RISE AGAINST will kick off its extensive North American "Mourning In Amerika Tour" with a headline performance at '77 Montréal punk festival on July 27. The run, produced by Live Nation, will include a show at Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk in New York City (August 1), a concert with FALL OUT BOY at ...
March 2018 - Blabbermouth Archive
3 DOORS DOWN And COLLECTIVE SOUL To Join Forces For 'The Rock & Roll Express Tour'
With more than 30 million albums sold, 18 million digital single sales, billions of streams and 12 iconic hits combined, 3 DOORS DOWN and COLLECTIVE SOUL are inviting fans aboard "The Rock & Roll Express Tour" this summer with special guest SOUL ASYLUM on select dates. Produced by Live Nation, the amphitheater outing will kick ...
DEF LEPPARD Announces First Of Four Planned Career-Spanning Box Sets
On June 1, Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe fires the first salvo in DEF LEPPARD's projected four-volume career-spanning box set series, when the appropriately dubbed "Volume One" appears in multidisc LP and CD collections. The collection arrives in time for this summer's highly anticipated DEF LEPPARD co-headline tour with JOURNEY. This first volume of the band's complete recorded ...
RUSH Releases Official Lyric Video For 'A Farewell To Kings' Title Track To Promote 40th-Anniversary Reissue
RUSH has released the official lyric video for the title track of the band's landmark album "A Farewell To Kings" — the fifth studio LP originally released in 1977, which introduced the radio hit "Closer To The Heart", album tracks "Madrigal", "Cinderella Man", as well as enduring fan favorites with "Xanadu" and "Cygnus X-1". The ...
GENE SIMMONS Says He 'Had Nothing To Do With' KISS's 'End Of The Road' Trademark Application
Gene Simmons says that he "had nothing to do" with KISS's recent attempt to trademark the phrase "The End Of The Road." An application from KISS was filed on February 8 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which — should it be accepted — means that the band could use it in connection ...
IRON MAIDEN Pinball Machine Coming Soon From STERN PINBALL
Stern Pinball has released a teaser for the IRON MAIDEN "Legacy Of The Beast"-themed pinball machine, due later this year. The short promotional clip below features the IRON MAIDEN logo with the band's classic song "Wasted Years" from 1986's "Somewhere In Time" album as the backing track. Stern Pinball is the world's oldest and largest ...
It's Official: METALLICA's 'Hardwired… To Self-Destruct' Returns To No. 2 On BILLBOARD Chart
According to Billboard, METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", has landed at position No. 2 on this weekend's Billboard 200 chart, following sizable sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the band's upcoming U.S. and Canada tour. (The redemptions count as sales.) The disc, which arrived in November 2016, shifted ...
AMON AMARTH Is 'Halfway' Through Writing 'Amazing' New Album
Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH are "halfway through writing" material for their next album. The follow-up to 2016's "Jomsviking" will mark the band's recording debut with drummer Jocke Wallgren, who joined AMON AMARTH two years ago. Speaking to Australia's Heavy magazine on Saturday (March 24), AMON AMARTH bassist Ted Lundström said (see video ...
DREAM THEATER's Next Album Will 'Probably' Involve 'A Little Bit Of A Harder' Musical Approach
Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether DREAM THEATER's next album will be musically inspired by the band's recent "Images, Words & Beyond" tour, which saw ...
JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'We Just Want To See Some More Metal In There'
JUDAS PRIEST members Rob Halford (vocals), Richie Faulkner (guitar) and Glenn Tipton (guitar) were recently interviewed by BUILD Series. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the strong first-week sales of the group's new album, "Firepower": Rob: "We can't get to where we get to, and ...