Author: Logan Rocker

June 14, 2023, 2 hours ago

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Iron Maiden have shared a new video from The Future Past Tour’s stop in Kraków, Poland along with the following message:

“If you need big things moved, call the Killer Krew!”

The band plays at the Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland tonight (June 14th)

On June 11th, Iron Maiden brought The Future Past tour to the Quarterback Immobilien Arena in Leipzig, Germany. Fan-filmed video from the show can be viewed below.

The setlist was as follows:

“Caught Somewhere In Time”
“Stranger In A Strange Land”
“The Writing On The Wall”
“Days Of Future Past”
“The Time Machine”
“The Prisoner”
“Death Of The Celts”
“Can I Play With Madness”
“Heaven Can Wait”
“Alexander The Great”
“Fear Of The Dark”
“Iron Maiden”

Encore:
“Hell On Earth”
“The Trooper”
“Wasted Years”

The Cult have announced a slate of Western U.S. tour dates for this fall, with the iconic rock band trekking across the region following their Aftershock Festival performance.

“We are thrilled to announce these shows,” Ian Astbury shares. “As we close the circle from ’83 to ’23, we are entering into this moment to celebrate with you all, what has been, and shall continue to be, The Cult’s continuing legacy.”

In addition, the band have also added a trio of July performances, including a July 14 slot at the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival.

Tickets are on-sale this Friday at 10 AM, local time. VIP options, including deluxe seating, will be available simultaneously.

The Cult’s US tour dates are listed below.

July
12 – Northfield, OH Center Stage at MGM Northfield
13 – Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Theater
14 – Milwaukee, WI Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival

October
5 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival
6 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort & Casino – Grand Theatre *
8 – Eugene, OR – Hult Center for the Performing Arts – Soreng Theatre *
11 – Spokane, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
12 – Boise, ID – Revolution Concert House *
14 – Shelton, WA – Little Creek Casino Resort – Skookum Event Center
15 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre *
17 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
19 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts by the Bay *
20 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts by the Bay *
21 – Rancho Mirage, CA – Aqua Caliente Rancho Mirage – The Show
26 – Chandler, AZ – Gila River Hotels & Casino – The Showroom at Wild Horse Pass
27 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl *
28 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl *

* – Cold Cave opens

(Photo – The Cult)

BBC News is reporting that Sir Paul McCartney says he has employed artificial intelligence to help create what he calls “the final Beatles record”.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the technology had been used to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from an old demo so he could complete the song.

“We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year,” he explained.

Sir Paul did not name the song, but it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called “Now And Then”. It had already been considered as a possible “reunion song” for the Beatles in 1995, as they were compiling their career-spanning Anthology series.

Sir Paul had received the demo a year earlier from Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono. It was one of several songs on a cassette labelled “For Paul” that Lennon had made shortly before his death in 1980.

Lo-fi and embryonic, the tracks were largely recorded onto a boombox as the musician sat at a piano in his New York apartment.

Cleaned up by producer Jeff Lynne, two of those songs – “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” – were completed and released in 1995 and 96, marking the Beatles’ first “new” material in 25 years. The band also attempted to record “Now And Then”, an apologetic love song that was fairly typical of Lennon’s later career, but the session was quickly abandoned.

“It was one day – one afternoon, really – messing with it,” Lynne recalled. “The song had a chorus but is almost totally lacking in verses. We did the backing track, a rough go that we really didn’t finish.”

Sir Paul later claimed George Harrison refused to work on the song, saying the sound quality of Lennon’s vocal was “rubbish”.

“It didn’t have a very good title, it needed a bit of reworking, but it had a beautiful verse and it had John singing it,” he told Q Magazine.

“[But] George didn’t like it. The Beatles being a democracy, we didn’t do it.”

Read the full story at BBC News.

The Drumeo YouTube channel has shared a new showcase video, this time focusing on Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. They run through Lee’s signature grooves, cymbal techniques, theatrics and drum solos, and more.

Drumeo: “Mötley Crüe wouldn’t be the same without Tommy Lee, the rockstar poster child. His personality and energy are off the charts and he’s influenced countless drummers for decades. From epic hard-hitting drum solos to incorporating pyrotechnics and spinning drum risers into his shows, let’s break down why he’s such a legendary monster.”

Mötley Crüe recently uploaded drum-cam video of Tommy Lee performing the Sex Pistols classic “Anarchy In The U.K.” with his bandmates during their August 27, 2022 concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles from The Stadium Tour.

A caption of the video says: “There’ll be Anarchy when DEF CRÜE hit the road for leg 2 of THE WORLD TOUR! Europe, US, JAPAN and more…where will we see you?”

In April, Mötley Crüe revealed that they had entered the recording studio with their longtime producer, Bob Rock, to lay down some new music.

Recently, Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx took to social media with the following update: “Vince is cutting lead vocals this week on the new songs… We have a few final things Bob Rock wants us to record and then heading to London next week to prepare for European tour. We’re really excited to play for our European fans. It’s been a minute. Great combination of stadiums and festivals.”

Prior to that, Sixx stated, “I have to say when I was a teenager I had no idea being in a band could garner so much love and so much hate. What a great original journey I’ve got to travel over the years watching people have so many feelings about our band. THANK YOU. Pretty much wrapped up most of the songs so it’s all vocals from here on out. These songs are personal. You’ll understand more later. Being in a band for 42 years you have to constantly look for inspiration —- and I can’t believe we’re leaving soon for Europe. We’re gonna be there for two months. I’m bringing my family and gonna really make a point to get out and also make time for some photography. Leica Camera sent me the new M11 and the SL2 to test out. Can’t wait and can’t wait to play all these shows. I’m just living in gratitude everyday. And thank you to the lovers and the haters. You keep me inspired.Oh and as you can see we actually never took a break. Just came home from tour and back to work. I guess I’ll rest next time I die?”

Mötley Crüe’s 2023 tour of The UK and Europe began May 22nd in Sheffield, England, and wraps up July 6th in Glasgow, Scotland. The complete itinerary can be found here.

Los Angeles-born guitar hero and musical force of nature Nita Strauss  is featured in a brand new interview with Ultimate Guitar’s Justin Beckner on the first-ever episode of their “On the Record” podcast. CHeck it out below.

UG: Who are some of the artists that inspire you now? And are they the same artists that inspired you when you were starting out?

Nita: “I think that my original heroes, you know, the Steve Vai’s, the Satriani’s, the Jennifer Batten’s, Marty Friedman’s will continue to inspire me always because they never stop innovating. You know, if you listen to what Steve Vai is doing now, if you listen to what Marty Friedman is doing now, it’s (still) the cutting edge of guitar. So how cool that it was the cutting-edge of guitar the year I was born, and these guys are still at the forefront of innovating now. I love listening to the newer artists. I love listening to Polyphia and Yvette Young, my Ibanez signature sister. I think it’s so cool what this generation of musicians is doing with the instrument. They’re taking it to these new heights that I, as a guitar player, could barely even conceive of. 

A couple of years ago at NAMM, Yvette Young and I had signature models come out on the same day and we were at an Ibanez event at NAMM and I said, ‘Hey, can I play your guitar?’ And she’s like, ‘Yeah, only if I can play your guitar.’ So we traded guitars and we noodled around on each other’s guitar for a second and then we handed it back. We’re like, Oh, no. It’s just that our styles are so different, and the setup is so different. She was like, ‘I wouldn’t even know how to play your guitar.’ And I was like, ‘I wouldn’t even know how to play your guitar.’ And I think that was a really telling moment of just like how much innovation is happening with this instrument. You’d think Nita and Yvette, both Ibanez girls, must be pretty similar, like literally couldn’t be more different musicians, and I just think it’s so cool. It’s such a cool time to be a guitar player right now.”

Nita recently announced her brand new album The Call Of The The Void, out July 7 via Sumerian Records. Pre-order it here.

She has shared the video for the latest single “Victorious”, featuring vocalist Dorothy.

“‘Victorious’ is the anthem I always wanted, a song about inspiring change, marching forward relentlessly, being willing to save yourself instead of waiting for someone to do it for you, and never backing down from a fight,” Strauss shares. “Dorothy was the perfect powerhouse voice and personality to stand and deliver, and knock this one out of the park.”

Dorothy shares Strauss’ enthusiasm for the track, stating, “I’m honoured to be a part of ‘Victorious’ with my friend Nita Strauss. She is the embodiment of a bold, beautiful, strong woman. The song and video scream #GIRLPOWER and we know you’ll love it!”

The video features two killer cameos. 13-year-old rising guitar star Charlotte Milstein plays the role of a young Nita, while U.S. Olympian, former WBO and IBF champion Mikalea Mayer, a childhood friend of Strauss and former bandmate, also appears. Learn more about their relationship here!

Tracklisting:

“Summer Storm”
“The Wolf You Feed” (feat. Alissa White-Gluz)
“Digital Bullets” (feat. Chris Motionless)
“Through The Noise” (feat. Lzzy Hale)
“Consume The Fire”
“Dead Inside” (feat. David Draiman)
“Victorious” (feat. Dorothy)
“Scorched”
“Momentum”
“The Golden Trail” (feat. Anders Fridén)
“Winner Takes All” (feat. Alice Cooper)
“Monster” (feat. Lilith Czar)
“Kintsugi”
“Surfacing” (feat. Marty Friedman)

“Summer Storm”:

“The Wolf You Feed” (feat. Alissa White-Gluz):

“Dead Inside” (feat. David Draiman):

“The Golden Trail” (feat. Anders Fridén):

“Winner Takes All” (feat. Alice Cooper):

Strauss recently announced dates for her North American summer tour with support from Lions At The Gate. The Summer Storm tour will kick off on June 13 in Nashville, and is scheduled to wrap up on July 14 in New Orleans. Singer Kasey Karlsen will join her for the upcoming tour.

Tickets and VIP options for all shows at nitastraussvip.com.

Dates:

June
13 – Nashville, TN – Exit/ In
14 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
15 – Greensboro, NC – The Hangar 1819
17 – New York, NY – The Meadows
18 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
19 – Mechanicsburg, PA – Lovedrafts
21 – Harrison, OH – The Blue Note
22 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
23 – Angola, IN – The Eclectic Room
24 – Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre
25 – Madison, WI – The Majestic Theatre
26 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
28 – Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
30 – Boise, ID – Neurolux

July
1 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
2 – Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw Theatre
3 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
5 – Sacramento, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
6 – Los Angeles, CA – Whisky A Go Go
8 – Las Vegas, NV – The Space
9 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
11 – San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
12 – Dallas, TX – Trees
13 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
14 – New Orleans, LA – The Parish at House of Blues

On June 9th, Iron Maiden brought The Future Past Tour to the Sewden Rock Fesival 2023 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video of the show can be viewed below.

The setlist was as follows:

“Caught Somewhere In Time”
“Stranger In A Strange Land”
“The Writing On The Wall”
“Days Of Future Past”
“The Time Machine”
“The Prisoner”
“Death Of The Celts”
“Can I Play With Madness”
“Heaven Can Wait”
“Alexander The Great”
“Fear Of The Dark”
“Iron Maiden”

Encore:
“Hell On Earth”
“The Trooper”
“Wasted Years”

On June 8th, British Lion – the side project of Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris – also performed at the Sweden Rock Festival. Fan-filmed video can be enjoyed below.

Alongside Harris in British Lion are vocalist Richard Taylor, guitarists David Hawkins and Grahame Leslie, as well as drummer Simon Dawson.

Catch British Lion on tour at the following shows:

June 
12 – Kamienna 12 – Krakow, Poland 
16 – Hellfest – Clisson, France
23 – Opium – Dublin, Ireland 
29 – Rebellion – Manchester, England 

July 
2 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, England 
10 – Q Factory – Amsterdam, Netherlands 
14 – Legend – Milan, Italy 
19 – Garaje Beat Club – Murcia, Spain 
24 – FZW – Dortmund, Germany
30 – Backstage Halle – Munich, Germany

June 10, 2023, 37 minutes ago

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Professor Of Rock has released the new video below, along with the following message:

“The making of one of the biggest rock albums of the ’80s was full of drama, comedy, secret messages, and young lust. Def Leppard’s Pyromania… it started out with Def Leppard having to fire their longtime guitarist, Pete Willis, who was so drunk he couldn’t play the songs. They brought in a hotshot rookie named Phil Collen, who became the missing piece that helped make this band one of the biggest of the rock era, and the only rock band outside of Led Zeppelin to have two straight 10 time platinum records and this was the start. Joe Elliott was revved up and ready to go with iconic hits like ‘Rock Of Ages’, ‘Photograph’, and ‘Foolin”. Up next, the story of a rock song that came from an old hymn book and the origins of the iconic gibberish that everyone has tried to translate for years, but came from the band not wanting to say the same old thing. The story of a record that sold over 10 million copies but was cursed to be #2 never reaching the #1 spot. Next on Professor of Rock.