I have no clue what it is about the UK/Ireland region of the world but recently there's been an extreme love/hate relationship with Axl Rose...although it's leaning a bit more towards hate as of now. Dateline: Dublin, Ireland. The O2 arena is packed to the gills with drunken Irish Guns n' Roses fans ready to get their bollocks rocked by Axl and the crew. But, like he did at… Read More
I know there are a lot of you that aren't fans of Coldplay...but there's a lot of you that are as well. So I, being the balanced rock blogger that I am, must deliver the news regardless of your fandom and bring you this story. Coldplay's Chris Martin has given us a new song called "Wedding Bells." (via OneThirtyBPM)
With their recent headlining gig at Lollapalooza behind them and their current tour underway, Green Day decided to let their fans in on a little secret at a show in Denver, Colorado on August 28th. That show was being recorded for a new live album they're releasing so they decided to treat the crowd by playing a brand new song.
Axl Rose has decided to declare "war" on the promoters of the Reading and Leeds festivals that took place this past weekend in the UK. Guns N' Roses played both festivals and had both of their sets cut early by festival promoters. Rose took to his Twitter account and cried foul saying that they "allegedly had a deal in place pre show w/the city at least at Leeds to do a bit longer performance that was… Read More
When a band takes on the idea of covering a song by Bruce Springsteen, they also have to deal with the legions of the Boss's fans nitpicking at every single note, vocal inflection and type of jeans they wore while playing the song. With this case, we bring you indie-rock darlings Vampire Weekend (Vampy Weeks to the insiders) presenting their version of "I'm Going Down."
I feel bad for Australia and New Zealand. Even though they're a sexy island continent (Australia not New Zealand) in the middle of the ocean where our winter is their summer, they're just so far away from everything. I always feel like they get the cold shoulder for a lot of things. Which is why they're getting a special treat and I hate them for it. It has been revealed that U2… Read More
So it looks like American Idol will have a rock n' roll influence on the show next season. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler will indeed be a judge on the talent competition. Deadline Hollywood reports that Tyler's "deal is done" and that he will be judging up and coming singers and crushing dreams of the ones who suck. Fox is still trying to come up with two… Read More
With Brandon Flowers' new solo album, Flamingo, only weeks away from release, it's a law that the Internet shall bring forth songs from the album before it's release date of September 14th. With that being said, we have two videos below for you to check out courtesy of our friends at Consequence of Sound. The videos show Flowers performing… Read More
Queens of the Stone Age returned to U.S. soil over the weekend to play a benefit concert in Los Angeles for Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O'Connor who was recently diagnosed with cancer. It was the first show the band had played in the U.S. since 2008 and it was a barn burner. According to Spin, Eagles of Death Metal featured O'Connor on bass for the evening. He… Read More
