SEBASTIAN BACH JOINS THE CAST OF ABC’S “SING YOUR FACE OFF”
ABC has signed judges, cast and a host for its new competition series Sing Your Face Off, and it’s quite a unique collection of famous names. First, actor John Barrowman (Torchwood, Arrow) will host the show, where five celebrity contestants take on the identity of an iconic music performer each week. The judges are former […]
METALLICA REPORTEDLY HAVE ‘ENOUGH’ SONGS FOR THEIR NEXT ALBUM
Gary Graff of Billboard reports: “I want it done yesterday,” frontman James Hetfield tells Billboard about Metallica’s next album, “and (Orion Music Festival) and this movie is keeping us pretty busy at this point and it’s taking a lot of our time and effort. We’ve been touring some obscure places; I guess basically what we’re […]
JON BON JOVI DISCUSSES RICHIE SAMBORA LEAVING THE BAND, HINTS THAT HE’S STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AGAIN
Radar Online reports: Jon Bon Jovi is pretty frustrated with longtime band member Richie Sambora’s departure from Bon Jovi – but he isn’t afraid of outing his issues or saying that he is replaceable. The 51-year-old rock star recently opened up about Sambora’s shocking departure from the legendary band, hinting that it had to do […]
VAN HALEN SCHEDULES SECOND U.S. TOUR DATE AT THE CALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR IN JULY
According to the Van Halen News Desk, the band has scheduled a second U.S. show this summer at the California Mid-State Fair for one night on July 24th with tickets going on sale next week. The band will be playing at The Chumash Grandstand Arena in Paso Robles. Tickets ranging in price from $50 to […]
KINGS X’S dUg PINNICK DISCUSSES MOVING TO L.A., NEW MUSIC AND RECORDING A SONG WITH DIMEBAG DARRELL
Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with King’s X frontman dUg Pinnick about…Selections from the discussion appear below. Songfacts: Let’s start with discussing your new solo album, Naked. dUg Pinnick: It’s been about three years. I write a lot of music all the time, and I haven’t put a solo record out in a long time, […]
PHILIP ANSELMO ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Philip H. Anselmo will take to the road for his first-ever solo tour, Technicians of Distortion, which will kick off July 31st in Tulsa, OK. On this tour, Anselmo will be joined by his back up band The Illegals – guitarist Marzi Montazeri, bassist Steve Taylor, and Jose Manual Gonzalez on drums. Tickets go on […]