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GUNS N’ ROSES’ Set At BOTTLEROCK Cut Short By Organizers Due To Curfew
According to San Francisco Chronicle‘s Datebook, GUNS N’ ROSES had its headlining set cut short at BottleRock Napa Valley on Saturday, September 4, by festival promoters after bumping up against the festival’s hard 10 p.m. curfew. The abrupt ending came while GUNS N’ ROSES was performing the final song of the two-and-a-hour set, “Paradise City”, with special guest Dave Grohl of the FOO FIGHTERS. A wave of boos from the crowd could be heard as the musicians tried to complete the track, with GUNS N’ ROSES and Grohl continuing to play through 10:03 p.m. Following the performance, singer Axl Rose threw his mike off stage, took a bow and walked off with the rest of the band trailing behind. Located in a residential area, with houses that face the main s...
Drummer JOHN TEMPESTA Says Playing With EXODUS Again Was ‘A Bit Nerve-Racking’
San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS were rejoined by drummer John Tempesta for their appearance on August 22 at Psycho Las Vegas at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tempesta was filling in for EXODUS‘s regular drummer Tom Hunting who recently underwent a successful total gastrectomy in his battle with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach. Tempesta was a member of EXODUS from 1989 until 1993 and played on the band’s albums “Impact Is Imminent” (1990) and “Force Of Habit” (1992). John discussed his temporary return to EXODUS in a new interview with DEATH ANGEL‘s Ted Aguilar as part of the “Alive & Streaming” YouTube series. Speaking about the Psycho Las Vegas concert, Tempesta said (as transcribed by BLABBERM...
Challenge Couple Jenna Compono And Zach Nichols Welcome First Child
Parenthood challenge accepted: Jenna Compono and Zach Nichols are officially mom and dad to Baby Nichols! The Challenge couple just welcomed their first child, a son Anthony on September 2. Us Weekly was first to report the news. “We would love to introduce our baby boy Anthony Joseph Nichols, born on September 2nd 2021 at 8:52 PM,” Jenna captioned the album above. “He weighed 8 pounds 14 oz and was 21.5 inches.” “Well, Zach got to see him before me while he held my leg and watched him come out,” Jenna told the magazine about the birth. “But when he was put on my chest and we both got to see him, it was amazing. WE made this adorable little life. It’s truly the best feeling ever. We haven’t put him down once yet; we are completely obsessed.” “She made pr...
‘Eternals’ Star Angelina Jolie Explains Why She Decided to Join the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Despite Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings just hitting cinemas, diehard Marvel fans are already looking forward to the next film in the franchise: Eternals. With a star-studded cast, one of its superheroes Angelina Jolie has now opened up about why she decided to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Speaking to Disney’s very own D23 Magazine, the revered actress revealed that the film’s Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao played a central role in her decision-making process. “This was the real reason I wanted to make the film. It was to be part of such a diverse family, and it really didn’t matter to me what the size of the role would be,” Jolie explained. “What surprised me the most about joining the MCU and working with Chloé was how grounded she was. The first time the ca...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Guests On New Single From BAD PENNY
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford is the latest legend to sign on to front a single from the rock supergroup BAD PENNY, which features former QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS bassist Danny Miranda, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT drummer Jules Radino and guitar virtuoso/songwriter Mike Holtzman. BAD PENNY‘s previous releases feature former JOURNEY lead singer Steve Augeri and QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Todd La Torre. Halford took time prior to rehearsals for JUDAS PRIEST‘s upcoming tour to drop the vocals to the BAD PENNY‘s “Push Comes To Shove”, a metallic, Arabic-tinged track featuring a syncopated guitar-drum battery. “This song just grabbed me,” Halford said. “It’s mysterious, dark, and sexy.” New York-based metal singer Militia Vox, who has been dubbed one of ...
METALLICA To Perform With MILEY CYRUS On ‘The Howard Stern Show’
METALLICA will perform with pop star Miley Cyrus on SiriusXM‘s “The Howard Stern Show” next week. The exact date for the performance has not yet been announced. METALLICA and Miley will likely team up to play the band’s classic song “Nothing Else Matters” in celebration of release of the remastered deluxe box set of METALLICA‘s self-titled fifth album — also known as “The Black Album” — due on September 10 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. Also included will be a companion set titled “The Metallica Blacklist”, which will be packed with covers by major recording artists. Cyrus is among the 53 musicians included in the covers set, which will include her version of “Nothing Else Matters”, also featuring...
TESTAMENT’s CHUCK BILLY Says He Had A ‘Blast’ Voicing MARVEL’s New Animated Series ‘What If …?’
TESTAMENT‘s Chuck Billy has contributed “additional voices” to “What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His Hands?”, the fourth episode of the first season of Marvel‘s new animated series “What If …?” The Disney+ series devotes each of its episodes to a different alternate-universe scenario in which things are utterly changed in ways large and small. Billy discussed his contribution to “What If …?” during an appearance on a recent episode of “The Jasta Show” podcast. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “That was an experience, because the producer was actually a TESTAMENT fan, and he actually seeked [sic] me out. And it was so great and made it so easy. I’d never done that for a mo...
SLIPKNOT’s COREY TAYLOR Debuts New Mask At ROCKLAHOMA Festival
SLIPKNOT played its first concert in 18 months Saturday night (September 4) at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma. The gig marked the debut of SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor‘s new mask, which he had been working on for the past few months. This past May, Taylor spoke to Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3 about the evolution of SLIPKNOT‘s masks and what fans can expect to see during the band’s current touring cycle. “The mask has been a part of us forever,” he said. “The mask is king. And for us, especially people like me and Clown and the guys in the band that really allow those masks to evolve, it’s important for it to be a reflection of who we are in that music. And I can tell you that the mask I’m working o...
Take-Two Has Shut Down a ‘GTA: San Andreas’ Mod That Took Six Years to Build
Amid increasing legal pressure from Rockstar Games‘ holding company Take-Two Interactive, a team of modders have now been forced to shut down a Grand Theft Auto mod they’ve spent six years working on. Named GTA Underground, the ambitious mod was built for San Andreas and attempted to merge all previous GTA maps into one massive open-world experience. It even set its eyes on bringing in environments from other non-GTA games developed by Rockstar, such as Bully and Manhunt. Unfortunately, Take-Two Interactive has gone on a spree of placing legal pressure on modders as well as copyright infringement claims against different individuals, teams and companies over recent months. In light of these events, GTA Underground lead developer dkluin said that the mod will now be...
‘Drag Race’ Winner Kylie Sonique Love Thought ‘All Stars 6′ Might Be Her ‘Last Time’ Doing Drag
Love says she’s proud to be the first trans winner on All Stars, and that she’s even more proud that she’ll get to continue doing drag — she says that during the pandemic, she found herself questioning whether or not she would ever be able to perform at queer clubs again thanks to the after-effects of COVID-19. “I didn’t think I was ever going to get to do drag again,” she says. “When I got called to do [All Stars 6], even then I didn’t know what was going to happen. Like, ‘I might just be sitting at home, watching myself on TV doing drag for the last time in my career.'” Below, Kylie Sonique Love chats with Billboard about her historic win, her hopes for the future of drag performance, Dolly Parton, her now-ic...
Andre 3000 Says Kanye West Collab ‘Life of the Party’ ‘Didn’t Have’ Drake Diss When He Wrote His Verse
“A few weeks ago Kanye reached out about me being a part of the Donda album,” said the Outkast rapper, who was in Cleveland filming a Noah Baumbach film when they made contact. “I was inspired by his idea to make a musical tribute to his mom. It felt appropriate to me to support the Donda concept by referencing my own mother, who passed away in 2013. We both share that loss. I thought it was a beautiful choice to make a clean album but, unfortunately, I didn’t know that was the plan before I wrote and recorded my verse. It was clear to me that an edited ‘clean’ format of the verse would not work without having the raw, original also available. So, sadly, I had to be omitted from the original album release.” He continued, “The track I received and wrote to didn’t hav...
David Crosby: Neil Young Is the “Most Selfish Person” I Know
It’s no secret that the members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young aren’t exactly on the best of terms anymore, but any additional confirmation that the folk supergroup won’t be reuniting still feels like pouring salt in a wound. In a new interview with The Guardian this week, the often outspoken David Crosby didn’t hesitate to divulge his feelings about his former bandmates. According to Crosby, some “petty-assed bullshit” has kept him from speaking CSNY peers Neil Young and Graham Nash. “Neil has got a genuine beef,” Crosby admitted in the interview. “I did say something bad about his girlfriend [Daryl Hannah]. I said I thought she was a predator. OK, he can be mad at me. That’s all right.” Even still, Crosby went on to describe Young as “probably the most self-centered, self-obsessed, ...
