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Ed Sheeran Wants to Build a Crypt on His Estate
For the uber-famous, privacy comes at a cost. Just ask Ed Sheeran, who’s waiting for approval from the county government to build a crypt beneath the floor of a chapel on his massive estate in Suffolk, England, according to the Guardian. Back in 2019, Sheeran was approved for building a chapel on the $5 million property, with the intent for it to serve as a “private place of retreat for contemplation and prayer.” This chapel will come complete with flint-lined walls, a spiral-staircase tower, a lead roof, and stained-glass windows. Last month, the singer filed a new application seeking permission to add a full-on crypt to that chapel. The below-ground chamber would measure about six by nine feet. East Suffolk council is still coming to a decision on the application. Advertisement Related V...
Watch Speed Painter Complete Portrait Of Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA In Less Than Six Minutes
A video of Dave Santia, a premier performance speed painter from the Detroit area, painting an amazing portrait of late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza in less than six minutes can be seen below. With a combination of rock and roll and attack of speed and color, Santia creates his speed paintings right before your very eyes in just a matter of minutes. Santia has painted some outstanding portraits of Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Slash, John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Elton John, Billy Joel and David Bowie, just to name a few. One day, while Santia was sitting at home wondering how he could combine his two loves of art and music, he found himself surfing on YouTube when he came across a video of speed painter Denny Dent. Santia watched that video, and thought to himself, ...
LOVERBOY Celebrates Loyalty Of Hard Rock Community With New Metal Anthem ‘Release’
“Like millions of others around the globe, we’re ready to rock again,” says LOVERBOY guitarist/co-founding member Paul Dean about their return to recording and the concert stage in 2022. The band’s new single, “Release”, due in mid-January on all digital streaming platforms, is a full-throttle rocker Paul had been working on, at first intended for an unnamed metal band which approached him as a songwriter/producer to work with them. But when that didn’t pan out, Dean decided to reach out to the other members of LOVERBOY to gauge their interest in recording it as their next single, which became “Release”. “It started out as a frustrated call to action, after months of lockdown, and morphed into a metal anthem about the loyalty and ...
Watch MÖTLEY CRÜE’s VINCE NEIL Play His First Solo Show Of 2022
MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil played his first concert of 2022 last night (Friday, January 14) at Hollywood Casino in Columbus, Ohio. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. The Columbus show marked Neil‘s second live appearance since he reportedly broke his ribs while performing with his solo band at the Monsters On The Mountain festival at LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee on October 15. Fan-filmed video of that gig showed the 60-year-old rocker walking to the front of the stage with his guitar strapped around him. He encouraged the crowd to clap along while playing the 1989 MÖTLEY CRÜE hit “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” when he suddenly fell and dropped out of the camera’s view almost instantly. TMZ later reported that t...
DAVE MUSTAINE Pays Tribute To BUDGIE’s BURKE SHELLEY: ‘Thank You For Your Music’
MEGADETH‘s Dave Mustaine has paid tribute to vocalist/bassist Burke Shelley of legendary Welsh rockers BUDGIE who died on January 10 at the age of 71. Earlier today (Saturday, January 15), the 60-year-old Mustaine took to his Twitter to write: “I heard Burke Shelley passed away. I am saddened at our loss of a really great musician. I wish I knew him. I’d say, ‘Thank you for your life, your inspiration, and your music.'” Mustaine has mentioned his love of BUDGIE on a number of occasions in the past, including in an interview with Kerrang! when he recalled how he landed a gig as METALLICA‘s guitarist in 1981. “I called up Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] after seeing the ad in The Recycler and told him I listened to MOTÖRHEAD. I also said I liked BUD...
King Princess Teams Up with Fousheé on New Single “Little Bother”: Stream
King Princess has enlisted Fousheé for the new single “Little Bother.” Stream it below. On the gently pulsating track, the pair of singer-songwriters trade verses while reflecting on a relationship that left them feeling like nothing more than an inconvenient afterthought. “I’m screwed from a past life/ And that’s why I lost you/ But if I think of the timeline/ You were exhausting/ But we couldn’t have said goodbye/ It wasn’t an option/ While you’re watching the paint dry/ Remember you lost me/ Do you feel like you should/ Could’ve tried a little harder/ It didn’t make me feel good/ I was just a little bother,” King Princess sings before handing the reins to her collaborator. Advertisement Related Video “I have been a big fan of Fousheé for a while, so when we started DM’ing and eventually...
Meshuggah Announce New Album Immutable, Share Teaser Video: Watch
Meshuggah have announced their ninth studio album, Immutable, arriving April 1st. They also shared a short video teaser featuring a snippet of new music. While a Meshuggah album was expected this year, no formal details were available until now. The teaser clip posted on the Swedish extreme-metal band’s social media touts fiery artwork by Luminokaya and powerful chugging guitar grooves — a taste of what’s to come. “The title [Immutable] fits perfectly for where we are as a band,” guitarist Mårten Hagström remarked in the band’s Facebook post. “We’re older now. Most of us are in our 50s now, and we’ve settled into who we are. Even though we’ve been experimenting all along, I also think we’ve been the same since day one.” Advertisement Related Video He continued: “The way we approach things ...
Peacemaker’s Steve Agee on Dancing For James Gunn and Hating His Beard
Every superhero, even one as unconventional as John Cena‘s Peacemaker, could use a little back-up — which is where Steve Agee comes in. The comedian and actor appears in the HBO Max comedy Peacemaker as John Economos, first seen working for Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) in The Suicide Squad and now investigating the strange goings-on that happen to coincide with Peacemaker’s escape from prison. “I tend to have parts where I’m in a scene and I say a line at the very end where we cut to the action,” Agee says about his past work on projects like New Girl and You’re the Worst. But while Economos is the sort of part that Agee plays nimbly as a character actor, he did value the opportunity to get a little deeper with the role in Peacemaker‘s eight episodes. Agee, as he explains in this one-o...
MESHUGGAH Announces New Album, ‘Immutable’
Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH will release their new album, “Immutable”, on April 1 via Atomic Fire Records. Destined to be one of 2022’s most hailed and talked-about releases, “Immutable” once again showcases MESHUGGAH‘s collective brilliance, including some of the most jaw-dropping ensemble performances they have ever executed. Six years on from the band’s most recent full-length, “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”, 2022 brings a fresh and fearsome revelation from MESHUGGAH. Shattering even the highest of expectations, the band’s ninth album is simply their wildest and most esoteric sonic adventure yet. Recorded at Sweetspot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden, mixed by Rickard Bengtsson and Staffan Karlsson and mastered by m...
IGNITE Releases ‘On The Ropes’ Single, Announces New Album Details
California melodic hardcore heavyweights IGNITE will release their new, self-titled album on March 25 via Century Media. The effort will be made available as a limited CD digipak, 180-gram LP in various colors as well as on all digital platforms. IGNITE bassist Brett Rasmussen comments on the new album: “A lot of hard work went into this album and this is the happiest I have felt about an IGNITE album in a long time. It feels incredible to work this hard on a project and see the entire plan come together as anticipated.” IGNITE has also shared the brand-new track “On The Ropes” which will be also included on the new album and is now available on all streaming services. IGNITE guitarist Nik Hill states: “‘On The Ropes’ feels like a modern version of...
IAN ANDERSON Doesn’t Think JETHRO TULL Belongs In ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Progressive rock and roll legend Ian Anderson, founding member of JETHRO TULL, was asked in a new interview with Jeff Gaudiosi of MisplacedStraws.com about his band’s place in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He responded: “Well, so far, it’s a sense of relief that I haven’t had to face the embarrassing prospect of being invited into the Hall Of Fame, to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame, because I’ve long maintained the position that the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is an American institution about American-inspired music. It doesn’t necessarily preclude musicians of other nationalities, but I think it’s gotta be essentially — it’s about American music. Not necessarily exactly rock and roll — we’re not talking about Chuck Berry or Little ...
STAIND’s AARON LEWIS Has His Appendix Removed, Cancels Solo Shows
STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis has canceled his solo concerts this weekend after having his appendix removed. Lewis was scheduled to play in Davenport, Iowa on Friday (January 14), Inman, Kansas on Saturday (January 15) and in Springfield, Missouri on Sunday (January 16) but had to pull out so that he can recover after being diagnosed with appendicitis and undergoing surgery. A photo of Lewis lying in a hospital bed was shared on his social media along with the message: “No more appendix, and no shows this weekend but AFL is out of surgery, and doing just fine.” Lewis, an outspoken rocker who reinvented himself as a solo country artist in the last decade, made headlines in September when he urged his fans to chant “Fuck Joe Biden” during a STAIND concert in Pennsylvani...
