Axl Rose Rumored to Be Replacing AC/DC Vocalist Brian Johnson A rumor suggesting that Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose will perform as a guest vocalist with AC/DC has gained traction after Atlanta Rock 100.5 host Jason Bailey claimed that a "very, very good source" confirmed that the collaboration was happening. Bailey said, "This is what I'm being told: Axl was meeting with ... [read more]
Archives for March 2016
Congrats To Our Live Like A Runaway with Lita Ford Contest Winners!
Congratulations to the ten winners of our Live Like A Runaway with Lita Ford contest! And a ginormous Cherry Bomb Congrats to Amanda Everette of Jersey City, NJ who was our grand prize winner and walks away with the AUTOGRAPHED OVATION CUSTOM LEGEND, DEEP CONTOUR CUTAWAY, CHERRY CHERRY BURST GUITAR WITH CASE – valued at $1800! Each of the ten winners gets an ... [read more]
Reunited Guns N’ Roses Confirm 21 City U.S. Tour
Guns N’ Roses will play an expanded 21-city tour along with the previously announced set of six reunion shows. Show dates are scheduled for Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Toronto and Washington, DC. Exact ... [read more]
Iron Maiden’s Ed Force One Jumbo Jet Repaired and Back on Tour
Iron Maiden announced that a fully repaired Ed Force One will take off tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday March 22, from Santiago Airport to rejoin the tour at Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport. Following the show at Nilsen Nelson Arena, the plane will be loaded up once again on Wednesday with over 20 tons of equipment and our tour personnel to fly to ... [read more]
Metal News Recap – Week of March 19, 2016
Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer Dead at 71 Keith Emerson, 71, the co-founding keyboardist in Emerson Lake and Palmer committed suicide on March 10. Santa Monica Police confirmed to Billboard that Keith Emerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head; he was found in his California home by his girlfriend Mari Kawaguchi. In addition to confirming the ... [read more]
Metal News Recap – Week of March 11, 2016
AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson Ordered to Stop Touring AC/DC have been forced to reschedule the 10 upcoming dates on the U.S. leg of their “Rock or Bust” World Tour. AC/DC’s lead singer, Brian Johnson, 68, has been advised by doctors to stop touring immediately or risk total hearing loss. The band have called off the remaining 10 US dates of their Rock Or Bust world tour ... [read more]
Iron Maiden’s ‘Ed Force One’ 747 Jet Badly Damaged, Leaving Two Hospitalized in Chile
Iron Maiden's 747 Ed Force One's engines were badly damaged in a ground runway accident at a Santiago, Chile airport. No band members or Maiden crew were injured; the two ingured were local Chilean ground tug operators, who are now reported to be making a full recovery. British troopers and consummate showmen that they are, EF1's damages will not stop the Maiden tour ... [read more]
Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer Dead at 71
Keith Emerson, the outsized co-founding keyboardist in Emerson Lake and Palmer has committed suicide at 71. Santa Monica Police confirmed to Billboard that Keith Emerson died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death is being investigated as a suicide. He’d reportedly been suffering from depression over a degenerative nerve issue in one hand that had sharply curtailed his ... [read more]
AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson Ordered to Stop Touring
AC/DC have been forced to reschedule the 10 upcoming dates on the U.S. leg of their “Rock or Bust” World Tour. AC/DC’s lead singer, Brian Johnson, 68, has been advised by doctors to stop touring immediately or risk total hearing loss. The band have called off the remaining 10 US dates of their Rock Or Bust world tour saying they will be made up later in the year, likely with ... [read more]