BLACK SABBATH unleashed the group’s fourth album in two years in 1972 with Vol 4. Stacked with classic tracks like “Supernaut,” “Changes,” and “Snowblind,” the record harnessed the group’s surging popularity to reach the Top 10 on the Albums Chart in the U.K. and the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., on its path to…… read more »
Starbucks announced that for all of December, they’re giving free coffee to frontline workers. They’ve already given out more than two million cups of coffee this year. In other coffee-related news: A regular customer in Louisville, Kentucky walked into a coffee shop the other day and gave the owner a thousand bucks to pay for everyone’s coffee that day. …… read more »
Got cash? The guitar that CHRIS CORNELL used during the recording of SOUNDGARDEN‘s Superunknown album is up for auction. DAVID LEE ROTH‘s latest cartoon drawing, titled, “The Daily Catastrophe”, features SAMMY HAGAR, and the Red Rocker isn’t mad about it. In fact, he wants to buy it. NEAL SCHON of JOURNEY is releasing his solo…… read more »
Walt Disney World pulled $20,000 in coins from its wishing wells and fountains, and used the money to serve Thanksgiving dinner to hundreds of homeless people in Central Florida this weekend. A couple in Chicago had to cancel their 150-person wedding. So they got married at City Hall instead, and used their $5,000 catering deposit to deliver Thanksgiving meals to 200 people last week..And…… read more »
GEORGE LYNCH and JEFF PILSON of DOKKEN will release an album of covers on December 18. Heavy Hitters will feature the guys taking on songs from PRINCE, OASIS, DURAN DURAN and more. METALLICA‘s ‘Helping Hands Concert & Auction’ raised more than $1.3 million for their foundation. ERIC CLAPTON has recorded a song written by VAN MORRISON called “Stand and Deliver”. It’s part of…… read more »
A professor at the University of Iowa sent out an email to ALL of her students, offering to deliver Thanksgiving dinner to their dorm rooms tomorrow if they couldn’t make it home this year. A restaurant in D.C. called Sakina Halal Grill serves anyone, even if they can’t pay. But last week, the owner said he was days away…… read more »
The pandemic won’t stop the military from keeping tabs on Santa this year. NORAD announced they’ll be tracking Santa on Christmas Eve, just like they have every year since 1955. A bar in Cleveland just had to shut down again because of the virus. And on the last day they were open, someone walked in, ordered a beer, and left a…… read more »
You can ring in 2021 with KISS via a live stream from Dubai. The extravagent show, costing millions to produce, will feature COVID-safe guidelines, 50 cameras to capture the band from every angle, and the world’s largest pyro display. Tickets for the PPV event start at $39. WOLFGANG VAN HALEN’s MAMMOTH WVH will take the…… read more »
The U.S. Postal Service has expanded its annual Operation Santa program this year, and made it all virtual because of the pandemic.They’re going to take in more wish lists than ever from children in need this year . . . and pass those letters along to people who want to buy them the things they’re asking for. You can start “adopting” letters online…… read more »