Yesterday on June 4, occult party-rockers Ghost played a show in Amsterdam’s’ AFAS Live venue. On the very same night, pop sensation Harry Styles was booked to play at the Johan Cruijff Arena, a venue less than 200 metres away.
To emphasise just how close these two buildings are, if you had tickets to see both acts, you could probably duck out from one venue and make your way across the distance in no more than two minutes, barely missing the length of an entire song.
While different musical acts playing the nearby venues is pretty common place, this weekend’s booking meant that two rather polarising fanbases could be spotted standing directly parallel from each other while waiting in their queues, and the Internet is finding the scene rather amusing.
In a handful of new TikTok videos, gig-goers can be seen filming the delightful synchronicity of the booking – or there lack-of – with the pair of fan groups dressed entirely differently from one another.
Check out more videos capturing the moment below: one features Ghost fans, all dressed in black with ghoulish face-paint, with an incredibly-timed shadow fading them all into darkness. Then, panning over the street, a queue of flamboyantly-dressed Styles fans can be seen garbed in hues of pink and purple and feather boas, as one TikTokker declares: “So who’s idea was it to put a Harry Styles concert, where it’s all sunshine, pink, colour, right beside a metal concert, where all the goths are, in the shadow?”.
Laughing, they continue (while quickly darting their camera between the two lines): “The contrast is…HAPPY…METAL…HAPPY….METAL”.
Check out more videos capturing the funny moment below:
With the advent of another full moon, here is the latest single from Peter Gabriel – Road To Joy – you can listen to the new Bright Side mix in full below.
The new single was one of the last pieces completed for Gabriel’s upcoming solo album i/o, which he is expected to release later this year, and was written by Gabriel and produced by Gabriel along with Brian Eno.
“It was actually very late in the record that we got to this,” Gabriel explains. “There had been a song that musically I’d started, I think, around the OVO project called Pukka. It was very different to this, but it was actually the starting point for coming back to this song. I just felt there was a good groove there, and I wanted something else with rhythm and so we tried a few things when I was working with Brian Eno. The excitement and energy in the song was something that I was getting off on. I felt we didn’t have enough of that for this record.”
Eno, who first worked with Gabriel on 1992’s Us also features on the first single released, Panopticom.
Gabriel is currently on tour throughout Europe and will tour the US later in the year. You can see the dates below.
Peter Gabriel i/o Tour 2023
Jun 06: Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium Jun 08: Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland Jun 10: Cologne Lanxess Arena, Germany Jun 12: Hamburg Barclays Arena, Germany Jun 13: Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany Jun 15: Bordeaux Arkea Arena, France Jun 17: Birmingham Utilita Arena, UK Jun 19: London The O2, UK Jun 22: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK Jun 23: Manchester AO Arena, UK Jun 25: Dublin 3Arena, Ireland
Sep 08: Quebec City Videotron Centre, QC Sep 09: Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre, ON Sep 11: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON Sep 13: Montreal Bell Centre, QC Sep 14: Boston TD Garden, MA Sep 16: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PA Sep 18: New York Madison Square Garden, NY Sep 20: Washington Capital One Arena, DC Sep 22: Buffalo KeyBank Center, NY Sep 23: Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena, PA Sep 25: Columbus Nationwide Arena, OH Sep 27: Cleveland Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, OH Sep 29: Detroit Caesars Arena , MI Sep 30: Chicago United Center, IL Oct 02: Milwaukee Fiserv Forum, WI Oct 03: St. Paul Excel Energy Center, MN Oct 07: Vancouver Rogers Arena, BC Oct 08: Seattle Climate Pledge Arena, WA Oct 11: San Francisco Chase Center, CA Oct 13: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA Oct 14: Palm Springs Acrisure Arena, CA Oct 16: Denver Ball Arena, CO Oct 18: Austin Moody Center, TX Oct 19: Dallas American Airlines Center, TX Oct 21: Houston Toyota Center, TX
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Iron Maiden kicked off The Future Past Tour 2023 on May 28 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. On June 4th they performed at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland. Fan-filmed video from the show is available 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 Future Past Tour features previously unperformed songs from Iron Maiden’s most recent studio album, Senjutsu along with a focus on 1986’s iconic Somewhere In Time record, plus other classic cuts.
To view their complete tour schedule, visit this location.
The following official Opening Night video has been issued by the band:
Finland’s Chaoszine recently decided to start new series on their official YouTube Channel focusing mostly on Finnish bands and their history. The new episode is now out and the featured band is Nightwish. Check it out below.
Nightwish recently announced that they will not be touring in support of their next studio album. The follow-up to 2020’s Human. :II: Nature. is due for release in 2024. The band shared the news earlier today.
Says Nightwish: “As the Human :ll: Nature – World Tour is drawing to a close, we feel now is the time to tell you of our plans for the next phase in our journey. After the planned shows for June 2023 we will be “hanging up our spurs” for an indeterminate time, as far as live concert performances go, and won’t be touring the next album.
The reasons for this decision are personal, but, we all agree, vital to the wellbeing and future of the band. Be assured that we still love working together, and this decision has nothing to do with Floor`s pregnancy or our other individual projects.
However, an album of 12 new songs will see bright daylight in 2024, as will 3 music videos! The band is positively hyped beyond words over this new upcoming musical adventure.
Stay tuned for updates from our legendary Nightwish band camp & studio this summer!” – Tuomas, Floor, Emppu, Troy, Kai & Jukkis
Foo Fighters onstage at Rock Am Ring in Germany on Friday(Image credit: Gina Wetzler )
Foo Fighters have added another batch of dates to their schedule. The band, who returned to the road at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, NH, on May 24, have confirmed a run of shows in Australia and New Zealand for late this year and early next year.
The first of five Australian shows will be at the HBF Stadium in Perth, WA, on November 29, and be followed by shows in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. After breaking for Christmas, the band will return down under for three NZ shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in late January.
Tickets go on sale this Thursday, June 15. Full dates below.
Foo Fighters, who played two shows in Germany this weekend at the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals, return to North America for the next leg of their tour, which kicks off at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, AR, on June 14.
The band’s new album, But Here We Are, was released on Friday.
(Image credit: Frontier Touring)
Foo Fighters
Jun 14: Rogers Walmart AMP, AR Jun 16: Pelham Oak Mountain Amphithea, AL Jun 18: Manchester Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, TN Jul 08: Quebec City Festival D’ete De Quebec, QC Jul 12: Ottawa Bluesfest, ON, Canada Jul 15: Milwaukee Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival, WI Jul 29: Naeba Fuji Rock, Japan Aug 04: Spokane Arena, WA Aug 06: Big Sky Wildlands Festival, MT Aug 08: Salt Lake City USANA Amphitheatre, UT Aug 10: Stateline Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s, NV Aug 12: San Francisco Outside Lands Festival, CA Sep 03: Aspen Jazz Aspen Snowmnass, CO Sep 07: Curitiba Estadio Couto Pereia, Brazil Sep 09: Sao Paulo The Town, Brazil Sep 15: Chicago Riot Fest, IL Sep 17: Asbury Park Sea.Hear.Now, NJ Sep 19: Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, CA Sep 21: Louisville Louder Than Life, KY Oct 01: Dana Point Ohana Festival, CA Oct 03: Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater, AZ Oct 05: El Paso Don Haskins CenterV, TX Oct 07: Austin ACL Festival, TX Oct 14: Austin ACL Festival, TX Nov 26: Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix, United Arab Emirates Nov 29: Perth HBF Stadium, Australia Dec 02: Adelaide Coopers Stadium, Australia Dec 04: Melbourne AAMI Park, Australia Dec 09: Sydney Accor Stadium, Australia Dec 12: Brisbane Suncorp Stadium, Austalia Jan 20: Auckland Go Media Stadium, New Zealand Jan 24: Christchurch Orangetheory Stadium, New Zealand Jan 27: Wellington Sky Stadium, New Zealand
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Drumeo has shared a new challenge video, this time featuring Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande. Check out the video below.
Drumeo: “Eloy Casagrande, the drummer of Sepultura, recently took on the challenge of learning the new Foo Fighters song “Rescued” as quickly as possible. Despite the difficult challenge, Casagrande showcased his incredible talent and determination and was able to nail the song in just six takes.”
Metal legends Cavalera have re-recorded Supultura’s first EP, Bestial Devastation, and first full-length album, Morbid Visions. The albums will be released on July 14 via Nuclear Blast Records.
They recently released the first single, “Morbid Visions”. In the new video below, Max and Iggor Cavalera discuss the re-recorded track:
Stream the new re-recorded single “Morbid Visions” here, and watch the lyric video below:
Morbid Visions will be available digitally and in the following formats:
– CD Jewel – Red Cassette (Limited to 300) – Vinyl * Red, Black, White Splatter * Red, Black Corona
Bestial Devastation will be available digitally and in the following formats:
– CD Jewel – Orange Cassette (Limited to 300) – Vinyl * Orange Swirl * White, Black Corona
Morbid Visions and Bestial Devastation were re-recorded at The Platinum Underground. The albums were produced by Max Cavalera and Iggor Cavalera while John Aquilino handled the engineering. Arthur Rizk was responsible for the mixing and mastering of both albums. Cavalera enlisted Eliran Kantor to create the artwork for both albums.
Max Cavalera comments, “As we get harder year after year, sometimes you’ve got to go back to where it all started! We re-recorded Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions with the amazing sound of NOW, but with its raw and timeless spirit. The artwork reflects the times we’re living in right now…. Apocalyptic as hell! We also have two new tracks with riffs from those days, remembered by heart.”
Iggor Cavalera states, “I always felt like the recordings of our earlier work didn’t do justice to the way we performed the songs. So, this is a very special moment in our lives that we are very proud to show you real fans our true representation of the amazing records Bestial Devastation & Morbid Visions with an insane visual identity…enjoy and see you all in the pit”
Morbid Visions tracklisting:
“Morbid Visions” “Mayhem” “Troops Of Doom” “War” “Crucifixion” “Show Me The Wrath” “Funeral Rites” “Empire Of The Damned” “Burn The Dead”
Bestial Devastation tracklisting:
“The Curse” “Bestial Devastation” “Antichrist” “Necromancer” “Warriors Of Death” “Sexta Feira 13”
Cavalera is also proud to announce they are hitting the road this fall on their “Morbid Devastation Tour”. The 40-date trek will kick off in Albuquerque and will make its way to Chicago, Houston and Baltimore, and Denver before concluding on October 18 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Accompanying the brothers on stage will be Igor Amadeus Cavalera fulfilling bass duties and Travis Stone will be supplying lead guitars. Exhumed and Incite will be opening the tour package each night.
August 29 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel 31 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
September 1 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater 2 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues 3 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn 5 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre 6 – Knoxville, TN – The Concourse 7 – Danville, VA – Blue Ridge Rock Fest 8 – Columbus, OH – The KING of CLUBS 9 – Cave-In-Rock, IL – Full Terror Open Air 10 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall 12 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater 14 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre 15 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee 16 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory 18 – El Paso, TX – RockHouse Bar & Grill 19 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre 20 – Houston, TX – House of Blues 21 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall 22 – Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater 23 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West 25 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage 26 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom 27 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza 28 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club 29 – Reading, PA – Reverb 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
October 1 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom 2 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line 5 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s 6 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room 7 – Denver, CO – Oriental Theater 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex 10 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile 11 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall 12 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom 14 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades 15 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall 17 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Alice Cooper only played live on The Midnight Special once, but when he finally did – in early 1979 – it was truly something else.
The Detroit man had been interviewed on the show in August 1976 as part of a two-part “Tribute To Alice Cooper” segment, but three years later he arrived in the wake of 1978’s controversial From The Inside album with full band in tow, and hosted the show with a special guest, legendary DJ Wolfman Jack.
It was not like other shows. The Wolfman interviewed Cooper before he played Inmates (We’re All Crazy) from the new album, but Cooper wore a mask over his mask so that his responses were muffled. And there was a bizarre fantasy skit that involved a straightjacketed Alice being held in a cage while disco dancers enthusiastically boogied.
Cooper performed two more tracks from From The Inside, the title track and Serious, and revisited his back catalogue for three classics: 1975’s Only Women Bleed, 1973’s Billion Dollar Babies, and 1970’s I’m Eighteen. And it’s the latter that’s just been added to The Midnight Special‘s ever-growing YouTube archive.
You have to assume that the rest of the set will be added to the archive soon, but this is a great start, with a band featuring Elton John’s regular guitarist Davey Johnstone alongside three musicians who’d played on 1975’s Welcome To My Nightmare: the legendary rhythm partnership of bassist Prakash John on bass and drummer Whitey Glan, plus keyboardist Jozef Chirowski.
Live In Rio, the new album from Cooper’ssupergroup Hollywood Vampires, is out today. Hollywood Vampires’ European tour begins on June 8 in Romania. Full dates below.
Hollywood Vampires European Tour 2023
Jun 08: Bucharest Romexpo, Romania Jun 10: Istanbul Life Park, Turkey Jun 12: Sofia Arena-Armeec, Bulgaria Jun 15: Clisson Hellfest Open Air, France Jun 17: Landgraaf Pinkpop Festival, Netherlands Jun 18: Antwerp Graspop Festival, Belgium Jun 20: Oberhausen Rudolf Weber Arena, Germany Jun 21: Luxembourg Rockhal, Luxembourg Jun 23: Grenchen Summerside Festival, Switzerland Jun 24: Munich Olympiahalle, Germany Jun 25: Paris Zenith La Villette, France Jun 27: Hamburg Stadtpark, Germany Jun 28: Berlin Citadel Music Festival, Germany Jun 30: Mainz Summer in the City, Germany Jul 01: Sperken Castle Clam, Austria Jul 02: Marostica Marostica Summer Festival, Italy Jul 05: Scarborough Open Air Theatre, UK Jul 07: Swansea Swansea Arena, UK Jul 08: Manchester AO Arena, UK Jul 09: London The O2, UK Jul 11: Birmingham Utilita Arena, UK Jul 12: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK Jul 15: Stuttgart Hanns-Martin Schleyer-Halle, Germany Jul 16: Slavkov Open Air, Czech Republic Jul 18: Budapest Papp Laszlo Sports Arena, Hungary Jul 20: Slatina Olympic Fields Zvolenska, Slovakia Jul 22: Slupsk Legends of Rock Charlotta Valley, Poland Jul 23: Wolfsburg Summerstage Autostadt, Germany
Jul 28: Boston Wang Theatre – Boch Center, MA Jul 29: Manchester SNHU Arena, NH Jul 30: Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, NY
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Hear how the Red Rocker name transpired from one of Sammy Hagar’s most impactful fan moments.
Catch Sammy Hagar & The Circle (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham, Vic Johnson) live at the following shows in 2023:
July 14 – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena At Harveys – Stateline, NV 15 – Pearl Theater – Las Vegas, NV – SOLD OUT
October 9 – Cabo Wabo Cantina – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 11 – Cabo Wabo Cantina – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 13 – Cabo Wabo Cantina – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 26 – The St. Augustine Amphitheatre – St. Augustine, FL 28 – The Sound At Coachman Park – Clearwater, FL 29 – Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL
Guns N’ Roses kicked off their 2023 world tour in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, June 1st, performing a few songs for the first time in 30 or more years, reports Spencer Kaufman of Consequence Heavy.
Among the rarities in the 32-song set were the Use Your Illusion I track “Bad Obsessions” (first time since 1993), the Use Your Illusion II cut “Pretty Tied Up” (first time since 1992), and the Appetite For Destruction song “Anything Goes” (first time since 1988). The show also marked the live debut of a cover of The Stooges’ “T.V. Eye”, sung by bassist Duff McKagan.
The setlist from the Abu Dhabi concert, along with fan-filmed video, are available below.
“It’s So Easy” “Bad Obsession” (first time since 1993) “Chinese Democracy” “Slither” (Velvet Revolver cover) “Pretty Tied Up” (first time since 1992) “Welcome To The Jungle” “Mr. Brownstone” “Hard Skool” “Double Talkin’ Jive” “Reckless Life” “Absurd” “You Could Be Mine” “Down On The Farm” (UK Subs cover – first time since 2006) “Rocket Queen” “T.V. Eye” (The Stooges cover – Duff on vocals, live debut) “Anything Goes” (first time since 1988) “Civil War” (Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” outro) “This I Love” “Live And Let” Die (Wings cover) “Estranged” Slash Guitar Solo “Sweet Child O’ Mine” “November Rain” “Wichita Lineman” (Jimmy Webb cover) “Street Of Dreams” “Nice Boys” (Rose Tattoo cover) “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan cover) “Nightrain” “Patience” (The Impressions’ “People Get Ready” intro) “Don’t Cry” “My Michelle” “Paradise City”
The next Guns N’ Roses show is June 5th in Tel Aviv. Their complete tour schedule can be found here.
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Those paying close attention to Avenged Sevenfold over the past decade will know by now that guessing their next move is nigh-on impossible. But even the most wildly speculative fan couldn’t possibly have predicted this: almost seven years since the release of the prog-powered existential musings of The Stage, Orange County’s biggest ever metal export have crafted one of the boldest, weirdest and most majestic records the genre has seen in some time.
Expanding on the conceptually loaded whims of its predecessor, Life Is But A Dream… tackles more of life’s big questions, inspired by the work of absurdist French philosopher Albert Camus and, according to frontman M Shadows, fuelled by some band members’ recent dabbles with psychedelics. It’s the latter influence that feels most immediately apt, because make no mistake about it, this album is a trip.
Opening with Game Over, a demented metal banger which sounds like Avenged channelling System Of A Down via Danny Elfman, things don’t fly too far off the handle at first: sprinkled around the noise are some delicate acoustic flourishes, a light bit of orchestral mischief, some nice crooning from Shadows to break up the mayhem. Mattel, lead-off single Nobody and We Love You also at least flirt with familiar territory, lurching from driving groove metal to droning doom to spiky thrash, layered with lush strings, tinkly piano, woozy sci-fi effects, ominous horns and subversive choir calls.
Then things get really weird. Whether it’s the shimmering space opera of Cosmic and its dalliances with everything from Pink Floyd to Elton John,Beautiful Morning’s hazy, psychedelic pop crashing into grinding, Dimebag-esque riffs, or Easier channelling Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West and, er, Space Invaders in less than four minutes, this is the sound of Avenged not just casting off their own shackles but also the shackles of modern metal itself. Best of all is that it all works magnificently.
If you want jazzy, noodling prog rock, then G is here for you. Fancy an inverted take on Daft Punk’s Get Lucky? Have a bit of (O)rdinary. By the time you’re sat listening to (D)eath laying out what a Sinatra ballad might sound like if Ol’ Blue Eyes fell into hell at the end, you’re as shell-shocked as you are delighted.
With Life Is But A Dream… Avenged Sevenfold haven’t just transcended their metal peers for good, they’ve also created their definitive artistic statement. And it’s bloody fantastic.
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