Mike Shinoda has opened up about the decision to pick Emily Armstrong as the singer for a reunited Linkin Park instead of a Chester Bennington sound-alike. The announcement of Armstrong was greeted with some backlash, […]
Guitarist Orianthi is rejoining Alice Cooper’s band for his upcoming tour, filling in for Nita Strauss. Orianthi will assume her old role as Cooper’s live guitarist — previously touring with Alice from 2011 to 2014 — […]
Alice Cooper has announced that guitarist Orianthi will be rejoining his band for shows January 31 through February 16, filling in for Nita Strauss, who, unfortunately, has conflicting obligations of her own. Orianthi toured with […]
JUDAS PRIESTESS, the all-female tribute band to heavy metal icons JUDAS PRIEST, has released a new single, “Dissident Aggressor”, via Golden Robot Records. You can now listen to the track below. JUDAS PRIESTESS is Militia […]
IT is the Christmas song that raised more than £80million for charity, sold almost 12million copies worldwide and features some of the biggest global pop stars of the time. But today — to mark the […]
Jason Bonham has opened up about his ouster from Sammy Hagar‘s “Best of All Worlds” band in a new interview. As previously reported, Bonham was recently permanently replaced in Hagar’s live band by Kenny Aronoff. […]
ELECTRIC TEMPLE‘s debut album, “High Voltage Salvation”, will be released on December 6 through Eonian Records. Formed by guitarist Tony Childs, ELECTRIC TEMPLE features Andrew Freeman (LAST IN LINE, LYNCH MOB, THE OFFSPRING) on vocals, […]
More than 20 years later, Lindsay Lohan is getting the band back together for Freakier Friday. In the upcoming sequel to her 2003 Disney film, which premieres Aug. 8, 2025 in theaters, Lohan’s character Anna […]
Ed Sheeran has said Band Aid didn’t ask permission to reuse his vocals on the upcoming 40th anniversary version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” In a post on his Instagram Story, Sheeran further explained […]
Ty Segall’s got another new band: Freckle, a duo with Color Green guitarist and singer Corey Madden. Freckle will release their self-titled debut on January 31 via Segall’s Drag City imprint, God? Below, listen to […]
AN AMERICAN rock band has sacked off its support act after a reported clash on-tour. The Noughties hitmakers – who revealed their new set of gigs earlier this year – made the shock decision after […]
Guitarist/singer/producer Dario Lorina, best-known as a longtime member of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY (2014 to present),is launching his brand new band, DARK CHAPEL. Led by Lorina and also featuring Brody DeRozie (guitar),Mike Gunn (bass),and Luis Silva […]
Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM have canceled their previously announced North American 40th-anniversary tour “due to a member of the band having a medical emergency that requires immediate surgery.” According to the group, the procedure “will […]
Soul Glo are one of the most exciting acts to emerge in the hardcore scene over the past decade. In fact, the Philadelphia band’s most recent album, Diaspora Problems, earned the top spot on Heavy […]
Photo Credit: redo The mystery surrounding a long-unknown radio-ripped clip has been solved after nearly 20 years. Here’s the band behind the internet’s most mysterious song. An old internet mystery has finally been solved after […]
(l to r) Live Nation Venues president Tom See, Rock Hall of Famer Dave Matthews (holding a guitar made from aluminum cans recycled on tour), and Live Nation head of global sustainability Lucy August-Perna. Photo […]
To my great disappointment, my parents understood both video game and movie ratings, so M and R rated things were completely off the table until I was 17. As for music, that “explicit content” sticker […]
Primus is in the market for a new drummer … because Tim Alexander abruptly quit the hard rock group … informing his bandmates via electronic communications. The band announced Tuesday that Tim quit Primus “effective […]
Guitarist Ken Susi and drummer Nick Pierce have just quit As I Lay Dying, six days after bassist/clean vocalist Ryan Neff left the metalcore band. Susi explained that his “personal morals have recently been tested […]
Liam Payne filmed a show for Netflix months before his tragic death at age 31. The former One Direction member served as a judge and mentor on “Building the Band,” a new talent competition series. […]