Search results for 'ronnie james dio'

News

How One Italian AC/DC Fan Gave ANGUS YOUNG His Guitar Sound Back

The latest episode of "AC/DC Beyond The Thunder" features Italian AC/DC fan Filippo "SoloDallas" Olivieri discussing a story spanning four decades, three continents, a prolific inventor and eventually a summons to the recording studio from the band's guitarist Angus Young. During the show, Olivieri,...

News

MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'If You Don't Like What I'm Saying, F**k You'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has blasted people who object to his stage banter, saying they shouldn't be attending his band's concerts anyway. The 60-year-old guitarist/vocalist, who has a history of making wacky political conjectures, made his comments during MEGADETH's performance last night (Tu...

News

DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE Launches New Solo Single 'Give & Take'

James LaBrie, known internationally as the vocalist for progressive metal icons DREAM THEATER, embarks on uncharted waters with his fourth solo album, titled "Beautiful Shade Of Grey", due out on May 20 via InsideOut Music. Today sees the launch of the album's second single, "Give & Take", and y...

Review

Raised On Radio

By this point, everybody should know who Ronnie Romero is. Arguably best known as the one man Ritchie Blackmore decreed fit to front his recent, RAINBOW-shaped return to amplified rock 'n' roll, Romero has been a perpetually charismatic presence in hard rock and heavy metal for the last decade. Curr...

News

DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE On Winning GRAMMY AWARD For 'The Alien': 'It's An Amazing Feeling'

DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie spoke to Robert Cavuoto of Myglobalmind about the band winning its first-ever Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. DREAM T...

News

Watch: MEGADETH Kicks Off 2022 Leg Of 'The Metal Tour Of The Year' In Las Vegas

MEGADETH kicked off the 2022 leg of "The Metal Tour Of The Year" with LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES last night (Saturday, April 9) at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. MEGADETH's setlist was as follows: 01. Hangar 18 02. Dread And The Fugitive Mind 03. Sweating Bullets 04. She-Wolf 05....

News

LARS ULRICH 'Couldn't Heal' DAVE MUSTAINE's 'Pain' During Filming Of 'Some Kind Of Monster' Scene

METALLICA's "performance coach" Phil Towle, a former psychotherapist who was brought into the picture in January 2001 to help James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich repair their relationship with Jason Newsted, was interviewed on the latest episode of the METALLICA-centric podcast "…And Podcas...

News

KID ROCK Opens New Tour With Video Message From DONALD TRUMP: 'Let's Make America Rock Again'

Kid Rock played a video message from his friend and golf partner, former U.S. president Donald Trump, during the kick-off concert of his "Bad Reputation" tour Thursday night (April 7) in Evansville, Indiana. Before launching into his anti-Joe Biden anthem "We The People", Rock, who was born Robert J...

News

MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO On Playing With Returning Bassist JAMES LOMENZO: 'It's Amazing'

In a new interview with Tulsa Music Stream, MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro was asked what it's been like to play with bassist James LoMenzo who rejoined the band last year. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It's amazing. It's great. James is such a great guy. [He has] a lot of st...

News

Watch: JUDAS PRIEST Returns To Live Stage After ROB HALFORD's Recovery From The Cold

JUDAS PRIEST returned to the live stage last night (Thursday, April 7) at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the band's first performance since Saturday, April 2 when PRIEST played at the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. This past Tues...

News

DEF LEPPARD's VIVIAN CAMPBELL On His Ongoing Cancer Battle: 'I Never Actually Thought It's Gonna Kill Me'

DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell says that he never thought he was going to die of Hodgkin's lymphoma, with which he was diagnosed in 2013. For the past seven years, Vivian has been treated with medication called pembrolizumab, which became FDA approved in early 2017, at City O...

News

GRAMMY AWARDS Producer Apologizes For 'In Memoriam' Snubs

A producer of this year's Grammy Awards has apologized for the exclusion of a number of notable names from the televised portion of the ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment. After the 2022 Grammy Awards were broadcast on Sunday, April 3 live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, many hard...

News

DECAPITATED Taps JINJER's TATIANA SHMAYLUK For 'Hello Death' Single, Music Video

Polish tech death metal virtuosos DECAPITATED will release their eighth studio album, "Cancer Culture", on May 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. The official music video for the LP's second single, "Hello Death", can be seen below. The track features a guest appearance by Tatiana Shmayluk of the Ukraini...

News

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: TAYLOR HAWKINS's Death Was 'Like A Kick In The Gut'

Former VAN HALEN bassist and current MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen has reflected on the passing of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins, whose death shook the music world late last month. Speaking to Jonathan Clarke, host of "Out Of The Box" on Q104.3, New York's classic rock station, he sa...

News

Former SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK Says Climate Change Is 'Total B.S.': 'It Is A Money-Making Machine'

Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak has once again expressed doubt about climate change. Apparently reacting to the latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),which lays out the path for averting the worst consequences of climate change,...