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Bruce Springsteen Performs ‘Ghosts’ and ‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ on Saturday Night Live
Last night, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took the Saturday Night Live stage to perform two songs from his latest album, Letter to You playing “Ghosts” and “I’ll See You in My Dreams.” The last time the Boss performed on SNL was in 2015. This time, however, bassist Garry Tallent and violinist Soozie Tyrell were missing due to COVID restrictions. Watch the two songs below. [embedded content] [embedded content] Aside from releasing his 20th studio album, Letter to You, in October, Springsteen also recently collaborated with Bleachers on their latest single “chinatown.” Springsteen’s is the latest in a slew of memorable performances during SNL’s 46th season. Megan Thee Stallion gave a politically charged performance of...
Former JOURNEY Singer STEVE PERRY Is In Studio Working On New Music
Former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry, who just released an acoustic version of his comeback album “Traces”, has told American Songwriter in a new interview that fans likely won’t have to wait nearly as long for new music from him as they had to the last time. “I’m already in the studio,” Perry said. “My studio is in a bunker underneath my house. Drums can be loud, guitars and amps can be loud. I’m down in there sketching more songs. I’m agonizing over the lyrics of a particular one right now. One day, I love the way the lyric is feeling. The next day I change my mind and want to go back to the original lyrics. That’s where I woke up this morning: I wanted to revisit the original lyric that I thought yesterday wasn’t right. R...
ACE FREHLEY Says He Will Start Recording His New Solo Album ‘After The New Year’
This past Thursday (December 10), original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley spoke to Talking Metal Live about the status of his next all-original album. The record will be the follow-up to “Spaceman”, which was released in October 2018 via eOne. According to Ace, he has spend the last few months building a full-fledged recording studio at his new house in New Jersey. “It’s not the first studio I’ve ever built,” he said (see video below). “If you remember, in the ’70s, when I lived in Connecticut, I spent $800,000 building a studio underground next to my home. But studios are nothing new to me, and I design ’em wherever I go; wherever I live, I always have a place to work. But the new place I’m in now has a 3,000-square-foot basement, so...
SOEN Feat. Ex-OPETH Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ: ‘Monarch’ Music Video Available
SOEN, the progressive heavy rock group featuring world-renowned drummer Martin Lopez (formerly of AMON AMARTH and OPETH), will release its fifth album, “Imperial”, on January 29, 2021 via Silver Lining Music. The official music video for the latest single, “Monarch”, can be seen below. “‘Monarch’ is an epic, dynamic song about the traditional attributes of mankind. The belief that showing compassion and kindness is a sign of weakness,” explains Lopez. “The lack of direction and guidance in society is turning younger generations into violent and destructive creatures,” adds vocalist Joel Ekelöf, “because they are living in an age where bullies are kings and the rest are prey.” On the making of the video, Lopez comments:...
EDDIE VAN HALEN Cremated; Ashes Delivered To His Son
According to TMZ, legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen was cremated on October 28 — 22 days after he died. The ashes went to Eddie‘s son, 29-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen. One of Eddie‘s final wishes was reportedly for the ashes to be scattered off the coast of Malibu, California, and Wolfgang is expected to honor his dad’s wishes. Eddie died at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. His wife, Janie, was by his side, along with Wolfgang and Alex, Eddie‘s brother and VAN HALEN drummer. The death certificate obtained by TMZ — which can be seen here — reveals Eddie‘s immediate cause of death was stroke. He also suffered from other health ailments, including skin cancer on his head and neck. After undergoing hip replacement...
The Stand Reboot Is Christmas for Stephen King’s Most Constant Readers: Review
The Pitch: Based on Stephen King’s 1978 novel, The Stand is an apocalyptic epic that sees 99.4% of the world’s population decimated by a lethal strain of government-stamped influenza. What humanity remains is spiritually drawn into a climactic battle of good and evil. On one end is Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) and her ragtag team of survivors out in the Rockies. On the other is Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard), a Canadian tuxedoed force who has amassed a devoted following nearby in Sin City. Place your bets. Danse Macabre: To say the road to this reboot has been long is an understatement. Prior to landing at CBS All Access, the project had been in development hell since the latter half of Obama’s first term. This is back when Warner Bros. initially envisioned it as a theatrical even...
Taylor Swift Schedules First TV Interview Following ‘Evermore’ Album Release
Swift’s longtime publicist, Tree Paine, retweeted the Kimmel announcement, noting that the singer would indeed be giving an interview on late-night show. “Interview on Monday!” she captioned the retweet. Evermore is Swift’s second surprise album of 2020, following her critically acclaimed indie-folk album, Folklore, which dropped in July. The new 15-track set dropped Friday and finds Swift reuniting with Folklore collaborators Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff and Justin Vernon. “Ever since I was 13, I’ve been excited about turning 31 because it’s my lucky number backwards, which is why I wanted to surprise you with this now,” Swift explained in a letter announcing the project’s track list. “You’ve all been so caring, supportive and thoughtful...
Charley Pride, Trailblazing Country Music Singer, Dies at 86
“No person of color had ever done what he has done,” Darius Rucker said in the PBS American Masters film Charley Pride: I’m Just Me. The son of a sharecropper, Pride came to country music after playing in the Negro American League. His love for baseball never abated: for the last 10 years, he was part of the Texas Rangers’ ownership group. In November, Pride received the 2020 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th annual CMA Awards. He was named CMA entertainer of the year in 1971 and was the first Black man to co-host the CMA Awards in 1975, with Glen Campbell. The three-time Grammy winner was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. “To say Country Music has lost a trailblazer is an obvious understatement, but in fact ...
Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire & More Mourn Charley Pride: ‘We Will Always Love You’
On Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, country music legend Charley Pride, the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died at age 86 due to complications from COVID-19 in Dallas, Texas. Throughout his storied career in country music, Pride was a trailblazer in the industry — along with being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000, Pride charted 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1969 and 1974, while earning a whopping 29 No. 1 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts throughout his career. The star’s last live performance came at the 2020 Country Music Association Awards, when Pride took home a lifetime achievement award and performed his single “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'” with Jimmie Allen. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looki...
CMA Explains COVID-19 Protocol Following Charley Pride’s Death a Month After Attending CMA Awards
Maren Morris, a triple winner at the awards, was one of the first to question how Pride had been infected. She tweeted, “I don’t want to jump to conclusions because no family statement has been made, but if this was a result of the CMAs being indoors, we should all be outraged. Rest in power, Charley … F— this f—ing year.” “We need answers as to how Charley Pride got covid,” Mickey Guyton wrote, bringing the discussion to her Twitter page. The CMA Awards were held at Music City Center in Nashville, attended only by performers, nominees and selected guests sitting at socially distanced tables. In an interview with Billboard after this year’s CMA Awards — an event that had a number of artists, including Florida Georgia Line, Lee...
US country music star Charley Pride dies of coronavirus
US country music star Charley Pride has died of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 86, his family said Saturday in a message posted to the singer’s website. Pride’s “rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture,” the statement read further. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride became US country music’s first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Between 1967 and 1987, Pride delivered 52 Top 10 country hits, won Grammy awards, and became RCA Records’ top-selling country artist. His best-known songs include “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” and “Please Help Me I’m Falling.” He won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1971, its top male vocalist prize in 1971 a...
STYX’s TODD SUCHERMAN Pays Tribute To NEIL PEART With ’13 For NP’ Performance (Video)
STYX‘s Todd Sucherman was among the drummers who paid tribute to Neil Peart during the Modern Drummer Festival 2020, the twentieth annual edition of the festival. The pay-per-view event took place on September 12, produced and distributed by LiveXLive. Sucherman‘s contribution to Modern Drummer Festival 2020 consisted of “13 For NP”, an original piece of music composed specifically for the event. He explained: “I tried my best to compose a piece that honored a man who always composed his parts, and it was an honor to be asked to participate in this tribute. As well, it was fun to compose this tribute to pay my respects. ’13 for NP’ is in 13/8 subdivided 2-2-3-3-3 or 2-2-3-2-2-2 or 2-2-2-2-2-3. Thanks to Modern Drummer Magazine, JR Taylor and Eric D...
