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Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival postponed to 2021

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:00:04 +0000

The 2020 edition of Eddie Vedder 's Ohana Festival has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally set to take place this September in Dana Point, California, the three-day event will now take place September 24-26, 2021 in the same venue.

Fortunately, the full lineup scheduled for Ohana 2020 will return for next year's event, including headliners Pearl Jam , Kings of Leon , and Vedder solo. The bill also includes The Pretenders , Radiohead 's Ed O'Brien , My Morning Jacket , Maggie Rogers , Broken Social Scene , and Sharon Van Etten .

Previously purchased tickets for the 2020 festival will be valid in 2021. Ticket-holders who cannot attend the rescheduled dates may also receive a refund.

For more info, visit OhanaFest.com .

By Josh Johnson
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Bring Me the Horizon unveils new release date for upcoming "Parasite Eve" single

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:00:39 +0000

Bring Me the Horizon will be bringing you new music later this week.

The U.K. rockers have announced that their upcoming single, "Parasite Eve," will officially drop this Thursday, June 25.

"Parasite Eve" was originally scheduled to arrive on June 10, but its release was delayed in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing protests against racism and police brutality.

Bring Me the Horizon's most recent release is their experimental Music to listen to ... EP, which dropped last December. That followed the band's latest full-length effort, 2019's Amo .

By Josh Johnson
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Slipknot's Jay Weinberg pays tribute to dad Max Weinberg with Father's Day Bruce Springsteen cover

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 18:15:40 +0000

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg paid tribute to his dad with a Father's Day cover of a Bruce Springsteen song.

Weinberg's father, of course, is Max Weinberg , who plays drums in The Boss' E Street Band . The elder Weinberg was also Conan O'Brien 's bandleader.

In honor of his father, Jay laid down the beat for the Springsteen song "Candy's Room," with assistance from members of High on Fire , Royal Thunder and Mutoid Man .

"A #HappyFathersDay tip of the cap to my all-time favorite drummer, @EStreetMax," Jay tweeted .

You can watch the performance streaming now on YouTube .

By Josh Johnson
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Evanescence pushes European tour with Within Temptation to 2021

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:15:17 +0000

Evanescence has postponed the band's European co-headlining tour with Within Temptation to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The joint outing was originally scheduled to launch this past April before being moved to this coming fall. It will now kick off in September of next year.

There is one silver lining to the postponement: Amy Lee and company will be working on finishing the new Evanescence album, The Bitter Truth , during the time they would've been on the road.

"We are so disappointed that we won't be seeing you this fall, but we're accepting the challenge 2020 is giving us and pouring our time and hearts into making a great album instead," the band says . "Friends, we miss you terribly and can't wait to play these songs for you next year!"

Previously purchased tickets will be valid at the rescheduled dates. For all ticket info, visit Evanescence.com .

By Josh Johnson
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Dave Grohl shares Father's Day tribute to his late dad, James Harper Grohl

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:30:05 +0000

Dave Grohl shared a new entry in his Dave's True Stories series on Father's Day with a tribute to his late dad, James Harper Grohl .

In the lengthy post, the Foo Fighters frontman describes his father, who was an award-winning journalist, as a "complicated man of many, sometimes-conflicting layers...A true Renaissance man, yet so conservative that he would sometimes by mistaken in public for the legendary political commentator George Will ."

Grohl goes on to explain how, when he was a teenager, his father forbade him from playing music with his friends due to his poor grades at school -- a rule that Grohl did not adhere to. One evening, after the younger Grohl had secretly planned and played his own punk show, James sat his son down and had the "dreaded 'What do you want to do with your life?' lecture."

Later that night, the 16-year-old future Nirvana drummer wrote a letter to his father, explaining that he was leaving home.

"The next day, [my father] called and only said, 'Don't ever do that again, David,'" Grohl writes. "Fortunately, I never had to, because from that moment on he recognized that I knew in my heart who I was and who I wanted to be, and that nothing could stop me from becoming that person no matter what."

"From that day forward, my father and I formed a new dynamic in our relationship," he continues. "Over the years we developed a friendship based on mutual respect."

Grohl adds that he's been thinking more about his father lately as he's begun to write more amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Just call it 'kicking the apple back up the hill a bit,'" Grohl muses. "If only he were still around to read it."

By Josh Johnson
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Twenty One Pilots premieres "never-ending" "Level of Concern" video

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:00:34 +0000

We already have a song that doesn't end , but now there's a video that doesn't end, courtesy of Twenty One Pilots .

Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun have premiered a "Never-Ending" music video to accompany their latest single, "Level of Concern." The first-of-its-kind clip uses fan-submitted content to continually update with new footage indefinitely.

You can watch it livestreaming now and forever on YouTube .

The "Never-Ending" video follows the mysterious Twenty One Pilots online scavenger hunt, which launched earlier in June. Those who solved the incredibly elaborate puzzle, which involved uncovering codes by using symbols, glitched files and global coordinates, were among the first to upload their content for the video.

If you want to take part, you can upload your own footage now LoC.TwentyOnePilots.com .

By Josh Johnson
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Kurt Cobain's guitar fetches $6 mil at auction

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:00:31 +0000

In a record breaking sale, the guitar Kurt Cobain used for Nirvana 's 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for just over $6 million.

The guitar was used by Cobain just five months before his tragic death.

The bidding for the 1959 Martin D-18E the late rocker used started at $1 million before ultimately being won by Rode Microphones founder Peter Freedman in Julien's Auctions "Music Icons" auction.

The site noted that "Nirvana’s acoustic performance that night "produced one of the greatest live albums of all time MTV Unplugged in New York ," adding that "cuts from the album would go on to become the most celebrated and defining versions of Nirvana’s songs."

A day earlier, as part of the same auction, Prince 's 1984 "Blue Angel" Cloud 2 electric guitar sold for $563,500.

By Danielle Long
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Watch Paul McCartney play trumpet with Dave Grohl during online special benefiting famed New Orleans jazz band

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:00:32 +0000

Paul McCartney is among the music stars who performed during a virtual fundraising event for New Orleans' famous Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Preservation Hall Foundation that streamed live Saturday, and can be watched now at the group's Facebook page .

McCartney showed off his trumpet skills and sang during a star-studded virtual rendition of the New Orleans anthem "When the Saints Go Marching In" that served as the finale of the event, dubbed 'Round Midnight Preserves . The performance also featured many other musicians who took part in the special, including Elvis Costello , Dave Grohl , Dave Matthews , Arcade Fire 's Win Butler , My Morning Jacket 's Jim James , legendary New Orleans soul singer Irma Thomas , and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's members.

The four-hour show, which was hosted by Preservation Hall Jazz Band creative director Ben Jaffe , featured live performances, new videos made specifically for the special, archival live performances by various artists collaborating with the Jazz Band, and interview segments.

Costello was interviewed by Jaffe and also played a solo acoustic version of his 2006 song "The River in Reverse." In addition, Elvis appeared in an archival clip performing with the Jazz Band at Preservation Hall.

Grohl was featured in several segments, including being interviewed about his experience recording with Foo Fighters at Preservation Hall, a video in which he performed the Preservation Hall Jazz Band original "Come with Me" virtually with the group, and a solo acoustic performance of Foo Fighters' "Best of You."

Other artists who appeared on the special, either in person or via archival clips, included Beck , Nathaniel Rateliff , Maroon 5 's PJ Morton , and The Late Show band leader Jon Batiste .

Donations are being accepted at PresHallFoundation.org . An online auction also is being held to raise money for the band and the charity.

(Video includes sporadic profanity.)

By Matt Friedlander
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Join Deftones for 20th anniversary 'White Pony' listening party

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:00:27 +0000

If you haven't already played it to death over the weekend to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Deftones is hosting a special White Pony global listening party Monday night.

You can tune in and follow along with Chino Moreno and company during a playback of the beloved 2000 album starting at 9 p.m. ET via the Deftones YouTube channel .

White Pony , which was released on June 20, 2000, officially turned 20 on Saturday. The album's been certified platinum and spawned the singles "Change (In the House of Flies)" and "Digital Bath," and is widely considered to be one of the best Deftones records, if not the best.

In further celebration of the two-decade milestone, a White Pony reissue is due out later this year. The package is set to include a special remix album, titled Black Stallion .

Last month, Deftones hosted a listening party for their 2010 album, Diamond Eyes , to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

By Josh Johnson
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Listen to new AWOLNATION song, "Jet Pack (Capala)"

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:34 +0000

AWOLNATION has premiered a new song, "Jet Pack (Capala)."

The track is available exclusively through Bandcamp , which is donating its portions to the proceeds for all songs download on the platform Friday to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in honor of Juneteenth. In turn, AWOLNATION will be donating the artist share of the sales to Black Outside, which aims to "reconnect black youth to the outdoors."

"I can't think of a better reason to release this song than the weight of time we are in and our desire to support the people and organizations who are working to make a positive impact," says frontman Aaron Bruno .

"Jet Pack (Capala)" follows AWOLNATION's new album, Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders , which was released in April. It includes the singles "The Best" and "Mayday!!! Fiesta Forever."

By Josh Johnson
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System of a Down's John Dolmayan: "Whatever your politics, you are all welcome"

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:00:30 +0000

System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan has declared that the band's music is for everyone, no matter their political opinions.

"You are why all of us in system have what we have and we owe you a debt of gratitude for sticking with us all these years," Dolmayan wrote in an Instagram post, thanking fans.

"Whatever your politics you are all welcome," he added. "System of a Down is for all of you and always will be. Music has the power to bring us all together if we can just put differences aside, thank you all I love you all."

Dolmayan's statement is seemingly a response to frontman Serj Tankian 's post from earlier this week, in which he shared the lyrics to an early System demo called "Temper."

"If you love this song or play along to it and love [ Donald ] Trump , you're a hypocrite," Tankian wrote. "Just a simple fact."

Dolmayan, meanwhile, is a Trump supporter, and has called the president the "greatest friend to minorities."

In response to a comment on his post asking what Dolmayan thought about what Tankian said, the drummer replied, "I hope [Tankian] was misunderstood when he said that."

"I don't believe he thinks that way," Dolmayan added.

Dolmayan also responded to a comment asking if he disagreed with System's lyrics.

"I agree with some disagree with others," he wrote. "I try to take the best parts of things."

By Josh Johnson
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Low on energy? Watch Lamb of God's "Gears" video

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:30:11 +0000

Lamb of God has premiered the video for "Gears," a track off the band's just-released self-titled album.

The clip follows a pair of office workers who find a flyer promising to fix those who are "feeling down" and "low on energy." Turns out, the prescribed cure is actually simply a compulsion to buy new stuff.

You can watch the "Gears" video streaming now on YouTube .

Lamb of God the album, the follow-up to 2015's VII: Sturm Und Drang , is out today. Lamb of God the band is supposed to be currently on the road with Megadeth in support of the record, but the tour's been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Josh Johnson
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Kid Rock's Nashville bar issued temporary beer permit suspension for violating COVID-19 restrictions

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:30:09 +0000

You won't be able to grab a beer at Kid Rock 's Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse for the next few days.

According to the Tennessean , the "Bawitdaba" rocker's namesake Nashville bar and restaurant is one of four Music City establishments that got hit with a five-day beer permit suspension after violating COVID-19 restrictions.

Currently, Tennessee's Davidson County does not allow customers to be seated or served at a public bar. Kid Rock's Big Honky Tonk was apparently caught doing just that by the Metropolitan Beer Permit Board over the weekend, thus earning them the permit suspension.

"They were in violation of two points of the order that states bar areas must remain closed to the public," said inspector Melvin Brown . "No interaction with the public is allowed, and alcohol can only be served at tables and booths."

You may recall that the Big Honky Tonk was the center of some controversy early on in the quarantine back in March. Co-owner Steve Smith had initially insisted on keeping it open in defiance of Nashville Mayor John Cooper 's mandate to close all bars and restaurants, before eventually shutting it down in compliance.

By Josh Johnson
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Dave Grohl, Robert Plant, Billie Eilish & more sign letter to Congress in support of independent venues

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:45:26 +0000

D ave Grohl , Robert Plant and Billie Eilish are among hundreds of artists who've signed an open letter to Congress in support of independent music venues that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The letter, which was organized by the National Independent Venue Association, or NIVA, asks Congress for federal funding to assist such performance spaces while they can't hold shows amid quarantine. According to NIVA, should lockdown last six months, 90 percent of independent venues will never be able to reopen again without federal assistance.

"We are asking you to support NIVA's request for assistance so these beloved venues can reopen when it's safe and welcome us and our fans back in," the letter reads. "The collapse of this crucial element in the music industry's ecosystem would be devastating."

Other artists who've signed the letter include Ozzy Osbourne , Coldplay , Queens of the Stone Age 's Josh Homme , Nine Inch Nails ' Trent Reznor , Alabama Shakes ' Brittany Howard , Alice Cooper , Beck , Vampire Weekend , The Black Keys ' Patrick Carney , St. Vincent , and The Lumineeers .

To read the full letter and see the full list of signing artists, visit NIVAssoc.org .

By Josh Johnson
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Lamb of God takes a ride through history from the Industrial Revolution with new, self-titled album

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:00:36 +0000

On Lamb of God 's new, self-titled album, frontman Randy Blythe tackles a number of different issues, including environmental pollution, immigration, and politics in general. But in writing about these topics, Blythe felt the need to dig back to their roots.

"I'm like, 'This is really messed up. How did we get here?'" Blythe tells ABC Audio. "And that's what I started thinking about. These sort of shifts in our character in modern society, and it's messed up. So I started thinking, 'How did this start?'"

"I took it back to the beginning of consumer culture and mass marketing advertising, which began around the Industrial Revolution," he continues. "So that's where I started writing from."

The song "Gears," for example, takes place in England during, as Blythe puts it, "18-whenever." Meanwhile, a song like "New Colossal Hate" references the meaning of the Statue of Liberty, and "Checkmate" tackles our polarized political system. "Poison Dreams," meanwhile, is about the history of water pollution in the U.S., something that Blythe has dealt with personally throughout his entire life.

"All this stuff has happened during my lifetime, but it's been going on for years before that, too," Blythe says. "So it's seen through my lens, but it's not exactly, like, 'This is happening right now, you need to pay attention to this!' It's stuff that has always been happening."

Blythe adds that the album isn't explicitly about the current president, either.

"I didn't want to write a record about Donald Trump ," Blythe laughs. "He's just a symptom of a much larger problem."

Lamb of God is out today.

By Josh Johnson
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Listen to Filter's first new single in four years, "Thoughts and Prayers"

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:18 +0000

F ilter has premiered a new single for the first time in four years.

Though it took awhile, the track, titled "Thoughts and Prayers," seems quite timely, with frontman Richard Patrick singing lyrics such as, "Thoughts and prayers/post and shares/I'm bleeding out of open wounds/another day that no one cares."

You can download "Thoughts and Prayers" now via digital outlets.

"Thoughts and Prayers" is the first preview of an upcoming new Filter album, which, according to an Instagram post from Patrick, is called 'Murica .

Filter's most recent album is 2016's Crazy Eyes . Patrick and fellow original member Brian Liesegang had planned to record an called reBus -- conceived as a sequel to Filter's 1995 debut album, Short Bus -- but the project was canceled when the crowdfunding site PledgeMusic went bankrupt in 2019.

By Josh Johnson
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Disturbed announces rescheduled dates for 'The Sickness' tour

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:00:05 +0000

D isturbed has announced the rescheduled dates for the band's 20th anniversary The Sickness tour.

The run was supposed to kick off this July, but was postponed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will now launch July 7, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

As with the originally announced dates, Staind and Bad Wolves will provide support for the 2021 shows.

Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the rescheduled dates. Ticket holders may also request a refund at point of purchase.

For all ticket info, visit Disturbed1.com .

By Josh Johnson
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Deftones prepping 'White Pony' 20th anniversary reissue including 'Black Stallion' remix album

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:00:01 +0000

Deftones ' beloved 2000 album White Pony officially turns 20 this Saturday, and the band is planning a special reissue to celebrate.

During a virtual press conference on Wednesday, frontman Chino Moreno revealed that the forthcoming reissue, due out later this year, will be accompanied by a special remix album, titled Black Stallion .

"We have different remixers on it...some that actually inspired some of the writing of the record itself, the original album itself," Moreno explained. "So it's kind of come full circle."

White Pony , the third Deftones album, was released June 20, 2000. It's been certified platinum and spawned the singles "Change (In the House of Flies)" and "Digital Bath."

Meanwhile, a new Deftones album, the follow-up to 2016's Gore , is due out in the fall.

By Josh Johnson
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Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard announce rescheduled Stadium Tour dates with Poison & Joan Jett

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:40:15 +0000

Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard were supposed to kick off their Stadium Tour with Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts this past Thursday night. While that's not happening for COVID-19 reasons, we know now when the postponed trek will take place.

The giant outing, which will hit stadiums across the U.S., is now scheduled to kick off June 19, 2021 , in Nashville, and run through a September 12 concert in San Diego.

Tickets purchased to the originally scheduled shows will be honored at the new dates. Refunds are also available for ticket-holders who cannot attend the rescheduled concerts.

For all refund info, visit LiveNation.com/Refund .

For Mötley Crüe, the Stadium Tour is the group's first live outing since playing what they called their "final" show on New Year's Eve 2015.

By Josh Johnson
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Ex-Of Mice & Men frontman Austin Carlile denies accusations of sexual assault as "false and defamatory"

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:00:14 +0000

Former Of Mice & Men frontman Austin Carlile has denied accusations of sexual assault as "false and defamatory."

Earlier this month, a woman shared a Facebook post alleging that Carlile "raped girls, probably more than anyone even knows about," and that he's a "predator seeking out underage girls by using his position in the music industry to do so."

The woman also said that she was one of over 15 girls who spoke to Alternative Press for an article about Carlile's alleged sexual misconduct, but the piece was never published. In its own statement , Alternative Press acknowledged the existence of the article, and said in part that the story was not published "because we could not check all the boxes we, as journalists, must check."

In an Instagram post published Thursday morning, Carlile writes, "I have never physically abused, preyed upon, forced myself upon, or drugged any woman. These accusations are false and defamatory."

"I did things and acted in ways that I am not proud of, but never have I violated anyone," he continues. "These 'accusations' being thrown around on social media, in our current 'cancel culture' climate, are extremely heinous and completely without merit.

Carlile adds that the accusations against him "have been investigated by the appropriate authorities as well as independent journalists and were determined to be unfounded."

"All women deserve to feel safe, supported, and heard," he concludes. "But these unjust attacks upon my family and accusations against me are decades old claims that are unfounded."

Carlile left Of Mice & Men in 2016 due to health issues. After the allegations broke, Of Mice & Men tweeted that they had no prior knowledge of the Alt Press piece, and had no part in "suppressing any such article."

"We absolutely condemn sexual violence and harassment in any form," the band said.

By Josh Johnson
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