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Skid Row and Buckcherry Announce 2023 US Co-Headlining Tour
Skid Row and Buckcherry have announced a 2023 US co-headlining tour with support from No Resolve. Dates kick off March 9th in Bowler, Wisconsin and wrap up March 31st in Hinton, Oklahoma. Artist pre-sales go live today (December 7th) at 10 a.m. local time, while a Live Nation pre-sale begins Thursday (December 8th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code CHEER. General public ticket sales begin Friday (December 9th) at 10 a.m. local time. Pick up tickets via Ticketmaster (both bands will also be offering VIP meet-and-greet packages, as well). “I’m psyched to hit the road together with our friends in Buckcherry,” said Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan in a press release. “This will be the coolest, most badass tour of 2023.” Related Video Added Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd: “Put two great live roc...
Steel Panther Announce 2023 US Tour
Steel Panther will embark on an extensive 2023 US tour in support of their forthcoming album On the Prowl, which arrives February 24th. The newly announced dates kick off the day the album drops on February 24th in Las Vegas. The glam metal act will remain on the road through an April 8th concert in San Diego. Ticket pre-sales begin tomorrow (December 7th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster (use access code CHEER). Info regarding VIP packages including meet and greets, exclusive merch, and early show entry can be found via Steel Panther’s website. Advertisement Related Video The band has also unveiled the music video for On the Prowl single “1987.” The clip features plenty of the band’s signature tongue-in-cheek humor, while the song pays homage to the glory days of hair metal and hard...
Bush Announce 2023 North American Tour with Select Support from Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox, and Silversun Pickups
Bush have been touring in support of their latest album, The Art of Survival, and they’ll hit the road again in 2023. The Gavin Rossdale-fronted group will head back out on tour in North America early next year, beginning with a January 28th show in Reno, Nevada. The month-long winter run will feature various support from Jerry Cantrell, Candlebox and Silversun Pickups at select dates. A Live Nation pre-sale (using the code CHEER) starts Thursday (December 8th) at 10 a.m. local time, while the general public on-sale will follow on Friday (December 9th). Pick up tickets via Ticketmaster. Bush are coming off a summer tour in which they supported Cantrell’s band Alice in Chains. “We’ll always love playing those big summer shows and the big stages, but we wanted to do some shows where we could...
Guns N’ Roses Sue Online Gun Store Named “Texas Guns and Roses”
Guns N’ Roses have filed a lawsuit against an online gun store named “Texas Guns and Roses,” according to NBC News Los Angeles. Attorneys representing the band filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, alleging that the store — operated by Jersey Village Florist — sells firearms, ammunition, scopes, and body armor via mail “without GNR’s approval, license or consent.” The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a court order prohibiting the use of the website name. Furthermore, the band alleges that Jersey Village Florist “selected and adopted defendant’s marks for the purpose of confusing consumers into believing that it was connected or associated with, or licensed by, GNR.” The lawsuit states that the online store purports to sell roses and other flora to justify “whole appropriatio...
9-Year-Old Girl Plays 15-Song Tool Medley on Guitar Gifted to Her by Adam Jones: Watch
Nine-year-old music protege Maya Neelakantan was gifted a signature Gibson Les Paul by Adam Jones and promptly put it to use, recording a 15-song Tool medley. Not unlike Nandi Bushell, Neelakantan has become a YouTube phenom thanks to her gifted guitar skills. You may remember her 15-minute playthrough of Tool’s “7empest” earlier this year — a feat so impressive, it apparently caught the attention of Adam Jones himself. A couple months ago, the Tool guitarist bequeathed one of his prized signature model Gibson Les Paul guitars to Neelakantan, who shared the surprise moment in a heartwarming unboxing video. The gift must have inspired the young virtuoso to learn even more Tool songs. Advertisement Earlier this week, Neelakantan uploaded the aforementioned 15-song Tool medley played with the...
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard Announce 2023 Atlantic City Shows
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard will warm up for their 2023 world tour with a pair of February gigs in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The concerts will take place at the 7,000-capacity Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, a relatively intimate venue compared to the massive outdoor stadiums the two veteran rock acts played this past summer. The shows are booked for February 10th and 11th, one week before the two bands kick off the previously announced international run of their co-headlining tour. Tickets for the Atlantic City concerts go on sale to the general public this Friday (December 2nd) at 10 a.m. ET via Ticketmaster, with a Citi pre-sales having already begun and a Live Nation pre-sale beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. ET using the code HEADLINE. The international tour will kick off with a Latin Ame...
Mötley Crüe Announce “Crücial Crüe: The Studio Albums 1981-1989” Vinyl Box Set
Mötley Crüe have announced the Crücial Crüe: The Studio Albums 1981-1989 box set, which collects their first five albums on vinyl and CD. Both formats are set to arrive on February 17th. The LP box set will contain colored-vinyl variants of the following albums: Too Fast for Love (white/black splatter); Shout at the Devil (yellow/black splatter); Theater of Pain (hot pink magenta/black splatter); Girls, Girls, Girls (cyan blue/black splatter); and Dr. Feelgood (coke bottle green/oxblood splatter). The vinyl and CD sets are each limited to 10,000 copies worldwide. It’s the first time the Crüe’s iconic ’80s output has been housed in one package on vinyl and CD. Previously, the band offered up those five albums as part of a limited 40th anniversary cassette box set for Record Store Day in 202...
Metallica’s Helping Hands Benefit Concert To Stream on Paramount+ and YouTube
Metallica have announced that their Helping Hands benefit concert on December 16th will stream via Paramount+, Pluto TV, and YouTube. The show will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and also features a charity auction. Along with the streaming announcement, the band also revealed that Greta Van Fleet will play an opening set and Jimmy Kimmel will host the evening’s festivities. Metallica shared the following in a statement: “We’re looking forward to celebrating the achievements of All Within My Hands in our final show of the year, the Helping Hands Concert & Auction at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Friday, December 16. This will be the third time we hit the stage to benefit the Foundation, but the very first time that it will be streamed live with a full audi...
Nandi Bushell and Younger Brother Thomas Jam Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name”: Watch
The talent runs deep in the Bushell family! Over the past few years, 12-year-old Nandi has wowed the world with her remarkable musical skills, and now her little brother Thomas is showcasing his chops behind the drum kit. The pair take on the Rage Against the Machine classic “Killing in the Name” in a new jam session. In the clip posted to Instagram, Nandi gives off some serious Tom Morello vibes as she holds the guitar high up in the RATM guitarist’s signature playing style, while Thomas pounds away at the kit like a young Brad Wilk. With equal parts joy and rage, they even give us a joint scream of “killing in the name of” partway into the minute-long jam. “A family that Rages together, stays together,” wrote Nandi alongside the video clip. “I love jamming with my brother @thomas_bushell...
Nikki Sixx Dares To Insult “Whining” Taylor Swift, Gets Called Out by Fans
Oh no, he didn’t! Nikki Sixx dared to insult the mighty Taylor Swift, and he has been met with a swift response from fans. Over the weekend, the Mötley Crüe bassist tweeted, “Is it just me or does Taylor Swift always seems [sic] likes she’s whining about something new every-time she’s gonna drop an album? #WorIsMeMarketing [sic].” (He likely meant @WoeIsMeMarketing as the hashtag.) It would appear that Sixx is referencing the big fuss over the Ticketmaster debacle that left millions of Swifties spending hours online, only to find themselves without tickets to her upcoming 2023 tour. In a statement, Swift wrote, “It’s truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them.” Ticketmaster l...
Elon Musk Hits Back at “Crybaby” Trent Reznor After Nine Inch Nails Frontman Quits Twitter
It seems Elon Musk may have been a little “hurt” by Trent Reznor’s decision to quit Twitter. The billionaire owner of the social media platform responded by calling the Nine Inch Nails frontman a “crybaby” despite being a fan of his music. Reznor deactivated his account on Sunday (November 20th), shortly after telling The Hollywood Reporter in an interview that Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been an “embarrassment,” while adding, “We don’t need the arrogance of the billionaire class to feel like they can just come in and solve everything.” Musk, responding to a tweet by “Catturd” that read, “48 hours since @elonmusk reinstated President Trump’s Twitter account and the world still hasn’t ended,” wrote, “And it turns out that Trent ‘nine inch nails’ Reznor is actually a crybaby.” Advertiseme...
Trent Reznor Is “About to Depart” Twitter: “We Don’t Need the Arrogance of the Billionaire Class”
Trent Reznor has called Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter an “embarrassment,” and said he’s “about to depart” the social media platform. Since Musk closed the deal on purchasing Twitter, he has laid off half the company’s staff; instituted an $8-per-month blue verification checkmark fee; issued an ultimatum to the remaining staffers to either return to the office or quit their jobs (which he has since partially retracted); and reinstated Donald Trump’s account. While promoting his and Atticus Ross’ score for the new movie Bones and All, Reznor was asked by The Hollywood Reporter for his take on the current state of Twitter under Musk. “Embarrassment,” replied the Nine Inch Nails frontman. “I’m about to depart. We don’t need the arrogance of the billionaire class to feel like they can just co...
