During a recent Twitter question segment, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has said its likely he won’t record any more new music. Snider, 67, took to Twitter on Saturday July 9 to answer questions posed by fans. As Blabbermouth noted, one fan remarked they were “amazed” to see Snider’s peers Paul McCartney and legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy still performing well into their 80s. It was an observation to which Snider said: “God bless them all! “I can only do what’s right for me. And for my retirement I’m writing screenplays, directing a movie, releasing my first fiction novel,...
Dead & Company have shared their support for abortion rights during a recent show in Bristow, Virginia. Performing at Jiffy Lube Live on Friday night (July 8), the outfit — comprising surviving members of Grateful Dead, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge — played footage of abortion and reproductive rights activists during their song ‘Throwing Stones’. At one point, the message “save our rights” was also emblazoned onscreen. See a fan-shot clip of the moment below. At @JiffyLube_Live in VA this eve pic.twitter.com/fMAp6WpAT5 — Paul Veracka (He/They) (@meepmorpfan) July 9, 2022 Advertisement The band are currently on their...
Lloyd Banks has dropped off the second track from his upcoming new album, ‘The Course Of The Inevitable 2’ – listen to ‘Fell In Love’ below. READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life – 50 Cent The follow-up to last year’s ‘COTI (The Course Of The Inevitable)’ was previewed earlier this month with the release of its first single, ‘Menace’ featuring Conway The Machine. Due to be released on July 15, the album’s latest single hears Banks break down the characteristics that make him so irresistible to the ladies. Advertisement “Cool in the summer, heat hot when the winter’s on/ I came, I saw,...
Jamie T has added some extra dates to his upcoming 2022 UK tour which is set to take place in November – get tickets here. READ MORE: Jamie T live at Glastonbury 2022: indie national treasure returns in a blaze of glory The singer-songwriter, who will release his new album ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ on July 29 via Polydor Records, announced last month that he would celebrate the new record with a nine-date UK tour. Originally set to kick off in Newcastle on November 10, the tour will now start two days earlier on November 8 in Glasgow, with the gig being...
System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has spoken out about the band’s lack of new music, having only released two singles in 17 years. READ MORE: Serj Tankian: “I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone” The metal band’s last album was 2005’s ‘Hypnotize’, and since then all they’ve released are two singles in 2020, ‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’. Speaking in a new interview, Dolmayan said he was happy that SOAD were able to put out the new tracks, but that he wishes they would continue to make more music. Advertisement “Cause, obviously, we...
A rapper has found a creative way of encouraging his children to do their chores – by changing the lyrics to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘WAP’. READ MORE: The good, the bad and the Biffy: the five most, erm, interesting ‘WAP’ covers The raunchy viral hit originally landed in August 2020, sparking great controversy and racking up 19 Platinum certificates across five countries. It was also named NME‘s song of the year. The track opens with the lyrics: “Whores in this house/ There’s some whores in this house/ There’s some whores in this house/ There’s some whores in this house (Hol’ up)/ I said certified...
Donald Trump has called out Elon Musk at a recent rally, calling the tech mogul a “bullshit artist”. READ MORE: Who the hell is Elon Musk? On Saturday (July 9), Trump spoke at a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, during which he peddled his right-wing social network Truth Social. The former US president called the budding platform “hot as a pistol” and compared it to Musk’s recent bid to buy Twitter for $44billion – a deal the Tesla CEO is now attempting to pull out of. Advertisement “I tell you what – Elon… Elon is not gonna buy Twitter!” Trump told the...
Thom Yorke has confirmed that Radiohead side project The Smile have some new music in the works. READ MORE: The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after all The band, which features Yorke, his Radiohead bandmate Johnny Greenwood, and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, released their debut album, ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’, in May. In a four-star review, NME‘s Andrew Trendell described it as “showcasing a melodic, more energetic and free-flowing iteration of the Yorke-Greenwood partnership”. Last month, The Smile performed at Primavera Sound as part of the Barcelona festival’s second weekend. During their set – which Strokes frontman Julian...
Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp have shared a cover of Billy Idol‘s ‘Rebel Yell’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The clip is the latest in their long-running ‘Sunday Lunch’ series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing playing out live as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. In recent weeks, they’ve covered Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Can’t Stop’, The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’, Radiohead’s ‘Creep’, Garbage’s ‘I Think I’m Paranoid’, Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name Of’ and Foo Fighters’ ‘All My Life’. Last week the pair took on...
As they gear up to release their 10th studio album, ‘Asphalt Meadows’, Death Cab For Cutie have started performing a brand new song from it titled ‘Here To Forever’. READ MORE: Ben Gibbard on his new Fender signature guitar – and how it’s influencing the new Death Cab For Cutie album Thus far, the band have performed ‘Here To Forever’ on every date of their current summer tour, with the first show having gone down in Newport, Kentucky on Thursday (July 7). They’ve also been performing the album’s lead single, ‘Roman Candles’, which until this week, had only been done...