ALICE IN CHAINS ANNOUNCE SPRING TOUR DATES
Alice In Chains have announced that they will embark on a U.S tour starting in April. The band is touring in support their fifth record, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which was released on May 27th, 2013. The album, which spawned two Mainstream Rock No. 1 songs in Hollow and Stone, sold 61,000 copies in […]
MOTLEY CRUE ANNOUNCE “FAREWELL” TOUR DATES, VOW TO NEVER REUNITE AFTER THE TOUR IS OVER
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone reports: Mötley Crüe promise they will never, ever, ever get back together after they break up next year. Today, the band members went so far as to sign a “cessation of touring agreement” at a press conference in Los Angeles. That legal filing will go into effect at the end […]
STRYPER FRONTMAN MICHAEL SWEET’S SOLO ALBUM AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO BE RELEASED IN MAY, LYRIC VIDEO POSTED ONLINE
Michael Sweet, frontman for the Christian hard rock band Stryper, will release a new full-length solo album, I’m Not Your Suicide, and his first autobiography, Honestly: My Life And Stryper Revealed, on May 6th via BIG3 Records. The future remains bright for Sweet, who has endured heartbreaking tribulations throughout his life and career, including the […]
BLACK SABBATH ON MAKING NEW MUSIC: OZZY SAYS “I’M DOWN FOR IT”
Steve Appleford of Rolling Stone reports: Black Sabbath bassist/lyricist Geezer Butler has a theory about why Grammy voters gave the metal originators their second Best Metal Performance award, this time for God Is Dead? from the band’s 2013 reunion album, 13. “Probably the question mark,” Butler told Rolling Stone. “It’s a marvelous song. It should […]
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY TO HEADLINE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS TOUR
Black Label Society has been announced as this year’s headliner for the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Tour, presented by Epiphone. The tour begins the second week of April and finish up in early June (see itinerary below). Supporting acts are set to be announced soon. The band, led by guitar icon Zakk Wylde recently announced […]
BLACK SABBATH WIN “BEST METAL PERFORMANCE” GRAMMY® AWARD For “GOD IS DEAD?”
Black Sabbath added another Grammy® Award to their collection last night (Sunday, January 26th) with a win in the Best Metal Performance category for God Is Dead? The song was the first release from the icon band’s 2013 critically acclaimed 13 album (Vertigo/Republic), which entered the charts at #1 in 13 countries. The band’s previous […]