Red Hot Chili Peppers have added a fall U.S. headlining date to their touring schedule.
The show takes place September 27 at Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania, in between performances at Lollapalooza and Connecticut’s Sound on Sound festival. St. Vincent will also be on the bill.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 9, at 10 a.m. ET. For more info, visit RedHotChiliPeppers.com.
The Chili Peppers have been on tour over the past year supporting their two 2022 albums, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen. The international outing hits Europe this summer and South America in the fall.
In Geezer Butler‘s upcoming memoir, Into the Void, the Black Sabbath bassist reflects on the metal legends’ final reunion in 2011. Rolling Stone has shared an expert from the book, in which he explains how original drummer Bill Ward was left behind.
Though Ward was part of the 2011 reunion announcement, Sabbath severed ties with him a year later.
“I don’t know the ins and outs, because contracts and the like were always sorted out between our lawyers,” Butler writes. “However, I suspect Bill was given an ‘unsignable’ contract because Sharon [Osbourne] didn’t think he was up to a world tour. In fact, I know that Ozzy [Osbourne] and Tony [Iommi] didn’t think he was physically able, because of a shoulder problem and heart condition.”
“We suggested to Bill that he come on tour and do a few songs a show, but Bill, proud bloke that he is, insisted it was all or nothing. I was upset that what should have been a triumphant return for the original lineup had turned into a bit of a soap opera – and ended up making it worse.”
Said soap opera included a war of public statements, including one from Butler saying that Ward had demanded to be paid for playing a charity concert.
“I regret doing that, because I’d ended up doing the band’s dirty work,” Butler writes. “Worse, I’d betrayed Bill’s friendship by not believing his side of the story, which was that he’d actually agreed to do the charity gig for free.”
Into the Void is out now. When asked by Rolling Stone if anything in the book might upset his Sabbath bandmates, Butler replies, “Probably, yeah.”
“But it’s things that were happening at the time, and we’ve all grown up and got through it all since then,” he says.
Jackson Browne is the latest artist setting up shop in Las Vegas. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced a limited engagement at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.
The limited residency consists of five shows: October 6, 7, 11, 13 and 14.
Presale tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 7, at 10 a.m. PT, with the general on-sale set for Friday, June 9, at 10 a.m. PT.
The new shows are just the latest additions to Browne’s North American tour. He’s set to play Akron, Ohio, on June 6, with dates confirmed through October 20 and 21 in Los Angeles. A complete list of dates can be found at jacksonbrowne.com.
John Mellencamp is currently on his Live and In Person tour of theaters, but if fans go expecting him to play all the hits, they will be disappointed.
Mellencamp tells The New York Times he’s “not a nostalgic person,” noting, “I could do a whole show of hits if I wanted to, but I don’t.” He adds, “That’s one reason I quit playing arenas and playing outdoors. It wasn’t about music — it was about being a human jukebox.”
Of course the show isn’t devoid of Mellencamp classics, and he’s even started playing his first real hit, “Hurt So Good,” again after dropping it from his set for the past 25 years.
He says he’s added it back because “it has a whole new meaning to me.” Regarding the lyric, “When I was a young boy, I said, ‘Put away those young boy ways,'” he shares, “I was a kid when I wrote it, but as an older gentleman, it makes sense.”
And speaking of nostalgia, Mellencamp also talks a little about the early days of his career, which included getting kicked off tours opening for KISS, REO Speedwagon and Rainbow.
“I got kicked off every tour I was on. My band and I were terrible, but we were better than KISS,” he says. “I was a young kid, full of energy, and the reviews said, ‘John Cougar blew the place up last night.’ Gene Simmons would look at me like he wanted to kill me.”
Mellencamp brings his Live and In Person tour to New York’s Beacon Theatre for a three-night stand starting Tuesday, June 6. A complete list of dates can be found at mellencamp.com.
Dave Grohl has shared a note thanking fans for their support amid Foo Fighters‘ first tour back since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022.
In an Instagram post, Grohl writes, “Now that we’ve returned from our first run of shows, I felt compelled to reach out and thank you all for being there for us.”
“Every night, when I see you singing, it makes me sing harder,” Grohl continues. “When I see you screaming, it makes me scream louder. When I see your tears, it brings me to tears. And when I see your joy, it brings me joy.”
“But, I see you … and it feels good to see you, churning up these emotions together,” he concludes. “Because we’ve always done this together. Time and time again.”
Foo Fighters kicked off the tour in May. Ahead of the first show, they held a streaming concert during which they introduced new drummer Josh Freese.
The next show on the Foos’ schedule takes place June 14 in Rogers, Arkansas. They’ll play a run of U.S. headlining and festival dates throughout the summer and fall.
You can also listen to the new Foo Fighters album, But Here We Are, which dropped last Friday.
Paul McCartney’s photography is the subject of a new exhibit opening later this month at the National Portrait Gallery in London, and to promote its opening he’s set to talk about his photos in a new online discussion with actor Stanley Tucci.
The in-conversation event, taking place June 29, is part of the museum’s First Look Festival, designed to reintroduce the NPG to visitors after being closed for three years to undergo renovations.
The discussion will have the pair chatting about the exhibition, Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm, and McCartney’s book 1964: Eyes of the Storm, both of which give fans insight into McCartney’s point of view as The Beatles were becoming international superstars during the height of Beatlemania. The photos are from McCartney’s own archive, and were taken between December 1963 and February 1964.
Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Stormis set to run from June 28 to October 1. His book, 1964: Eyes of the Storm, will be released June 13 and is available for preorder now.
Eric Clapton has set his first plans for 2024. The three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has just announced a limited run of dates in the U.K. and Ireland.
The six-date tour kicks off May 9 in New Castle, England, and wraps with a two-night stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall, May 20 and 21. Clapton played Royal Albert Hall in May, hosting the two-night all-star Jeff Beck tribute concerts.
Tickets for all 2024 shows go on sale Friday, June 9, at 10 a.m.
Clapton is set to kick off a short set of North American shows this year, with the trek launching September 8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He’ll also headline two Crossroads Guitar Festival dates, September 23 and 24, in Los Angeles. A complete list of shows can be found at ericclapton.com.
The Broadway musical adaption of The Who’s Tommy won five awards at the 47th annual Tony Awards.
Based on the band’s 1969 album and 1975 film of the same name, the musical earned a Best Original Score Tony for The Who’s Pete Townshend, as well as Best Direction of a Musical for Des McAnuff. In total it was nominated for 10 Tonys, including Best Musical, losing out to Kiss of the Spider Woman.
The Who’s Tommy opened on Broadway on April 22, 1993, and closed on June 17, 1995, after 899 performances. It was also staged in Canada, Germany and the U.K.
A new reimagining of the musical, featuring a cast of 28, a nine-piece band and brand new staging, is set to open at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre on June 13.
Michael Cartellone, the current drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd, is set to show off his latest art collection in July. The rocker’s work will be on display at the Wentworth Gallery at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on Thursday, July 20.
The exhibit includes a piece titled “Ringo,” which is a tribute to The Beatles legend Ringo Starr,depicting his point of view during the band’s rooftop concert, featured in the 1970 film Let It Be.
“Being a drummer myself, I am very familiar with this vantage point, which makes this painting about my favorite drummer, of my favorite band, even more special to me,” Cartellone shares. “I wanted everything to be as authentic as possible,” noting he researched exactly what Ringo’s drums looked like, and watched videos from the Get Back and Let It Be documentaries.
The exhibit will also feature a piece titled “Fifty,” which celebrates Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 50-year career and their debut album, (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd). As part of the celebration, 50 signed and numbered canvas prints of the commemorative piece will be up for sale, as will the original.
The new exhibit will debut ahead of the kickoff to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour, with ZZ Top, which launches July 21 in West Palm Beach, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found a lynyrdskynyrd.com.
In an interview with Consequence’s Kyle Meredith with… podcast, guitarist Stone Gossard shares that the grunge outfit’s next album is “getting close to the finish line.”
“We’re getting closer and closer,” Gossard says. “It’s gonna be a good one.”
The upcoming record continues frontman Eddie Vedder‘s collaboration with producer Andrew Watt, with whom he worked on his 2022 solo album, Earthling. Watt also played in Vedder’s solo live band, and has recently produced records for Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop.
Gossard describes Watt as the “most hardcore Pearl Jam fan you’ll ever meet” who can “play all of our songs, and all of Soundgarden‘s songs back at us — better than we can play them.”
“It’s been such a joy to make a record with [Watt],” Gossard says. “He’s energizing us.”
Pearl Jam’s most recent album is 2020’s Gigaton, which includes the singles “Dance of the Clairvoyants” and “Superblood Wolfmoon.”
