Month: December 2021

The ‘70000 Tons Of Metal’ cruise is set to return in January 2023 after being canceled in both 2021 and 2022. Cruise creator and promoter Andy Piller said that 70000 Tons Of Metal may be sailing to a new destination outside its usual Caribbean destination, and will have a new ship. The cruise has previously been held on the Royal Caribbean ship Independence Of The Seas since 2016.

Said Piller: “We’ve been working hard to secure a new ship, possibly even with a new destination, and with the best lineup that 70000 Tons Of Metal, the world’s biggest heavy metal cruise, has ever seen.”   The 70000 Tons Of Metal team added in a separate message:“We can’t wait to reunite with our Global Heavy Metal Family in 2023 when we sail through the beautiful Caribbean once again. Thank you very much for your continued loyalty and undying support, it means the world to us.”

More information is expected to be announced shortly at – 70000tons.com.

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KISS singer-guitarist Paul Stanley tested positive for his second round of COVID-19 in the past six months. Stanley and his entire family has tested positive for the new Omicron strain of the virus.  Stanley first contracted COVID-19 in August, just a few shows after KISS had resumed their postponed farewell tour.  KISS had postponed just a few shows when Stanley contracted COVID-19, but then bandmate Gene Simmons also tested positive, forcing the legendary rock act to postpone the tour for two weeks.  KISS previously cancelled their scheduled Las Vegas residency, which would have kicked off this Wednesday (December 29th).

Stanley announced that he had once again contracted COVID-19, writing alongside a selfie on Instagram: “My Omicron face! Yup. My entire family has it. I’m tired and have sniffles. Most of my family have absolutely no symptoms. Do as you choose. I’m so glad I’m vaccinated.”’

In 2022, KISS have a tour of Australia lined up for the spring, followed by a European outing in the summer. They’ve also been announced as one of the headliners, alongside Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, and Korn, for the 2022 Welcome to Rockville festival, taking place May 19th-22nd in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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The Strokes are postponing their 2021 New Year’s Eve concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. “We were so excited to be performing for everyone in Brooklyn this New Year’s Eve, but the Omicron variant has thwarted our plans,” the band explained on social media. “All tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date and details regarding refunds will be offered when the new date is announced.”

The Barclays show would have been the Strokes’ first New Year’s Eve concert in two years. Scheduled to open the event were Idles and Hinds. Last year, the Strokes released The New Abnormal, their sixth studio album and first in seven years, which earned them the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album — the band’s first ever Grammy win.

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Green Day are teasing new music with the release of a video snippet,  sharing footage from an unspecified period at RAK Studios in London, UK that features images of the band members accompanied by a soundtrack with Billie Joe Armstrong singing before the clip ends with the phrase “1972.”

Green Day have not shared any additional context or details about the video preview; however, Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool were all born in 1972 and will turn 50 in 2022.

The band have issued three new singles this year, including “Here Comes the Shock”, “Pollyanna”, and “Holy Toledo!”

Watch the video preview – here.

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Carole King and James Taylor will star in an upcoming documentary film that chronicles their decades-long friendship and musical collaboration.Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name will premiere on Jan. 2 on CNN and will be livestreamed on CNNgo. The movie will then be available on demand from Jan. 3 through Jan. 9 on various cable and satellite providers, CNNgo and   mobile apps.

King says of Taylor in a trailer for the film, “I love every experience we have had together.”  The trailer also features archival photographs of King and Taylor’s first live performance together in 1970 at the Troubadour in Hollywood, as well as footage from the pair’s 2007 and 2010 Troubadour reunion tour.

The movie was directed by Frank Marshall, who also helmed 2020’s The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart and 2019’s The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash.

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Former Motley Crue singer John Corabi will release an autobiography titled Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, set for release on June 14, 2022.  In its official description, the book promises to chronicle the rocker’s “life from the mean streets of Philadelphia to the Sunset Strip.” The memoir will feature stories from Corabi’s time in Motley Crue, Union, Ratt and the Dead Daisies, as well as personal tales including “his parents difficult divorce, his family’s dark history of abuse, (and) his run-in with a serial killer.”

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades had originally been planned for release in April before having the date pushed back to June. The memoir will also come with an accompanying vinyl album, featuring exclusive music.

Corabi was hired in 1992 to replace Motley Crue’s original singer, Vince Neil. The band’s 1994 self-titled LP was the only studio album with Corabi, and it failed commercially. The group reunited with Neil in 1997.

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