Def Leppard And Poison Tour Dates W/ Special Guests Cheap Trick
February 27, 2009 by Scott
I would go to this just to see Cheap Trick. Def Leppard will be touring the United States with Poison and special guests Cheap Trick. 40 cities will become the hosts of these geriatric rock icons for what is sure to have plenty of aging groupies backstage. Tour dates after the fold.
Here is some ticket information from PR Newswire:
Tickets go on-sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 6th at www.livenation.com. Citi(R) cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning March 4th at 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass(R) Program. For complete presale details visit: www.privatepass.citi.com.
Discovering Derek Jordan’s Identity
February 26, 2009 by Scott
Sometime last year I mentioned on Metal Martyr that Modern Rock Is Dead. To me it was. There was just a lack of bands that wanted to make good rock music. Sure there were train-loads of bands like Hinder, Saving Able and such that seem to be more in the lines of putting together songs and living the life of the rock star. That’s a big problem in every genre of music to include metal, but there are enough “Underground” acts to follow that you can filter out the wanna-be’s and poser fairly easily in metal. I’ve felt this way for years. I lost my faith in modern rock and pretty much wrote it off. With the exception of a handful of rock bands in the mainstream, I wasn’t willing to listen to modern bands. Ana from Austin Sound Check told me to “turn off the radio, word of mouth and blogs”. Since then there have been a few bands that have caught me by surprise.
King Robert Theoden Plant
February 25, 2009 by Scott
Check out this screen-shot of Robert Plant’s picture next to a picture of King Theoden from The Lord Of The Rings. I thought it was pretty funny. You can see more people that look just like other people and things at Totallylookslike.com. You can view this one HERE.
Image: Screen-shot of Totallylookslike.com
Crue Fest 2: The White Trash Circus
February 25, 2009 by Scott
No, I didn’t make that up in order to take a punch at Motley Crue or their fans. That is the actual title of the new Crue Fest tour. Tickets go on sale March 2nd. Here is part of the press release. Tour dates after the fold.
Mötley Crüe, along with some of rock’s top touring acts, will hit the road again this summer for Crüe Fest 2: The White Trash Circus. The Live Nation produced tour will visit cities across North America beginning July 19th in Camden, NJ through September 5th in Darien Lake, NY. Full tour details, including the line up, will be revealed at a major press conference broadcast from FUSE TV studios in New York on March 16th, before Mötley Crüe hits the stage at Madison Square Garden that evening.
Crüe Fest 2 pre sale tickets will be available exclusively to Mötley Crüe fan club members beginning on February 25th. Beginning on March 2nd, pre sale tickets will be available to the public. Fans can go to www.cruefest2.com for all pre sale information.
J.D. Fortune Not So Fortunate. INXS Singer Living In His Pick-Up Truck
February 23, 2009 by Scott
Remember in 2005 when the first Rock Star: INXS show aired to find a new singer for the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence. I really didn’t care for their choice in J.D. Fortune, but it’s their band so it doesn’t matter. Anyway, J.D. Fortune was let go last year. It seems Fortune had a little cocaine problem that the band probably didn’t like, or at least that’s the conclusion everyone seems to come up with. According to Gibson.com, Hutchence first replacement, Jon Stevens had issues with the band before his departure in 2003.
Fortune is trying to finish a solo album, but it’s kind of tough when you;re living in your pick-up truck in Canada. J.D. was not a very nice character on the show and if that’s how he is in real life then all I can say is what comes around, goes around.
Crue Fest 2008 DVD Coming Soon
February 22, 2009 by Scott
2009 is well upon us and Motley Crue and Motley Crue has hit the road once more for a North American Tour before this summer’s Crue Fest 2 Kicks off. With 2008’s new album and first Crue Fest behind them, Motley Crue has decided to put together a DVD with footage from last years event.
Amazon has the DVD listed as a two piece set that as of right now you can preorder for $22.49. A release date for Crue Fest 2008 is March 24th.
Image: Sneak Attack Media
Depeche Mode North American Tour Dates
Depeche Mode is set to release their 12th studio album and hit the road in support. The album is called Sounds Of The Universe and will also come in a special edition CD/DVD and Deluxe Box set. Sounds Of The Universe is due out on April 21st. The Deluxe box set will include the following (from the press release):
- Three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 demos available exclusively– a career first for Depeche Mode.
- A DVD that will feature three films: Making The Universe, a behind-the scenes documentary about the recording of the album, Usual Thing, Try And Get The Question In The Answer (a conversation with the band discussing recording techniques, intercut with personal archive footage from previous album sessions) and Sounds Of The Universe (a short film featuring track by track with the band). The DVD will also include the promo video for the album’s first single “Wrong” (directed by Patrick Daughters), plus four songs filmed live in the studio in December 2008 and a version of the album the album mixed in DTS 5.1 surround sound
- Two 84-page hardback books, one featuring the lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds Of The Universe sessions, accompanied by exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn. The second book will contain exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin.
If you’re a vinyl collector, the album will also be release as a double vinyl that will include the cd and a download. You can find Depech Mode: Tour The Universe dates after the fold.
Stream U2’s No Line On The Horizon On Myspace
February 20, 2009 by Scott
U2 is streaming their entire new album on Myspace starting today, February 20th. You can hear all the tracks from No Line On The Horizon, which is due out on March 3rd.
Aerosmith Preparing To Hit The Studio
February 19, 2009 by Scott
Aerosmith is preparing to enter the studio to record a new album. Tom Hamilton posted an update at Aeroforceone.com that said:
The big news is that we had our first meeting and strategy session with our producer Brendan O’Brien. We’ve been wanting to work with him for a while. The meeting came on the heels of the band all working together for the first two weeks. Things are moving along and it’s now on the fast track. We had a day where we all got to listen to everyone’s songs and ideas. In the next few weeks we’ll be narrowing down what we’ve got.
You can read the rest of the update at Aeroforceone.com. The thing a lot of people are thinking about with Aerosmith these days is, do they really need to make another record. I used to love Aerosmith back in the day, but I honestly haven’t enjoyed an entire album of theirs since Permanent Vacation. Pump was alright, but everything after that started to seem like it had a more pop-ish approach and failed to really rock. Perhaps they have changed with the times instead of writing the same album 14 times like other classic rock bands, but I just haven’t been moved by Aerosmith in a long time.
On a side note, Tom Hamilton looks like death and Joey Kramer has been wearing that same vest for like 20+ years now. Much respect though.
Image: PR Photos
Pearl Jam: Ten Bonus Tracks Streaming On Myspace
Pearl Jam have posted the bonus tracks on their upcoming deluxe edition of their breakthrough Ten album on their Myspace. The deluxe edition will be available on March 24th and will come in different available packages. Ten will come in a Box set, Legacy 2 disc/1 dvd, 2 disc vinyl, and 2cd set.
The following content lists are from Amazon.com and state exactly what each set comes with.