Classic Rock 93.9

Ask not for whom the Swiftie bell tolls, Kirk Hammett, it tolls for thee.

The Metallica guitarist discovered that Taylor Swift and karma do indeed vibe like that, or at least her fans do, after taking a brief tumble onstage during a recent show in Dublin.

You see, days before, Hammett wore a novelty T-shirt that featured a drawing of the pop superstar alongside the text, “Taylor Swift is a CIA psyop” during a Metallica show in Budapest. That caught the attention of certain corners of Swift’s fanbase, including the fan account @Taylors_Archive, which tweeted, “Kirk Hammett from the has-been band Metallica was wearing a ‘Taylor Swift Is a CIA Psyop’ shirt on stage.”

The jab at Metallica’s modern-day relevance aside, it was perhaps that tweet that was rattling in Hammett’s brain while he was playing the opening riff to “Seek and Destroy” in Dublin. As he was walking the lip of the stage, he lost his balance and briefly fell into the crowd. Luckily, he appeared unhurt and was helped back up before resuming the song.

It seems Hammett had a laugh about the whole thing, posting video of the fall on Instagram alongside the caption, “Yep ….. [poop emoji] happens!” 

Metallica played another show in Dublin on Sunday without incident. It was awfully kind of Swifties to let Hammett off with just a warning.

Meanwhile, the so-called “has-been” Metallica will continue on with their European tour into early July before launching their sold-out residency at the Las Vegas Sphere in October.

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On This Day, June 22, 1990…

Billy Joel became the first rock act to headline Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.

The show was night one of a two-night stand at the baseball stadium, part of Joel’s Storm Front tour.

According to setlist.fm, Joel, who is from Long Island, New York, performed tracks from Storm Front, as well as classics like “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” “My Life,” “An Innocent Man,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” “Uptown Girl,” “It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me,” “Only the Good Die Young” and “Big Shot.”

The set also included a performance of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and “Shout,” by the Isley Brothers, who put together the first-ever concert at the stadium, an ensemble R&B show that happened in 1969.

Joel ended the evening with “New York State of Mind” and “Piano Man.”

Joel released a video album and CD of the concerts in September of 1990.

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Supertramp continues to celebrate their 50th anniversary with vinyl reissues of their classic albums.

The latest releases include 1985’s Brother Where You Bound and 1987’s Free as a Bird, which have both been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

Both are available now.

Brother Where You Bound, originally released May 21, 1985, was Supertramp’s eighth studio album, and their first following the departure of original member and co-frontman Roger Hodgson. The album peaked at #21 on Billboard 200 Albums chart and featured the top-40 hit “Cannonball.”

Free as a Bird, the band’s ninth studio album, was released in October 1987. It featured a more experimental sound, with the band using synthesizers and drum machines to add dance beats and rhythms. After touring the album, the group disbanded and didn’t reform again until 1997.

The new releases are the third installment of Supertramp’s 50th anniversary reissue series, which launched in August 2025 with half-speed remasters of 1974’s Crime of the Century and 1975’s Crisis? What Crisis? That was followed in January with remastered releases of 1977’s Even in the Quietest Moments…, their 1979 megahit Breakfast in America and 1982’s …Famous Last Words….

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Live Nation is offering four-packs of lawn tickets to individual shows over the summer for the all-in price of $99 as part of its Summer of Live promotion.

The participating artists include David Byrne, Don Felder, Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Taylor, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Mötley Crüe, Santana, The Doobie Brothers, Toto, Christopher Cross, The Guess Who, Howard Jones and Tedeschi Trucks Band.

The Summer of Live four-packs are on sale now. For more info, visit LiveNation.com/summeroflive.

Live Nation previously offered individual $30 all-in tickets to shows as part of Summer of Live.

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The Doobie Brothers have paid tribute to Chicago founding member Walter Parazaider, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 81.

In a post on Instagram, the band said they wanted to “bid farewell to our good friend” and reflected on their relationship with Chicago, which “goes back decades to the early 70’s (sic) when we played many shows with them.”

“We became good friends with all the members exchanging phone numbers, addresses and emails,” they wrote. “Walt was always among the first people to greet everyone when we walked into a venue. Always wearing a warm smile as he reached out to embrace you with a hug.”

“He always picked up the phone when you called and made you feel like he was genuinely happy to hear from you,” they continued. “On occasion you might get a call from him just checking in to let you know he was thinking of you.”

The band described Parazaider as “a truly authentic, warm person with a heart as big as the ocean.”

“We’re so thankful for the wonderful memories we have of Walt and for the incredible legacy of music he helped create,” they concluded the post. “We send our sincere condolences to his wife and family and of course to all his bandmates. He blessed us all with his presence and is forever in our hearts.”

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The Rolling Stones are set to give fans some insight into the making of their upcoming album, Foreign Tongues, with a brand-new podcast.

Speaking in Tongues – The Official Podcast will consist of six episodes, narrated by Grammy Award-winning singer Norah Jones. According to the description, the podcast will take fans “inside the studio on an intimate and exclusive journey tracing the story of the inspiration, writing and recording of the new album.”

The podcast will feature new and exclusive interviews with The Stones’ Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, along with Foreign Tongues producer Andrew Watt. The Cure’s Robert Smith and Steve Winwood, who both appear on Foreign Tongues, will also contribute to the podcast, along with Nathaniel Mary Quinn, who did the artwork for the album.

The episodes are set to drop weekly starting June 25.

Foreign Tongues, The Stones’ 25th studio album, will drop July 10. The band will release the next single from the record, “Jealous Lover,” on June 26.

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The Band’s debut album, Music From Big Pink, has gotten an audio upgrade.

The album, which features the band’s iconic Robbie Robertson-penned tune “The Weight,” has just been reissued as part of UMe’s Vinylphyle audiophile series.

The release, cut from the original 1968 album master, has been pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and includes new liner notes by music writer Rick Florino.

The pressing, limited to just 3,000 copies, is available now.

Music From Big Pink, originally released July 1, 1968, was recorded following The Band’s stint backing Bob Dylan on his 1966 tour, when they were known as the Hawks. The album’s title references the pink house in West Saugerties, New York, where Band members Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson lived, and the group worked on the record. The cover artwork is a painting by Dylan.

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Mick Jagger said during a recent appearance on the BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years that he “can’t wait” to go back out on tour with The Rolling Stones again, but it seems Keith Richards isn’t so certain.

While doing initial press for the band’s upcoming album, Foreign Tongues, Richards shot down the idea of a tour in 2026, and now he seems to be reconsidering the possibility altogether.

“I don’t know if tours are possible,” the 82-year-old rocker tells Uncut magazine in a new interview. “It’s the traveling that takes it out of you.”

But that doesn’t mean the band won’t be playing live again.

“But I do see the possibility of us doing [a] residency somewhere,” he adds. “Wherever it is, London, New York, Paris, anywhere. I’ll play Rome! But I don’t see why they shouldn’t be able to throw some shows together in a new format.”

After more than 60 years in the music biz, Richards says he still finds it exciting to make music with the band.

“Yeah, it’ll be exciting until something inside me says, ‘That’s that,’” he says. “I love working with the guys. I mean, what am I gonna do?” He adds, “It’s necessary for me – at gunpoint, if needs be – to keep a band together. ‘You will play drums!’ I do my bit, but it’s an incredible gift from everybody else. I didn’t expect this in return.”

He notes, “It’s still a bit mind boggling, even at this age.”

The Rolling Stones’ Foreign Tongues will be released July 10.

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After having its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival in New York City in early June, Peter Frampton’s new documentary, Frampton, is coming to the West Coast.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced that the film is set to have its West Coast premiere as part of 2026 Dances With Films Festival (DWF:LA) on June 25 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.

“The response to the film has been truly moving, and I can’t wait for more of you to see it,” Frampton writes on Instagram.

Tickets to the premiere are on sale now.

Frampton, directed by Rob Arthur, is described as “an intimate portrait of a rock icon who soared, stumbled, and rose again.” 

It features archival footage as well as interviews with Frampton and stars like Sheryl Crow, Ringo Starr, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, director Cameron Crowe, Alice Cooper, Styx’s Tommy Shaw, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, The Who’s Roger Daltrey and more.

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On This Day, June 19, 2020…

Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went to #1 in over 10 countries.

The critically-acclaimed album’s first single was the more than 16-minute track “Murder Most Foul,” about the John F. Kennedy assassination. It was the longest song Dylan has ever released.

“Murder Most Foul” debuted at #1 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart, becoming the first Dylan song to top any Billboard chart.

Other singles from the album included “I Contain Multitudes,” which reached #5 on the Rock Digital Songs Sales chart, and “False Prophet.”

Dylan launched the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour in support of the album in 2021.

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