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Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward recently took to social media to share his thoughts about a possible reunion concert with his heavy metal bandmates. The rock legend wrote a heartfelt post on Instagram that responds to the rumors about a final Sabbath show featuring all of the original members, with Ward essentially saying that…

In a new interview with TribLive.com, Chevelle drummer Sam Loeffler revealed that the band’s new album is tentatively set to be released around September or October. The record will be a follow-up to 2021’s Niratias, and will mark the Chicago rock band’s first release on their new label, Alchemy Recordings, after a successful run on…

Legendary Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood has teamed up with distinguished ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro to record a forthcoming blues album. Blues Experience is due out on October 18 via Forty Below Records. The duo just shared the first single from the record, a cover of the delta blues classic, “Rollin’ N Tumblin’,” which was…

In a new episode of the Scandalous Podcast, Slayer guitarist Gary Holt shares his thoughts about a variety of modern music superstars. The 60-year-old metal legend was quick to praise the biggest pop star of them all, Taylor Swift. “I love Taylor Swift. Why all the hate?” Holt said. “She’s an extraordinarily hard worker. She’s…

Jack White and his band are set to play a benefit concert at the American Legion Post 82 in Nashville on Saturday (July 27). The intimate show is a fundraiser to get the legion a new sound sound system. White announced the gig with a post on Instagram, writing, “Nashville! The American Legion Post 82…

The shortlist for the U.K.’s coveted Mercury Prize has just been revealed. Leading the 2024 nominations are Charli XCX’s Brat, the Last Dinner Party’s Prelude To Ecstasy, Beth Gibbons’ Lives Outgrown, and Corinne Bailey Rae’s Black Rainbows. The Mercury Prize was first awarded in 1992, and it goes to the best album released by a…

Jane’s Addiction’s original lineup of singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery have all returned to the studio and recorded the track, “Imminent Redemption,” their first new song together in 34 years. The last material the original members recorded together was 1990’s alternative masterpiece, Ritual de lo Habitual. “It…

Metallica are honoring their legendary late bassist Cliff Burton by launching Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton, a new exhibition featured on the band’s online museum. Orion is currently available to view on the Metallica Black Box museum on the band’s official website, which is accessible to all their Fifth Member Fan Club participants. The…

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong shared the next offering from the upcoming benefit album for Jesse Malin, the New York City singer-songwriter who suffered a spinal stroke last year. Armstrong’s rendition of Malin’s “Black Haired Girl” is set to appear on Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, with all proceeds from the album…

The long-awaited first official trailer for the new Bob Dylan movie, A Complete Unknown, has just been released. And as was rumored, Timothée Chalamet does his own singing while portraying the folk legend. In the promotional clip for the film, Chalamet sings Dylan’s 1963 classic “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,” while performing on the stages…