Slash has shared a tribute to his late stepdaughter, Lucy-Bleu Knight.
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist writes in an Instagram post, “My heart is [permanently] fractured. I will never ever stop missing you & remembering what a beacon of happiness, laughter, creativity & beauty you have always been. & still are.”
“The brightest light in the lives of so many that loved you so much,” Slash continues. “I find solace in the hope that you are at peace now. I will love you eternally.”
Slash announced July 21 that Lucy-Bleu had passed. She was 25.
Ahead of sharing the news, Slash had canceled a number of dates on his ongoing solo tour. The outing resumed Sunday in Toronto.
Rod Stewart isn’t afraid of dying, but he thinks it’ll be a bit before he actually has to face the grim reaper.
Speaking to the U.S. Sun, Rod, who’ll turn 80 in January, says, “I’m aware my days are numbered but I’ve got no fear. We have all got to pass on at some point, so we are all in the same basket. I am going to be enjoying myself for these last few years as much as I can.”
He then corrects himself: “I say few — probably another 15. I can do that easy, mate, easy.”
The reason why, Rod says, is because he pays attention to his health. He says he’s not on any prescription drugs, he works out “three or four times a week” and is building a running track at his house so he can “try to beat the world record for a 79-year-old” in the 100-meter sprint.
“I think [it’s] about 17 seconds,” he says. “I’m f****** mad, ain’t I?”
On top of that, the “Maggie May” singer, who’s had both thyroid and prostate cancer, says, “When I come back to the U.K., I am going to have my blood cleaned … I’ve been told it is a real boost to the system.”
Rod’s currently in the U.S. finishing up the final shows of his residency at the Colosseum in Las Vegas, which ends Aug. 7. He tells The Sun, “I don’t want to wear my welcome out in Vegas … I’ve not really made my mind up in terms of what’s next.”
Rod also says his wife, Penny Lancaster, is planning a big birthday celebration for him with all his kids and grandkids, but, “I don’t even know what [the plans] are. They know and I don’t.”
Billy Joel has wrapped his Madison Square Garden residency, and to celebrate the momentous occasion the venue gave the rocker a very special gift.
The New York Post reports that MSG gifted Joel a ’78 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle, decorated with piano keys, Joel’s signature and the MSG logo. To compliment it, Joel, a motorcycle fan, also got a helmet decorated with the list of all the dates he played at the venue.
Joel wrapped his residency on July 25 after 104 residency shows and 150 total shows at the venue. During the concert he brought out Guns N’ Roses‘ frontman Axl Rose for two songs, Paul McCartney‘s James Bond theme “Live and Let Die” and AC/DC‘s “Highway to Hell.”
Comedian Jimmy Fallon was also on hand to help raise a banner in Joel’s honor, and Joel’s two youngest daughters, Della, who’ll be 9 in August, and Remy, 6, also made an appearance.
The Doors had their first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with “Light My Fire,” from their self-titled debut album. The song, written by guitarist Robby Krieger, spent three weeks on the top of the chart.
The album version of the song was over seven minutes in length, but an edited version, cut to about three minutes, was released to radio, taking away most of the tune’s long instrumental break.
The song caused a bit of controversy for The Doors after a performance on TheEd Sullivan Show. The band had been asked to change the line of “girl, we couldn’t get much higher” to take out the reference to drugs. While they originally agreed to do it, frontman Jim Morrison wound up singing the original lyrics live on the air.
“Light My Fire” was one of two #1 singles for the band, the other being “Hello, I Love You,” which went to #1 in August 1968.
The punk trio will launch the North American leg of their worldwide tour Monday in Washington, D.C., during which they’ll be supporting their new album, Saviors, which dropped in January. They’ll also be celebrating the 30th and 20th anniversaries of their respective albums Dookie and American Idiot by playing both of them in full each night.
Artists also on the bill include The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas.
Green Day previewed the tour Friday with a performance on ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series from New York City’s Central Park. They played the Dookie classic “Basket Case” and the Saviors single “Dilemma.”
For a full list of dates and ticket info, visit GreenDay.com.
In 1999, after an 11-year break, Bruce Springsteen reunited with The E Street Band for a yearlong tour, and now The Boss is looking back on the trek.
“It was not a reunion but a revival,” Springsteen said of the tour. Now fans are getting to experience that with the release of the new 20-song Amazon playlist Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – The Reunion Tour ’99, featuring live performances from the tour.
The playlist includes several songs from a July 15, 1999, show at New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena, including “Born To Run,” “The Promised Land,” “Land of Hopes and Dreams,” “Backstreets” and “Murder Incorporated,” as well as “Thunder Road” and “I Wanna Be With You” from a July 18 show at the same venue.
There’s also “Badlands,” “The Promise,” “The Ties That Bind” and “For You” live from Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Oct. 23, plus “Prove It All Night,” “Two Hearts,” “Streets of Philadelphia,” “Point Blank” and “Incident on 57th Street” from Philly’s First Union Center on Sept. 30 and “If I Should Fall Behind,” “Atlantic City” and “Take ‘Em As They Come” from Chicago’s United Center on Sept. 30.
The Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band reunion tour kicked off April 9, 1999, in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. dates launched July 15 with a 15-night stand at Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. The whole tour wrapped with a 10-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden, with the final show happening July 1, 2000.
Since 1999, Bruce has gone on several tours with The E Street Band and just wrapped the European leg of their most recent tour on Sunday in London. The next U.S. leg kicks off Aug. 15 in Pittsburgh.
KISS’ 12th studio album, Animalize, is turning 40 this year, and to celebrate the band has launched a new 40th anniversary merch collection, complete with two limited-edition vinyl variant bundles.
One of the bundles includes an Animalize 40th anniversary picture disc, along with a T-shirt with the album’s track list. It was limited to only 500 and has already sold out.
The second, limited to 2,500 units, includes a 40th anniversary black-and-white cornetto color vinyl, wrapped in a mirrored sleeve, that comes with a poster. It also includes an Animalize jersey that reads “if it’s too loud, you’re too old.”
In addition to the packages, there’s plenty of other merch for the KISS Army, including an Animalize print button-up shirt, several T-shirts, jerseys and a sweatshirt, as well as a duffle bag, nail stickers, buttons and a bumper sticker.
Released Sept. 17, 1985, Animalize was part of KISS’ commercial resurgence that also included 1983’s Lick It Up. The album was certified Platinum and featured the hit song “Heaven’s On Fire.”
Marky Ramone is hitting the road this summer and promises to treat fans to plenty of Ramones classics.
The rocker will tour with his band, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, with the trek kicking off Aug. 27 in Denver. The tour will hit such cities as St. Paul, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Portland and more, before wrapping Oct. 11 in Sacramento.
“See ya there! Playing all your favorite songs non-stop!” Marky shares.
A full list of tour dates and ticket information can be found at markyramone.com.
Marky Ramone, born Marc Steven Bell, joined the Ramones in 1978, replacing drummer Tommy Ramone.
Back in June, The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, who’ll star as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, told Variety he had yet to meet The Boss — but it looks like that may change soon.
Speaking again to Variety, this time on the red carpet at the Prelude to the Olympics event at Paris’ Fondation Louis Vuitton museum, Allen revealed that he’s now “texted and emailed” with Springsteen. He’s hoping to finally come face to face with the rocker at his Saturday show at London’s Wembley Stadium, the final stop on Springsteen’s current European tour.
White added, “I’m really excited to see him perform.”
When asked how Bruce texts, a smiling White responded, “like a boss.”
Deliver Me From Nowhere, based on Warren Zanes‘ book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, follows Springsteen’s efforts to make his solo album Nebraska.
Released on Sept. 30, 1982, Nebraska featured 10 acoustic songs Springsteen originally recorded as demos on a four-track recorder. Springsteen had planned to rerecord the songs with The E Street Band but instead opted to release it as a solo acoustic record. It featured such songs as “Atlantic City,” “Johnny 99” and “State Trooper.”
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has dropped a new song and scent.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just released the song “Deified” in conjunction with his new fragrance, Tony Iommi Deified, from luxury perfume company Xerjoff.
A video for the track has also been released, featuring pencil-drawn animation, which, according to a post on Instagram, “tells of a profound and powerful story that lies behind the palindromic nature of Deified.”
“Deified” was written by Iommi and produced by Iommi and Mike Exeter, with Xerjoff founder and CEO Sergio Momo also playing on the track.
Tony and Xerjoff previously collaborated on the scent Monkey Special and the song “Scent of Dark.”
“Here we go again, another collaboration with my dear friend Sergio Momo (Xerjoff) with a new perfume called Deified,” Iommi shares. “I’m really excited about our new perfume and after the success of our last one (Monkey Special) I hope that you’ll like Deified as much as I do.”
Deified the scent is described as having a “duality of leather and spice” with notes of saffron, cinnamon, rose, patchouli and a woody base of papyrus.
A limited number of signed fragrance bottles are available to order now.
