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Guns N’ Roses have announced the departure of drummer Frank Ferrer after nearly two decades with the band.

The split was described as “amicable” in a statement shared by Guns N’ Roses, who said, “The band thanks Frank for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence over the past 19 years, and they wish him success in the next chapter of his musical journey.”

On Thursday, the band revealed that Isaac Carpenter, a veteran of Awolnation, A Perfect Circle, and Duff McKagan’s Loaded, who replace Ferrer on Gnr’s upcoming 2025 tour.

Guns N’ Roses have announced the departure of Frank Ferrer, the legendary band’s longest-serving drummer at 19 years with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act.

A press release describes the split as “amicable,” adding, “The band thanks Frank for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence over the past 19 years, and they wish him success in the next chapter of his musical journey.”

Ferrer joined Guns N’ Roses in June 2006 and had been playing shows with the band ever since, including over the past near-decade since the 2016 return of guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan. He replaced Bryan “Brain” Mantia, following previous stints by Josh Freese, Matt Sorum, and classic Gn’R drummer Steven Adler.

Guns N’ Roses have not announced a replacement for Ferrer as of yet. Adler still tours with his own band, playing Guns N’ Roses songs, while Freese became a member of Foo Fighters following the passing of Taylor Hawkins.

Brian James, founding guitarist and songwriter of seminal British punk group The Damned who later played with Stiv Bators in The Lords of the New Church, died Thursday. He was 70. His family confirmed the news in a Facebook post.

Also featuring singer Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible on bass and Rat Scabies on drums, The Damned first hit the UK charts in March 1977 with its album Damned Damned Damned on Stiff Records. With James as its main songwriter, it was the first of 10 charting LPs in the country. Its first hit single there was 1979’s “Love Song,” starting a run of nine Top 40 tracks led by their lone Top 10, “Eloise,” which reached No. 3 in 1986.

James wrote the influentuial band’s debut single “New Rose,” which came out in October 1976 and is considered Britain’s first punk single, coming a month before The Sex Pistols upended the scene with “Anarchy in the UK.

Brian James, the pioneering punk guitarist who co-founded the Damned, died Thursday, March 6, at the age of 70.

James’ death was confirmed with a statement on his Facebook page. While no cause of death was given, the statement said James “passed peacefully on” with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law by his side.

On X, James’ former Damned bandmate Captain Sensible (Raymond Burns) wrote, “We’re shocked to hear that creator of @thedamned, our great chum Brian James has sadly gone. A lovely bloke that I feel so lucky to have met...

Exclusive: The Mediapro Studio US & Canada has joined as a co-producer of the documentary about the life story of Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, the iconic mixed martial arts fighter who introduced the sport to the world.

Production on the as-yet-untitled movie is now officially underway under the direction of Emmy-nominated sports documentary editor-turned-filmmaker Jennifer Tiexiera.

Keanu Reeves and Fisher Stevens will serve as producers, along with Maura Anderson and Zak Kilberg of Highly Flammable, John Scalise and his Faya Project, and Laura Fernández Espeso of The Mediapro Studio. Jc Acosta and Pam Healey are the Executive Producers for The Mediapro Studio. Executive Producers will also include Nancy Weisler, Sol Tryon, Brian Maya, Tiexiera under her Lady & Bird shingle and Chris Quintos Cathcart and Tyler Boehm of Unapologetic Projects.

“The Mediapro Studio team is thrilled to be collaborating with these brilliant creative partners to shine the spotlight on a remarkable athlete...

Paramount+ has announced a feature-length documentary titled Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, set to chronicle the metal legend’s ongoing health battles and upcoming final concert.

The documentary, which is fully sanctioned by the Osbourne family, is currently in production and will continue filming through the July 5th “Back to the Beginning” concert in Birmingham, England, marking the final show for both Ozzy and his band Black Sabbath. Once completed, it will premiere on Paramount+ in the fall.

“The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through,” stated Ozzy in a press release. “There’s been times when I thought my number was up. But making music and making two albums saved me. I’d have gone nuts without music.”

An official description of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now reads as follows:

“Paramount+ today announced the production of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now,...

Paramount+ has announced a feature-length documentary titled Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, set to chronicle the metal legend’s ongoing health battles and upcoming final concert.

The documentary, which is fully sanctioned by the Osbourne family, is currently in production and will continue filming through the July 5th “Back to the Beginning” concert in Birmingham, England, marking the final show for both Ozzy and his band Black Sabbath. Once completed, it will premiere on Paramount+ in the fall.

“The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through,” stated Ozzy in a press release. “There’s been times when I thought my number was up. But making music and making two albums saved me. I’d have gone nuts without music.”

An official description of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now reads as follows:

“Paramount+ today announced the production of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now,...

Paramount+ on Tuesday announced Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, a new documentary that will peer behind the Black Sabbath frontman’s public persona to reveal the devastating setbacks he has faced in recent years amid a number of health issues.

Currently in production, the project is slated to premiere on Paramount+ later this year. It’s said to spotlight Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time. Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life, also proving his mischievous sense of humor remains resolutely intact, despite it all.

Directed by BAFTA winner Tania Alexander,...

A new documentary, No Escape From Now, will chronicle the monumental health setbacks Ozzy Osbourne has experienced since 2019 and how he came to the decision to set up a farewell concert this summer in his hometown of Birmingham, England. The picture, which filmmaker Tania Alexander (Gogglebox) is directing, will premiere on Paramount+ later this year. Filming began in 2022 when Osbourne was recording his most recent album, Patient Number 9, and will continue through the July 5 concert, where Osbourne will take the stage a final time as a solo artist and with his original Black Sabbath bandmates.

Ozzy Osbourne is the subject of a new Paramount+ documentary, titled “No Escape From Now,” which will chronicle his health issues and upcoming final show with Black Sabbath.

The feature-length project, which is currently in production and slated to premiere on the streamer later this year, will “reveal the devastating setbacks” the 76-year-old Brit has “faced since his fateful fall in 2019,” according to a press release.

“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time,” the documentary’s logline reads. “Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film...

A feature-length documentary on Ozzy Osbourne is set to premiere on Paramount+ later this year.

Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, currently in production, will peer behind the musician’s public persona to reveal the devastating setbacks he has faced since a fateful fall in 2019, as well as his Parkinson’s diagnosis.

“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time,” a synopsis said, “detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time. Addressing his health issues and the impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life.”

Osbourne added: “The...

The original Black Sabbath will reunite this July for a British heavy metal festival performance hailed as Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert.

The four original members — Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, who hadn’t taken part in recent reunions, including their The End Tour in 2016 — will perform together live for the first time since 2005 at what’s being called Back to the Beginning, an all-star, one-night-only charity gig in Birmingham, England on July 5.

Also on the lineup for Osbourne’s farewell party at Back to the Beginning: Metallica,...

The original Black Sabbath lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — will reunite for a final show on July 5th at Villa Park in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, England. The all-star bill will also feature an Ozzy solo set, Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and many of the other biggest names in heavy metal and rock music.

The rest of the lineup will include Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon, making for one of the biggest metal gatherings of all time. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 14th, at 10am local time.

The concert — dubbed “Back to the Beginning” — will mark Black Sabbath’s first show since they wrapped up their farewell tour in February 2017, although that outing did not include Bill Ward. In fact, the last time the original lineup performed was 20 years ago at Ozzfest 2005.

Meanwhile, Ozzy hasn’t played...

Timothée Chalamet will be pulling double duty on Saturday Night Live this weekend, as both host and musical guest. Since the actor’s music career so far only consists of playing Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, seemingly he will be performing on SNL as Dylan. Sadly, he’s a month too late to do a snarling cover of “Must Be Santa.”

But long before Chalamet was booked on the show, Bob Dylan himself appeared on SNL for the first and last time in October of 1979. Dylan performed three songs from his Christian-themed album Slow Train Coming.

The host of the episode was Eric Idle, who claimed to be ill. The Monty Python star performed his monologue from a stretcher, following a cold open in which Buck Henry asks Lorne Michaels to put him in as the host instead. In a Reddit Ama, Idle revealed that it wasn’t just...

Nirvana’s Nevermind has just become only the ninth release to spend 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. When you eliminate greatest-hits compilations, it’s only the fourth studio LP to achieve that milestone.

The game-changing 1991 album sits at No. 120 on the latest Billboard 200 chart, it’s 700th non-consecutive week on the overall albums tally. As far as studio albums are considered, only Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon (990 weeks), Metallica’s “Black Album” (767 weeks), and Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans (706 weeks) top Nirvana’s sophomore LP.

Among the other releases in the Top 9 are greatest-hits collections from Bob Marley and the Wailers (865 weeks), Journey (835 weeks), Creedence Clearwater Revival (724 weeks), Eminem (714 weeks), and Guns N’ Roses (704 weeks).

Upon its release in September 1991, Nevermind changed the face of rock music. At a time when hair metal was dominating MTV and radio airwaves, the Nirvana album helped usher in a grunge and alternative revolution,...

The three surviving members of Soundgarden reunited on Saturday night (December 14th) to perform at the SMooCH benefit concert to raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital. Guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron, and bassist Ben Shepherd were fronted by singer Shaina Shepherd for the six-song set at the Showbox, with Duff McKagan joining in on a couple of tunes.

The Soundgarden members’ performance was only announced 10 days ago, as they joined a lineup that already included McKagan, Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch, and Sebadoh (first show in five years). They were billed as Nudedragons (an anagram of Soundgarden).

The six-song performance was mostly comprised of tunes from Soundgarden’s early releases, including “Flower” and “Beyond the Wheel” from debut album Ultramega Ok; “Hunted Down” from the Screaming Life EP; Badmotoringer‘s “Outshined”; and Superunknown‘s “Kickstand,” featuring additional vocals from McKagan. The Guns N’ Roses bassist also stuck...

The surviving members of Soundgarden — drummer Matt Cameron, guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Ben Shepherd — reunited onstage Saturday to perform a set of the band’s music at a Seattle benefit concert.

Billed as Nudedragons — an anagram for “Soundgarden” — the trio were joined by Seattle-based singer Shaina Shepherd, who filled in for the late Chris Cornell. The performance at the 2024 SMooCH benefit concert raised money for Seattle Children’s Hospital.

The six-song setlist featured cuts from Soundgarden’s early catalog — Ultramega Ok’s “Flower” and “Beyond the Wheel,” Screaming Life...

Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison have announced the initial lineup for their upcoming “Above Ground 4” benefit concert. The evening will see the two musicians joined by Billy Idol, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, Guns N’ Roses Duff McKagan, and more as they perform the classic debut albums by New York Dolls and The Cars in full.

The 2025 edition of the benefit show will take place January 25th at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California, with tickets available here. Proceeds will aid MusiCares via Above Ground, a “registered 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to raising funds for and awareness to the issues of mental health and suicide prevention.”

Joining the aforementioned acts on the bill are Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads/Modern Lovers), Josh Freese (Foo Fighters), Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), and Tommy Henriksen & Glen Sobel, with more artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

Guns N’ Roses have announced a 2025 international tour, including dates in the Middle East, Europe, and the UK. The shows will be the band’s first concerts since November 2023, and feature rotating support from Public Enemy, Rival Sons, and the Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter.

The outing, which carries the tagline “Because What You Want and What You Get Are Two Completely Different Things,” kicks off May 23rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the first Gn’R concert in that country. A show in Abu Dhabi will follow on May 27th, before Axl Rose and company embark on a European/UK run that launches May 30th in Shekvetili, Georgia, and ends with a July 31st with a headlining set at Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival.

A pre-sale for members of Gn’R’s Nightrain fan club begins Tuesday (December 10th) at 9 a.m. local time, while a general on-sale...

Surviving Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd are reuniting to perform under the moniker Nudedragons at the Showbox in Seattle on December 14th.

The three musicians will be joined by singer Shaina Shepherd at the 13th annual SMooCH concert benefiting Seattle Children’s Hospital’s uncompensated care fund. Their appearance is described on the SMooCH website as being a “brief encore performance.”

Nudedragons is an anagram for Soundgarden. The band used that same moniker when they reunited in 2010 to play the Showbox for their first show since 1997.

Since the tragic passing of singer Chris Cornell in 2017, the three surviving Soundgarden members have only performed together a couple of times. Once during a Cornell tribute show in 2019, and again in 2021 when they backed up Brandi Carlile for “Black Hole Sun” and “Searching With My Good Eye Closed” at the Gorge Amphitheatre.

Additionally, Cameron and Thayil have performed with...

Guns N’ Roses bandmates Duff McKagan and Slash have collaborated with Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian on a new charity single titled “I Can Breathe.” It’s the lastest benefit song released under the Gibson Band moniker.

A year ago, System of a Down’s Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi appeared on the first Gibson Band charity single with Gueikian, a track called “Deconstruction.”

The new song, “I Can Breathe,” features McKagan on lead vocals, Slash on lead guitar and solos, and Gueikian on rhythm guitar and piano. The lyrics were penned by McKagan.

All proceeds from the song will benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Nami), through Gibson Gives.

“It was such a pleasure to work with Cesar and his whole crew on this tune,” said McKagan in a press release. “The musical slant and progressive rock-ness of this huge epic pushed me in a whole new direction.

Outside of playing in Guns N’ Roses, lead guitarist Slash and bassist-vocalist Duff McKagan have long championed mental health organizations. For Giving Tuesday, they’ve teamed with Cesar Gueikian, CEO of instrument maker Gibson, for a new single, “I Can Breathe,” which will raise money for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Nami). Slash previously raised money for Nami via his S.E.R.P.E.N.T. music festival.

“I Can Breathe” feels a little more metal than the music Slash and McKagan have recorded with Gn’R and Velvet Revolver.

Duff McKagan kicked off his US solo tour on Monday night (November 4th) in Boston, and concertgoers were treated to a special rendition of David Bowie’s “Heroes” featuring a guest appearance by Jakob Dylan.

Duff and his band delivered a rousing cover of Bowie’s triumphant epic, adding a hard-rock crunch to the classic song. Dylan helped out on rhythm guitar and vocals, hitting the high register on the climactic buildup: “I, I will be king / And you, you will be queen.”

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“Heroes” has become a mainstay in McKagan’s solo repertoire. After releasing a studio version of the cover back in September, he welcomed another guest performer, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, to assist in a live rendition during a London gig in October. That take was captured in pro-shot footage, highlighting Duff’s vocals (which are a bit muffled in footage...

John Mulaney’s promo for his “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig this weekend gets crashed by ‘Bob Dylan,’ who lends his Nobel Prize-winning talent to write some very unusual cue cards.

In the video, which was released on Wednesday, Mulaney becomes puzzled as his intro turns into a reminiscence about running into music producer Shooter Jennings in Luxembourg.

“Sorry. Uh, who’s the writer on this promo?” he asks as the camera cuts to James Austin Johnson as the folk icon, who says he’s been hired as the cue card writer since “it’s Season 50 and they’re busting out the big guns.”

The former “SNL” writer points out that the intro, which name-dropped Guns N’ Roses guitarist Duff McKagan, was “a little overwritten.” Mulaney adds, “They’re normally, like, pretty punchy. Maybe we could do something like, ‘Hey, I’m back in New York.'”

Dylan then riffs...

Saturday Night Live episode promos are often about 20 seconds in length and feature little more than the host, the musical guest, a cast member or two, and a very lame joke that fades from memory about 12 seconds after you hear it, at best. But leave it to John Mulaney to put together a nearly two-minute promo that’s funnier than just about anything that’s aired on the actual show this season, as much as we’ve enjoyed Dana Carvey’s brilliant Joe Biden impersonation.

It begins with Mulaney reading from a cue card.

Each week, Consequence rings in New Music Friday by highlighting new albums to stream. We’ve made it midway through October, and there are a ton of great new records to check out this week.

Among the highlights are a Warriors concept album from Lin-Manuel Miranda, MC5’s first album in over 50 years, and fresh music from Jordana and Audrey Nuna. Plus, Billie Joe Armstrong’s side-project Pinhead Gunpowder returns with a new project — the first one this century — while Bon Iver is back with his first studio recording since 2019. Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham have unveiled a complete covers album of Buckingham Nicks, and Japandroids have unleashed their swan song.

Here are 15 new albums to stream today.

Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham – Cunningham Bird

Singer-songwriters Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham have joined forces for Cunningham Bird, a covers album that recreates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s 1973 record Buckingham Nicks in its entirety.

The Trailer Park Boys are going international. Blue Fox Entertainment recently dropped the first trailer for Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story, the latest installment of the long-running Trailer Park Boys franchise.

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story follows Bubbles and his band, The Shitrockers, “on a wild tour following a performance in Nova Scotia where a viral clip earns them a spot on a European tour opening for Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters. With Randy as their trusty roadie, the group heads to Prague – only to find themselves kicked off the tour, and busking to survive. With their European dream in jeopardy, Ricky and Julian race to save the day.” Mike Smith stars as Bubbles, alongside Robb Wells as Ricky, John Paul Tremblay as Julian, and Patrick Roach as Randy. The film also boasts some impressive...

Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains has announced a 2025 North American solo tour with support from Filter.

The outing kicks off January 31st in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and wraps up with a homecoming show on March 9th at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. The route will hit big markets such as New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles along the way.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Wednesday (October 16th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Tempo. General ticket sales start Friday (October 18th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

The tour announcement comes just days before the release of Cantrell’s new solo album, I Want Blood, on Friday (October 18th). To celebrate the occasion, the Alice in Chains singer/guitarist is playing a one-off — and now sold-out — release show on Thursday (October 17th) in Pioneertown, California, at Pappy + Harriet’s.

Jerry Cantrell has unveiled the title track from his upcoming solo album, I Want Blood. The song features Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan on bass and Faith No More’s Mike Bordin on drums.

“I Want Blood” follows the singles “Vilified” and “Afterglow,” and serves as the final preview of the album before its October 18th release.

The song is one of three tracks on the album that McKagan plays bass on and one of two songs on which Bordin handles drums. Other musicians who contributed to I Want Blood include Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Greg Puciato, Gil Sharone, and Lola Colette.

Of the three singles released thus far, “I Want Blood” sounds the least like Alice in Chains. In fact, it has more of a Queens of the Stone Age vibe. However, Cantrell’s distinct voice and guitar playing are still instantly recognizable.

“There’s a confidence to this album,...

Chad A. Verdi of Verdi Productions and Anthony Gudas and Aaron Kaufman of Public School Productions have partnered with producers John Scalise, Keanu Reeves and Fisher Stevens to produce “The Jet,” a documentary on the life story of Benny “The Jet” Urquidez.

The film is currently in production from director Jennifer Tiexiera. Verdi, Gudas, and Kaufman will join Reeves, Maura Anderson, Zak Kilberg and Scalise as producers.

Urquidez is known for his influence on martial arts in mainstream culture as an actor, fight coordinator, and trainer to the stars. He held a total of six world titles in five weight divisions and remained undefeated throughout his more than 20-year kickboxing career.

Urquidez is also known for his contributions to martial arts cinema, appearing in numerous action films during the 1980s and 1990s. Some of his film credits include “The Octagon,” “Road House” and “Grosse Pointe Blank.” Over the years, he...

Duff McKagan has released a cover of the David Bowie classic “Heroes,” as well as a new original glam-rock song titled “True to the Death Rock N’ Roll Ballad.” The two new tracks come as the Guns N’ Roses bassist gets set to embark on his fall “Lighthouse Tour ’24.”

The veteran rocker’s UK/European leg kicks off on Monday (September 30th) in Dublin, Ireland, and runs through October 22nd in Stockholm, Sweden, with tickets available here. A US outing will launch November 4th in Boston, and wrap up November 20th in Seattle (pick up ticket here).

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“We thought it was good idea to put out a couple of fresh songs right here on the eve of the Lighthouse tour,” said McKagan in a press release. “Choosing David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ seemed to be a natural subject matter for me … star-crossed lovers in the shadow...

Jerry Cantrell has unleashed “Afterglow” as the second single from his upcoming album, I Want Blood. The song is accompanied by a music video created by Cantrell and visual artist Matt Mahurin, who directed Alice in Chains’ “No Excuses” and “Angry Chair” videos in the 1990s.

“Afterglow” follows previous single “Vilified,” which was released in late July. The music video for “Afterglow” features close-up shots of Cantrell singing the song along with eye-catching visuals created by Mahurin.

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“Two of my all-time favorite videos I’ve directed are ‘No Excuses’ and ‘Angry Chair’ for Alice In Chains in the early 1990s,” stated Mahurin. “To be able to once again offer my visual work to Jerry’s ‘Afterglow’ some thirty years later was a blast. From opera aria to pop tune, everybody sees a movie playing in their mind’s eye when they listen to a song.

In September 2022, Jane’s Addiction fans were dealt the rather shocking news that original bassist Eric Avery was returning to the group after a 12-year absence, but guitarist Dave Navarro was taking an indefinite break so he could recover from long Covid. “I really do have to consider everybody on the crew and their families,” Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell explained to Rolling Stone. “They have mouths to feed, and they haven’t had a paycheck in almost two years.”

Over the next year, the void Navarro left in Jane...

A woman is speaking out on decades-old claims that Axl Rose sexually assaulted her when she was a minor in the 1980s, dating back to before Guns N’ Roses first broke through as one of the biggest rock bands of all time.

Michelle Rhoades has spoken out about her allegations against Rose before, coming forward earlier this year during a press conference about sexual misconduct in the music industry, but she went into much further detail speaking to the podcast over the past two weeks.

The podcast shared several interview...

Jerry Cantrell has announced a new solo album titled I Want Blood. In advance of its October 18th release, the Alice in Chains singer-guitarist has unveiled the lead single and album opener, “Vilified.”

The news comes just as Cantrell launches a North American summer tour supporting Bush. The seven-week outing kicks off tonight (July 26th) in Bend, Oregon, and runs through a September 15th show in Los Angeles, with tickets available here.

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I Want Blood is the follow-up to Cantrell’s 2021 album, Brighten. The new LP is stacked with notable contributors, including bassists Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) and Robert Trujillo (Metallica); drummers Mike Bordin (Faith No More) and Gil Sharone; and backing vocals by Greg Puciato and Lola Colette.

“This record is a serious piece of work. It’s a motherf**ker,” Cantrell stated about I Want Blood. “It’s hard, no doubt, and completely unlike Brighten.

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash shared some devastating news with fans on Monday morning. A death in his family has left him heartbroken and forced the band to cancel multiple shows. Here is what was revealed.

Slash Shares Heartbreaking Loss Of His Stepdaughter

Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson, took to social media on Monday to share the tragic news of his stepdaughter’s death. The 58-year-old rock-n-roll icon announced that Lucy-Bleu passed away “peacefully” on Friday.

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist wrote on Instagram, “Lucy-Bleu Knight, beloved daughter of Meegan Hodges and Mark Knight, stepdaughter of Samantha Somers Knight and Slash, sister of Scarlet Knight, the stepsister of London and Cash Hudson, passed away peacefully in Los Angeles, CA on July 19, 2024.”

He continued, “Lucy-Bleu was an incredibly talented artist, a passionate dreamer, and a charming, lovable, sweet soul. The family asks for privacy at this time and requests...

Slash is mourning the death of his 25-year-old stepdaughter, Lucy-Bleu Knight, the daughter of the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s current partner, Meegan Hodges.

The guitarist announced her passing with a statement on Instagram:

“Lucy-Bleu Knight, beloved daughter of Meegan Hodges and Mark Knight, stepdaughter of Samantha Somers Knight and Slash, sister of Scarlet Knight, stepsister of London and Cash Hudson, passed away peacefully in Los Angeles, CA on July 19, 2024.

Lucy-Bleu was an incredibly talented artist, a passionate dreamer, and a charming, lovable, sweet soul.

The family asks for privacy at this time and requests that social media speculation be kept to a minimum as they grieve and process this devastating loss.”

In the comments, fans and friends of Slash and his family reached out to express their condolences, such as Susan Holmes McKagan, wife of Slash’s Guns N’ Roses bandmate Duff McKagan: “Words cannot express our deepest sympathy and condolences.

The late Mark Lanegan’s acclaimed 2004 album Bubblegum is receiving a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue, featuring loads of previously unreleased songs and demos, including a collaboration with Beck.

Titled Bubblegum Xx, the reissue arrives August 23rd, and marks the first posthumous release since Lanegan’s passing in February 2022.

The original Bubblegum album, which has been remastered for this reissue, features a who’s who of guest musicians, including Lanegan’s Queens of the Stone Age bandmates Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, and Troy Van Leeuwen, as well as The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli, and classic Guns N’ Roses members Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin, among others. Singer Pj Harvey also contributes vocals to two of the songs: “Hit the City” and “Come to Me.”

The collaboration with Beck, “Union Turnpike,” is a song that Lanegan had hoped to include on the original version of Bubblegum, but Beck was unable to contribute at the time,...

After more than 30 years on TV, The Simpsons seems to have maintained good relationships with several prominent rock stars, as evidenced by the time Homer opened for The Smashing Pumpkins, palled around with Mick Jagger and freaked out over George Harrison’s brownie. Even Green Day apparently didn’t mind being killed off via toxic sludge in The Simpsons Movie.

But one rocker isn’t too happy with The Simpsons, and probably isn’t going to back down anytime soon.

As we mentioned recently, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has repeatedly claimed that his notorious ‘80s boozing inspired the name of Springfield’s favorite beer. He brought up the issue again in an interview earlier this month, but stressed that he wasn’t interested in taking any legal action against The Simpsons — even though he could potentially win the rights to valuable IP like the Seven Duffs.

In response to this interview,...

Slash has had a busy year, releasing a new solo album, unveiling signature model guitars, and plotting a traveling blues festival. But 2025 will be “all about Guns N’ Roses,” in the guitarist’s own words.

In a new interview, Slash discussed his future plans now that he’s fresh off the release of his blues LP, Orgy of the Damned. Not only is he set to record a new album with his long-running band the Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, but Gn’R appear to have major plans in store for 2025, as well.

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“I’m going into the studio with the Conspirators, getting a new record done and then after that, 2025 is all about Guns N’ Roses,” he told Loudwire Nights of his plans following his upcoming summer tour. “We’re trying to get some things going with that. I think there’s a...

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has long maintained that Duff Beer from The Simpsons was named after him. However, one of the show’s producers and writers has now claimed the showrunners didn’t even know who he was when they dubbed the fictional beer brand years ago.

The Simpsons first aired in late 1989, aligning with Guns N’ Roses rise to fame with 1987’s Appetite for Destruction. So, the timing would have been right for McKagan’s name to have inspired Homer’s cheap beer of choice. The bassist originally claimed he was contacted about the use of his name in his 2011 autobiography, It’s So Easy: and Other Lies.

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“When Guns N’ Roses began to break into the public consciousness, I was known as a big drinker,” he wrote. “In 1988, MTV aired a concert in which Axl introduced me — as usual — as Duff ‘The King of Beers’ McKagan.

Part of what makes the world of The Simpsons so rich is its many fictional brand names — from Krusty Burger, to Lard Lad donuts, to Malk, which is somehow an actual product now (how much “Vitamin R” it contains is unclear).

Speaking of fake beverages that became real, Springfield’s favorite beer, Duff, is so iconic that an upstart German brewery actually tempted the wrath of Fox’s lawyers by producing its own, unauthorized Duff beer for years. Fox later signed off on a Chilean take on Duff purely to combat “fake versions” of Homer’s go-to beer. Sadly it wasn’t popular enough to justify building a real-life Duff Gardens or employing a full-time gyrating mascot.

But one aspect of Duff that has proven to be surprisingly controversial is its name. That’s because one rock star is claiming credit for having inspired the cartoon booze: Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan.

Iggy Pop headlined No Values Festival in Pomona, CA over the weekend, and he brought back some beloved favorites from the Stooges catalogs for the first time in a decade.

Specifically, Pop dusted off “I Got a Right” for the first time since 2003, and performed “1970” for the first time since 1989. He also ran through a handful of fan-favorite Stooges tracks, including “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “T.V. Eye,” “Death Trip,” “Search and Destroy,” and several more. In fact, he only played two non-Stooges solo tracks: “Lust For Life” and “The Passenger.” Watch clips of the performance below.

Pop was accompanied by an all-star backing band featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, The Armed’s Uriah Hickney, guitarist Matt Sweeney, and more.

The set from Pop at No Values was a one-off show, meaning that the 77 year-old punk icon likely won’t reprise the Stooges-centric set on a major tour any time soon.

Duff McKagan has announced a Fall 2024 US solo tour. The Guns N’ Roses bassist has also shared his new concert video Tenderness: Live From Los Angeles via YouTube.

The limited stateside run will see McKagan playing seven major markets across the US in November, including Boston, New York City, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), and Seattle.

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A Ticketmaster pre-sale for select dates begins Tuesday (June 4th) using the code Chord, with a general onsale starting next Friday (June 7th). Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The US shows will follow a previously announced UK/European tour. Both legs are in support of McKagan’s latest album, Lighthouse, which was released in October of last year.

In addition to announcing the US jaunt, McKagan has made...

Jane’s Addiction’s classic lineup performed its first show in 14 years last night at London’s Bush Hall. The band, who reunited with co-founding bassist Eric Avery in 2022, took the opportunity to showcase a new track, “Imminent Redemption.”

The song marks the band’s second new song in the past year after they debuted “True Love,” their first new music in over a decade, last year. Jane’s Addiction initially formed in 1985 and features singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery.

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When we think of fully realized fictional worlds, we tend to think of fantastical genre places like Middle-earth or the "Star Wars" universe. These are settings with intricate history and mythology; places not of our world.

One location we don't normally consider to be as intricate is Springfield. Plenty of sitcoms have fleshed-out worlds with characters the audience gets to know and care for over time, but few shows have as intricate a world with as much detail as "The Simpsons."

Sure, Springfield doesn't have fantasy elements or mythological creatures (most of the time), and it doesn't need them. This is as thoroughly constructed and fleshed out a world as "Dune," or Discworld, with its own unique history of deception, an abundance of colorful side characters like the enigmatic Dr. Marvin Monroe, a corrupt system of power, unique institutions, and more.

Before you light up your torches, think about how much we know about Springfield.

Exclusive: Action megastar Keanu Reeves has partnered with Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens to co-produce a documentary on the life story of Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, the iconic athlete who introduced mixed martial arts to the world.

Titled The Jet, the film is currently in production under the direction of Emmy-nominated sports documentary editor turned filmmaker Jennifer Tiexiera. Its financiers are Chris Quintos Cathcart and Tyler Boehm of the newly formed Unapologetic Projects, a company dedicated to working with underrepresented creators. Maura Anderson and Zak Kilberg of Stevens’ recently launched production company Highly Flammable will also serve as producers along with John Scalise and his Faya Project. Nancy Weisler, Brian Maya and Chris Quintos Cathcart & Tyler Boehm of Unapologetic serve as executive producers on the project slated for release in 2025.

Nicknamed for his explosive spinning back kick, Sensei Benny “The Jet” Urquidez had a profound impact on martial arts in mainstream culture,...

Guns N’ Roses made their name with a gritty blend of blues-infused hard rock, but the melodic ballad “Sweet Child o’ Mine” is the band’s most commercially successful song and only No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In previous interviews, Slash has said that his opening arpeggio guitar riff was essentially a toss-off that serendipitously unlocked the song’s full potential. Bassist Duff McKagan has gone a step further, revealing that Slash was actually trying to sabotage the ballad with the guitar intro.

Speaking on the Songcraft podcast, McKagan reflected on the songwriting process for “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and the origins of the eventual hit.

“Izzy [Stradlin] had the three chords,” McKagan said (as transcribed by Ultimate Classic Rock). “Ok, well that’s… ‘What do you do with that?’ Axl liked it. ‘Ok, well let’s try to make this work somehow.’”

According to McKagan, Slash wasn’t a fan of the tune.

Guns N’ Roses have unveiled an AI-generated music video for their recent single “The General.” The animated clip intersperses a narrative story with footage of the band performing live.

“The General” was officially released in December following its live debut a month earlier. It’s also paired with the band’s previous single, “Perhaps,” on a 7-inch vinyl version. Both songs started out as unreleased demos from Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy sessions, but were newly re-recorded with guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, who rejoined the band in 2016.

The video shows Axl Rose and the other band members performing the song, as their human forms become animated versions of themselves. Per a press release, “Between the concert footage, [the video] dives into the subconscious of a young boy who stares down the monsters of dark childhood memories, blurring worlds in the process. The result is unlike anything the band has done...

Guns N’ Roses have officially released the new single “The General” after giving the song its live debut in early November at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The studio version is now available on all major streaming services, and can be heard below.

“The General” is the B-side to the vinyl edition of “Perhaps,” another new Gn’R song that was released earlier this year. The vinyl begins shipping today via Guns N’ Roses’ official merch store.

Both “The General” and “Perhaps” were originally written during sessions for 2008’s Chinese Democracy album, but were never released. The new recordings feature guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, who rejoined the band in 2016, alongside singer Axl Rose and other current and former members of Gn’R.

Guns N’ Roses’ wrapped up their 2023 world tour last month, selling a whopping 1.3 million tickets during the course of the year. For now, they have...