Anthrax singer Joey Belladonna is paying homage to the late Ronnie James Dio by launching a new tribute band. The new group will play four shows in Florida in August, performing music from Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow. Belladonna recently took to social media to announce that he and his wife Krista have formed the…… read more »
Charlie Colin, founding bassist of the rock band Train, has died after reportedly slipping in a shower. He was 58. Colin’s mother reported the death to TMZ. She said her son was housesitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium, when the bathroom accident occurred. His mother said it’s unclear when Colin passed away, as his…… read more »
Australian rock band Jet have announced their first U.K. and Ireland tour in 15 years. The tour, to mark the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut album Get Born, will kick off at The Academy in Dublin on October 3. The brief tour will conclude on October 12 after staging shows in Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham,…… read more »
Wynonna Judd and Lainey Wilson have teamed up for a cover of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ classic “Refugee.” The track, produced by Cactus Moser, arrives as the fifth single shared from the highly-anticipated Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty. The cover is also accompanied by a video featuring behind-the-scenes footage of…… read more »
During a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, the directors of Cate Blanchett’s new film Rumors confirmed that the movie took its name from the iconic Fleetwood Mac album. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson co-directed “Rumours,” which premiered on Saturday night (May 19). The film earned a four-minute standing ovation as Blanchett…… read more »
The Rolling Stones are set to issue a 30th anniversary edition of their 1994 album Voodoo Lounge in July. The band’s first album without bass player Bill Wyman features Stones favorites “You Got Me Rocking, “Out Of Tears” and “Love Is Strong.” The album went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.…… read more »
Bon Jovi recently shared a new song and lyric video entitled “Living Proof,” out now via Island Records. “Living Proof” is the latest song from their forthcoming Forever album, due out on June 7th. The song follows the blockbuster single “Legendary.” “We bring back the talk box, the idea based on Peter Frampton and Joe…… read more »
Miley Cryus recently released a cover version of Talking Heads’ classic “Psycho Killer.” The cover is featured on the Talking Heads tribute album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, which is out now. Cyrus had played an acoustic version of the song live at Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont in March.…… read more »
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced that a 10-track collection, titled Early Daze, will arrive June 28. The collection will contain mostly previously unreleased tracks dating from 1969. Songs that were included on the band’s first album that year will also feature on the set. The collection includes six unreleased songs, namely “Come On…… read more »
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian recently shared a new single, “A.F. Day,” from his upcoming solo album. “This is a song I wrote in the early days of SOAD that I never released. The majority of the instrumentation and vocals are recordings from that time. Dystopian in mood, it’s a reflection of the angst…… read more »