Month: April 2022

Jack White‘s first of two albums in 2022, Fear of the Dawn, has landed in the top slot on various Billboard charts, and now White has shared his video for one of the tracks from the LP, “What’s the Trick.” Currently, the music video is only available on White’s Facebook page.  White’s second album, Entering Heaven Alive, is due out on July 22.

The video for What’s the Trick features White and his band rocking out in a dimly- lit studio while following the lives of several characters. Some of the actors are well-known Nashville musicians including Regina McCrary (of the McCrary Sisters), singer-songwriter Adia Victoria, and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke.

Take a look at the video for “What’s The Trick” – here.

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Anthrax and Black Label Society have announced that will team up for a North American co-headlining tour, featuring support from Hatebreed. The 24-stop trek will kick-off on July 26th in Phoenix, AZ at The Van Buren and will be wrapping up on August 28th in Philadelphia, PA at The Fillmore.

Zakk Wylde had this to say, “Anthrax is one of The Bestest Legendary Metal/Thrash Bands Of All Time – I have been buds with Scotty, Charlie, Frankie & Joey for over 3O years & they are some of the Bestest people you will meet. Jon is The Bestest new addition Anthrax could ask for – Hatebreed are The Bestest Hardcore/Extreme Metal band & Bestest friends w/Anthrax & Black Label Society. The Anthrax + Black Label Society & Hatebreed Tour is going to be one of the BESTEST TOURS EVER!!”

Anthrax’s Scott Ian added, “Zakk has been a friend and an inspiration to me as a guitar player, songwriter, and beard grower since we met in 1988. We’ve had the privilege to share festival stages with Zakk and BLS around the world, and it’s always been a head-banging mutual admiration society between the two bands. Now we get to share the stage every night on what is easily going to be the heaviest tour of 2022 – the ultimate pounding one-two combination of bands. Oh, and did I mention we’ve got f***ing Hatebreed with us as our special guests? Holy crap, it’s going to be the night of 1000 crushing riffs. I can’t wait to see you all on the road.”

Eight pre-sales opportunities will be available from April 18 at 12PM ET through April 21 at 10PM local time. You can visit the Anthrax website or Black Label Society website for more ticketing information.

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The late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is featured on a new Johnny Winter cover. The rendition is a part of the ‘Brother Johnny’ covers album put together by Winter’s younger brother, Edgar Winter.

The track “Guess I’ll Go Away” features Hawkins on lead vocals, and Edgar said: “I had only just met Taylor, and barely got to know him, but I was so impressed by his sincerity, positive energy, and pure enthusiasm. He had a unique spontaneous style different from anyone I’ve ever worked with before. I can be very opinionated—but as soon as heard what he was doing, I knew it was best to step back, stay out of the way, and let him do his thing. That session was an experience I will never forget. When I tried to open a business discussion, he simply would not hear of it. He said—I don’t want ANYTHING for doing this, I just want’a get out there and Rock. And Rock HE DID! I don’t know if it was out of respect for Johnny, a desire to help me in what I was doing, compassion for the nature of the project, or his friendship with [engineer and producer Ross Hogarth]. Most probably all these things—but whatever it was, he gave it His ALL!”

‘Brother Johnny’ is out now.  You can take a a listen to Taylor on the cover or ‘Guess I’ll Go Away” – here.

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The Ohio State Athletic Band performed a tribute to Van Halen during their annual halftime show at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, April 16. The eight-minute drill display included the band’s versions of “Runnin’ With the Devil,” “Dreams,” “Panama” and “Jump.”

The Ohio State band consists of between 250 and 300 members every semester and rehearses twice a week, while smaller groups of its musicians are selected for different types of performance.  Its website reads: “Unlike the Marching Band, the Athletic Band includes all brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Athletic Band is an open-enrollment ensemble, meaning anyone is welcome to participate. … Among the highlights of the Athletic Band are marching full pregame and halftime shows at the annual Spring Game, performing Script Ohio on Ice at one hockey game per semester and performing Script Ohio on court during a spring-semester basketball game.”

The Van Halen tribute from the Ohio State band can be viewed – here.

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The estate of David Bowie has announced details of a brand new documentary about the music icon entitled “Moonage Daydream.”  The project, directed by Brett Morgan, is billed as “a new feature film, concert documentary and experiential cinematic odyssey” that follows Bowie’s life and musical career.  Moonage Daydream will ‘explore how Bowie worked across several disciplines, not just music and film but also dance, painting, sculpture, video and audio collage, screenwriting, acting, and live theatre; the film will feature Bowie through his own voice and feature 48 musical tracks, mixed from their original stems.’

The film is the first sanctioned by Bowie’s estate.  The title of the documentary comes from the song off the singer’s 1972 album classic album, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” which introduced the world to Bowie’s iconic, gender-bending, and groundbreaking stage persona Ziggy Stardust.

Moonage Daydream will premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival next month, ahead of its international release in cinemas and select IMAX theaters.  HBO has secured the North American rights to stream the film in 2023.

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