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HELLFEST Organizers Comment On 2021 Festival Cancelation

This year's edition of Hellfest has been officially canceled after the French government culture ministry said summer events would be allowed to go ahead — but with a limit of 5,000 people, all whom must remain seated, to meet COVID-19 restrictions. The Union of Contemporary Music (SMA),which repre...

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Late AC/DC Singer BON SCOTT: Newly Discovered 1976 Audio Interview Posted Online

AC/DC fan site AC-DC.net has uploaded a newly discovered interview with the band's late singer Bon Scott. During AC/DC's 1976 "Dirty Deeds" U.K. tour, Ray Lancaster, who worked for a student's newspaper, interviewed Scott backstage at the Birmingham Town Hall on October 29 after the band's performan...

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GLENN HUGHES Remembers Meeting 9-Year-Old LARS ULRICH Before DEEP PURPLE Concert In Copenhagen

Glenn Hughes spoke to Kiki Classic Rock about meeting then-nine-year-old future METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich prior to a DEEP PURPLE concert in Denmark. He said (hear audio below): "My first show with DEEP PURPLE in December [1973] was in Copenhagen. And I remember very clearly, at that hotel before...

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GRETA VAN FLEET Drops Music Video For New Single 'Heat Above'

Grammy-winning band GRETA VAN FLEET has released the official music video for its new single, "Heat Above". It is the third track released from their forthcoming sophomore studio album, "The Battle At Garden's Gate", produced by Greg Kurstin (Paul McCartney, FOO FIGHTERS, Adele) and due out April 16...

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FAITH NO MORE Keyboardist RODDY BOTTUM's MAN ON MAN Project To Release Debut Album In May

FAITH NO MORE keyboardist Roddy Bottum has collaborated with his boyfriend Joey Holman on a new project called MAN ON MAN. The band's self-titled debut album will be released on May 7 via Polyvinyl Records in the U.S. and Big Scary Monsters in Europe. Two bodies dancing hot in the New York City wint...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Says AXL ROSE Was 'Very Pro' When He Stepped In For BRIAN JOHNSON: 'I've Got A Lot Of Respect' For Him

Angus Young has once again said that the possibility of AC/DC continuing with singer Axl Rose after the completion of the band's "Rock Or Bust" tour never really came up. AC/DC postponed the last 10 dates of its spring 2016 North American trek after singer Brian Johnson was advised to stop playing l...

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ALICE COOPER: Detroit Is The 'Hard Rock Capital Of The United States'

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper will release his new studio album, "Detroit Stories", on February 26 via earMUSIC. Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, it follows 2019's "Breadcrumbs" EP as a modern-day homage to the toughest and craziest rock and ro...

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COREY TAYLOR Has Completed Five Movie Scripts

In a new interview with Terrie Carr of the Morristown, New Jersey radio station 105.5 WDHA, SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman revealed that he has written five movie scripts that have not yet been developed. Asked if he would be interested in going into acting at some point in the future, Corey said...

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KIP WINGER Is Recording Vocals For WINGER's Seventh Studio Album

Kip Winger has commenced laying down vocals for WINGER's seventh studio album. The disc, which is tentatively due this summer, will be the follow-up to 2014's "Better Days Comin'". On Monday (February 15),WINGER uploaded a short video of Kip in the studio, and it captioned it: "Started vocals! #Win...

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MYLES KENNEDY To Release Sophomore Solo Album, 'The Ides Of March', In May

Never a musician to waste any precious time, ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS vocalist Myles Kennedy used the recent pandemic downtime to finalize his sophomore solo album. The finished result is the exciting new offering, "The Ides Of March", which incorporates My...

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MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON's First Fiction Novel, 'Rock Star Hitman', Now Available As Audiobook

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson's first venture as a fiction thriller novelist, "The Sledge Chronicles: Rock Star Hitman", is now available in audiobook form via iTunes, Amazon and Audible. "The Sledge Chronicles: Rock Star Hitman" is the first chapter in the action-packed saga of Sledge; an up-andc...

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BUTCHER BABIES Release Music Video For New Single 'Yorktown'

BUTCHER BABIES have released the official music video for their latest single, "Yorktown". The song, which features a guest solo from guitarist Andy James (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH),was produced and co-written by Matt Good (FROM FIRST TO LAST). It is the third taste of the band's forthcoming EP, ten...

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KORN's BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH: 'We're Trying To Come Up With Something Fresh And New For 2021 And Beyond'

KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, who is currently promoting the second album from his LOVE AND DEATH side project, spoke to U.K.'s Rock Sound TV about the band's plans for the coming months. He said (see video below): "We've got some big plans coming this year we're gonna announce. I've been flyin...

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Original AC/DC Singer DAVE EVANS Says MALCOLM YOUNG Was The 'Driving Force' Of The Band

Original AC/DC singer Dave Evans was asked in a new interview with The Rocker Diaries if he thought "that would be it" for the band after Bon Scott's death in 1980. He responded (see video below): "No, not at all. I mean, we all keep going. And AC/DC has had that many players through [the history of...

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JOURNEY's ARNEL PINEDA Releases Cover Of JASON WADE's 'You Belong To Me'

JOURNEY singer Arnel Pineda has released a video for his cover version of the song "You Belong To Me", originally recorded by Jason Wade, main songwriter, and guitarist of the American alternative rock band LIFEHOUSE and included on the soundtrack to the motion picture "Shrek". Check it out below. B...