Unlike many of us, Bob Dylan isn’t a huge fan of binge watching movies.
“Two or three hours in front of the tube is a lot of binge watching for me,” he told The Wall Street Journal in 2022. “Too much time to be involved with the screen. Or maybe I’m too old for it.”
But that doesn’t mean he’s not a cinephile. He’s cited numerous filmmakers and actors over the years as influences on his own work, including Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Peckinpah, Andy Warhol, Charlie Chaplin and John Ford, to name just a few.
He himself has dipped his toes in the water of movie-making, appearing in both fictional films and ones about himself.
“In one way I don’t consider myself a filmmaker at all. In another way I do,” he told Rolling Stone in 1978, speaking about the movie Renaldo and Clara, a four-hour, quasi-documentary film he directed and starred in. “I don’t know who will like it. I made it for a specific bunch of people and myself, and that’s all. That’s how I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind‘ and ‘The Times They Are A-Changin” – they were written for a certain crowd of people and for certain artists, too. Who knew they were going to be big songs?”
As with many of Dylan’s projects, commercial success, at least in the traditional definition of it, was not the goal.
“I don’t have any cinematic vision to sell out,” he said then. “It’s all for me so I can’t sell out. I’m not working for anybody. What was there to sell out?”
Renaldo and Clara is just one of several movie releases that Dylan has in some way had a hand in. In December of 2024, a new Dylan biopic arrived in the form of A Complete Unknown starring Timothee Chalamet as the young singer-songwriter who moves from Minnesota to New York City, finding himself along the way.
But there’s much more to be seen. In the below gallery, you’ll find a guide to 10 other Dylan-related films that have either focused on him as the subject or had some direct involvement with Dylan himself.
Bob Dylan at the Movies: A Guide to 10 Films
“In one way I don’t consider myself a filmmaker at all. In another way I do,” Dylan once said.
McCartney also took the opportunity during his three-hour, 36-song set to reintroduce a bass guitar that was stolen from him more than 50 years ago.
He bought the 1961 Hofner 500/1 brand new in Germany, using it at shows and on early Beatles records before it vanished in 1972. A concerted effort resulted in its return in February.
“I had a bass, besides this one,” McCartney told the audience. “It got nicked. … We’ve been looking for it for 50 years. Well, I got it back, and here to make its first stage appearance in 50 years is my original bass!”
After reporting that he hadn’t played it since its theft, McCartney tried a tone and said, “Sounds like a bass! And what is more, we’ve got a special guest for you – Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood!”
Wood took the stage for a rendition of Beatles classic “Get Back,” which can be seen below.
During the encore, McCartney announced he had another surprise for the crowd: “Bring to the stage the mighty, the one and only Mr. Ringo Starr!” The pair pretended that they weren’t sure what they should do, before McCartney said: “Should we rock? Get on your kit, la.”
Starr helped deliver two more Beatles classics, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” and “Helter Skelter.” Both can be seen below.
The Got Back tour began in April 2022 and has so far included 59 shows over seven legs, including an appearance at the Glastonbury festival in 2022. McCartney hasn’t yet announced any plans for 2025.
Paul McCartney and Ron Wood Perform ‘Get Back’
Ringo Starr Guests with Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney’s Got Back Tour Finale Set List
1. “A Hard Day’s Night” 2. “Junior’s Farm” 3. “Letting Go” 4. “Drive My Car” 5. “Got to Get You Into My Life” 6. “Come On to Me” 7. “Let Me Roll It” 8. “Getting Better” 9. “Let ‘Em In” 10. “My Valentine” 11. “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” 12. “Maybe I’m Amazed” 13. “I’ve Just Seen a Face” 14. “In Spite of All the Danger” 15. “Love Me Do” 16. “Dance Tonight” 17. “Blackbird” 18. “Here Today” 19. “Now and Then” 20. “Lady Madonna” 21. “Jet” 22. “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” 23. “Something” 24. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” 25. “Band on the Run” 26. “Wonderful Christmastime” 27. “Get Back” – with Ron Wood 28. “Let It Be” 29. “Live and Let Die” 30. “Hey Jude”
Encore: 31. “I’ve Got a Feeling” 32. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’ – with Ringo Starr 33. “Helter Skelter – with Ringo Starr 34. “Golden Slumbers” 35. “Carry That Weight’ 36. “The End”
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This Is Spinal Tapdirector and co-writer Rob Reiner revealed some details of what to expect when the sequel movie arrives in 2025.
He outlined some of the plot points, after it was previously reported that Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the follow-up to the 1984 spoof documentary.
In a new interview with Empire, he said the story would open with discovering what singer David St. Hubbins, guitarist Nigel Tufnel and bassist Derek Smalls had been doing since Spinal Tap broke up.
“Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed,” Reiner explained. “He’s also been performing with a local folk band in the village that play penny whistle and mandolin, and he plays electric guitar with them. We show a little clip of that.
“David St. Hubbins has been living in Morro Bay in California, and he’s been writing music for podcasts, particularly this one true-crime podcast called ‘The Trouble With Murder.’ He also writes the music that you hear when you’re on hold on the phone.
“Derek is living in London and is now the curator of the New Museum of Glue. He’s curated glue from every country in the world – the whole history of glue – and he shows me around. He’s also been performing with a philharmonic orchestra, and he’s written this kind of symphony about the fact that the devil wears a bad hair piece. It’s called Hell Toupée.”
Reiner also said that the idea for the story came from the death of Tony Hendra, who played band manager Ian Faith in the first movie. “[W]e came up with this idea that Ian Faith had willed his daughter, Hope, this contract that called for one more performance.
“She thinks initially, ‘Well, this is not really worth anything…’ But then some big music star, while screwing around at a sound check, is filmed on an iPhone singing a Tap song, and it goes wild on social media. All of a sudden, the contract is worth something.”
Paul McCartney and Elton John Appear on Spinal Tap Soundtrack Album
Reiner confirmed that, as with the first movie, a lot of the performances are improvised. “[W]e’ve known each other for so many years, and you just fall right back into it,” he said.
“We’ve got the contours of it, because we have a 10-page outline. But we’ll have a scene that lasts 15 or 20 minutes, that winds up being a minute in the movie. You find the best bits of everything and you cut them together.”
Both McCartney and John proved to be good in the improvisation environment, he added. “We came up with a good idea for Paul, and he was excited to do it. And we had a great idea for Elton. They’re both terrific in the film, both comfortable just talking off the cuff.”
The director went on to say that new Spinal Tap songs will be heard in the movie and its accompanying soundtrack album. “[I]t’ll have a couple of cuts by Elton John and one cut by Paul McCartney – songs that they sing in the film, which aren’t Spinal Tap-type songs, they’re ones that people know. But the rest of them are new.”
He provided a hint as to one of those new tracks: “There’s a scene where Henry Diltz, the very famous rock photographer, takes them to a cemetery in New Orleans. Nigel’s like, ‘Why are we here? All these people are dead.’ And Henry says, ‘Well, you’ve got to get used to this idea. You know, it’s going to happen.’
“Then Derek has this idea of what it’s going to be like after he dies. So he’s got this song called ‘Rockin’ In The Urn’ which is all about the fact that even after he’s dead, he’s still going to be performing.”
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In October he announced the group would play their final show in Hyde Park, London, on July 13, marking an end to the band he revived in 2001, and which began touring regularly in 2014. He’ll be 77 by the time they take their last bow.
“I’m happy with what I’ve done, and the crowd reactions to the shows and the music have been amazing,” Lynne told Mojo in a recent interview. “This is not a farewell to music. I am excited to return to the studio full-time, which is what I love!”
He didn’t reveal details of his future plans, but he hinted that there might be something special for the crowds who attend the band’s five farewell concerts in Birmingham, Manchester and finally London.
“It’ll certainly be an emotional show for me,” he said. “It’s been great getting to tour the world, and to this day, at every show I’m always surprised and delighted by the crowds and the energy they bring. I will miss it.”
He added: “We will, of course, be playing all the songs the fans want to hear. As for surprises – these are the final shows, so who knows what can happen?”
Jeff Lynne Didn’t Expect to Love Touring
In 2019 Lynne – well-known for loving studio work – admitted he hadn’t expected to enjoy touring as much as he did. “I’m having the time of my life,” he told Variety.
“Just because I don’t jump up and down and do somersaults and stuff, it doesn’t mean I’m not having a great time, because I am. I just sing and play, which I think is enough, because I’m trying to make it sound as good as possible. It’s trying to recreate the sound that I imagined ELO would have [had] forever, really, from day one. It never has until now.”
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Huey Lewis & The News is a rock band that was formed in 1979 in San Francisco, California. Emerging from the remnants of earlier projects such as Clover and Soundhole, the band solidified its lineup with Huey Lewis as the lead vocalist and harmonica player, Sean Hopper on keyboards, Bill Gibson on drums, Johnny Colla on saxophone and guitar, and Mario Cipollina on bass. Over time, the group became known for its tight musicianship and ability to blend rock, pop, and soul influences seamlessly.
The band released ten studio albums between 1980 and 2020. Their self-titled debut in 1980 gained modest attention, but their breakthrough came with Sports (1983), which became a multi-platinum success, featuring hits like “The Heart of Rock & Roll” and “I Want a New Drug.” This was followed by the chart-topping Fore! (1986), which further cemented their status as one of the most popular acts of the 1980s. Hits like “Hip to Be Square” and “Stuck with You” became staples of the era. Their music was also featured prominently in the blockbuster Back to the Future (1985), with “The Power of Love” earning the band an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
Huey Lewis & The News achieved significant commercial success, with multiple platinum-certified albums and a string of Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. They received a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best Music Video, Long Form, for The Heart of Rock & Roll. Their ability to create accessible, hook-filled songs made them a defining act of the 1980s and a lasting influence in the pop-rock genre.
The band’s history is one of adaptability and perseverance, as evidenced by their later work, including the album Weather (2020), despite challenges such as Huey Lewis’s diagnosis of Ménière’s disease, which affected his hearing. Their legacy is underscored by their contribution to shaping the sound of 1980s rock and their continued relevance in music history.
This synopsis serves as an introduction to a comprehensive A-to-Z listing of songs by Huey Lewis & The News, showcasing their diverse catalog and enduring impact on popular music.
Complete List Of Huey Lewis and the News Songs From A to Z
A- J
“100 Years from Now” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996) “Attitude” – Hard at Play (1991) “Back in Time” – Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985) “Bad Is Bad” – Sports (1983) “Best of Me” – Hard at Play (1991) “Better Be True” – Small World (1988) “Better to Have and Not Need” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Blue Monday” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Bobo Tempo” – Small World (1988) “Build Me Up” – Hard at Play (1991) “But It’s Alright” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Buzz Buzz Buzz” – Picture This (1982) “Change of Heart” – Picture This (1982) “Couple Days Off” – Hard at Play (1991) “Cry to Me” – Soulsville (2010) “Do You Believe in Love” – Picture This (1982) “Do You Love Me, or What?” – Hard at Play (1991) “Doing It All for My Baby” – Fore! (1986) “Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Don’t Fight It” – Soulsville (2010) “Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You” – Soulsville (2010) “Don’t Look Back” – Hard at Play (1991) “Don’t Make Me Do It” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Exodisco” – Exodisco / Kick Back (as American Express) (1979) “Finally Found a Home” – Sports (1983) “Flip, Flop & Fly” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Forest for the Trees” – Fore! (1986) “Free” – Soulsville (2010) “Function at the Junction” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Give Me the Keys (And I’ll Drive You Crazy)” – Small World (1988) “Going Down Slow” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Good Morning Little School Girl” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Got to Get You Off My Mind” – Soulsville (2010) “Grab This Thing” – Soulsville (2010) “He Don’t Know” – Hard at Play (1991) “Heart and Soul” – Sports (1983) “The Heart of Rock & Roll” – Sports (1983) “Hearts” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Her Love Is Killin’ Me” – Weather (2019) “Hip to Be Square” – Fore! (1986) “Honky Tonk Blues” – Sports (1983) “Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do” – Picture This (1982) “Hurry Back Baby” – Weather (2019) “I Ain’t Perfect” – Plan B (2001) “I Am There for You” – Weather (2019) “I Know What I Like” – Fore! (1986) “I Never Think About You” – Plan B (2001) “I Never Walk Alone” – Fore! (1986) “I Want a New Drug” – Sports (1983) “I Want To (Do Everything for You)” – Soulsville (2010) “I Want You” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “If This Is It” – Sports (1983) “If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “If You Really Love Me You’ll Let Me” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “I’m Not in Love Yet” – Plan B (2001) “Is It Me” – Picture This (1982) “It Hit Me Like a Hammer” – Hard at Play (1991) “It’s All Right” – People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield Tribute Album) (1993) “Jacob’s Ladder” – Fore! (1986) “Just One More Day” – Soulsville (2010) “Just the One (I’ve Been Looking For)” – Soulsville (2010)
J – Z
“Kick Back” – Exodisco / Kick Back (as American Express) (1979) “Let Her Go and Start Over” – Plan B (2001) “Little Bitty Pretty One” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Little Sally Walker” – Soulsville (2010) “Mother in Law” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “My Other Woman” – Plan B (2001) “Naturally” – Fore! (1986) “Never Found a Girl” – Soulsville (2010) “Never Like This Before” – Soulsville (2010) “Now Here’s You” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Old Antone’s” – Small World (1988) “One of the Boys” – Weather (2019) “The Only One” – Picture This (1982) “Perfect World” – Small World (1988) “Pineapple Express” – Pineapple Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008) “Plan B” – Plan B (2001) “The Power of Love” – Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985) “Pretty Girls Everywhere” – Weather (2019) “Remind Me Why I Love You Again” – Weather (2019) “Respect Yourself” – Soulsville (2010) “The Rhythm Ranch” – Plan B (2001) “Searching for My Love” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Shake, Rattle and Roll” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “She Shot a Hole in My Soul” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “(She’s) Some Kind of Wonderful” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Simple as That” – Fore! (1986) “Slammin’” – Small World (1988) “Small World (Part One)” – Small World (1988) “Small World (Part Two)” – Small World (1988) “So Little Kindness” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996) “Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Soulsville” – Soulsville (2010) “Stagger Lee” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Stop Trying” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Stuck with You” – Fore! (1986) “Surely I Love You” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)” – Picture This (1982) “Tell Me a Little Lie” – Picture This (1982) “Thank You #19” – Plan B (2001) “That’s Not Me” – Hard at Play (1991) “‘Til the Day After” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996) “Time Ain’t Money” – Hard at Play (1991) “Trouble in Paradise” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um” – Live at 25 (2005) “Walking on a Thin Line” – Sports (1983) “Walking with the Kid” – Small World (1988) “We Should Be Making Love” – Hard at Play (1991) “We’re Not Here for a Long Time (We’re Here for a Good Time)” – Plan B (2001) “Whatever Happened to True Love” – Picture This (1982) “When I Write the Book” – Plan B (2001) “When the Time Has Come” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996) “While We’re Young” – Weather (2019) “Who Cares?” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980) “Whole Lotta Lovin’” – Fore! (1986) “Winter Wonderland” – Fan Club Release (1984) “Workin’ for a Livin’” – Picture This (1982) “World to Me” – Small World (1988) “You Crack Me Up” – Sports (1983) “You Left the Water Running” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994) “Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
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The longest-running heavy metal tour in North America returns with its boldest lineup ever in 2025. The Decibel Magazine Tour resumes this spring with Norwegian black metal godfathers, Mayhem, headlining Decibel’s 12th continental expedition of the extreme.
Tour support comes from countrymate and dungeon synth progenitor Mortiis, New York City cinematic death metal chaos wielders Imperial Triumphant and San Diego death rock night-bringers New Skeletal Faces.
“Following the success of last year’s tour with the legendary Cannibal Corpse, we are really looking forward to returning to North America to once again headline the renowned Decibel Tour, also hitting some cities we haven’t visited in a very long time,” Mayhem says collectively. “We can’t wait to kick off the next chapter of Mayhem with our North American fans. See you all soon!”
Presented by Century Media, and sponsored by Peaceville Records, Out of Season, EMG Pickups, Perfect World Productions, and the Requiem Metal Podcast, tickets for the 2025 Decibel Magazine Tour go on sale Friday, December 20 at 10 AM, local time. For ticket links and updates, head here.
Tour dates:
March 17 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Heaven) 18 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl 19 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue 20 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues 22 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium 23 – Reading, PA – Reverb 24 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza 25 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Beanfield 26 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall 27 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre 29 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue 31 – Denver, CO – Summit
April 3 – Calgary, AB – The Palace Theatre 4 – Edmonton, AB – Union Hall 6 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre 7 – Tacoma, WA – Temple Theatre 9 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 10 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco 12 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues 13 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues 14 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile 16 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall 17 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
Legendary Iron Maiden drummer, Nicko McBrain, recently announced that he is stepping away from touring. He played his final show with the band on December 7 at at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil.
Estranged Black Sabbath drummer, Bill Ward, took so social media to share the following message to Nicko:
“Dear Nicko,
In retiring to meet new horizons, I hope your journeys will be safe.
I think it is so respectful and dignified that your drum chair will be available to you for any future Iron Maiden recordings, an idea that leads without fanfare, an idea that lays in tandem with any lick or rudiment, on any day.
Respectfully, Bill Ward.”
Last week, Iron Maiden shared official video from Nicko’s final show, which can be viewed below.
Said Bruce Dickinson, addressing the audience, “Tonight is a very special night. As some of you, I think probably all of you will know, because this morning we announced, Nicko announced that he was stepping back from playing live with Iron Maiden. So, for 42 years Nicko’s been in this band. He was a drummer before I was a singer, he was a pilot before I was a pilot, and now he’s not leaving the band, but he’s just not playing live with us anymore. If you do what you gotta do out there tonight, so let him know how much he’s loved everybody. So, we have a lot more music to get to tonight, and I want the rest of the night to be a celebration of Nick, a celebration of the joy that he’s brought to everybody around the world, not just here in Brazil, alright. And with that, on we go.”
McBrain issued the following statement regarding his departure before the show:
“After much consideration, it is with both sorrow and joy, I announce my decision to take a step back from the grind of the extensive touring lifestyle. Today, Sat, Dec 7th, Sao Paulo will be my final gig with Iron Maiden. I wish the band much success moving forward.
“I will, however, remain firmly part of the Iron Maiden family working on a variety of projects, my long time managers, Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor, have in mind for me. I’ll also be working on a variety of different personal projects and focusing on my existing businesses and ventures, including The British Drum Company, Nicko McBrain’s Drum One, Titanium Tart, and of course, Rock-N-Roll Ribs!
“What can I say? Touring with Maiden the last 42 years has been an incredible journey! To my devoted fan base, you made it all worthwhile and I love you! To my devoted wife, Rebecca, you made it infinitely easier and I love you! To my kids, Justin and Nicholas, thank you for understanding the absences and I love you! To my friends that are always there for me, I love you! To my bandmates, you made it a dream come true and I love you!
“I look into the future with much excitement and great hope! I’ll be seeing you soon, may God bless you all, and, of course, “Up the Irons!”
Manager Rod Smallwood on behalf of Iron Maiden:
“And we all love you too!!
“Thank you for being an irrepressible force behind the drum kit for Maiden for 42 years and my friend for even longer. I speak on behalf of all the band when I say we will miss you immensely!
“Ever since Rock in Rio in 1985 we have had a special relationship with Brazil so to bow out of touring in front of 90,000 fans here in Sao Paulo over 2 nights is poetic and you are deserving of all the accolades I am sure these marvellous fans will give you on this last show.
“Phantom look forward to many more years of working with you on the projects you mentioned and I am sure we can find a few more special ones around the Maiden family and FC!
“The band and I all have a thousand great memories of the past 42 years, great gigs, copious platinum and gold discs and awards, love from the fans and one beer too many on too many occasions! Such a bond is forever! And, as Steve Harris says, ‘Nicko is and will always be part of the Maiden family’.” – Rod, Andy, Steve, Bruce, Davey, Adrian & Jan
Iron Maiden announced their new drummer with the following message:
“As The Future Past Tour concludes after 81 shows to over 1.4 million fans, from Ljubljana to the Coachella Valley and from Western Australia to Sao Paulo, Iron Maiden are delighted to announce that stepping in behind the kit for 2025 is a name familiar to many of our fans – Simon Dawson, a former session drummer and Steve’s rhythm section partner of the past 12 years with British Lion.
“A native of Suffolk, England, Simon first teamed up with Steve Harris back in 2012. He debuted on three tracks on the first British Lion album and all of the second critically acclaimed The Burning, plus the many subsequent tours in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand &, most recently, both Mexico and South America.
“Iron Maiden celebrate their 50th Anniversary next year with The Run For Your Lives Tour starting in Budapest on May 27th.”
Find Iron Maiden’s Run For Your Lives World Tour itinerary here.
Ex Deo, the JUNO nominated project of Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono, will unleash their Year Of The Four Emperors EP on January 10 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). The band will also embark on a tour of Europe that month in support of Dark Funeral and Fleshgod Apocalypse before heading to North America in the spring in support of Septicflesh and Vltimas.
To commemorate the release announcement, the band have revealed the first single, “Vespasian”, along with a lyric video which can be viewed below.
Maurizio comments on the song: “The EP’s closing track is an anthem of resilience and renewal. ‘Vespasian’ emerges as a figure of stability amid the chaos, and the music reflects his calculated strength. Triumphant melodies intertwine with thunderous percussion, capturing his consolidation of power and the restoration of Rome’s fractured empire. The lyrics exalt Vespasian as the harbinger of a new era, culminating in a resounding declaration of victory and legacy. His reign ushers in the Flavian dynasty and a semblance of peace.”
Pre-order/pre-save Year Of The Four Emperors EP here.
Year Of The Four Emperors EP tracklisting:
“Galba” “Otho” “Vitellius” “Vespasian”
“Vespasian” lyric video:
Ex Deo’s tour dates are listed below.
January (with Dark Funeral, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Kami No Ikari) 3 – Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle 4 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle 2 5 – Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – De Casino 7 – London, UK – O2 Academy Islington 8 – Paris, France – La Machine du Moulin Rouge 9 – Toulouse, France – Le Bikini 10 – Burgos, Spain – Sala Andén 56 11 – Madrid, Spain – La Sala del WiZink Center 12 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Razzmatazz 2 14 – Villeurbanne (Lyon), France – La Rayonne 15 – Trezzo sull’Adda (MI), Italy – Live Club 16 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 17 – Munich, Germany – Backstage (Werk) 18 – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra 19 – Zagreb, Croatia – Boogaloo 21 – Vienna, Austria – SimmCity 22 – Kosice, Slovakia – Collosseum Club 23 – Wroclaw, Poland – Centrum Koncertowe A2 24 – Prague, Czech Republic – MeetFactory 25 – Leipzig, Germany – Hellraiser 26 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg *
* with Fleshgod Apocalypse only
January 30-Feb 3 – 70,000 Tons of Metal
February (with Septicflesh, Vltimas) 10 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall 11 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater 12 – Albuquerque NM – Sunshine Theater 13 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater 14 – San Diego CA – Brick By Brick 15 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge 16 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720 17 – Las Vegas, NV – Sinwave 19 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater 20 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theater 21 – St Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall 22 – Joliet, IL – The Forge 23 – Cleveland, OH – TempleLive / The Asylum 24 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall 26 – Ottawa, ON – Overflow Brewing Company 27 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD 28 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium (Upstairs)
March (with Septicflesh, Vltimas) 1 – Albany, NY – Empire Live 2 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
earMUSIC has uploaded another lyric video from the 2013 Stratovarius album, Nemesis. Watch “Dragons”, as well as the previously posted “Abandon” below.
Nemesis is the band’s fourteenth studio album, released in February 2013. It is the first Stratovarius album to feature new drummer Rolf Pilve, who replaced Jörg Michael in 2012.
Power metal fans are in for something very special as two of Finland’s most influential power metal bands of all time, Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius, team up for a very unique Finnish tour in February-March. The Nordic Power Metal Titans 2025 tour starts on Valentine’s Day, February 14 at Kajaanihalli and concludes at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki on March 8.
Alice Cooper recently announced that guitarist Orianthi will be joining his band for shows January 31 through February 16, filling in for Nita Strauss, who has conflicting obligations of her own. Orianthi toured with Alice from 2011 to 2014, along with longtime band members Chuck Garric, Glen Sobel, Tommy Henriksen, and Ryan Roxie.
“Working with him was such a blast, and it’s such an honor. Alice is a legend,” Orianthi tells Guitar World. “I know the shows are going to be really fun. It’s going to be just a whole different dynamic and sort of a change from Nita.”
The invitation came via an email that cut straight to the chase. “It basically said, ‘Hey, Alice would love for you to join him because Nita [Strauss] is busy.’ I was like, ‘Absolutely.’ Well, actually, at first, I said, ‘I’m not sure because I have my own stuff going on right now with my tour.’ But we moved things around and made it work.”
Announcing Orianthi’s return, Alice Cooper said, “When Orianthi moved on to pursue her own career in 2014, we were lucky to find Nita. Over the past decade, Nita, Chuck, and Tommy have also launched their own projects, and we always try to coordinate our schedule so we can keep the band together, but these shows came up after Nita had already committed to another tour. So I reached out to Orianthi, and thankfully she was available to jump back in, so we’re all really looking forward to doing these shows with her. I’m so fortunate to always have such great musicians to work with.”
The tour schedule for these shows is as follows.
January 31 – Augusta, GA – Bell Auditorium
February 1 – Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Casino Resort Event Center 2 – Greensboro, NC – Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts 4 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre 6 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock 7 – Ft Myers, FL – Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall 8 – Clearwater, FL – Coachmen Park 11 – St. Augustine, FL – Amphitheatre 13-17 – Miami, FL – Rock Legends Cruise
Alice Cooper will be announcing further 2025 tour dates, with Nita Strauss back in the fold, including the already-annnounced shows May 9 at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, Ohio and August 15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Lincoln Financial Field with My Chemical Romance.
More information, including ticket and VIP package purchases, can be found here.
