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Dave Grohl Recounts Seeing David Bowie For the First Time, And the Art of Saying ‘No’
When you’re Dave Grohl, two-time Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee, you don’t so much rub shoulders with the rich and famous. You are the rich and famous. But the Foo Fighter, like the rest of us, has his heroes. Right at the top of the heap is the late, great David Bowie. Speaking on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 7.30 program, Grohl recounted the first time he laid his eyes on Bowie, the Man Who Fell to Earth. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Bowie was headlining a festival in England, Grohl was on the bill, lower down. “I stood in the photo pit and looked at him and it was like seeing an alien,” he recounts. “You know, it was like seeing a UFO for the first time, like, ‘Oh, my God, it’s real’. That’s something I’ve never seen bef...
Evan Rachel Wood Talks ‘Phoenix Rising,’ Alleged Abuser Marilyn Manson: ‘I Don’t Believe That He Will Stop Until He Is Stopped’
Evan Rachel Wood appeared on The Daily Show on Monday night (March 14) to talk about the 16-year journey she took to confronting her alleged abuser and the reason she hopes her new two-part documentary, Phoenix Rising, could help other people who feel trapped in a cycle of abuse come forward and speak their truth. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I don’t believe that he will stop until he is stopped,” she said of Marilyn Manson, her former fiancé, who she claims in the film methodically groomed her when she 18 and isolated her before allegedly subjecting the Westworld star to ritualistic abuse. “And sometimes the greatest act of love is stopping that person from hurting themselves or hurting anybody else.” The nearly three-hour mini-series, dir...
Megan Thee Stallion Wants You to Take a Bite of Her Extra-Sweet ‘H-Town Hottie Pie’
Megan Thee Stallion did the math and realized that the only way to properly celebrate the nerdiest holiday is with a sweet and savory dessert. The rapper helped her Hotties raise a fork to Pi Day on Tuesday (March 14) — the global party commemorating the Greek letter that is used as mathematical symbol to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (3.14159…) — by offering up the mouth-watering “Megan’s H-Town Hottie Pie.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news The $59 delight cooked up with GoldBelly, was inspired by Megan’s “hometown of Houston and her love for all things sweet,” according to a statement. It is described as a “deliciously decadent” mix of sweet and salty, rich and gooey, made up of coconut, pecans, butterscotch chips, dusted with edible...
Living the Electronica Dream
So, here’s the thing. Whether you know it or not, a lot of musicians work at music publications. And ours is no exception. This week, our creative director Danny Klein and his “ultimate creative manifestation” as he likes to call it, Robot Sunrise, is heading down to SXSW to close our main stage lineup on Thursday, March 17 at Austin’s Stubb’s-Bar-B-Q. His dreams of a life in music started in childhood, and over the years he’s racked-up some impressive credits, including co-writing and performing with Grammy-winning artist Really Doe and appearing along with Kanye West as a featured vocalist on Doe’s 2009 album First Impressions. With his electronic duo dreamfreak he’s co-written with Grammy-nominated Télépopmusik. “Robot Sunrise is electronic music. Sometimes dance, sometimes minimal and ...
SABATON Announces 2022 North American Tour With EPICA; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale
Swedish metallers SABATON have announced “The Tour To End All Tours – North America 2022”, a 25-date U.S. trek that will include a special headline show at Montreal’s Place Bell, the band’s first-ever arena headline concert in Canada. The tour, produced by FPC Live, kicks off on Thursday, September 15 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington, and will wrap up at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on October 23. Supporting SABATON on all dates will be special guest EPICA, the renowned Dutch symphonic metal band. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Thursday, March 17 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, March 17 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code “BLABBERMOUTH” to access tickets befo...
Watch STEEL PANTHER Perform In Cape Coral, Florida
Fan-filmed video of STEEL PANTHER‘s March 13 concert at Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral, Florida can be seen below. The first leg of STEEL PANTHER‘s “Res-Erections” 2022 tour kicked off on March 10 in St. Petersburg, Florida and will wrap up on March 26 in Dubuque, Iowa. As 2021 brought the shocking news of the departure of their original bassist Lexxi Foxx, STEEL PANTHER announced the “Road To The Road” tournament to help them narrow the choices for their new bass player. Vocalist Michael Starr, guitarist Satchel and drummer Stix Zadinia, along with the public, whittled down the list of contestants to a manageable number out of the 1669 submissions. An announcement will be made public once the band finalizes their decision. STEEL PANTHER has been hard at ...
Ex-ASKING ALEXANDRIA Singer DENIS ‘STOFF’ SHAFOROSTOV Shoots Down Rumor He Was Killed In Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
Ukrainian vocalist Denis “Stoff” Shaforostov, who recorded one album with ASKING ALEXANDRIA, “The Black”, before exiting the band in October 2016, has shot down Internet chatter that he was killed during Russia’s ongoing invasion of his country. The rumors apparently started when his Wikipedia page was updated to indicate that he passed away on Sunday (March 13). Earlier today, Shaforostov took to his Instagram Story to write: “I’m still in a safe place and I’m fine today. Whoever faked my Wikipedia deserve what they deserve… Let’s pray together that this war ends soon. Love ya guys.” After Denis left ASKING ALEXANDRIA more than five years ago, guitarist Ben Bruce said in a video message that Shaforostov had “just stop...
DEICIDE Announces Summer 2022 ‘Legion’ 30th-Anniversary North American Tour
Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE have announced a special summer 2022 North American tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their second album, “Legion”. The Glen Benton-fronted outfit will perform the LP in its entirety, along with other tracks from the band’s vast catalog. Support on the trek will come from KATAKLYSM, which will perform its classic 2004 album “Serenity In Fire” in its entirety, along with INHUMAN CONDITION. The 29-date trek will kick off on August 11 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and conclude on September 10 in Tampa, Florida. Tour dates: Aug. 11 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live Aug. 12 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar Aug. 13 – San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box Aug. 14 – Dallas, TX @ Trees Aug. 15 – Albuquerque...
‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ to Host 2022 World Championship With $2 Million USD Prize Pool
Call of Duty: Mobile is back again with its World Championship for 2022, and this time round Activision has allocated a grand prize pool of $2 million USD. The tournament will commence on March 31 and all eligible players of the game will be able to compete for a whole variety of rewards, including epic weapons and operators. Stage One and Two of the championship will be open to all entrants across the globe, and those who sign up will automatically receive a brand new frame and calling card. Spanning four weeks, the first stage will feature one in-game online qualifier every weekend through 10 ranked multiplayer matches. Those who manage to earn 60 points or more will be able to qualify for Stage Two as well as receive new rewards. For the ultimate Championship Finals, Activision has earm...
SXSW Review: Under the Influence Interrogates the Addictive Escalation of David Dobrik
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. The Pitch: Out of the great, grand entertainment experiment that is YouTube, David Dobrik is easily one of the platform’s greatest successes. Leveraging his devil-may-care attitude and penchant for increasingly ambitious or invasive stunts, Dobrik quickly became a multi-millionaire on a level most non-movie stars would never enjoy, with six-figure sponsorship deals, 18 million subscribers, and a cadre of fellow sex-and-booze-loving daredevils (colloquially known as the Vlog Squad) whose boats his rising tide would also lift. But the same sensationalism that fueled Dobrik’s success would also be his downfall (inasmuch as one of the richest kids on YouTube, with a cultish zoomer following, can fall). In 2021, he suffere...
Alexisonfire Announce 2022 North American Tour Dates
Fresh off announcing their first album in 13 years, Canadian post-hardcore act Alexisonfire have unveiled dates for a 2022 North American tour. The band will hit the road in support of its new LP, Otherness, which arrives on June 24th. The North American dates are broken up into three legs, with the first one kicking off May 19th in Nashville, and wrapping May 29th with an appearance at the So What Music Festival in Dallas. The second leg commences July 13th in Ottawa, Canada, and runs through a July 23rd show in New York City, while the third leg launches September 14th in Cleveland and finishes up October 9th in Anaheim, California. Tickets for Alexisonfire’s upcoming shows go on sale this Friday (March 18th) via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales beginning today (March 14th) and tomorrow (Mar...
SXSW Review: Tony Hawk Keeps His Distance in Skate Doc Until the Wheels Fall Off
The Pitch: The secret to Tony Hawk’s success is his willingness to fail. When we first see him in the opening minutes of Sam Jones’ doc Until the Wheels Fall Off, we see exactly why: The skateboarding titan, still the face of the sport even in his fifties, tries and tries again to pull a 900 — the borderline-impossible skate trick he miraculously pulled off at the 1999 X Games — only to eat shit on each attempt. His body slams into the wood with concussive force every time, occasionally hurting enough to make him scream in pain. And yet, he gets up and tries again. What fuels someone like Hawk to keep sacrificing his body for the chance at a twice-in-a-lifetime flip? Over the course of two hours, Jones interrogates this question, charting Hawk’s youth as a child skating prodigy, his d...
