Shinedown’s new album ‘The Sound of Madness’ can be streamed in its entirety at this location. The album hits stores June 24th.
Motley Crue’s new album ‘The Saints of Los Angeles‘ can be streamed now at this location. The album hits stores on June 24th.
Staind’s new album ‘The Illusion of Progress‘ is set to hit stores on August 19th. The first single “Believe” will be released to radio on June 30th.
Hinder’s new album ‘Take it to the Limit‘ is set to hit stores November 4th. The first single, “Use Me”, will make its way to radio on July 15th. The band will be on tour with 3 Doors Down and Staind this summer, check the dates here.
Slipknot’s new single “All Hope is Gone” can be sampled at Amazon.com. The track will be available for purchase on June 24th and is set to impact radio on July 7th. The bands new as-yet-untitled new album is due out on August 26th.
Metallica have titled their new album ‘Death Magnetic‘. Video of the band announcing the title and previewing a new track is available here. ‘Death Magnetic‘ is due out in September.
Kid Rock was hospitalized today with an unknown illness just minutes before he was scheduled to go on at UK’s Download Festival. A statement from his rep said that he is being treated for stomach cramps and dehydration.
The Bonnaroo festival was held this weekend in Manchester, Tennessee, near Nashville, playing host to four days of music and about 80,000 music fans.
Some highlights:
Metallica closed out Friday night, playing a crowd-pleasing set of mostly material from their oldest albums. Rumors they would premiere some new material turned out to be false, even though the band kept teasing the audience about it.
Pearl Jam's Saturday night show was a three-hour set that included a lot of political talk from singer Eddie Vedder; rare songs, including "Hard To Imagine": and a few covers, including the Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" and Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower."
Eddie Vedder on politics "There's a time and place for this kind of talk, right?... A song cannot change the world. But this many people can change the world. How do we know? It is stitched into the fabric of our flag and it is welded into our Constitution that people have not only the right, but the responsibility to make change. It can't get any worse. We're right here in the middle of America. We can change the whole world. Do you agree that this is the time and place for this kind of talk?"
Kanye West didn't begin his show until after 4 a.m. Saturday night, over two hours late, due to technical problems. Many fans were angered. and a chant started, saying of "Kanye Sucks." (It turned out the delay was partly due to Pearl Jam's set running over an hour past the scheduled end time.)
Chris Rock performed Friday night. On the high cost of gas: "Let me tell you something. If I invade IHOP, pancakes are going to be cheaper in my house."
Other acts performing over the weekend included Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Against Me, B.B. King, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the Raconteurs, Jack Johnson, Death Cab For Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Willie Nelson, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh & Friends, Ben Folds, Kanye West, Little Feat and many more.