On Saturday July 5, some of the biggest names in rock and metal will assemble to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath at the Back to the Beginning farewell concert. In addition to the long-awaited reunion of the original Black Sabbath lineup, the lineup includes Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Slayer, Steven Tyler, […]
Marilyn Manson’s European tour kickoff show, scheduled for October in Brighton, England, has been canceled following pressure from online campaigners and a member of parliament. The shock-rocker was set to begin the European leg of his One Assassination Under God Tour at the U.K.’s Brighton Centre on Oct. 29. The show has now been scrapped, […]
Paul Simon has been forced to cancel two shows scheduled for this weekend in Philadelphia due to “intense back pain.” In a statement announcing the news, the singer expressed hope that he’d be able to return to the road in time for his next scheduled show: “Regretfully, Paul Simon must cancel two shows tonight June […]
Jake E. Lee reported that the two perpetrators involved in his shooting will be sentenced for multiple crimes in July. The former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist was seriously injured during an incident near his Las Vegas home on Oct. 15, 2024. In a series of updates he revealed he’d confronted the men while they were preparing […]
Wind of Change, the upcoming biopic about Scorpions, now has a cast lined up for the world-dominating German rockers and their associates. Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) will play guitarist Rudolf Schenker, Ludwig Trepte (Generation War) will play lead singer Klaus Meine, Ed Speleers (You, Outlander) will portray guitarist Matthias Jabs and Luke Brandon Field […]
Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has released a new version of the band’s “Never Satisfied,” which you can listen to below. The song, which also features former Priest vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens, originally appeared on the Birmingham heavy metal legends’ 1974 debut, Rocka Rolla, but its history goes back even further than that. “We […]
Fans seem to have noticed that Vince Neil has been engaging models on X, one of which many suspect is an AI-generated woman. Back in the ’80s, Motley Crue used to send members of their crew out into the audience during their concerts to fetch attractive, scantily clad women and bring them backstage. Fast-forward to 2025, and […]
When you are the offspring of a famous musician, your last name becomes both a burden and a curse. This is especially true if you decide to also be a musician. While having a famous parent can help you meet the right people, it can also prompt comparison after comparison. As Wolfgang Van Halen, son […]
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 […]