From Top of the Pops to Celebrity Big Brother via lots of plastic surgery, Pete Burns was one of British pop’s larger-than-life personalities. Pete Burns, the flamboyant singer who has died at the age of 57, shot to fame with his band Dead Or Alive in the 1980s. Their single You Spin Me Round...
Ritchie Blackmore‘s “return to rock” shows with a revamped Rainbow lineup were a bit of a disappointment for fans who’d hoped to see Blackmore reunite with some of his former bandmates — but according to Glenn Hughes, Blackmore attempted to get at least one familiar face onstage.
“He...
Video footage of former Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner performing on July 9 at the LankaFest in Puolanka Finland can be seen below. Joe Lynn Turner recently slammed Ritchie Blackmore for the guitarist’s decision to go out and perform classic Deep Purple and Rainbow material...
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler revealed that the band will embark on a farewell tour in 2017. Tyler, who will release his first-ever solo album, “We’re All Somebody From Somewhere”, on July 15, said: “I love this band. I really do. I want to squash every thought that anybody...
Former Judas Priest and Iced Earth frontman Tim “Ripper” Owens was forced to cancel his scheduled appearance at Scotland’s only rock and metal festival after being denied entry to the United Kingdom (Thursday, June 23).
Owens’s June 24 appearance at Wildfire was being...
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has told a court hearing the Stairway to Heaven copyright dispute that he has a dim memory of the time it was written. He said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claim the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s. “I...
US rock star Meat Loaf is “stable and in good condition” after collapsing on stage during a concert in Canada. A post on his Facebook page said he collapsed due to severe dehydration. He was admitted to hospital for routine tests, and additional tests are being performed but he is described...
How does having a very young son affect touring life now that the band is on the road in support of its latest album, last year’s “Immortalized”, Draiman said: “I do think about and do occasionally take my wife and son out with me on tour. It’s difficult. My son’s...
On the plane journey over to JFK Airport for our first American tour in something like eight years, I couldn’t help thinking what it was like when we first arrived stateside to appear on a popular TV programme of the time: The OC. Like anything then, we took it all in our stride. On departing from...
August 10: Washington DC – Verizon Center Due to overwhelming demand, Paul has confirmed he will add a second and final show to his Washington DC engagement at Verizon Center on Wednesday, August 10. tickets will be available through Ticketmaster for the Washington DC show. To purchase tickets,...
Not every band gets a second chance, but then, not every band is The Struts. After first releasing their debut album Everybody Wants two years ago but not quite receiving the support they needed, the U.K. glam rockers are back with a redo, and it’s better than before.
Earlier this month,...
Doro Pesch, known to most as just Doro, has been carrying her metal flag proudly for over three decades and she doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. She burst onto the scene in 1984 fronting the band Warlock and their debut album Burning the Witches. In 1989, there were some legal issues which...
Heart released Dreamboat Annie in the summer of 1975 in Canada. But on Feb. 14, 1976, the band’s debut album hit record store shelves in the U.S. The LP coalesced at the same time the then-Vancouver-based Heart was trying to make a name for themselves by touring around Canada’s “cabarets,...
The Hollywood Vampires will pay tribute to Lemmy Kilmister at this year’s Grammy Awards. The Alice Cooper-fronted, star-packed band — which also includes actor Johnny Depp, Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry — will perform at the ceremony on February. 15th.
There’s...
Singer-songwriter Colin Vearncombe, who performed under the name Black, has died at the age of 53, two weeks after being injured in a car crash. The Liverpool singer, whose 1987 single Wonderful Life was a top 10 hit around the world, suffered head injuries in the crash in Ireland on 10 January,...
