Archive for June 15th, 2012
Mumford & Sons Withdraw from Northside, Hultsfred Festivals
June 15th, 2012
Mumford & Sons have announced on their website that they're withdrawing from their scheduled dates at the Northside Festival in Denmark and the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden after Marcus Mumford broke his hand Mumford & Sons were set to play Northside today June 15th and had planned to play at...
Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Hair Metal Song?
June 15th, 2012
Rock of Ages the movie adaptation of the jukebox musical featuring hits by Def Leppard Guns N' Roses Journey and Poison hits theaters this weekend The film is a goofy glorious tribute to the hair metal era so our question for you this week is What is the best hair...
Q&A: Pantera’s Vinnie Paul on Unearthing New Track for ‘Vulgar’ Reissue
June 15th, 2012
On February 25th 1992 Pantera released Vulgar Display of Power catapulting themselves to heavy metal royalty Twenty years later the album is being reissued with a never-before heard track –"Piss" recorded during the original Vulgar sessions – and a DVD bonus disc consisting of live footage and classic videos For...
Q&A: Malin Akerman on ‘Rock of Ages’ Love Scenes and Playing Debbie Harry
June 15th, 2012
The Sunset Strip 1987 Who could forget the hair the debauchery and the totally awesome songs by iconic bands like Def Leppard Poison Journey and Bon Jovi? It's all celebrated in Rock of Ages the Adam Shankman-directed movie musical based on the Broadway hit of the same name The film...
Leonard Cohen, Drake, Feist Nominated for 2012 Polaris Awards
June 15th, 2012
The Polaris Awards have announced their long list for 2012 including Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas Drake's Take Care and Feist's Metals among the nominees Also up for the award are Japandroids' Celebration Rock Grimes' debut album Visions the Weeknd's Echoes of Silence Fucked Up's David Comes to Life Patrick Watson's...
Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Steinman Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame
June 15th, 2012
Detroit rocker Bob Seger Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot and longtime Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman were among those inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last night The Hall also inducted Don Schlitz who won a Grammy in 1978 for Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" and the Broadway duo of...
Chaka Khan Helps Transform Lives in Post-Katrina New Orleans
June 15th, 2012
When Chaka Khan headed down to New Orleans in 2011 for the Essence Music Festival it wasn't the city she remembered "When I landed I sensed something was really really wrong there" she tells Rolling Stone "The infrastructure in that city was hit really hard and they’re still reeling It’s...
Premiere: Gavin DeGraw’s Tour Sneak Peek
June 15th, 2012
Soulful singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw is currently in the middle of his North American tour with Colbie Caillat but he paused to offer an exclusive look behind the scenes of his traveling show "I just wanted to give my fans a way to see my band and crew prepare for the tour that...
Levon Helm’s Band Rambles On
June 15th, 2012
Larry Campbell performed with Levon Helm for the last eight years of the revered drummer's life Though the multi-instrumentalist has had plenty of notable experiences in music not least being the years he spent on tour with Bob Dylan between 1997 and 2004 he tells Rolling Stone "It got to...
Elton John Will Headline Peace Day Benefit in London
June 15th, 2012
Elton John will headline an event at London's Wembley Arena for the Peace One Day charity the BBC reports The charity is promoting the Global Truce 2012 campaign which aims to "create the largest global reduction of violence ever recorded on one day" The show which will be co-produced by...