Posted by Ian Weber on April 19, 2022
Well, April is for sure becoming a whole pile of crazy. Hey, concert junkies! Hope you’re doing it up and feeling fine. I’ve got another highlighted Metal Insider show list for you to look through whenever during your extra lunch break. Anyway, I hope you like it, and you will attend a bunch of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 28, 2016
Jorn Lande has recorded a lot of music – over 40 albums, according a press release we got this morning. And his powerful vocals are front and center on everything he does. Today he announced his latest album, Heavy Rock Radio, due out on June 3 on Frontiers Music. Unlike most of his albums, this will […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 11, 2015
This past Wednesday (7), Foo Fighters announced a special one-off show for Dave Grohl’s 46th birthday at the Forum in Los Angeles. And while those purchasing tickets for the in the round performance last night (10) were told there were no openers, the band delivered over four hours of music with a star-filled arsenal of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 18, 2014
Earlier this year, a data analyst decided to find out who the most literate rapper was by taking the first 35,000 words of artists’ lyrics, figuring out how many unique words they used, and extrapolating that data. It found Aesop Rock the most literate and DMX the least. So another data analyst decided to do […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 21, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFB9yXiNp1A[/youtube] Let this be a lesson to you: If you try hard and persevere, you can do pretty much anything you put your mind to. For God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle, that involves nailing the guitar solo at the end of The Eagles’ “Hotel California.” After practicing for a week, Doc not only did it, […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 8, 2011
As you may know, record labels and musicians are preparing to battle it out over copyright laws concerning ownership over albums. This all pertains to a U.S. copyright law that was amended in 1976, giving artists the right to regain rights to their work after 35 years. Thus, the first batch of albums created after […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 3, 2011
Right before the end of the year, Pollstar revealed their lists for the top 50 grossing concert tours of 2010. First, the good news: rock is dominating concert’s worldwide sales. Topping both the worldwide and North American tour lists is Bon Jovi, who grossed $201.1 million in total. Also in the top five for worldwide […]
