Month: December 2021

Evanescence has brought their version of The Beatles‘ “Across the Universe” to streaming services for the first time, four yers after they first covered the legendary track. “Across the Universe,” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was first released in 1969 under the charity compilation album No One’s Gonna Change Our World. A different version later appeared on The Beatles’ studio album Let It Be in 1970.

Evanescence first performed “Across the Universe” in 2018 during its Synthesis World Tour. In spring 2021, Evanescence released a studio version of their cover on the deluxe box set for the band’s recent studio album The Bitter Truth, which went No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Hard Rock Albums chart.  The band wrote on Twitter: “It was such a pleasure to cover this legendary song,” adding that its version of “Across the Universe” can be found on all digital streaming providers.

Listen to Evanescence’s version of “Across the Universe” – here.

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are sharing their performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series in support of their new album, “Raise The Roof.”

For the “home” edition of the long-running program, the pair were joined by an all-star cast of musicians at Sound Emporium studios in Nashville, TN – where they recorded the project in 2019 – to deliver a three-song set of tracks from the project. “Raise The Roof” is the follow-up to Plant and Krauss’ Grammy Award-winning 2007 record, “Raising Sand”, and recently debuted at No. 7 on the US Billboard 200.

Check out Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert – here.

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Bruce Springsteen has sold his music rights to Sony Music in an estimated $500 million deal.  According to reports, the deal includes the singer’s recorded music catalog as well as his body of work as a songwriter — including classic hits such as “Born to Run,” “Blinded by the Light” and “Born in the U.S.A.”

Springsteen is the latest musician to sell all or parts of their catalogs following, among others, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Paul Simon, Shakira and Neil Young. Last year, Dylan sold his full publishing catalog for a reported sum of $300 million to Universal Music Publishing Group, while Fleetwood Mac’s Nicks sold a majority stake in her catalog, reportedly for $100 million.

The 72-year-old Springsteen has been with Sony’s Columbia Records for his entire 50-year career, selling more than 150 million records.

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Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May took to Instagram to share the news with fans that he has tested positive for Covid-19.

May shared a photo of his positive test on social media, captioning the image: “Yep. The shocking day finally came for me. The dreaded double red line. And yes – definitely NO sympathy please – it has been a truly horrible few days, but I’m OK. And I will tell the tale. PLEASE take extra care out there, good folks. This thing is incredibly transmissible. You really do NOT want it messing up YOUR Christmas. With love – Bri”

May also detailed two “horrendous” days, describing his experience with Covid-19 as “the worst flu you can imagine.”  He said he was feeling better by day seven, but made a plea to his followers, saying, “I cannot emphasize to you enough, this was not the response that my body would have made on its own. It’s making this response because I’ve had three Pfizer jabs. And I beg you and implore you to go and get jabbed if you’re not already, because you need the help.”

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Code Orange will be hitting the road in 2022 on their headlining North American Out For Blood Tour, with support from Loathe, Vended, and Dying Wish. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 3rd in Detroit, MI, and will run through May 7th in Boston, MA.

Said vocalist Jami Morgan: “We can’t wait to get out on the road and not only support the legends KORN but be able to showcase a more fully realized live vision at our own headline shows. We’re also excited to share the stage with three killer new bands in LOATHE, DYING WISH and VENDED. Can’t wait to see all the THINNERS OF THE HERD out there and make some new ones.”

Tickets are on sale now.

Primus is extending their Rush tribute tour, titled A Tribute to Kings, into 2022 with a handful of new dates. Primus will perform Rush’s entire 1977 album A Farewell To Kings followed by a set of their own material. The second leg of A Tribute to Kings will launch April 15 in Oklahoma City and wrap June 25 in Las Vegas. Battles, Black Mountain, and The Black Angels will serve as support at various tour stops.

Primus bassist and vocalist Les Claypool said: “Hemispheres was my first concert. Originally we’d always kind of joked around about doing Hemispheres, but we settled on A Farewell To Kings, because A) it was the first Rush record I ever heard and B) it contains ‘Cygnus X-1’, which has always been my favorite Rush tune. It seems to be a good one for us to tackle; 2112 seemed a little obvious.”

General public tickets are on sale now; full details are available at the band’s website.

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