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GLENN HUGHES ON BEING CONSIDERED AS THE LEAD SINGER IN VAN HALEN, “IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING”

Singer/Bassist Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Country Communion, The Dead Daisies) was a recent guest on the “The Classic Rock Podcast”, where he confirmed that Eddie Van Halen nearly asked him to join Van Halen after the departure of David Lee Roth. “Well, Eddie was newly sober at that time… And we spoke about it,” Huge said (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net). “I had no […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE ANNOUNCES “YEAR OF THE DEVIL” 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF “SHOUT AT THE DEVIL”

BMG has announced Year Of The Devil, a multi-configuration celebration of the 40th anniversary of Mötley Crüe‘s landmark second album, Shout At The Devil. The centerpiece of Year Of The Devil is the limited edition super deluxe box set which features the newly remastered album on LP, CD and cassette. Also included are reproductions of the original 7″ singles of Too Young […]
IRON MAIDEN DRUMMER NICKO MCBRAIN REVEALS THAT HE SUFFERED A STROKE AT BEGINNING OF 2023

Emma Wilkes of NME reports: Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain has said he had a stroke earlier this year, which left him paralyzed on his right side and made him fear for his career. McBrain suffered a TIA – commonly known as a mini-stroke – back in January, which left him paralyzed on his right side […]
NYC’S PRONG ANNOUNCE NEW ALNUM, “STATE OF EMERGENCY,” OUT OCTOBER 6TH, WATHC THE NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR “NON-EXISTENCE,” HERE

It’s been four years since heavy metal stalwarts Prong released their acclaimed Age of Defiance EP, and this fall, they make their eagerly anticipated return with the release of their 13th studio album, State of Emergency, out October 6th, 2023 through Steamhammer/SPV. The earned experience of having sat at the forefront of the heavy metal scene […]
GLENN HUGHES TO PERFORM CLASSIC HITS FROM THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEEP PURPLE’S LEGENDARY “BURN” ALBUM ON UPCOMING TOUR

Glenn Hughes, the former bassist, and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the “Voice of Rock”, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, is pleased to announce an evening celebrating music from BURN and other classic hits from Deep Purple’s rich back catalog – during a tour that will mostly see him co-headlining with guitar […]