Radiohead’s second live album, Hail to the Thief: Live Recordings 2003-2009, debuted in the Top 10 on four separate Billboard charts dated November 15. The live release launched at No. 8 on Top Album Sales, marking their ninth career Top 10 on that chart, with also debuting at No. 4 on Indie Store Album Sales,…… read more »
Slayer are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark 1985 album, Hell Awaits, with special reissues set for release on May 15 via Metal Blade Records. The reissue options include an eye-catching $189 limited edition 2-LP blood-filled vinyl pressing (appropriately only 666 copies were pressed), a $124.99 box set featuring a Fire Splatter vinyl, a…… read more »
During a new episode of The Osbournes Podcast, Ozzy Osbourne’s family fiercely condemned former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters after he disparaged Ozzy’s legacy following his death. Waters had previously dismissed Black Sabbath and Ozzy’s music as meaningless, while deriding the heavy metal’s legend’s TV presence as “idiocy and nonsense.” In response, Jack Osbourne called…… read more »
David Coverdale, Whitesnake frontman and former Deep Purple vocalist, has officially announced his retirement after a more than 50-year career. In a heartfelt Instagram video shared on Thursday (November 13), Coverdale explained that recent years have made it clear it’s time to “hang up my rock ‘n’ roll platform shoes and my skintight jeans,” with…… read more »
AC/DC’s opening night of their Power Up Tour at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday (November 12) was so electrifying that earthquake equipment two miles away detected ground vibrations equivalent to low-frequency seismic waves. “The sound waves that people were experiencing nearby and feeling something through their bodies, that’s the equivalent to what our seismographs feel,”…… read more »
On the first episode of The Osbournes Podcast since Ozzy Osbourne’s death in July, his family revealed that two weeks before his “Back to the Beginning” farewell concert on July 5, the heavy metal legend was secretly hospitalized for an undisclosed illness. Osbourne battled numerous severe health issues in recent years, including pneumonia, sepsis, blood…… read more »
Toni Cornell, daughter of late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, reflected on the profound experience of performing one of her father’s songs during his band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 8. Toni, 21, sang the Superunknown standout, “Fell on Black Days,” alongside Heart’s Nancy Wilson on acoustic guitar. In an…… read more »
The soundtrack for the new Michael Showalter film, Oh. What. Fun., is set to be released alongside the movie on December 3 via Sony Music Masterworks. The collection features covers of holiday classics by St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy, Fleet Foxes, as well as two festive original new songs by Gwen Stefani, “Shake The Snow Globe”…… read more »
Micky Dolenz will celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Monkees in 2026 on his just-announced 60 Years of The Monkees Tour The 23-date jaunt begins on February 12 in Solana Beach, California, and concludes on November 6 in Northfield, Ohio, with the tour including a special show in Los Angeles on September 12, marking the…… read more »
On Wednesday (November 12), nearly 400 bagpipers gathered in Melbourne’s Federation Square to set a new world record by performing AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top,” surpassing the previous record of 333 pipers set in Bulgaria in 2012. The oldest bagpiper who took part in the record-setting performance was 98-years-old. The event, dubbed…… read more »