Month: May 2023

Aerosmith will launch the the ‘Peace Out’ farewell tour performing across North America. Aerosmith said in a statement on social media: “It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT! Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives.”  Aerosmith announced the tour with a video in a “breaking news” format. The clip featured Eminem, Slash, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Ringo Starr and other celebrities reacting to news of the band’s farewell.

The band told the Associated Press that original and longtime drummer Joey Kramer will not take part in the current dates on the upcoming tour and will continue to “focus his attention on his family and health” since their Las Vegas residency last year. Drummer John Douglas will play in his place.

The group’s 40-date run of show will begin Sept. 2, 2023, in Philadelphia and end in Montreal on Jan. 26, 2024. The band will play its hometown of Boston this New Year’s Eve, and perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Jan. 19. The Black Crowes will join the tour as a special guest.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at 10 a.m. local time. For tickets, VIP upgrades and move visit the band’s website.

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Taylor Swift has joined The National on the song ‘The Alcott,’ taking off the band’s new album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, out now .  First Two Pages of Frankenstein also features Phoebe Bridgers on two songs, “This Isn’t Helping” and “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend.”

Guitarist Aaron Dessner previously worked with Taylor on her two 2020 albums, folklore and evermore.  He said in a statement:“[Frontman] Matt [Berninger] wrote the main part of the song to some music I had written which Taylor had heard and I knew liked, so I thought it might be something she would really click with. I sent it to [Taylor], and was a little nervous as I didn’t hear back for 20 minutes or so … By the time she responded, Taylor had written all her parts and recorded a voice memo with the lyrics she’d added in a dialogue with Matt, and everyone fell immediately in love with it. It felt meant to be.”

Berninger added that “The Alcott” is about “two people with a long history returning to a place and trying to relive a certain moment in time … It’s got the feeling of a last-ditch effort to hold onto the relationship, but there’s a hint of something positive where you can see the beginnings of a reconnection.”

You can listen to “The Alcott” now via digital outlets and via the lyric video on YouTube (here).

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Rob Zombie is working on his new ‘Rob Zombie Presents’ reissue series, and has chosen the soundtrack to the 1932 horror film White Zombie as his first reissue in his series. White Zombie starred Bela Lugosi, and is considered to be the first-ever feature length zombie film. It was largely filmed on the Universal Studios lot using props from other horror movies at the time.

The film White Zombie is also where Zombie’s former band, White Zombie, got their name from in the mid 1980s. Says Zombie: “I have always been a huge fan of movie soundtracks, so I jumped at the opportunity to work with Waxwork on this project.  I can’t wait to release these albums. So many of these films are greatly underappreciated and they all contain such great music. So to be able to release these deluxe packages is a dream come true.”

The soundtrack to White Zombie is available here.

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The Offspring will release a special limited-edition 15th-anniversary reissue package of its acclaimed record, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace on June 16. Rise and Fall, Rage And Grace broke the top 10 on the Billboard 200 when it was originally released.  It went to No.4 on Top Alternative Albums in the U.S., along with reaching No.3 in Japan, No.3 in Australia, No.4 in Canada, and No.6 in France.

This special edition will be made available for the first time on vinyl in many years, featuring a bonus 45 with two new live tracks recorded at 2022’s Hellfest, re-imagined artwork on the cover, and art lithos for each song. There will also be a digital version of the record that will be released along with new animated artwork for streaming services.

Lead singer Dexter Holland said: “We are pumped to be putting out the 15th-anniversary special edition of ‘Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.’ We’ve worked with Round Hill to personally put together this re-release that has special art, a re-imagined album cover, and even a bonus 7” with a couple of live songs from our Hellfest performance in France last year. We have always been very proud of this record–it has one of our most well-known songs, ‘You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid’ on it–and we can’t wait to get this special edition out. Enjoy!”

Pre-order the 15th anniversary edition of Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace – here.

The Offspring announces ‘Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace’ 15th anniversary reissue

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