The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers revealed during their Saturday set at Power Trip in Indio, California, that they’ll be releasing a new album, Invincible Shield, on March 8. The first single, “Panic Attack,” drops Friday, October 13.
The album comes out just a few days ahead of Judas Priest’s planned U.K. and European tour. The tour kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland on March 11, wrapping April 8 in Paris, France. A complete list of dates can be found at judaspriest.com.
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is set to reissue two of his solo albums on vinyl for the first time.
Newly remastered versions of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s 2003 album To Watch The Storms and 2006’s Wild Orchids will be released December 8 on 180-gram two-LP black and colored vinyl. Signed copies will be available as well.
“I’m delighted to announce the release of both To Watch The Storms and Wild Orchids on vinyl for the first time,” Hackett shares. “I’ve always been proud of these albums and it feels great to give them another lease of life.”
Meanwhile, Hackett is busy on the road on his Foxtrot At Fifty & Hackett Highlights tour. He plays Albany, New York, on October 10. A complete list of dates can be found at hackettsongs.com.
Bruce Springsteen recently released the new song “Addicted to Love” from the movie She Came To Me, starring Marissa Tomei, Peter Dinklage and Anne Hathaway. The idea to get The Boss for the song came from The National‘s Bryce Dessner.
Dessner produced the song and composed the music for the film. He tells Varietythat while watching the movie with the film’s director, Rebecca Miller, he saw Tomei’s character as a “miraculous, amazing and powerful woman,” noting, “She just felt like she could be a character from a Springsteen song.”
“It was an absurd idea, but it just came to me,” he says. “What would normally feel insurmountable to most people is not the thing that occurs to Rebecca first, but she said, ‘Oh, that’s interesting.’”
Dessner had a feeling Bruce would agree to the song. After Miller finally approached Springsteen, he watched the movie and was on board.
“Bruce loved the idea. He loved the film. He was inspired and he allowed me to produce the song, and we became texting buddies,” Dessner says.
He adds, “It’s a good testament in life. Just ask. Why not try things as opposed to thinking they’re not going to happen?”
She Came To Me opens in theaters Friday, October 6.
Guns N’ Roses will not be playing Arizona’s Chase Field after all.
The band’s October 11 concert, originally scheduled at the Phoenix stadium, has now been moved to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre. The move is happening because the Arizona Diamondbacks are set to play an MLB playoff game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field that night.
Unfortunately, Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre doesn’t have the same capacity as Chase Field, but GN’R says they “aim to accommodate as many Phoenix fans as possible!”
Anyone holding a Chase Field ticket will receive a refund from Ticketmaster and an email that will give them access to an exclusive presale for the new show.
There will also be a general onsale for the show starting October 8 at 1 p.m. local time.
U2 launched their Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, on September 29. Now that they’ve done a few shows, guitarist The Edge seems to be thrilled with how things are going.
“I’m just so happy with the fact that it’s landed. It’s exceeded our wildest expectations in many ways,” he tells Wired. “You don’t really know how it’s gonna play until you have an audience in the house. Within about four songs of the opening night, I was like, this is definitely working.”
The Edge says he could tell there were times the visuals may have taken the spotlight off their performance, noting, “it’s a fistfight between the band and the immersive screen. We kind of win most nights, but it’s almost an even fight.”
Still, he says the songs are a crucial element to what fans see on the screens behind them, sharing, “That’s still the core of this event. Without the music, it would be an empty spectacle.”
Right now, the residency is set to wrap on December 16, but it sounds like the band may be open for more.
“We always thought in the back of our mind that we might do some additional shows next year. But we haven’t even started the discussion,” The Edge says. “There’s this kind of balance between keeping this show going, which is, in many ways, a one-off to commemorate Achtung Baby. So we’re weighing whether to push forward with a new album, new material, and a new tour versus extending this run.”
U2’s next show is happening Saturday, October 7. A complete list of dates can be found at U2.com.
Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen is being immortalized with a new Funko Pop.
Pop Eddie Van Halen with Guitar is a collectible of the late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with his signature black and white striped guitar. The vinyl figure measures just under four-inches tall.
The collectible is available now at Funko.com and will be coming to Funko flagship stores soon. There is a limit of two per household.
The release coincides with the third anniversary of Van Halen’s death. He passed away October 6, 2020, after a long battle with cancer.
Meanwhile, Van Halen has just released a newly remastered version of the video for their classic track “Right Now.” It is one of many songs that appear on the just-released box set The Collection II, which features remastered versions of the band’s four #1 albums with Sammy Hagar as well as a Studio Rarities album featuring eight non-album Hagar-era tracks.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fans are getting a preview of the upcoming expanded remastered edition of the band’s 2010 album, Mojo.
The rocker’s estate just released Petty’s cover of the Sonny Boy Williamson II song “Help Me,” one of two previously unreleased songs that will appear on the digital release, Mojo (Extra Mojo Edition). The other unreleased track is “Mystery of Love.”
Both the digital Mojo (Extra Mojo Edition) and a limited edition Mojo on ruby red translucent vinyl will be released October 20. They are available for preorder now.
Released June 15, 2010, Mojo was Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ 12th studio album. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Guns N’ Roses fans in Phoenix, Arizona, are going to have to wait a little longer to rock out with the band. Ticketmaster reports that the group’s October 11 show at Chase Field has been postponed.
While no reason for the postponement is listed on the site, the Arizona Diamondbacks are likely to blame, as they are set to play an MLB playoff game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field that night.
So far, the show has not been rescheduled, but fans are being urged to hold on to their tickets so they can be used on the new date.
Next up, Guns N’ Roses take the stage at Power Trip on Friday, October 6, in Indio, California. A complete list of Guns N’ Roses dates can be found at gunsnroses.com.
In late September, The Boss pushed all of his remaining 2023 dates with the E Street Band to 2024 in order to give himself more time to recover from peptic ulcer disease. Well, now disappointed fans have something to look forward to, because he’s just revealed he’ll be returning to the stage starting in March of next year.
The rescheduled shows kick off March 19 in Phoenix, Arizona, and run through September 13 in Baltimore, Maryland. So far, postponed Canadian dates have not been rescheduled, but they are expected to be announced next week.
All previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new dates, and fans who can not make the new shows will receive refunds. Info on getting refunds can be found at the official site where the tickets were sold.
A complete list of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2024 dates can be found at brucepsringsteen.net.
Springsteen and the E Street Band played their last show on September 3 in The Boss’ home state of New Jersey. He then announced the postponement of a handful of dates so he could focus on his health, but later pushed the whole tour to 2024 to give himself more time to recover.
Queen is taking a look at some of their favorite performance venues over the years in episode 36 of their weekly YouTube series, Queen The Greatest Live.
“Iconic Venues” has guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor reflecting on the places they’ve played in their over 50-year career. May shares, “Madison Square Garden in New York was top of the list, that was a mythical place for us.”
For Taylor, the Forum in Los Angeles is a particular favorite. He notes, “They’ve got something magical there. And of course, the audiences are great.”
In 1981, Queen graduated to stadiums playing their first huge gig in South America.
“We went down there with jumbo jets full of gear to play these football stadiums, not knowing if we would sell them out,” May says. “Suddenly, instead of 18,000 people in an arena, we’re playing outside to 100,000 or even more, 150,000 in the case of some of those places in Argentina and Brazil”
But those big audiences were never really a problem for Queen. “I think our music, we wanted it to be big and so I think we could project it and make it work in big places,” Taylor says. “I mean, other people have been good at it as well. I think it was particularly suited to us.”
Speaking of playing big venues, Queen just launched their Rhapsody Tour of North America. The show hits Toronto on Sunday, October 8. A complete list of dates can be found at queenonline.com.
Next week on Queen The Greatest Live: “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
