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ALTER BRIDGE's MARK TREMONTI Says Some Bands Have To Conduct Meet-And-Greets To Survive Without Record Sales

In a recent interview with The Aquarian Weekly, ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti spoke about the culture of "V.I.P Packages," which seems to be the only way for fans to meet the bands they admire these days. Some of these come at a really inflated price on top of the standard ticket costs and in...

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TOTO To Call It Quits After Finishing 40th-Anniversary Tour In Philadelphia

TOTO's founding guitarist Steve Lukather has told The Morning Call in a new interview that the band's current lineup — which also includes other founding members Steve Porcaro and, until recently, David Paich, as well as longtime vocalist Joseph Williams — will be over once the group's 40th-annivers...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: 'There's Too Much Anger Right Now In The F**king World'

During an interview at last month's Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky, Philip Anselmo reflected on his time with PANTERA, one of the most influential metal bands of the 1990s, which churned out classic albums like "Vulgar Display Of Power" and "Far Beyond Driven", the latter of which...

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THE DARKNESS Frontman Says 'Nothing New Has Happened' Within Rock Genre 'For A Long Time'

Justin Hawkins spoke to Billboard about the lyrical inspiration for "Rock And Roll Deserves To Die", the first single from the British rockers' new album, "Easter Is Cancelled". "We were looking at a video of some new rock band, and it was just formulaic," Justin said. "There was nothing original go...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Collaborates With FEW SPIRITS On New Bourbon Finished In Tequila Barrels

Few Spirits and Warner Music Artist Services have announced All Secrets Known, a new, limited-release bourbon distilled by Few Spirits master distiller Paul Hletko in collaboration with Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum-selling Seattle grunge pioneers ALICE IN CHAINS. Bottles feature a custom-desi...

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SEPULTURA Explains 'Quadra' Album Concept

Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA will release their new album, "Quadra", in early 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. After relentless touring for its previous opus, 2017's "Machine Messiah", SEPULTURA returned to Sweden's Fascination Street Studios to once again work with producer Jens Bogren. "Q...

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How Much Did Publicity Generated By KENDALL JENNER Wearing SLAYER T-Shirt Affect Band's $10 Million Merchandise Haul?

SLAYER publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald has shot down suggestion that the short-term publicity created by Kendall Jenner being photographed wearing one of the group's t-shirts contributed in any meaningful way to the $10 million merchandise haul on the legendary thrash metal act's farewell tour....

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Listen To New THE DARKNESS Song 'Live 'Till I Die'

British rockers THE DARKNESS have released another new song, titled "Live 'Till I Die". The track is taken from the band's forthcoming quasi-sci-fi concept album, "Easter Is Cancelled", which is due out on October 4 via Cooking Vinyl. Frontman Justin Hawkins spoke to Planet Rock about the concept fo...

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Climate Activist GRETA THUNBERG: 'From Now On, I Will Be Doing Death Metal Only'

Teenage climate-change activist Greta Thunberg says that she will be "doing death metal only" now that her fiery speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit was turned into a killer metal song. The viral YouTube hit "Greta Thunberg sings Swedish Death Metal" is the work of John Meredith, drum...

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THE DARKNESS: 'Easter Is Cancelled' Artwork Banned By Certain Platforms For Its Religious Connotations

British rockers THE DARKNESS have released the title track of their forthcoming quasi-sci-fi concept album "Easter Is Cancelled", due out on October 4 via Cooking Vinyl. "Easter Is Cancelled" gives a taste of what to expect from the band's most diverse album yet. The song features almighty guitar so...

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SLIPKNOT's SHAWN CRAHAN: 'We Really Pride Ourselves On Reinventing, Evolving And Not Repeating'

Warner Music Canada has uploaded a "5Q4" (5 Questions For) interview with SLIPKNOT members Jim Root (guitar) and Shawn "Clown" Crahan (percussion). You can now watch it below. Asked how the writing process for SLIPKNOT's latest album, "We Are Not Your Kind", was different to the way the band approac...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Announces U.S. Headline Tour With Support From JOHN 5 And EVE TO ADAM

QUEENSRŸCHE has announced "The Verdict" 2020 headline tour. The band will be joined by special guests John 5 and EVE TO ADAM starting on January 17 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and wrapping up on February 27 in Orlando, Florida. For more information on upcoming tour dates and to purchase tickets, or V...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON's Widow To Speak At 21st Annual 'Alive & Running 5K For Suicide Prevention'

Chester Bennington's widow, Talinda Bennington, will speak at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services' 21st annual "Alive & Running 5K For Suicide Prevention" on Sunday, September 29 at West 88th Street & La Tijera Boulevard just north of LAX in Los Angeles, California. In 2017, Talinda's husband...

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ADAM LAMBERT On Late QUEEN Singer FREDDIE MERCURY: 'I Wish He Were Alive So I Didn't Even Have The Gig'

In a recent interview with SiriusXM's Volume, Adam Lambert about how the success of the QUEEN biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" has affected the band's fanbase. "I keep hearing from so many people, who are maybe slightly older than me — original QUEEN fans — that come up to me, especially dads: 'Oh, man, m...

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Watch ROBERT PLANT Look Back At Rise Of LED ZEPPELIN On 'Brian Johnson: A Life On The Road'

On this week's episode of "Brian Johnson: A Life On The Road", legendary AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson takes an excursion to North Wales where he explores a ruined castle with rock god Robert Plant, chatting about the LED ZEPPELIN vocalist's love of American blues, the band's creation and Plant's acc...