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METALLICA And GUNS N' ROSES Are Among World's Top-Earning Musicians Of 2019, According To FORBES

METALLICA and GUNS N' ROSES are among the world's top-earning musicians of 2019, according to Forbes. On Friday (December 6) the outlet a published a report that revealed METALLICA earned $68.5 million this year, landing the the No. 10 spot on the Forbes list of Highest-Earning Musicians. GUNS N' RO...

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GUNS N' ROSES To Perform At BUD LIGHT SUPER BOWL MUSIC FEST In Miami

GUNS N' ROSES will perform at the second Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, set to take place January 30 through February 1 at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Also scheduled to appear are MAROON 5, DJ Khaled and DaBaby. GUNS N' ROSES will headline on January 31, while MAROON 5 and a special...

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FRANK HANNON Would 'Love' For TESLA To Open MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tour With DEF LEPPARD And POISON

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon says that he would have loved to have landed the opening-band spot on MÖTLEY CRÜE's upcoming stadium tour with DEF LEPPARD and POISON. Last month, MÖTLEY CRÜE announced that it was coming out of retirement, nearly four years after playing what was billed as the band's fi...

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Read Excerpt From PARADISE LOST's Official Book, 'No Celebration'

Decibel Books has posted an excerpt from "No Celebration: The Official Story Of Paradise Lost", which can be read below. The excerpt heavily features Music For Nations founder Martin Hooker, who passed away last month. Authored by American writer David E. Gehlke, "No Celebration" chronicles the Brit...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH To Release 'F8' Album In February; Lyric Video For 'Inside Out' Single Available

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has set "F8" as the title of its eighth album, due on February 28 via Better Noise Music. The official lyric video for the disc's first single, "Inside Out", can be seen below. Fans who pre-order the album digitally will receive an instant download of "Inside Out" along with...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK's Message To Immigrants And Refugees: 'Fix Your S**thole Country First'

Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak has a message for immigrants and refugees hoping to resettle in the U.S.: "fix your shithole country first" before placing an undue toll on American taxpayers. It's unclear what prompted the musician to lash out, but his comments came in...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK Says Black Americans Are Disproportionately Represented In Commercials

Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak says that blacks in American ads and commercials are way overrepresented relative to their population share. Late Tuesday night (November 26),Kottak took to his Twitter to write: "OK so the percentage of black Americans in the US is abo...

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Listen To New JASTA Song 'Spilled Blood Never Dries' Featuring KIRK WINDSTEIN

The name "Jamey Jasta" represents one of music's most prolific and powerful reputations. As the founder and frontman for Grammy-nominated monoliths HATEBREED alongside his countless collaborations with everyone from DJ Khaled and Lights to FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, Jasta's reputation extends well bey...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Not In This Lifetime' Tour Has Grossed More Than $580 Million

According to Billboard, GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" tour has grossed $584.2 million from 5,371,891 tickets sold at 158 concerts across six continents. The trek, which began three and a half years ago, concludes as the No. 3 highest-grossing tour in the history of Billboard Boxscore. Launch...

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TESLA's FRANK HANNON Releases New Solo Single, 'South Side'

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon has released a new solo single, "South Side". The song is not only a tribute to his hometown hood of south Sacramento, California, but also a homage to the very first band of musicians that Frank played and learned music with as a 12-year-old kid in the 1970s. The first...

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METALLICA Mourns Passing Of MUSIC FOR NATIONS Founder MARTIN HOOKER

METALLICA has paid tribute to Martin Hooker, the founder of the influential British record label Music For Nations. Launched in 1983, Music For Nations' importance cannot be underestimated. The label signed, exclusively distributed or collaborated with such artists as METALLICA, TOOL, SLAYER, OPETH,...

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Fifth Annual 'Bowl For Ronnie' Raises More Than $50,000 For 'Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund'

The fifth annual "Bowl For Ronnie" celebrity bowling party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund, was held on Thursday, November 7 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California. Once again sold out in advance, the event raised more than $50,000 for the music-based cance...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman's ME AND THAT MAN Project Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Blackened blues project ME AND THAT MAN — founded in 2013 by BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski — has signed a worldwide contract (excluding Poland) with Napalm Records. ME AND THAT MAN released its debut album, "Songs Of Love And Death", in 2017 — introducing the world to its unique brand of fo...

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TESLA Announces First 2020 U.S. Tour Dates

TESLA has announced several new concerts in early 2020. After performing on the Monsters Of Rock cruise in early February, the California rockers will kick off a run of dates on February 14 in Pensacola, Florida and wrap things up on February 26 in Houston, Texas. They will also play three dates in...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Kicks Off European 'Empath' Tour (Video)

Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend kicked off his European "Empath" tour on November 15 in Paris, France. Fan-filmed video footage of the second show of the trek, which took place last night (Saturday, November 16) at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium, can be seen below. Since disbanding the DEVIN TO...