Black Sabbath have announced that they will release a super deluxe edition of their sixth studio album Sabotage, on June 11. The remastered version of the band’s 1975 album will feature 16 live tracks – 13 of these previously unreleased – recorded during their North American tour that year. The deluxe edition will be available…… Continue Reading
Van Halen’s record label Warner Brothers wanted the band to change their name after Sammy Hager joined the group following the departure of David Lee Roth in 1985, but the singer says he would have been embarrassed if Van Halen changed their name to “Van Hagar.” It was longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony who…… Continue Reading
A newly unearthed video released by the John Lennon Estate shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono rehearsing “Give Peace A Chance,” sitting side-by-side in a bed at the Sheraton Oceanus Hotel in the Bahamas. The video, shot by Lennon’s cameraman Nick Knowland and sound recordist Mike Lax, dates back to May 25, 1969. Lennon premiered…… Continue Reading
A new Toto live album titled With a Little Help From My Friends will be released on June 25. The album features a livestream performance by the rock band for a global event held on November 21, 2020, when co-founders Steve Lukather and David Paich and lead singer Joseph Williams appeared with the new line-up…… Continue Reading
Heart singer Ann Wilson has released a lyric video for her new solo single, “Black Wing.” “The bird is soaring over the landscape below and bringing news of the crazy world to the watcher who is cut off from civilization,” Wilson tweeted, sharing a link to the “Black Wing” lyric video. “I sometimes felt that…… Continue Reading
In an interview ahead of the release of Paul McCartney’s remix album McCartney III Imagined, Beck discussed remixing “Find My Way” for the Beatles legend. “My whole year was canceled, with the shutdowns and everything,” Beck told Rolling Stone. “My engineer’s wife was having a baby, so he wasn’t available. I really hadn’t been making…… Continue Reading
London-based musician Rina Sawayama tapped music legend Elton John for a new version of her song “Chosen Family.” The new track comes with a music video, which shows Sawayama and Elton performing together at the piano. “Chosen Family” was originally featured on Sawayama’s 2020 self-titled album. “It was such a joy and honor to rework…… Continue Reading
A biography of late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, with a foreword by Dave Grohl, will be released in the U.K. on September 7. The book titled “Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin,” written by C. M. Kushins, is being published by Hachette Books. The 384-page biography is priced at $14.99. One…… Continue Reading
A new David Bowie compilation The Width Of A Circle, due out on May 28, will feature some unreleased tracks from the late rock icon. The compilation is meant to serve as a companion piece to last year’s 50th-anniversary re-release of 1970’s The Man Who Sold the World, which was presented under the album’s original…… Continue Reading
Esoteric Antenna has announced that legendary English rock band Procol Harum will release a new three-song EP, Missing Persons. Missing Persons was completed during lockdown after founder and lead singer Gary Brooker rediscovered a CD of rough mixes of two studio tracks the band had laid down during a previous session. “They weren’t written last…… Continue Reading