Rock
Yungblud Says It’s Okay to Be Who You Are on Sexual Liberation Anthem ‘Cotton Candy’
Yungblud is hoping to send a message of hope and confidence on “Cotton Candy,” a sexual liberation anthem from his upcoming second album, Weird! (Nov. 13). The jangly pop tune is the fourth taste of the singer’s next full-length, and follows “God Save Me, But Don’t Drown Me Out,” “Strawberry Lipstick” and the title track. “And I wanna get stuck between your teeth like cotton candy/ So you’ll remember me, darling,” he sings on the pre-chorus over a rubbery baseline and steady beat. “I’m losing myself in you/ And you, and you, and you, and you, I know/ I’m losing myself in you/ And you, and you, and you, and you, I know.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimag...
Miley Cyrus, Bruce Springsteen & More Set For Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Sean “Diddy” Combs will presumably honor inductee The Notorious B.I.G., who he cultivated, signed, produced and, with the megahit “I’ll Be Missing You,” posthumously saluted. Dave Grohl will kick off the show with a “heartfelt introduction” to the new class of inductees. Don Henley, who was inducted in 1998 as a member of the Eagles, will induct the band’s long-time manager Irving Azoff. Bruce Springsteen, who was inducted in 1999, will likewise induct his long-time manager Jon Landau. Both managers will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award, given to non-performers. Also booked for the show: Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Levine, Chris Martin, St. Vincent, Billy Gibbons, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop and Nancy Wilson of Heart. The event was origi...
Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony Say Eddie Van Halen’s Death Was ‘Like Getting Hit By a Freaking Mack Truck’
Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 following a battle with cancer on Tuesday (Oct. 6). His friends and former bandmates Sammy Hagar and Mike Anthony heard the news while on Catalina Island to perform for Hagar’s birthday bash. In a new video the duo shared on Thursday (Oct. 8) titled “We Love You Eddie,” the rockers run through their emotions after the devastating loss. “After the unfortunate thing that happened yesterday with Eddie Van Halen, for Mike and I, it was just like getting hit by a freaking Mack truck,” Hagar shared. “Kind of took the wind out of the sails.” “A Van Halen song never felt so hard to play and sing in my life,” he continued, before Anthony added, “It’s very surreal right now, and it hasn’t sunk in yet.R...
Foo Fighters Announce ‘The People of Rock and Roll’ Digital Zine
Readers can filter through the 135 pages of stories at the time of publication by narrowing down to a specific bandmember or location. One by an anonymous user from Boulder, Colorado, shared two photos from Lollapalooza in 2011 and 2019. “I want to thank you for bringing me and partner together,” the note reads. “We met at foo fighters concerts at lolla 2011, dancing in the midsts of mud and rain, sharing an intimate moment only to separate and meet again 8 years later by fate, locking eyes remembering a distant time. I’ll always be grateful to the foo fighters for constantly reminding me how music connects spirits for only one shared moment or a lifetime of shared moment.” See the digital zine here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates...
Van Halen Album & Song Sales Spike by More Than 6,000% After Eddie Van Halen’s Death
In terms of songs, the group sold 31,000 tracks on Oct. 6 — up 6,317% compared to less than 1,000 sold on Oct. 5. Van Halen’s top 10 biggest-selling songs on Oct. 6 were: “Jump” (3,000), “Panama” (2,000), “Eruption” (2,000), “Runnin’ With the Devil” (2,000), “You Really Got Me” (2,000), “Dance the Night Away” (1,000), “Why Can’t This Be Love” (1,000), “Hot for Teacher” (1,000), “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” (1,000) and “Jamie’s Cryin’” (1,000). (Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.) “Jump” was Van Halen’s only No. 1 hit, among 16 top 40 hits, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending five weeks atop the list in 1984. News on any further sales gains, as well as significant streaming increases, will be reported in the coming days. It’s expected that Van Halen may impact a number of...
Van Halen’s Top 10 Songs In Honor of Eddie Van Halen
This feature originally ran in January 2014 and is being recirculated in honor of Eddie Van Halen’s passing. Van Halen overwhelmed America. With their big hair, long legs, and jaw-dropping solos that went on for days and days, the Pasadena rockers were loud, lewd, and loved. They sang about beautiful girls, devilish bad boys, and dreamy schoolteachers. Their videos were just as majestic as their sound, turning everyone into howling hound dogs with nights to lose. They conquered the world, too. With 1984, the hard rockers went toe to toe with global sensation Michael Jackson, whose Thriller also happened to feature guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The blockbuster album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts, and stayed there for five weeks, eventually selling 12 million copies states...
5 Epic Eddie Van Halen Guitar Solos
Van Halen would go on to become one of the biggest bands of their time, a Rock And Roll Hall of Fame-inducted stadium-filler with millions of fans around the globe. How big? Van Halen once scored a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Their $1.5 million payday from 1983’s Heavy Metal Day in San Bernadino was, at the time, the highest paid single appearance of a band. Eddie was always at the center of the action. The late, Netherlands-born multi-instrumentalist wasn’t the fastest shredder on the planet, and he didn’t invent the finger-tapping style for which he was renowned (he once pointed to the late English guitarist Allan Holdworth as “so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing”). But he was the full package. A pioneer with style, hits, tri...
AC/DC Are Ready to ‘Power Up,’ Blast New Single ‘Shot In The Dark’: Stream It Now
It’s the first track lifted from their forthcoming album Power Up, which will arrive Nov. 13 in various formats, including a limited edition deluxe “lightbox”. Power Up welcomes the return of British singer Brian Johnson, who stepped aside in 2016 on doctor’s orders due to hearing-loss issues, and sees drummer Phil Rudd return to the fold after a stint in rehab. Fans of AC/DC got an unexpected shot in the arm when the band fired off a teaser last month, “ARE YOU READY? #PWRUP,” and revealed its line-up consisting of Johnson, Rudd, lead guitarist Angus Young, bassist Cliff Williams and rhythm guitarist Stevie Young. AC/DC’s last studio set, 2014’s Rock or Bust, peaked at No. 3 in the U.S. and U.K. and No. 1 in Australia. Stream “Shot In The Dark” below. You Deserve t...
That Time Eddie Van Halen Became an ‘SNL’ Musical Guest Just Because He Was in the Building
Eddie Van Halen was a musical guest on Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s because he just happened to be in the building that evening. The legendary rocker, who died Tuesday at the age of 65, was accompanying his then-wife Valerie Bertinelli to Studio 8H because she was hosting on Feb. 28, 1987. He had zero plans to appear on TV himself — but then house band guitarist G.E. Smith worked his magic. “He doesn’t want to follow his wife around like a puppy dog,” Smith remembered in an interview years ago. “So he finds out about the music office, and he comes in and hangs out — because you can do whatever you want in the music office. We’re in there drinking, smoking, whatever. He was comfortable there. It was his people, band guys. He got that. He could relax.” ...
Five Burning Questions: Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Tickets to My Downfall’ Debuts at No. 1
1. Machine Gun Kelly posts the best sales numbers and first No. 1 debut of his career with Tickets to My Downfall this week, his first full pop-punk album. What do you think the biggest reason is that his rock reinvention has been so successful? Katie Atkinson: It feels like his sound finally caught up to his persona. MGK had brushes with crossover success in the past — like Camila Cabello duet “Bad Things,” his highest-peaking Hot 100 hit to date (No. 4), or his headline-grabbing battle with Eminem — but those moments were always shared with other, bigger names. And the thing casual observers might remember best about him is his tall, tattooed frame, looking like a modern-day Tommy Lee (he even portrayed the Motley Crue drummer in Netflix’s&nbs...
Eddie Van Halen, Rock Legend & Guitar Hero, Dies at 65
The flashy guitarist and bandleader had been the subject of near-death rumors for many years — some due to his documented substance abuse issues but most stemming from news of tongue cancer in 2000 — which caused doctors to remove a third of his tongue — though Van Halen was declared cancer free two years later. In recent months, however, reports stated that he was battling throat cancer and flying to Germany for specialized treatments — though rumors of his imminent demise seemed to be exaggerated. In recent months, after a protracted period out of sight that led to more rumors of ill-health, Van Halen made a determined attempt at a public profile. During October he was photographed at a McLaren auto dealership in Beverly Hills, Calif., and shortly after that he at...
RIP Eddie Van Halen: These Are the Rock Icon’s Biggest Chart Hits
Here is a look at Van Halen’s top 10 biggest hits on the Hot 100 songs chart: Rank, Title, Peak Position, Peak Year “Jump,” No. 1 (for five weeks), 1984 “Why Can’t This Be Love,” No. 3, 1986 “When It’s Love,” No. 5, 1988 “Finish What Ya Started,” No. 13, 1988 “(Oh) Pretty Woman,” No. 12, 1982 “I’ll Wait,” No. 13, 1984 “Panama,” No. 13, 1984 “Love Walks In,” No. 22, 1986 “Dance the Night Away,” No. 15, 1979 “Dreams,” No. 22, 1986 On Van Halen’s all-time top 10 biggest Hot 100 hits list, “Jump” is followed by “Why Can’t This Be Love,” which was the band’s first single with singer Sammy Hagar, after former singer David Lee Roth departed the group in 1984. Van Halen’s top 10 biggest hits are split evenly between Roth and Hagar. The former sings on Nos. 1, 5, 6, 7 and 9, while Hagar is heard on...
