When it comes to it, U2 are among the big guns, among the fabled few who managed to deliver great music for a long period of time. In fact, they pretty much covered everything, adapting their style to the current tendencies, or even adapting the current tendencies to their music. This comes as a sequel to the 2004 ‘Hot to dismantle an atomic bomb’, and the boys seem very prepared to deliver another good dose…
They are preparing this reunion for the Rock on the Range festival, to be held May 17-18 at Columbus, Ohio’s Columbus Crew Stadium. It will probably be glorious and spectacular and two days long, here’s why. Among the bands which are going to play there, to name just a few would be naming Kid Rock, Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Papa Roach, Seether, Flyleaf, Shinedown, Serj Tankian, the reunited Filter, Killswitch Engage and Finger Eleven….
The Who’s guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend says they are already working on a new (hopefully just as good as their old ones) album. This comes as a follow up to their 2006 ‘Endless Wire’.It was their first release in 24 years, and most people claimed it would be their last. Wrong! The two remaining members are working hard and they speek about their musical plans. Townshend explained: “Roger [Daltrey, singer] is working on his…
Artist name: Lenny Kravitz Album name: It Is Time for a Love Revolution Label: Virgin Records Us Gender: Soul rock Release date: February 5, 2008 ZMErating: 8 and 1/2 Website: www.lennykravitz.com Well the first thing I thought about when I heard about the album was that he’s still single, so what kind of revolution is he talking about?(bad joke, I know). Anyway, this album was intended to be a classic, but the thing is that…
The boys from California are thinking about global warming as they get ready to start their North American tour. Through their own non-profit organization, Music For Relief, they are doing efforts to help reduce the carbon emissions and bring attention to environmental concerns as they go from place to place.They are giving away $1 from each ticket sold to Music For Relief for a tree-planting program, as well as promoting things such as recycling, utilizing…
In case you have no idea whatsoever what Ozzfest is, here’s a quick reminder for you (although you don’t deserve it! how can you not know what Ozzfest is ?!). Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by some of the greatest singers out there. We’re talking about metal and hardcore stuff here; hard rock at its best!So, just as with 2007, a shortened tour is…
Multiple Grammy-winning and current hip-hop kingpin Kanye West is bringing out the big guns for this tour, by inviting a whole bunch of great singers. This comes after West captured four rap Grammy Awards, but lost other four in categories he had been nominated. As a matter of fact, he lost the rap collaboration award to Barbadian bombshell, Rihanna. But they are going together on a tour, along with N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco. Fiasco is…
To let you in on what this is about, you have to know that according to a study conducted by some very important and serios medical researchers, 33% of popular songs contain explicit content and 42% of songs hint at substance abuse. Aw man, this was obvious for everybody! If even Kylie hints at drug abuse, where’s this world going to? (From her song called Red blooded woman: “You’ll never get to Heaven, if your…
Artist name: Bullet for my Valentine Album name: Scream Aim Fire Label: Jive Gender: Heavy Metal Release date: January 28, 2008 ZMErating: 8 and 1/2 Website: www.bulletformyvalentine1.com Well I had heard a whole lot about this album before listening to it; and most of what I’ve heard was really bad. So I started listening to it with kind of low expectations, not being a [tag]Bullet for My Valentine[/tag] fan, and I to my shame I…
The System of a Down man has announced his first ever solo headline tour of the UK in support of his album ‘Elect The Dead’. He will play five shows in April beginning at the ABC in Glasgow and finishing up in Birmingham. Prior to this, Serj has only played two headline shows in the UK, in Manchester and London, in between his support slots for Foo Fighters last year. He will probably do great…
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