Month: November 2024

Tool have announced the Live in the Sand destination festival which will commence next year, sharing in a social media post: “ Get ready for the ultimate Tool island escape! Tool Live In The Sand crashes the Punta Cana beaches with your favorite bands on March 7th, 8th & 9th, 2025 Each all-inclusive luxury resort package sleeps 2-4 guests. Rally your crew, a 10% deposit secures your spot Sign up to receive an alert when packages go on-sale: toolinthesand.com See you in Paradise!”

Live in the Sand is a three-day destination festival that will take place in the Dominican Republic and will include a five-star all-inclusive luxury experience at the Hard Rock and Royalton Resorts in Punta Cana from March 7-9 2025.

Tool will be headlining the Caribbean music bash with the likes of Primus, Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria, Eagles of Death Metal, King’s X, Fishbone, Wheel, CKY, Moon Walker also set to perform throughout the weekend.

Tool bassist Justin Chancellor said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to share the news that Primus, Mastodon, and Coheed and Cambria will be joining us for our first-ever Caribbean performance at ‘Tool in the Sand.’ 2025 is shaping up nicely. See you all there for what should be an unforgettable weekend of music!”

Packages are on sale now via toolinthesand.com.

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Alice Cooper has added a new leg to the Too Close for Comfort Tour in early 2025. Cooper recently wrapped the Freaks on Parade Tour with Rob Zombie;

Cooper’s summer leg of the Too Close for Comfort Tour featured his best-known songs, including “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “I’m Eighteen,” “Billion Dollar Babies,” “Elected” and “School’s Out.”

The new nine-date run will kick off on January 31st in Augusta, Georgia, playing shows in Greensboro, North Carolina, Mobile, Alabama, and Orlando, Florida, before wrapping up on Feb. 11 in St. Augustine, Florida. Cooper will also perform at Sonic Temple in May 2025 on Friday night, May 9th with Metallica.

For more information, head to Alice Cooper’s website.

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The 2025 Welcome to Rockville festival announced its 2025 lineup, featuring headliners Korn, Shinedown, Green Day, and Linkin Park. The four-day event will take place at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL from May 15-18.

Shinedown singer Brent Smith in a statement: “We take this very seriously…it’s symbolic and a massive honor to be a headliner at Welcome To Rockville. This is the biggest rock festival in North America, so LET’S GO!!!!”

The 14th edition of Welcome to Rockville will also feature Rob Zombie and Three Doors down supporting Shinedown on May 15, Alice in Chains and Good Charlotte with Green Day on night two, Incubus and Pierce the Veil taking the stage with Linkin Park on Saturday nigh, and Bad Omens and Marilyn Manson warming up for Korn on May 18th.

In addition, among the 150 bands who will perform on five stages at this year’s festival are: Sublime, Knocked Loose, Halestorm, Mudvayne, I Prevail, Jimmy Eat World, Motionless in White, Beartooth, Crossfade, Seven Hours After Violet, Bush, Chevelle, Taking Back Sunday, Hollywood Undead, Killswitch Engage, New Found Glory and many more. For the full 2025 Welcome to Rockville lineup, head – HERE.

Full details, including ticket options, are available here.

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Tom Morello and son Roman have teamed up with Grandson for thetrack “One Last Dance,” taken from the film Venom: The Last Dance. Morello and Grandson last worked together on 2021’s “Hold the Line,” which is also featured in the movie.   The Morellos previously united on the song “Soldier in the Army of Love,” which dropped in June.

Says Morello: “I loved working with Grandson and my 13-year-old guitar prodigy son, Roman, on ‘One Last Dance.’  Roman is a certifiable riff machine. He crafted the song’s huge riff and plays the shredding solo and Grandson is always spectacular and is a really great songwriter. The song is an absolute banger and totally matches the power and energy of the film.”

Grandson added: “Being tapped to bring some rock energy to the conclusion of the Venom series for not one but two songs with one of my biggest mentors and inspirations in Tom Morello is a very cool honor. Going to action movies with my grandfather was a big part of my childhood, so it’s cool to now be the soundtrack for other people making those memories at the movies. On top of that we get to bring in and support the next generation through Tom’s son Roman playing on the record too. It was a crazy day to say the least. Overall a huge opportunity and I’m very grateful to Spring and Sony Pictures for that phone call.”

“One Last Dance” was produced by Andrew Migliore (Meek Mil, Jessie Reyez), Maxwell Urasky (Maggie Lindemann), and Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, The Killers)

You can listen to “One Last Dance” now via digital outlets and watch the music video: here.

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20th Century Fox is teasing a first look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the new feature film Deliver Me From Nowhere, which chronicles Springsteen making his classic 1982 album Nebraska. The film studio posted a photograph of the White, 33, hands tucked in his leather jacket’s pockets.

Deliver Me From Nowhere is directed by  Scott Cooper, and based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name. Jeremy Strong will play longtime Springsteen manager Jon Landau, while Paul Walter Hauser portrays guitar tech Mike Batlan, Sir Stephen Graham stars as Springsteen’s father Dutch and Johnny Cannizzaro will tackle the role of E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt. Deliver Me From Nowhere is directed by  Scott Cooper, and based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name. No release date has yet been announced for the  project.

Cooper says of the film: “Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me. Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring Bruce’s legacy in a transformative cinematic experience. It has been a great pleasure to collaborate with Bruce and Jon as I tell their story, and their creative energy fuels every part of this journey.”

White told GQ of his new role: “I’ve got a really talented group of people helping me train vocally, musically, to get ready for this thing. I’m also really lucky [that] Bruce is really supportive of the film, and so I’ve had some access to him and he’s just the greatest guy…That’s kind of been the deal, just listening to him a lot and watching him a lot. It’s been really fun preparing.”

Springsteen also praised White in an appearance on The Graham Norton Show: “It’s a lovely cast and I am involved a little. This is not easy to do because you can’t do an imitation, you have to do a personal interpretation. It’s difficult but he is a great actor and sings pretty good.”

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