It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Jack White keyboardist Isaiah “Ikey” Owens. Owens passed away last night in his hotel room in Puebla, Mexico. The cause of Owens’ death unknown at this point. Owens was performing with Jack White on his tour of Mexico. Owens has been a member of White’s touring...
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FOO FIGHTERS AND ZAC BROWN COVER BLACK SABBATH’S “WAR PIGS” ON LETTERMAN
Last night, Foo Fighters kicked off their week-long residency on The Late Show with David Letterman. The band got things off to a running start, inviting country guitar guru Zac Brown to join them for a version the Black Sabbath classic “War Pigs”. This is not Brown and The Foo’s first collaboration, however. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl joined forces with the Zac Brown...
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OZZY OSBOURNE SET TO RECEIVE GLOBAL ICON AWARD AT 2014 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS
Heavy metal godfather Ozzy Osbourne will be receiving the Global Icon Award at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday, November 9 at SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. The U.S. telecast will air live starting at 7pm ET from Miami, FL. The show will be broadcasted across all the MTV channels. Ozzy will join fellow...
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NINE INCH NAILS, GREEN DAY, THE SMITHS, JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS, and MORE NOMINATED FOR ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released it’s list of nominees for the 2015 Class of Inductees. Featured nominees this year include Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Smiths, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Lou Reed, and Sting. Other nominees this year include N.W.A., Kraftwerk, Chic, Bill Withers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Marvelettes, War, and The Spinners....
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ALTER BRIDGE STILL BRINGING IT ON 2014 U.S. FALL TOUR
After a tremendously successful worldwide festival run that concluded over the weekend at the Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville, KY, Alter Bridge‘s new U.S. tour leg stopped at the Sands Event Center last night in Bethlehem, PA. The trek is in continued support of their latest opus Fortress which came out nearly a year ago, and ranked #14 on TheRockRevival.com’s Top 50 Rock...
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HIM and MOTIONLESS IN WHITE ANNOUNCE 2014 WINTER TOUR
HIM and Motionless In White have announced a brief winter U.S. tour run. The trek kicks off on December 9 at Webster Hall in New York and wraps up on December 19 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. HIM are set to release their limited-edition boxed set, Lashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective ’96-’03, on November 25...