Def Leppard have announced that their new album Drastic Symphonies, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, will be released on May 19. The 15-track Drastic Symphonies features Def Leppard’s greatest produced tracks dramatically reimagined and sounding larger and more exhilarating than ever before. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the album includes new vocals and instrumental from…… MORE
Chart-topping, Grammy-nominated rock band Mammoth WVH have signed a new global recordings agreement with BMG to release their upcoming new studio album. Led by Wolfgang Van Halen, the musical architect behind his solo band Mammoth WVH, this marks his first recordings deal with BMG, who also serves as Mammoth WVH’s music publisher. Van Halen said,…… MORE
Tears For Fears are set to reissue their debut album, The Hurting, in celebration of the record’s 40th anniversary. The album will be reissued as an Abbey Road Half-Speed Mastered vinyl and as a newly created Dolby Atmos mix by renowned artist and mixer Steven Wilson on May 12. The Dolby Atmos mix, along with…… MORE
Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Korn have been announced as the headliners for the 2023 Aftershock Festival. The West Coast’s biggest rock festival features nearly 100 rock and metal bands. The four-day music festival will kick off in Sacramento’s Discovery Park on October 5. For the second year, Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin will…… MORE
Queen’s Brian May was knighted by King Charles III on Tuesday, March 14, at Buckingham Palace. In a photo shared on Instagram of the knighting ceremony, May can be seen smiling as Charles laid a ceremonial sword tap on the Queen guitarist’s left shoulder. May received the title of Knight Bachelor for his services to…… MORE
Marking the 50th anniversary of their 1973 album We’re An American Band and its Platinum title track, Grand Funk Railroad have announced a U.S. tour. The American Band Tour begins in Clewiston, Florida, on March 18, with an appearance at the Clewiston Sugar Festival. The final two hometown shows in Michigan will feature Grand Funk…… MORE
Smokey Robinson recently released a new single “How You Make Me Feel,” the latest from his upcoming new album, Gasms. Unlike the album’s title track and “I Fit In There,” the new track is a slow jam that sees Robinson professing his love through some clever wordplay and tasteful double entendres. “I’m addicted you /…… MORE
Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth recently released his cover version of Marvin Gaye’s 1965 hit “Ain’t That Peculiar.” The track is the ninth solo single shared by Roth in recent months. “Ain’t That Peculiar,” written by Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore and Marv Taplin, was originally released by Gaye in 1965. It…… MORE
Following on from their 2022 European concerts, The Cure have announced the North American leg of “The Songs of a Lost World Tour.” The band will be heading to North American cities in May, June and July, with The Twilight Sad opening at all shows. The 30-date run will once again include 3 nights at…… MORE
Noel Gallagher recently released The Cure’s Robert Smith’s remix of “Pretty Boy,” a song from High Flying Birds’ upcoming album Council Skies. “I was surprised and delighted when Noel asked me to remix this gorgeous song, and I had a lot of fun slowing it down and spacing it out,” said Smith. “Cure drummer Jason…… MORE
