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JOE BONAMASSA Announces Fan-Curated Livestream Event At Austin City Limits Live
Joe Bonamassa is known for “always being on the road.” This time he’s bringing the concert into the homes of fans around the world in an epic pay-per-view performance from the live music capital of the world — Austin, Texas. On April 1 at 9 p.m. ET, he’ll perform a specially curated set from Austin City Limits Live, alongside “Late Night With David Letterman”‘s Anton Fig on drums and legendary bass player Steve Mackey, as a rare three-piece blues rock power trio. Austin is one of the first spots Joe originally performed as a three-piece, years ago at legendary Antone’s, and is the city that saw the rise of guitar visionary Stevie Ray Vaughan. Austin City Limits Live, known as “music’s best address,” is a national landmark an...
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: Why I Am Still Performing ACCEPT Songs
Five years after announcing that he would embark on a special tour during which he would perform ACCEPT songs one last time under the DIRKSCHNEIDER banner before closing that chapter for good, former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider is continuing to play ACCEPT material at select shows, including at the September 18, 2020 U.D.O. concert in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray later this month. Asked in a new interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice why the ACCEPT tracks are still finding their way into the U.D.O. setlist, Udo said (see video below): “In the beginning, I said, ‘With U.D.O., I don’t play any ACCEPT songs.’ But for this concert [in Plovdiv], the promoter was really begging: ‘Is it possible to play some ACCEPT songs?&...
Who Is A More Underrated Drummer: PETER CRISS Or RINGO STARR?
During a recent appearance on “Another FN Podcast With Izzy Presley”, Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX), Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, SONS OF APOLLO), Roy Mayorga (STONE SOUR), Paul Gargano (Metal Edge) and radio personality Eddie Trunk debated the first three KISS albums. You can now watch the discussion below. Asked for an opinion on who the more underrated drummer is, Peter Criss (KISS) or Ringo Starr (THE BEATLES), Portnoy said: “Underrated, you’d have to say Peter, because Ringo, as much as people give him shit for not being a great technical drummer, which I don’t believe in, by the way — I totally don’t agree with that — but Ringo is still at least acknowledged as Ringo, one of the most influential drummers of all time, whereas I don’t think Peter g...
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Singer Says Her Band ‘Made A Diplomatic Mistake’ By Invoking ‘All Lives Matter’
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS singer Clémentine Delauney was a guest on the “Side Jams With Bryan Reesman” podcast, where she spoke about her life-changing transition to veganism, being nonjudgmental of meat eaters, as well as the misunderstanding over the band’s statement last year about Black Lives Matter. Delauney said she started her journey to veganism five years ago when she stumbled across online videos that documented what goes on inside slaughterhouses, and the warehouses were chickens, pigs, and cows were being raised for food. “When I realized all the cruelty and the pain that I was taking part of by buying meat and dairy from the food industry, I decided that’s not something I wanted to support anymore,” Delauney said. “I didn’t want to swi...
Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham Reconcile, Open to Another Fleetwood Mac Reunion Tour
The last time we heard from Mick Fleetwood, he had just joined TikTok after “Dreams” went viral. Following that, two of his bandmates (past and present) joined the social network. After making the rounds with Nathan Apodaca (the skater who got the song to go viral in the first place), that was it for the drummer. However, in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Fleetwood has reemerged with some interesting tidbits. Firstly, following the death of original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, the drummer said he got in touch with ousted guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. If you forgot, Buckingham was booted from the group in 2018 and wasn’t very happy about it. He was replaced by Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Crowded House’s Neil Finn. But, Fleetwood says, things are better ...
James Share Title Track from Upcoming LP, All the Colours of You
James, who are best known for their 1993 hit “Laid,” has shared the song “All the Colours of You,“ the title track from their new album, All the Colours of You, which is out on June 4. The collection is the British band’s 16th album and follows 2018’s Living in Extraordinary Times. The album was produced by Grammy award-winner Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M., The Killers). “With all the shit that went down in 2020 this was a miraculous conception and another big jump forward for us on the back of the last three albums,” James frontman Tim Booth said in a statement. “I hope it reflects the colours of these crazy times. Sweet 16 is a proper album, no fillers and is up there with our best.” Bassist Jim Glennie added that he’s “pleased, proud and surprised by this record in equal amoun...
Queen Release New Mobile Rhythm Game Rock Tour
Queen were hoping to bring a massive concert experience around the world in celebration of their 50th anniversary, but the pandemic has put a damper on those plans. Instead, they’ll bring tiny concert experiences from throughout their history into fans’ homes with the Queen: Rock Tour mobile game. Coming from Universal Music Group and Gameloft, Queen: Rock Tour is a rhythm game much like Rock Band or Guitar Hero, except in this mobile version all the rocking out is done with your fingertips. Players can tour 10 famed international venues and tap along to 20 of Queen’s iconic songs, including “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will Rock You”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “We Are the Champions”, and more. You can also change the look of the band, choosing from over 40 instantly recognizable costumes worn ...
Andra Day is First Black Best Actress Winner at Golden Globes in 35 Years
Andra Day is the first Black Best Actress winner at the Golden Globes in over 35 years thanks to her excellent performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday. During Sunday night’s ceremony, Day became the second Black woman in history to ever take home the coveted award for Best Actress – Drama. The only person to have claimed the prize prior was Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple back in 1986. In between, seven other Black women have been nominated for the award, including Halle Berry, Viola Davis, and Ruth Negga. Day was understandably shocked to hear her name announced at the virtual Golden Globes event as friends and family embraced her while cheering. This was her first-ever lead role in a feature film and her third acting credit overall, following some voice acting in Ca...
Win The Best of Philadelphia International Records Prize Pack with Vinyl, Turntable, Headphones
50 years ago, the sound of Philly Soul was born out of the legendary Philadelphia International Records. With the talents of The O’Jays, Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, The Three Degrees, McFadden & Whitehead, and others, the label rewrote the standards of soul music by blending in R&B, funk, and doo-wop with massive orchestral arrangements. To celebrate all P.I.R. contributed to the world of music, we’re giving away a Best of Philadelphia International Records prize pack. One (1) winner will receive the new The Best of Philadelphia International Records compilation on vinyl, not set for release until May 2021. The greatest hits collection features classic tracks from all the above musicians plus Lou Rawls, The Intruders, Billy Paul, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and P.I.R....
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Offer a Tender Glimpse of Hope on the Beautiful Carnage: Review
The Lowdown: In 1997, Nick Cave sang about a “Kingdom” whose light was so bright that “All the world’s darkness can’t swallow up/ A single spark.” On The Boatman’s Call, Cave yearned for this kingdom through a mist of tears born from what he’d later call “a convergence of events that felt so calamitous at the time that I could not find a way to write about anything else.” In the midst of a similarly calamitous convergence of events in 2020 — when it felt impossible to think on anything but widespread sickness, white supremacy, and the fractured state of our society — Cave found himself drawn yet again to the pursuit of this kingdom of light. Carnage, Cave’s new record alongside longtime Bad Seed and soundtrack collaborator Warren Ellis, beautifully and devastatingly documents their pursuit...
Taylor Swift Claps Back at ‘Deeply Sexist’ Joke in Netflix Show Ginny & Georgia
The new Netflix series Ginny & Georgia makes a joke at Taylor Swift’s expense. But Swift isn’t laughing about the jab at her love life, which contains the punchline “You go through men faster than Taylor Swift.” The “You Need To Calm Down” singer clapped back on social media saying, “2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back. How about we stop degrading hard working women by defining this horse shit as FuNnY.” She added her own zinger at the end: “Happy Women’s History Month I guess.” Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back. How about we stop degrading hard working women by defining this horse shit as FuNnY. Also, @netflix after Miss Americana this outfit doesn’t look cute on you 💔 Happy Women’s History Month I guess ...
Life Support Is The Album Madison Beer ‘Fought So Hard For’
By Jack Irvin As the musician’s star began to rise, Madison Beer had imagined a huge, extravagant party would toast the release of her debut album, Life Support. But even before the coronavirus pandemic postponed its arrival nearly a year and prohibited such gatherings for the foreseeable future, she had already changed her mind about the grand soiree. “I don’t think I want to celebrate my album with a bunch of people who couldn’t really give less of a shit whether I have music out or not,” Beer, MTV’s March Push Artist, says. “They just want a reason to party.” When the album dropped at midnight on Friday (February 26), Beer celebrated instead with a small pod of the people to whom she’s closest: her manager, her Life Support co-writing team, and a couple of friends. (“B...
