Dave Grohl has teamed up with Epiphone for a new signature guitar.
The Dave Grohl DG-335 combines elements of the Gibson ES-335 and Trini Lopez guitars, and comes in the same pelham blue finish that anyone who’s seen Foo Fighters live will recognize.
You can order yours now for $1,299 via Epiphone.com.
Grohl will be rocking his own DG-335 on Foo Fighters’ upcoming U.S. tour, which will begin in May with a run of one-off headlining shows and festival sets. It will then hit stadiums in July.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band got their start in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and now, they are returning to headline the city’s annual beachside music festival, Sea.Hear.Now.
The festival is set to go down September 14-15, with The Boss headlining closing night.
Noah Kahan will headline opening night, with The Black Crowes, Trey Anastasio Band, Kool & The Gang, Norah Jones, 311, The Hives, The Revivalists and more also on the bill.
Fellow New Jersey natives TheGaslight Anthem are also set to perform ahead of Springsteen on Sunday, which sets up the possibility for an onstage collaboration. The two artists have performed together in the past, and Springsteen has appeared on the Gaslight song “History Books,” the title track from their most recent album.
A presale for tickets begins Thursday, March 7, at 10 a.m. ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public one hour later at 11 a.m. ET. More information on tickets and the complete lineup can be found at seahearnowfestival.com.
With Paramore covering Talking Heads‘ “Burning Down the House,” David Byrne is now returning the favor.
Byrne has recorded a version of Paramore’s song “Hard Times,” the lead single off Hayley Williams and company’s 2017 album, After Laughter. It’ll be released alongside Paramore’s rendition of “Burning Down the House” on a 12-inch vinyl single exclusively for Record Store Day, April 20.
As previously reported, Paramore will be the ambassador for Record Store Day 2024. They’re also releasing a vinyl edition of their Re: This Is Why compilation for the occasion.
Meanwhile, Paramore’s “Burning Down the House” cover was recorded for a tribute album to the iconic Talking Heads concert film and live album, Stop Making Sense.
The Black Crowes have dropped a new music video for “Wanting and Waiting,” the first single from their upcoming album, Happiness Bastards.
The clip, directed by Christopher Acosta, is the band’s first music video in 16 years, their last being 2008’s “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.”
The video features brothers Chris and Rich Robinson and the rest of the band performing in front of a large video screen that flashes various words and images, including skulls and crows.
Happiness Bastards,The Black Crowes’ first album of new music in 15 years, drops March 15 and is available for preorder now.
The band will also be heading out on the Happiness Bastards tour this spring, hitting 35 cities starting April 2 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. A complete list of dates can be found at theblackcrowes.com.
Gary Rossington, guitarist for Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd,passed away at the age of 71.
Rossington, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2006, was the last remaining original member of Skynyrd’s lineup. He had been the last surviving original member of the band following the death of Larry Junstrom in 2019.
Rossington played guitar on many of the band’s biggest hits, including “Simple Man” and “Sweet Alabama,” both of which he co-wrote with Ronnie Van Zant,as well as “Tuesday’s Gone.” He also played slide guitar on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s signature tune “Free Bird.”
Rossington was one of the passengers who survived the October, 20, 1977, Mississippi plane crash that took the lives of Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines and three others. He broke both his arms, legs, wrists, ankles and pelvis.
Lynyrd Skynyrd decided to continue as a band after Rossington’s death. They launch a new leg of the Sharp Dressed Simple Man tour with ZZ Top on Friday, March 8, in Savannah, Georgia. A complete list of dates can be found at lynyrdskynyrd.com.
In a video posted to his Facebook, the Guns N’ Roses shredder shares, “I’m a rock guitar player that’s firmly rooted in blues.”
“Blues guitar is really something that I got turned on to when I was a kid,” he continues. “If you were to listen to anything that I do, you can see how big the blues influence is. I’d always thought that I would want to record a record at some point, and we got together and did it.”
More details will be announced on Friday, March 8.
Slash’s most recent album is 2022’s 4, recorded with his Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators band. They’re currently on tour in Asia.
The U2 frontman’s memoir, Surrender,won Audiobook of the Year at the 2024 Audie Awards, which took place Monday, March 4, at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Surrender, which was released in November 2022 and featured the subtitle 40 Songs, One Story, followed Bono, born Paul Hewson, from his childhood in Dublin to the formation of U2 and their journey to superstardom.
Bono narrated the audiobook. Printed copies of Surrender featured 40 of his original drawings.
Following the release of Surrender, Bono went on a worldwide Stories of Surrender book tour, which hit 14 cities and included an 11-night residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre.
The public may be getting some more insight into the early days of The Beatles, only this time from the point of view of former Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe.
The U.K. Mirror reports that the Sutcliffe Estate is looking to sell a collection of rare photos, letters, memorabilia and artwork that belonged to Sutcliffe, and auction houses are interested in paying millions to get their hands on it.
The collection includes 37 slides and photos of the group from the period between from 1960 to 1962, including shots with Sutcliffe and good friend John Lennon. There are also pieces of Sutcliffe’s personal artwork.
“The dream was for some of the art collection to find a home where it would be available to all,” Diane Vitale, chief executive of the estate, tells the paper. “The mission was always for it to return to where it all began.”
She’s hoping some of the items could go on display at a university or museum so the public can enjoy them.
“Finding a benefactor who could finance a university or museum acquisition would be ideal,” she says, “and while Liverpool is my first choice it could happen anywhere.”
Sutcliffe, a college friend of Lennon’s, joined The Beatles in early 1960 and was their original bass player. He left the group the following year to pursue his artistic studies in Hamburg, Germany. He passed away in April 1962 at the age of 21 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Metallica has partnered with the work wear company Carhartt to help fund skilled trade education for women.
Carhartt has awarded Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation and its Metallica Scholars program with the For the Love of Labor grant in celebration of International Women’s Day, which takes place Friday, March 8. With the grant, the first $250,000 in sales of women’s apparel in Carhartt retail stores and online on Friday will be donated to Metallica Scholars.
“Together, we’re providing the next generation of hardworking women with the training and tools needed to take their future into their own hands,” reads an All Within My Hands press release.
The Metallica Scholars program first launched in 2019 and funds scholarships for students pursuing a traditional trade or other applied learning program.
Black Sabbath‘s “Paranoid” will now be occupying your brain on Spotify’s Billions Club playlist.
The metal classic has officially hit the 1 billion streams mark on the platform. It’s the first song from either Sabbath or Ozzy Osbourne‘s solo discography to achieve that feat.
“Paranoid” is the title track off Black Sabbath’s 1970 sophomore album, which also spawned “Iron Man” and “War Pigs.” Its video has over 250 million views on YouTube.
Other recent new additions to the Spotify Billions Club include Green Day‘s “Basket Case,” Evanescence‘s “Bring Me to Life” and Guns N’ Roses‘ “Paradise City.”
