Ozzy Osbourne writing his epitaph after emotional Black Sabbath farewell show: 'His way of signing off'
Ozzy Osbourne is reportedly working on a final memoir titled 'Last Rites' that will serve as his ultimate goodbye to fans and family. The book will delve into his scandals, ups-and-downs, and battles with health issues, including Parkinson's disease. Osbourne, who recently performed his last concert, is said to be penning his own epitaph as the opening chapter of the deeply personal and reflective memoir. The rocker's swansong autobiography is set to be released on October 7 and will offer candid insights into his life, marriage to Sharon Osbourne, and wild experiences with rock legends.
Damon Albarn Shares Plans For New Gorillaz Music
Damon Albarn is sharing his plans for new Gorillaz music. In an interview with The Times, the musician revealed that the new Gorillaz record is in four languages. Albarn also confessed that the album won't be out until next year, after saying it would be out in early 2025. Gorillaz last album was "Cracker Island," which came out in 2023.
Dave Navarro Sues Perry Farrell For Assault, Battery After Onstage Fight
Former members of Jane’s Addiction are suing frontman Perry Farrell for assault, battery, emotional distress, and breach of contract after an onstage altercation in 2024 led to the cancellation of their reunion tour. The incident occurred in Boston, where Farrell physically attacked guitarist Dave Navarro onstage. The lawsuit seeks at least $10 million in damages, alleging that Farrell’s actions, including an onstage assault and subsequent behavior, caused financial losses for the band and prevented them from making a new album. Farrell’s legal team claims the lawsuit is an attempt to control the narrative and portray the band members as victims.
TOBIAS FORGE Says GHOST's 'Phone Ban' On 2025 Tour Has Been A 'Life Changer' For Him And His Bandmates
Tobias Forge of Ghost has described the decision to implement a ban on phones at their recent shows as "life-changing". The move aimed to encourage fans to be more engaged with the performances, with Forge noting a positive impact on the band's outlook on touring. The frontman expressed concern over audiences becoming less involved due to excessive phone use, prompting the phone-free policy. Forge also hinted at a potential end to the band's storytelling lore and discussed future aspirations in music and film. Ghost's latest album, 'Skeletá', received critical acclaim for its emotional depth and musical exploration.
JAKE E. LEE On His Recovery After Getting Shot: 'The World's Getting Back To Where I Can Enjoy It'
Former OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Jake E. Lee revealed in an interview that he had not been playing guitar for a couple of years due to arthritis in his wrist, which was bone on bone. He discussed the incident last fall when he was shot near his home in Las Vegas, sharing that the experience changed his perspective on life. Lee mentioned that the two individuals who allegedly shot him have been arrested and are awaiting sentencing. Despite the incident, Lee has been focusing on his recovery and music career, recently performing at a star-studded event in the UK.
Black Veil Brides Return With Heavy New Single ‘Hallelujah’
Black Veil Brides have released a new single titled ‘Hallelujah’, which is described as one of their heaviest songs to date. The track, teased on social media, marks the band's return with their first new music since the 2024 EP ‘Bleeders’. Frontman Andy Black shared that the song reflects his belief in staying true to oneself amidst societal pressures. The band will be performing at the Long Beach and Orlando dates of the Vans Warped Tour this summer.
Goo Goo Dolls Raising Money For Texas Flood Relief With Red Rocks Sweepstakes
The Goo Goo Dolls are offering fans a chance to win a trip to see them at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in August as part of a campaign to raise money for Texas flood relief efforts. The giveaway includes airfare, hotel accommodations, VIP tickets, a meet and greet with the band, and a signed guitar. All donations go to the San Antonio Food Bank to support disaster response and recovery operations in Texas. Fans can enter the sweepstakes by making donations between $15 and $500, with the fundraiser running until August 13. The band's frontman, John Rzeznik, expressed a desire to help Texas flood victims and encouraged fans to be generous, while Fandiem co-founder Jared Heiman emphasized the importance of support from partners like the Goo Goo Dolls in providing relief and hope to those affected by the floods.
Suicidal Tendencies Announces Six-City Tour, New Single During Metallica Stadium Run
Punk-metal legends Suicidal Tendencies are set to embark on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, playing six intimate shows this fall. The band will also open for Metallica on their M72 World Tour from October 31 to November 18. The tour kicks off in Perth and includes stops in Melbourne, Frankston, Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland. Suicidal Tendencies' vocalist Mike Muir expressed excitement for the upcoming shows, which will feature a lineup including guitarist Ben Weinman and drummer Jay Weinberg. The band recently released a new track, "Adrenaline Addict," featuring guest vocals from Australian artist Nisha Star. Australian hip-hop star Briggs' metal project, Big Noter, will open each headline show. Tickets for the tour can be purchased through the Suicidal Tendencies website.
PUDDLE OF MUDD's WES SCANTLIN On His Troubles With The Law: 'I Really Seriously Don't Do That Much Wrong Things'
Wes Scantlin, frontman of Puddle of Mudd, addresses his troubled past in a recent interview, claiming his actions have been exaggerated by the media. Despite a history of arrests and legal issues, Scantlin insists he is not as bad as portrayed. He expresses a desire to stay out of trouble and hopes for stability with the current band lineup. Puddle of Mudd is touring in support of their new album, Kiss the Machine.
Tupac, Lenny Kravitz, Bad Bunny, And Elvis Make ‘Hottest Men Of All Time’ List
Harper’s Bazaar recently released their list of the 50 “Hottest Men Of All Time,” with James Dean claiming the top spot. The list includes musicians like Tupac Shakur, Lenny Kravitz, and Bad Bunny, as well as actors such as Paul Mescal and Keanu Reeves. Bad Bunny's peak hotness moment was in March during his Calvin Klein ads, while Tupac's was in the "Hit ‘Em Up" music video, and Elvis Presley's was during his "Jailhouse Rock" dance moves.
New Trailer for It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Is an Invitation to Fall in Love
The trailer for the upcoming documentary, "It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley," directed by Amy Berg, has been released. The film explores the life and career of musician Jeff Buckley, who tragically died at the age of 30 in 1997. Featuring never-before-seen footage and intimate interviews with those close to Buckley, the documentary will be released theatrically on August 8 and later on HBO and HBO Max. The trailer showcases haunting comments from Buckley and offers a glimpse into his legacy as a musician. The film delves into Buckley's impact on the music industry and his lasting influence on fans and fellow musicians.
TOM PETTY: House He Never Came Around To Again Is For Sale
Tom Petty's Malibu, California estate is back on the market. It's the home where his wife Dana found him not breathing and in cardiac arrest on October 1st, 2017, leading to his death the next day. It's situated within a gated community high above the Pacific Coast Highway, and the price has been slashed by $3.5 million with the new asking price set at $15.5 million. He bought his primary residence in 1998 for $3.75 million. It sits on close to three acres near Escondido Beach and Paradise Cove, off a private lane that’s shared with three other homes. Built in the 1940s, it includes a guesthouse, and another structure that served as his recording studio. In all there are seven bedrooms and 10 baths spread over 10,000 square feet. The main house has a sunken fireside living room, a 16-seat dining room, a kitchen with an eat-in island, a butler’s pantry, and a breakfast nook. There's also a music room, library, gym, and a massage room.
Outside is an in-ground pool and spillover spa, an alfresco dining terrace with a built-in barbecue, an in-ground fire pit, a lighted sports court, koi ponds, and cascading waterfalls. There’s also a gated parking area out front that can accommodate at least 15 vehicles.
Dana previously sold his oceanfront Malibu cottage in 2023 for nearly $10.3 million, and the one on Lake Sherwood in Thousand Oaks, California. She still owns his small bungalow in Pacific Palisades.
ROBERT PLANT: Saving Grace
Robert Plant has kept several musical plates spinning post-Led Zeppelin. He's recorded and toured as a solo act, with Alison Krauss as a duo, and did shows with a band he called Saving Grace. That band had never recorded, but that's about to change. Plant has announced the band's self-titled debut album will be coming out this fall, and it will consist of ten cover tunes including songs by blues greats Memphis Minnie and Blind Willie Johnson, some contemporary folk and indie-rock covers, and a couple of their versions of traditional folk tunes. The album comes out September 26. The first single, a cover of Low's "Everybody's Song," is streaming now with the video on YouTube.
Plant has also announced the band would embark on a short tour to support the new album. The tour will feature seven dates in France and Spain starting tonight and running through the end of the month; Plant and Saving Grace will tour the U.S. and Canada in support of the album starting October 30th in Wheeling, West Virginia with 13 dates through November 22nd in Los Angeles.
Robert Plant Tour Dates -- All subject to change:
·10/30 - Wheeling, WV - Capitol Theatre Wheeling
·11/2 - Charlottesville, VA - The Paramount Theater
·11/3 - Washington DC - Lincoln Theatre
·11/5 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount
·11/6 - Boston, MA - Boch Center Shubert Theatre
·11/8 - Port Chester, NY - Capitol Theatre
·11/10 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
·11/12 - Chicago, IL - The Vic
·11/15 - Denver, CO - Ellie Caulkins Opera House
·11/18 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre
·11/19 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
·11/21 - Oakland, CA - The Fox
·11/22 - Los Angeles, CA - United Theater on Broadway
JANE'S ADDICTION: Band Sues Farrell Over Onstage Fight
Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins sued frontman Perry Farrell on Wednesday morning over the September 2024 onstage fight in Boston that ended their tour and the group. And on Wednesday afternoon Farrell responded with his own suit.
TMZ reports that Navarro is suing Farrell for assault and battery, while all three of the bandmembers are suing for emotional distress, negligence, breach of contract and more. They're seeking minimum damages of $10 million. Navarro's part of the suit says that the fighting continued backstage and alleges Farrell punched him in the face. He states that he found this especially triggering because he's the victim of a violent encounter that occurred during his teenage years. The band's part of the suit says they were forced to cancel 15 nights and put their album on hold because of the fight, which led to major financial losses.
Shortly after news of the suit came out, Farrell's spokesperson told TMZ, “This is yet another clear example of the group uniting to isolate and bully frontman Perry Farrell. The timing of this baseless lawsuit is no coincidence -- it was filed only after they caught wind of legal action coming from our side." Then late Wednesday afternoon Farrell sued Navarro, Avery and Perkins. However, it's not a countersuit. Variety reports that Farrell accuses the trio of orchestrating a campaign of bullying and harassment and that he had no say in canceling their tour and breaking up the band.
Farrell says that the fight was spurred by his frustration over the other bandmembers’ “playing their instruments at a high volume so that he could not hear himself sing without blasting his own in-ear monitors at an unsafe level,” and that Navarro assaulted Farrell and his wife backstage. Farrell said in a statement that "Despite this continued bullying perpetuated by Navarro, Perry’s dedication to Jane’s Addiction and the preservation of its positive impact on the music industry remains unshaken. He is actively exploring ways to address the situation and ensure accountability."
Steve Miller Band Cancels All Tour Dates Over Weather Disasters
It may be a first: an entire tour derailed (not just one or two dates) over weather concerns. The Steve Miller Band has cancelled its upcoming tour due to recent weather disasters and the potential for more. The tour was due to kick off next month and would have consisted of 31 dates, from August 15 through November 8. In a statement on X, the band told fans, "Dear Steve Miller Band fans. You make music with your instincts. You live life by your instincts. Always trust your instincts…The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates. The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you, our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable. So…You can blame it on the weather…The tour is cancelled. Don’t know where, don’t know when…We hope to see you all again. Wishing you all peace, love and happiness. Please take care of each other."
HEART: Happy Birthday "Magic Man"
Heart's "Magic Man is celebrating a birthday. Released on July 17th, 1975, singer Ann Wilson says, "It seems like only yesterday I was writing 'Magic Man' in Vancouver BC. It was the third song written for Dreamboat Annie. (‘Here Song' and ‘How Deep it Goes’ were the first two.) "The first time I heard 'Magic Man' on the radio I was coming back from the grocery store with my dog, Moffa, and I had to pull over and listen ... it was so surreal. I remember Moffa growled a little because she recognized my voice and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from." Ann wrote the song about her then boyfriend, band manager Michael Fisher, and part of it is an autobiographical tale of the beginnings of their relationship. Fisher's brother, Roger Fisher, was Heart's guitarist. “There are so many magic men all over the country, it’s really amazing. Like, onstage, whenever we do that song, this line of guys pushes up to the very front and points at themselves like, ‘Me, me, I’m the magic man! Me!’ So there probably are about 30,000 of them across the country. But the original magic man was the man I was with at the time the song was written, who was indeed a magical person.” "Magic Man" peaked at number-nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Heart starts the next leg of their tour August 8th in Quincy, Washington.
DAVID BYRNE: "Explains" a New Track
David Byrne has shared another track from his album Who Is the Sky?, which is due out September 5th. It's called "She Explains Things to Me” and Byrne says it was inspired by writer
Rebecca Solnit’s essay collection Men Explain Things to Me. There's a lyric video for it on
YouTube now. Who Is the Sky?, which features the lead single "Everybody Laughs," includes guest appearances by Hayley Williams of Paramore and St. Vincent.
ALICE COOPER: Three and Stream
The Alice Cooper group has released the third single off the new album The Revenge of Alice Cooper, which will be out on July 25th. "Up All Night" is described as a "full-throttle celebration of youthful mischief, the kind of trouble you don’t regret." Cooper and his bandmates -- Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Smith -- along with the album's producer Bob Ezrin, will discuss the album on July 24th at London's Union Chapel. Hosted by legendary composer Tim Rice, the conversation will stream live globally starting at 2 p.m. ET on the Alice Cooper and earMUSIC YouTube channels, as well as on TalkShopLive. The first hour will be a playback of the album,their first since 1973, with the 90-minute Q&A starting at 3. Cooper, with his solo band, is on tour in Europe with a show this Thursday in Switzerland followed by Germany on Saturday.
Tina Turner Wig Launch Sparks Backlash From Fans
Fans are slamming a new wig that was recently promoted by the late Tina Turner's estate. The Official Tina Turner wig is made of "100-percent Remy human hair" and was created by her hairstylist, Arthur Johns. While Johns insists the one-thousand-dollar wig is representative of the kinds of hairpieces he styled for Turner, fans say it looked "like Little Orphan Annie." The wig was removed from the Tina Turner website and all social channels within hours of its introduction.
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The Black Crowes will perform at SEMA Fest 2025 on November 7th at the Las Vegas Convention Center. SEMA Fest is part of the SEMA Show for car enthusiasts.