According to a new report from BBC News, Black Sabbath‘s farewell concert, Back To The Beginning, generated a total of £33.8 million (approximately $45.5 million). The figures, compiled by researchers at the University of Birmingham, show that £27.6 million (about $37 million) of that total was retained within the West Midlands region, directly benefiting Birmingham […]
Kansas is officially adding a new member and he’s a familiar face: Scott Bernard has been filling in for stalwart guitarist Rich Williams when needed over the summer. Williams, who’s been with the group since 1973, will remain a member of Kansas. He’s simply scaling back on touring. “Scott Bernard is a fantastic guitar player, […]
AI generated image by Grok. Sammy Hagar recently clarified his interpretation of David Lee Roth’s comments about his claim of receiving a song from Eddie Van Halen’s ghost. During Roth’s August 13th performance at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, he jokingly claimed Eddie Van Halen’s ghost told him the song he gave Hagar was actually Iron […]
Tyler, The Creator (the guy from Marty Supreme, yes) is still soaking in the Don’t Tap The Glass era since the album’s release a little less than a month ago. He has spent much of the post-album period pumping out eye-grabbing videos and today (August 19), he has another one, for “Darling, I.” For the […]
Unlike many people, Sammy Hagar believes David Lee Roth was telling the truth about being visited by Eddie Van Halen‘s ghost. In fact, the Red Rocker sees the story as an olive branch moment between the long-quibbling former Van Halen singers. Roth made headlines last week by telling fans at a concert in Hampton Beach that […]
Yungblud’s ‘Are You Ready, Boy?’ Documentary Premiere Skip to the content Yungblud‘s documentary ‘Are You Ready, Boy?’ filmed at Hansa Studios in Berlin is in cinemas this week. Rock Sound were backstage at the Leicester Square premiere in London where Dom told us about recording ‘Idols’ in the same iconic studio that U2 […]
Doja Cat responds to an X user who says Doja’s not a rapper. Doja Cat Rapper Debate Rages On On Aug. 9, X user playeration shared an opinion about the ongoing debate about whether Doja should be considered a hip-hop artist. “Hopefully after Doja drops pop disco album of the century her fans can stop […]
Dark Angel Announces “Extinction Level Event” Release Date Dark Angel’s fifth studio release, “Extinction Level Event,” will be released on September 5th via Reversed Records ahead of their first North American tour in decades alongside Sacred Reich, Hirax, Vio-Lence, Midnight and others. There will be limited quantity collectors edition vinyl and CD merch sets. Pre-orders […]
Cheap Trick has added 11 shows to the 2025 calendar. Among them are more stops with Heart on their lengthy Royal Flush tour. See a complete list of dates and cities below. Presales for the newly announced concerts begin at 10AM on Wednesday, Aug. 20 (with code CTLIVE), as Cheap Trick gets set to play […]
From 1982 to 1987, Jake E. Lee served as the guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne’s band, with Lee’s run with the legendary singer coming to an end after he was fired via telephone by Ozzy’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne. Since then, Lee hadn’t seen Ozzy in almost 40 years. That changed, however, when Lee performed […]