Wolfgang Van Halen was initially among the musicians announced for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s Back to the Beginning concert, but in a new interview with Detroit’s Meltdown on 101 WRIF, he reveals that he’s had to back out. The Mammoth leader shared with the radio host, “I, unfortunately, had to back out because the […]
Asking Bob Dylan how he makes an album is a bit like asking anyone how they know how to walk – they didn’t one day, then they learned and now they simply do. “We just take a song; I play it and everyone else just sort of fills in behind it,” Dylan told Rolling Stone […]
Bob Dylan will release a new book of drawings titled Point Blank (Quick Studies) on Nov. 18. The collection will feature nearly 100 black and white drawings that the singer made between 2021 and 2022. The drawings in Point Blank served as the basis for Dylan’s latest exhibition of the same name, which opened at […]
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott leads the tributes to the founding Mott the Hoople and Bad Company guitarist. Continue reading… Source link
Mick Ralphs, a founding member of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, has died. He was 81. Paul Rodgers, his former Bad Company bandmate, shared, “Our Mick has passed, my heart just hit the ground. He has left us with exceptional songs and memories. He was my friend, my songwriting partner, an amazing and versatile […]
Queens of the Stone Age have announced the Catacombs Tour, a limited run of intimate and historic North American theaters taking place this fall. The 11-date trek begins on Oct. 2 in Chicago and concludes on Nov. 21 in New Orleans. The band will make stops in Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Los Angeles and several […]
AC/DC will return to their home country of Australia for five shows this winter. The tour kicks off Nov. 12 in Melbourne and is currently set to conclude Dec. 14 in Brisbane. Except for the four-day turnaround between Adelaide and Perth, there are at least 9 days between each show, suggesting that there’s room for […]
There are lots of mystical and moving metaphors to be found in Led Zeppelin songs, but when Robert Plant sang about coming from the land of ice and snow in “Immigrant Song,” he meant it literally. “Immigrant Song” appeared on Led Zeppelin’s 1970 album Led Zeppelin III and was its lone single. Several months prior to […]
Genesis had three sometimes overlapping eras, with career-defining and then career-turning tenures by Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Phil Collins. Even the lone recording with their third frontman, 1997’s Calling All Stations, couldn’t escape the shadow of the trio’s absence. Their album opening songs reflect this diversity of approach and personality. After a pushy producer […]
Bruce Springsteen revealed he was not fully happy with his blockbuster 1984 album Born in the U.S.A., claiming it wasn’t the record he’d planned on making. The Boss reflected on the 30-million-selling album in a new interview with Rolling Stone to promote his upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, which comes out Friday. In the box set liner […]