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Lil Nas X sat down with Kerwin Frost for a brand new episode of Kerwin Frost Talks, discussing his work with Kanye West and his upcoming album, MONTERO. The 22-year-old artist touched on collaborating with Ye, who produced his latest single “INDUSTRY BABY” that also included a feature from Jack Harlow. “We talked,” Lil Nas X said. “He’s a pretty cool guy. Super down to earth. He’s super talented. He showed me stuff. He’s working on some great music. It’s nice to work with somebody who’s done that for so long, so much longevity and still going, you know?” He continued to touch on his highly-anticipated debut studio album MONTERO, which he claims “is coming out one day” but is yet to receive an official release date. “It’s all connecting to one little world,” Lil Nas X shared. “It’s pre...

ZZ TOP will carry on following the passing of the band’s bassist Dusty Hill. Hill died in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas, according to the band’s official web site. He was 72. Earlier this evening, SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk shared a message he received from ZZ TOP frontman Billy Gibbons about the group’s future plans. Trunk tweeted: “Received this just now via text from @BillyFGibbons regarding passing of Dusty Hill @ZZTop . Billy told me okay to share w/fans: As Dusty said upon his departure, ‘Let the show go on!’.and…with respect, we’ll do well to get beyond this and honor his wishes.” The ZZ TOP concert scheduled to take place tonight (Wednesday, July 28) in Simpsonville, South Carolina has been canceled in the wake of Hi...

NIGHTWISH played a special “secret” concert earlier tonight (Wednesday, July 28) in Oulu, Finland. The Finnish/British/Dutch symphonic metallers performed at Club Teatria disguised as a NIGHTWISH cover band called NEVSKI & THE PROSPECTS, although speculation about the group’s actual identity was strong enough to cause the event to sell out. NIGHTWISH played the Oulu show as a warm-up for its festival appearances in Finland this week: July 30 at Qstock and July 31 at Kuopiorock. The Oulu gig marked NIGHTWISH‘s first fan-attended show in more than two a half years. It was also NIGHTWISH‘s first proper concert with session bassist Jukka Koskinen‘s (WINTERSUN), who stepped into the group as the replacement for longtime NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marko &#...

Wendy Dio, wife and longtime manager of Ronnie James Dio, has confirmed that there are “about three songs” from the legendary heavy metal singer that may eventually see the light of day. Ronnie James Dio, best known for his work with BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW and DIO, died of stomach cancer 11 years ago at the age of 67. During a brand new interview with LiveSigning to promote Ronnie‘s just-released memoir, “Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography”, Wendy was asked if any unreleased Dio material may one day be made available to the public. She responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Actually, there are about three songs that Ronnie was… Ronnie was working on a song with [former DIO and RAINBOW bassist] Jimmy Bain before Jimmy passed away. That was o...

EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting says that it’s “presumptuous” to say he is already “cancer free,” more than two weeks after he underwent a successful total gastrectomy in his battle with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach. Hunting offered a clarification regarding his health in response to a July 26 Instagram post from his EXODUS bandmate Gary Holt who referred to the drummer as now being “cancer free” after his surgery. Earlier today (Wednesday, July 28), Hunting released the following statement via Holt‘s Instagram: “Hello Y’all. I just wanted to thank everyone for taking part in the BLIND ILLUSION [benefit] show [in Sacramento for Tom]. I’m blown away by all the love and support from everyone in this community! It re...