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FRANK ZAPPA's Recordings, Song Catalog And Film Archive Acquired By UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

Universal Music Group (UMG),the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced an agreement between Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva Zappa (the Zappa Trust) to acquire Frank Zappa's estate, including his expansive recordings, publishing catalog of iconic songs, film archive, and the comple...

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MOTÖRHEAD Manager Says LEMMY's HELLFEST Ceremony Is First In Series Of Memorializations To Legendary Frontman

After a two-year absence due to COVID-19, one of the biggest heavy metal festivals in the world, Hellfest in Clisson, France, returned with two sold-out weekends packed with some of the biggest names in rock and metal music. It also hosted the first international memorialization of the Grammy Award-...

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ASIA Feat. Original Members CARL PALMER And GEOFF DOWNES: 40th-Anniversary U.S. Tour Rescheduled For 2023

ASIA, one of the greatest and best-loved supergroups to emerge during the 1980s, will embark on an extensive U.S. tour in March 2023 to promote the 40th anniversary of its multi-platinum debut album and the new "Asia In Asia" box set. The tour, which had originally been set for August 2022 as a co-b...

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RATT's STEPHEN PEARCY On Beating Cancer: 'Every Day Above Ground Is A Good Day'

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", RATT singer Stephen Pearcy once again opened up about his private three-year battle with liver cancer. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[Right now I am] just monitoring [everything regula...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO's 80th Birthday To Be Celebrated At Special Event At Legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill

Ronnie James Dio would have turned 80 years old on July 10. To celebrate this historic day, the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood will host "At The Rainbow In The Dark", a special event for Dio family, friends, and fans, on July 7 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. PDT. The...

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Watch: SKID ROW Performs At Milwaukee's SUMMERFEST

Fan-filmed video of SKID ROW's June 24 performance at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin can be seen below. SKID ROW's new album, "The Gang's All Here", will be released on October 14 via earMUSIC. The band recorded most of the effort in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of MEGADETH's Entire Performance At This Year's HELLFEST

Professionally filmed video of MEGADETH's entire June 18 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. Featured songs: 01:37 Hangar 18 06:55 Dread And The Fugitive Mind 11:24 The Threat Is Real 16:53 Angry Again 20:33 The Conjuring 26:17 Sweating Bullets 31:42 Conquer Or Die 34:55 Dy...

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Watch: SEPULTURA Plays Second Show With Fill-In Guitarist JEAN PATTON

SEPULTURA played its second show with fill-in guitarist Jean Patton (PROJECT46) Friday night (June 24) at the Tons Of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be found below. On Wednesday, SEPULTURA announced that guitarist Andreas Kisser was forced to leave the band's...

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EXODUS Singer On LEE ALTUS's Absence From European Tour: 'You Can't Always' Put The Band First

Earlier this week, it was announced that EXODUS guitarist Lee Altus will be unable to join his bandmates on their European tour this summer due to "family concerns." Filling in for him will be Brandon Ellis of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza touched upon Altus's absence fr...

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Watch Short Documentary About Making Of LEMMY Statue At France's HELLFEST

A video documenting the making of the massive new statue of MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, which is being displayed at this year's Hellfest in Clisson, France, can be seen below. Lemmy had a portion of his ashes enshrined within the statue, which is the creation of Caroline Brisset, an em...

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STEVE VAI Pays Tribute To Former DAVID LEE ROTH Keyboardist BRETT TUGGLE: 'One Of The Finest People I Have Ever Met'

Steve Vai has paid tribute to Brett Tuggle, his former bandmate in the David Lee Roth group. The 70-year-old keyboardist, who also spent two decades in FLEETWOOD MAC during the band's reunion era, died on Sunday, June 19 from complications related to cancer. Tuggle's son Matt confirmed his death to...

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Watch: SEPULTURA Plays First Show With Fill-In Guitarist JEAN PATTON

SEPULTURA played its first show with fill-in guitarist Jean Patton (PROJECT46) earlier tonight (Thursday, June 23) at the Kilkim Žaibu festival in Lithuania. Fan-filmed video and photos of the performance can be found below. On Wednesday, SEPULTURA announced that guitarist Andreas Kisser was forced...

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Watch: LEMMY's Ashes Officially Enshrined At HELLFEST Ceremony Attended By MIKKEY DEE And PHIL CAMPBELL

The legendary Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, founder of MOTÖRHEAD and Grammy Award-winning cultural icon, has had a portion of his ashes enshrined at this year's Hellfest in Clisson, France within a new, giant statue of the man. The official ceremony to recognize this unique memorialization took place earli...

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Watch: SKID ROW Members Discuss 'The Gang's All Here' Title Track In First 'Behind The Album' Webisode

SKID ROW has released the first in a series of "Tear It Down: Behind The Album" webisodes focusing on the band's upcoming studio LP, "The Gang's All Here". In the two-minute clip, the members of SKID ROW talk about their comeback single and "The Gang's All Here" title track. SKID ROW recorded most o...

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MEGADETH Announces 'The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!' Album, Shares 'We'll Be Back' Single

MEGADETH will cap a summer of successful global touring with the release of its highly anticipated sixteenth studio album, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!", on September 2 via UMe. Featuring twelve new tracks, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!" will be made available on CD, vinyl, and cassette...