Metallica has released a new EP titled The Amsterdam Sessions.
The four-track collection features renditions of the classics “Master of Puppets” and “Nothing Else Matters,” as well as the songs “Lux Æterna” and “If Darkness Had a Son” off the new ‘Tallica album 72 Seasons, recorded in Amsterdam ahead of the metal legends’ M72 world tour kickoff.
The Amsterdam Sessions is available now exclusively through Amazon Music. You can also watch the video for the “If Darkness Had a Son” performance streaming now on YouTube.
Stevie Nicks’ solo career is being revisited with a new box set from Rhino.
Stevie Nicks Complete Studio Albums & Rarities will feature all eight of Nicks’ solo records — 1981’s Bella Donna, 1983’s The Wild Heart, 1985’s Rock a Little, 1989’s The Other Side of the Mirror, 1994’s Street Angel, 2001’s Trouble in Shangri-La, 2011’s In Your Dreams and 2014’s 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault — with many of them remastered from the original analog masters.
There will also be a Rarities album, with 23 non-album tracks, including songs that appeared on movie and TV soundtracks; three songs from her 1991 hits collection, Timespace; and her 2022 cover of Buffalo Springfield’s classic “For What It’s Worth.” It also includes the just-released “One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star,” which was the B-side to the Rock A Little single “Talk To Me.”
The box set will be released on July 28 in a variety of formats, including a 16-LP limited edition set, which will consist of 3,000 numbered copies, pressed on crystal clear vinyl. Three of the albums — Street Angel, Trouble in Shangri-La and In Your Dreams — are making their vinyl debut.
Alice Cooper has announced a new album called Road.
The follow-up to 2021’s Detroit Stories arrives August 25. Cooper recorded Road with his live bandmates, including returning guitarist Nita Strauss.
“For Road, I wanted the band to be involved in the foundation of all the songs,” the “School’s Out” rocker shares. “I only see these guys when we’re on the road. So, I wanted them to be as tight as they are for the show but on all new material. When you have a band this good, I believe in showing it off, and this is my way of doing so.”
Cooper will be on tour this summer playing shows with Rob Zombie, as well asMötley Crüe and Def Leppard.
Here’s the Road track list:
“I’m Alice”
“Welcome to the Show”
“All Over the World”
“Dead Don’t Dance”
“Go Away”
“White Line Frankenstein”
“Big Boots”
“Rules of the Road”
“The Big Goodbye”
“Road Rats Forever”
“Baby Please Don’t Go”
“100 More Miles”
“Magic Bus”
Last year, Ozzy Osbourne performed a surprise set at the Commonwealth Games sporting event, held in the metal legend’s hometown of Birmingham, England. Now, the legacy of that performance might live on in an unexpected way.
As the BBC reports, “Ozzy” could become the name of a giant, 33-foot mechanical bull statue that was unveiled during the Commonwealth Games and became a sort of mascot for the festivities.
Other names on the shortlist include Boulton, named after 1700s industrialist and Birmingham native Matthew Boulton, as well as Brummie, a word for a Birmingham resident, and Boltin, Birmingham slang for “great.”
The name will be chosen by public vote, which is open now through June 20.
During Osbourne’s Commonwealth performance, he was accompanied by Tony Iommi for renditions of the Black Sabbath classics “Iron Main” and “Paranoid.” Aside from perhaps inspiring the name of a mechanical bull, the set was significant for being Ozzy’s first live performance in three years. During that time, Ozzy dealt with a number of health issues, not to mention the whole worldwide pandemic thing.
Earlier this year, Ozzy announced his retirement from touring due to those health issues, though he later said he wanted to continue to perform live. He’s set to play the upcoming Power Trip festival in October alongside AC/DC, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden and Tool.
Billy Joel landed at #1 with his seventh studio release, Glass Houses.
Influenced in part by new wave music, it featured, in Billy’s words, “bigger, louder, faster, shorter and punchier” material.
Four tunes off the album became Top 40 hits, including “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” which was Joel’s first #1 single. Other hits included “You May Be Right,” “Sometimes a Fantasy,” and Don’t Ask Me Why.”
Glass Houses remained on top of the charts for six weeks and went on to be certified seven-times Platinum by the RIAA.
It also earned Joel his fifth Grammy, winning Best Rock Male Vocal Performance.
Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is set to release his third solo album, Lighthouse, on October 20 and has just shared the title track from the album.
The record, his first solo release since 2019’s Tenderness, has the rocker “fusing acoustic elements with hard-edged rock ‘n’ roll to land at the sweet spot between soul-searching reflection and pure energy.”
Lighthouse features 11 tracks, with guest appearances by McKagan’s GNR bandmate Slash on a song called “Hope,” Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell on “I Just Don’t Know” and Iggy Pop on a reprise of the title track.
Fans of The Rolling Stones will now be able to show their love of the iconic rockers on their feet.
Skechers just announced a new collaboration with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band. The Skechers x The Rolling Stones collection will feature eight collectible styles all “emblazoned with unmistakable attributes from both Skechers and The Rolling Stones.”
Skechers and The Stones have been previewing the collection online, which features the iconic Rolling Stones tongue and lip logo on high-tops, slip-on sneakers, white sneakers and more.
The shoes will be available for men, women and kids starting Thursday, June 15, although details on price are not yet available.
And Stones fans already seem excited by the collaboration. “at last ! Something fashionable for the over 50’s,” one person commented, while another added, “When you need to go to the gym but can’t stop being a rock chick.”
The Skechers news comes not long after the band announced a new collaboration with Keurig, the limited edition “Start Me Up” iced coffee kit. It went on sale June 6 and is already sold out.
Def Leppard is giving fans even more ways to have fun with their Def Leppard – Let’s Rock It! match 3 game app. The band just announced they’ve added new levels to the game so fans can “rock out harder than ever before.”
And to promote the new updates, Def Leppard has launched a new giveaway with plenty of prizes, including the big prize of an exclusive Jackson guitar, as well as band merch and gift cards.
Def Leppard – Let’s Rock It! is currently available on the app store or Google Play.
As for Def Leppard, they are currently in Europe on their tour with Mötley Crüe. The tour hits Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday, June 14. A complete list of dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.
The Alarm’s new album, Forwards, drops Friday, June 16, and frontman Mike Peters has just dropped another track from the record, the song “Another Way.”
Peters worked on Forwards as he was dealing with a relapse of his leukemia, and the video for the song features a performance clip cut with footage of him curled up in a hospital bed.
Peters previously shared how his cancer helped influence the record, noting, “I’ve been to places only deep suffering can take the human spirit and, in the darkness, I clung onto every piece of light I could find to work my way back to life.” He added, “This was the energy that drove me to write and record Forwards.”
“Another Way” is the fourth single released from Forwards, following “Whatever,” “Next” and the title track.
Foo Fighters‘ headlining Bonnaroo set will air via the festival’s Hulu livestream.
Other artists on the livestream schedule include Paramore, Sheryl Crow, Portugal. The Man, Matt Maeson, ODESZA, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Bob Moses, My Morning Jacket, Marcus Mumford, girl in red, Franz Ferdinand, The Revivalists and Pixies.
Bonnaroo 2023 takes place June 15-18 in Manchester, Tennessee. For more info on the livestream, visit Hulu.com/bonnaroo.
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