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Watch: ALICE IN CHAINS’ JERRY CANTRELL Performs In San Antonio During ‘Brighten’ Solo Tour
Fan-filmed video of ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell‘s entire April 22 solo performance at Aztec Theatre in San Antonio, Texas can be seen below. His setlist was as follows: 01. Atone 02. Them Bones 03. Psychotic Break 04. Sea Of Sorrow 05. Brighten 06. Cut You In 07. My Song 08. Siren Song 09. No Excuses 10. Black Hearts And Evil Done 11. Had To Know 12. Angel Eyes 13. Between 14. Check My Brain 15. It Ain’t Like That 16. Down In A Hole 17. Got Me Wrong Encore: 18. Would? 19. Man In The Box 20. Rooster Cantrell kicked off his “Brighten” solo tour on March 24 at the Palace Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jerry‘s band for the tour consists of Tyler Bates (guitar), Greg Puciato (backing vocals), Gil Sharone (drums), George Adrian (bass), Michael...
Listen To JOURNEY’s New Single ‘You Got The Best Of Me’
Legendary rockers JOURNEY have released a new single, “You Got The Best Of Me”. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album, “Freedom”, which will arrive on July 8. This past February, founding JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon shared the “Freedom” track listing in an Instagram post. It is as follows: 01. Together We Run (4:49) 02. Don’t Give Up On Us (5:23) 03. Still Believe In Love 04. You Got The Best Of Me (5:33) 05. Live To Love Again (5:30) 06. The Way We Used To Be (3:35) 07. Come Away With Me (4:02) 08. After Glow (5:22) 09. Let It Rain (4:40) 10. Holdin On (3:14) 11. All Day All Night (3:38) 12. Don’t Go (4:58) 13. United We Stand (5:05) 14. Life Rolls On (4:57) 15. Beautiful As You Are (7:10) JOURNEY‘s current touring li...
Brass Against Instructed to Perform in “No Pee Zone” at Opening Night of Tool Tour
Brass Against made headlines last year when singer Sophia Urista urinated on a fan onstage at the Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida. At the kickoff of their European tour with Tool on Saturday night (April 23rd) in Copenhagen, Denmark, Urista was reminded that the stage is a “no pee zone.” To quickly recap, Urista brought a male fan with a beer can taped to his head up onstage while Brass Against was performing a cover of Rage Against the Machine’s “Wake Up” during the Welcome to Rockville set in November. She told the fan to lay on his back, and proceeded to take down her pants and urinate into the can and onto the guy’s face. It led to multiple apologies from the band and Urista, a permanent ban from the venue, and even a police report. Tool had already booked Brass...
Sting, Who Was in a Band as a Grown Man, Thinks Grown Men Can’t Be in Bands
Bad news for a good portion of your dating app matches: Sting doesn’t think grown men should be in bands. The 70-year-old former Police frontman shared his thoughts on aging out of rock stardom in a recent interview with MOJO (via Tone Deaf), asserting that “a band is a teenage gang.” “I don’t think any grown man can be in a band, actually,” Sting said. “A band is a teenage gang. Who wants to be in a teenage gang when you’re knocking 70? It doesn’t allow you to evolve.” The self-proclaimed heavy metal singer continued: “You have to obey the rules and the gestalt of the band. As much as I love the [Rolling] Stones and AC/DC, it’s hard to see growth in their music.” Advertisement Related Video Sting conveniently glossed over the fact that he fronted The Police between the ages...
Better Call Saul Recap: When You Can’t Run Any Further
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 3, “Rock and Hard Place.” For our recap of Episode 2, click here] Case Summary While other things happen in the third episode of Better Call Saul, “Rock and Hard Place” should be forever remembered as The Nacho Episode, for very good reason. Nacho isn’t the first series regular to perish over the course of the show’s run — that honor belongs to Chuck McGill (Michael McKean). But Michael Mando delivers a simply staggering performance in his theoretical swan song, facing a fate which might have seemed inevitable from the beginning, but is still heartbreaking to watch. Writer/director Gordon Smith delivers Nacho to his end with an episode so deliberately paced that the dread builds more and more with each de...
How to Get Tickets to Lizzo’s 2022 Tour
Lizzo has something extra SPECIAL in the works with a 25-date North American tour coming this Fall to support her highly anticipated fourth album arriving in July. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Lizzo’s Next Tour? Lizzo’s upcoming arena tour begins in Sunrise, Florida on September 23rd followed by stops in Tampa, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and Boston. She performs at New York’s Madison Square Garden on October 2nd, then heads west to the likes of Detroit, Toronto, and Chicago. Advertisement Related Video She hits the southern US with shows in Atlanta, Austin, Houston, and Dallas before making the hike to the West Coast for dates in Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, and San Francisco. The tour wraps in Los Angeles on November 18th. Who Is Ope...
METALLICA’s KIRK HAMMETT: ‘I Don’t Think I’ve Peaked Creatively Or Musically’
In a new interview with Kerrang! magazine, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke about the fact that he is currently involved in several projects outside his main band, including releasing his debut solo EP and publishing his first comic book, “Nights Of Lono”. He said: “I have to say I’ve been sober for seven and a half years now and my mind is in a different place, I’m better focused. I got my brain back, I’ve gotten my memory back so nowadays I’m in a better place. I record music and my focus is that much better. “When I got sober, I had so much more time,” he explained. “[Prior to that] I was spending almost every night in a nightclub or bar and then I’d spend almost every morning recovering from that. Day in, day out, ...
GENE SIMMONS And DAVID DRAIMAN React To ELON MUSK’s $44 Billion Purchase Of Twitter
Gene Simmons (KISS) and David Draiman (DISTURBED) are among the musicians who have reacted on social media to the news that Twitter‘s board has agreed to let Elon Musk buy the social media network for $44 billion. If the deal officially goes through, it will make Musk — the Tesla and SpaceX founder and the world’s richest man — the new owner of the social media site that hosts more than 200 million users. Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” has said that Twitter could champion freedom as a private company. Opponents to the acquisition have theorized that Musk will allow users on the platform to spread misinformation and hate speech under the guise of protecting free speech. While many people are happy that Musk is taking control of another giant...
Watch: BULLETBOYS’ MARQ TORIEN Joins STEEL PANTHER For ‘Smooth Up In Ya’ Performance At Rainbow 50th-Anniversary Party
BULLETBOYS frontman Marq Torien joined STEEL PANTHER on stage yesterday (Sunday, April 24) at the Rainbow Bar & Grill 50th-anniversary part in West Hollywood, California to perform the BULLETBOYS classic “Smooth Up In Ya”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. In April 1972, Mario Maglieri, along with Whisky co-founder Elmer Valentine, Lou Adler and others, started the Rainbow Bar & Grill with a party for Elton John. It has been a second home for actors and musicians, their fans, friends and entourages ever since. Celebrities including John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Keith Moon, John Belushi, Grace Slick, Ringo Starr, Neil Diamond, LED ZEPPELIN, Alice Cooper, GUNS N’ ROSES, VAN HALEN, MÖTLEY CRÜE and B-Real have all been sighted there, and the restaura...
DEEP PURPLE’s STEVE MORSE Is Working On Art Collection Crafted From Guitar Performance
DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has been collaborating with Los Angeles art team SceneFour on the creation of fine artwork built from performance. A groundbreaking approach to making visuals on canvas, each piece in this collection showcases a new dimension to the instrument — a visual one. For more information, visit SteveMorseArt.com. SceneFour is primarily known as the team responsible for the “rhythm-on-canvas” medium, having released art collections over the last several years with a highly select group of drumming legends, including Bill Ward (BLACK SABBATH), Rick Allen (DEF LEPPARD) and Dave Lombardo (SLAYER). SceneFour, a Los Angeles design and branding firm, uses LED technology to transfer the musicians’ unique style onto a canvas. The art reportedly provides a...
Rage Against the Machine, Muse, and Jamiroquai to Headline Inaugural Andalucia Big Festival
The organizers of Mad Cool Festival have announced a new three-day event taking place this September. The Andalucia Big Festival goes down September 8th-10th at Sacaba Beach in Malaga, Spain, with Rage Against the Machine, MUSE, and Jamiroquai headlining the inaugural lineup. Other notable confirmed acts include Run the Jewels, Glass Animals, Paolo Nutini, Vetusta Morla, Lucy Dacus, Biffy Clyro, Years & Years, Stereophonics, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Kevin Morby, Aurora, Nova Twins, Yard Act, Gus Dapperton, and more. Tickets to Andalucia Big Festival go on sale Friday, April 29th at 12:00 p.m. CEST via the festival’s website. Advertisement Related Video That same September weekend, Mad Cool will also host a one-day offshoot festival in Madrid called Mad Cool Sunset. Taking place o...
Howard Stern Calls Out “Huge Narcissist” Johnny Depp for “Overacting” in Amber Heard Trial
Howard Stern has taken shots at Johnny Depp for the actor’s witness testimony in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, calling Depp “a huge narcissist” and criticizing his “overacting.” While discussing the trial on Monday’s episode of The Howard Stern Show (via Mediaite), Stern claimed Depp wanted it televised because “that’s what narcissists do. They think they can talk their way out of anything.” He added, “I think Johnny Depp is a huge narcissist and what I mean by that is — he figured, ‘I’ll put this on TV and because I’m so persuasive and because I’m so smart, I’m such a wonderful guy.’” Advertisement Related Video “I’ll play you some clips from the Johnny Depp trial. If he isn’t acting — I mean, he’s so overacting,” Stern continued while critiquing Depp’s meth...
