVID LEE ROTH, PEARCY/DIMARTINI PERFORMING RATT SONGS, SEBASTIAN BACH, SLAUGHTER, WINGER, AND MORE
Van Halen singer David Lee Roth and the epic reunion of Stephen Pearcyand Warren DeMartini performing Ratt hits will be the headliners of the 2025 edition of the M3 Rock Festival, set to take place May 2nd-4th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Pearcy had this to say about his special appearance with DeMartini, “Never say never, right? There was no question when the […]