Foo Fighters share mysterious “Everything or Nothing at All” teaser

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

Foo Fighters are making plans for 2024. As for what those plans are, that remains a mystery — for now, anyway.

In an Instagram post on Friday, September 29, Dave Grohl and company share a video of a compass soundtracked by the song “Nothing At All,” a cut of their latest album, But Here We Are. The caption reads, “2024 | Everything or Nothing At All” along with “#FF2024.”

As for what all this means, fans are speculating the Foos are about to announce a full-scale U.S. tour after playing mostly one-off headlining shows and festival sets throughout 2023. Notably, the band’s upcoming U.K. tour, set to kick off in June, is dubbed the Everything or Nothing at All tour.

Foo Fighters’ current run of shows continues October 1 at Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival. Their schedule also includes stops in Phoenix, Houston and El Paso, Texas, as well as headlining sets at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which will stream live on Hulu.

But Here We Are, the first Foo Fighters album following the 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins, was released in June. The Foos introduced new drummer Josh Freese in May.

September’s harvest moon brings new song from Peter Gabriel, “This Is Home”

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

Along with September’s harvest moon comes a new song from Peter Gabriel. He just dropped the new track “This Is Home” from his upcoming album i/o, which so far doesn’t have a release date.

Gabriel calls the tune a love song, sharing that he initially worked on the track with DJ Skrillex, who doesn’t actually appear on the song.

“He was trying to encourage me to write a song about staying up all night in a night club and that sort of thing, but that’s not really my life so I made it more about family and home and I like it,” says Gabriel. “Though we took the song in this other direction it was an interesting experience nonetheless, and I think it is good for me to be taken outside my normal comfort zone sometimes.”

As he’s done with all the other songs he’s shared from i/o, Gabriel plans to release several different remixes of “This Is Home.” The first is the Tchad Blake (Dark-Side Mix), which will be followed by Mark “Spike” Stent‘s (Bright-Side Mix) and Hans-Martin Buff’s Atmos mix (In-Side Mix).

You can listen to “This Is Home” now via digital outlets and YouTube.

Peter Gabriel is currently on the North American leg of his i/o tour. He hits Detroit, Michigan, on Friday, September 29. A complete list of dates can be found at petergabriel.com.

Van Halen shares “Crossing Over” from upcoming ‘The Collection II’ box set

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

Van Halen has released another track off their upcoming box set, The Collection II, which drops October 6. The latest is the song “Crossing Over,” which is included on the set’s Studio Rarities disc.

In a video posted to YouTube, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony discuss the backstory of the song, which Anthony notes was written about a childhood friend of Eddie and Alex Van Halen who took his own life.

Eddie played almost all the instruments on the song, which Sammy says was recorded before he even knew the guys. “I pulled that out and put a vocal on it like 10 years later,” he said, noting, “that was a special a** song.” Sammy explained the track was also about Ed Leffler, the band’s manager who passed away, adding that “it became about Eddie” following his death in 2020.

He says, “The truth of the matter is, that’s a deep track.”

The Collection II will feature newly remastered versions of the band’s four #1 albums with Hagar — 1986’s 5150, 1988’s OU812, 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and 1995’s Balance — along with Studio Rarities 1989-2004, which features eight non-album Hagar-era tracks. It is available for preorder now.

Is Green Day awake? “Exciting news and announcements” are coming

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

It’s almost the end of September, and you know what that means: It’s time to wake up Green Day. However, this year’s edition of the long-running meme may come with something a bit extra.

A press release issued Friday, September 29, announcing the release of the new 30th anniversary Dookie reissue advises that you “Stay tuned for more exciting news and announcements from Green Day.” It also links to a website called IsGreenDayAwake.com, which currently reads, “Still no.”

As for what said news and announcements could be, Green Day did reveal in a 2022 Instagram post that they’d been working on a new album, the follow-up to 2020’s Father of All… They also debuted a new song, “1981,” during a festival show in Canada over the summer.

We’ll see if anything happens once September does indeed end and the calendar flips to October on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Green Day is prepping to headline the 2023 When We Were Young festival, taking place October 21-22 in Las Vegas. You can also listen to the aforementioned Dookie reissue, which includes various bonus tracks, demos, outtakes and live recordings, out now.

On This Day, September 29, 1979: The Police land their first UK #1

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

On This Day, September 29, 1979…

The Police earned their first U.K. #1 with “Message In A Bottle” from their debut album, Reggatta de Blanc.

The song went on to become a classic track for the rockers, although it was initially far from a hit in the U.S., peaking only at #74.

“Message in A Bottle” was one of five U.K. #1 singles for the future Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. In the U.S., The Police had only one #1 tune, but it was a huge one: “Every Breath You Take” spent eight weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler fractures larynx; band postpones Peace Out tour to 2024

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

It’s going to take Aerosmith a bit longer to say Peace Out to the road.

The band kicked off their Peace Out farewell tour in early September but were forced to postpone several dates after frontman Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords. Well, it seems Tyler needs even more time to recover because they’ve pushed back the whole tour to next year.

“Unfortunately, Steven’s vocal injury is more serious than initially thought. His doctor has confirmed that in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care,” read a statement from the band. “He is receiving the best medical treatment available to ensure his recovery is swift, but given the nature of a fracture, he is being told patience is essential.”

Tyler adds, “I am heartbroken to not be out there with Aerosmith, my brothers and the incredible Black Crowes, rocking with the best fans in the world. I promise we will be back as soon as we can!”

Aerosmith says the tour will resume “sometime in 2024″ and that new dates will be announced “as soon as we know more.” All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new shows, and fans will be able to get refunds if they are unable to attend the rescheduled dates.

The tour, featuring special guests The Black Crowes, kicked off September 2 in Philadelphia and was supposed to run through February 29 in Cleveland, Ohio.

U2 drops new single, “Atomic City,” ahead of Las Vegas residency kickoff

September 29, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

U2 is ready to hit Las Vegas. The Irish rockers will kick off their new residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, at The Venetian Resort on Friday.

The residency will be the first-ever show at the new state-of-the-art venue Sphere, which boasts a 160,000-square-foot wraparound interior LED screen with 16K resolution, along with an exterior that features 580,000 square feet of LED displays.

“Over playing a theater, most music venues are sports venues … they’re built for sport, they’re not built for music, they’re not built for art,” Bono previously told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about the venue. “So this building was built for immersive experiences in cinema and performance … you can’t come here and see an ice hockey game.”

The Edge added, “The sound has been designed as a priority from the beginning. Best sound I’m sure we’ll ever hear.”

Unfortunately, the residency will be happening without the band’s drummer, Larry Mullen, Jr., who is sitting out the shows as he recuperates from surgery. Drummer Bram van den Berg will be filling in behind the drum kit.

Ahead of the residency debut, U2 gave fans a bonus treat with the release of new single “Atomic City.” “It’s a love song to our audience … ’where you are is where I’ll be,’” Bono says of the track, which features a nod to Blondie’s “Call Me.”

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, including Mullen, shot the video for the song earlier this month on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, the same location where they shot the video for “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” back in 1987.

U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere will consist of 25 shows, wrapping December 16. A complete list of dates can be found at U2.com.

Joni Mitchell shares new preview from ‘Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)’

September 28, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

Joni Mitchell’s Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) is set to drop October 6, and fans are getting another preview of some of the extras they’ll get with the expansive box set.

The legendary singer has shared “You Turn Me on I’m a Radio” with Neil Young and The Stray Gaters, which was recorded during the early sessions for 1972’s For The Roses.

Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) will feature a whole treasure trove of music for Joni fans, including never-before-heard demos, performances, and early and alternative versions of songs from three of her albums: For The Roses, 1974’s Court And Spark and 1975’s The Hissing Of Summer Lawns.

It also includes several live performances, including Joni’s entire 1972 concert at Carnegie Hall, and performances in Montreal in 1973 and Los Angeles in 1974.

Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) is available for preorder now.

‘Metal Massacre’ documentary, featuring Metallica’s James & Lars, to premiere on AXS TV

September 28, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

The new documentary Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album will premiere October 28 at 9 p.m. ET on AXS TV.

Said legendary album is 1982’s Metal Massacre, the debut release from the label Metal Blade Records. The compilation featured various unsigned metal bands, including a then-unknown Metallica, who contributed the song “Hit the Lights.”

Metallica‘s James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are featured in the doc, as are Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel and Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, who was also featured on the Metal Massacre album.

The premiere of Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album is part of AXS TV’s Heavy Metal Halloween programming lineup, which will also include various docs and concert films about artists including Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper and Judas Priest.

Bruce Springsteen shares snippet of new tune, “Addicted to Romance”

September 28, 2023 by Classic Rock 93.9

Bruce Springsteen is sharing a preview of a new song he wrote for the upcoming movie She Came to Me.

The Boss shared a snippet of the track, “Addicted to Romance,” on Instagram, revealing that the song will officially be released on Friday, September 29.

The song will play over the end credits of the Rebecca Miller-directed film, which stars Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway. It opens in theaters October 6.

This isn’t the first time Springsteen has written a song for the movies. In fact, he won an Oscar for the song “Streets of Philadelphia,” from the 1994 film Philadelphia. And in 1996 he was nominated for an Oscar for his song “Dead Man Walkin’,” which he wrote for the Sean Penn/Susan Sarandon film Dead Man Walking.

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