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Kings of Leon are taking their Coachella show on the road this summer and have announced many tour dates throughout the U.S. The whole thing kicks off on July 25th in Orange Beach, Alabama and ends on September 12th in Seattle. Band of Horses will open for Kings of Leon throughout the tour. Ticket info can be found at KOL's website since tickets go on sale on different dates for different shows.
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Center court at Madison Square Garden never sounded so good. The Beastie Boys grabbed a boombox, set it down in the center of the New York Knicks logo at the world's most famous arena and proceeded to stream their new album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2, in its entirety. The new album is out on May 3rd but grab the flavor of three of Brooklyn's finest by pressing play up top right… Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers/Chickenfoot/Bombastic Meatbats drummer Chad Smith made his second appearance on the Rock it Out! Blog and, like the first time, we were honored to have him. Now many of you have sent in questions you wanted me to ask Mr. Smith but the one EVERYBODY asked was, "When is the new RHCP album coming out?!" We have an answer.
Chad told the RiO!B exclusively that the new album from the Chili Peppers will be in stores by the end of August. So far there's no album title… Read More

On today's RiO!B episode, we want to know who you think is the best bass player in all of rock and roll? Who slays the low end better than most? Who provides the ultimate groove to a song? Who can slappa-da-bass like no one else? Let us know! Read More

Need another reason to see Soundgarden live this summer? How about The Mars Volta opening for them on three of their first four dates?
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala will take the stage to melt your fucking faces as a warm-up to Soundgarden blowing you away. By the end of the show, the GA section of every venue should be nothing but gooey remains of some brave, diehard fans. Volta is set to open for the shows in Philly, Denver and Los Angeles. Sorry, Toronto,… Read More

Well it looks like we got ourselves another track from the Beastie Boys and it's another awesome jam. The track "Say It," from their forthcoming album Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2, can be listened to down below. The new album is in stores on May 3rd. While "Say It" may not be as immediately catchy as "Make Some Noise," it's got its own outstanding qualities including… Read More

I'll be interviewing Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers on Friday night in New York City. We'll talk RHCP along with Chickenfoot and his side-project, Bombastic Meatbats, but what would you like to ask him? Submit your questions and I'll try to get to as many as I can within the interview. And no, I will not ask him anything regarding his insane Will Ferrell doppelganger status. Send in those questions! Read More

See those skulls right there? Those skulls are made of gummy bear material along with the exposed brain that kinda looks like a vagina embedded into a cranium. In any case, deep within the vagina brains are usb flash drives with new songs from the Flaming Lips and those skulls were recently sold by frontman Wayne Coyne to a few lucky fans.
Coyne personally sold five of the skulls at $150… Read More