by Zach Fehl | Jun 20, 2014 | News
The iconic Birmingham, England venue The Crown is being sold to Japanese developers for a rumored £1.2 million. Although it may look like any ordinary small venue, The Crown was a stepping stone for such bands like early Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. By stepping...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 13, 2014 | Metal on Metal, News, Touring, Updates
A few weeks ago, website Priceonomics did some number crunching and found out what it would cost to book a number of bands. At the time, we noted that the math was a little bit off, due to the fact that it was through a third party booking agent. We also noted...
by Bram Teitelman | May 23, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. It’s been a pretty insane week for comebacks. The first new music...
by Bram Teitelman | May 19, 2014 | Metallica Insider
[youtube]http://youtu.be/XJaBdtzofNc[/youtube] In the past week, we’ve seen Metallica perform Beatles and Ozzy songs acoustically, James Hetfield jam with Billie Joe Armstrong and Joe Satriani, and heard Kirk Hammett play on a $100 album. Now you can add...
by Bram Teitelman | May 16, 2014 | News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/m9D525NA9FI[/youtube] We already knew that Metallica could play acoustically, in fact, they did it earlier this week. But yesterday, frontman James Hetfield did it solo, enlisting a few friends for the final song. At San Francisco’s...