Month: March 2025

Mötley Crüe’s Las Vegas residency at Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM, originally scheduled for March 28-April 19, 2025, has been postponed due to frontman Vince Neil’s health.

The shows will now take place Sept. 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27 and October 1 and 3. Tickets for the original shows will be honored for the new dates.

Mötley Crüe shared in a statement on social media: “Mötley Crüe’s Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM, originally scheduled for March 28th- April 19th, 2025, is moving to September 2025 due to a required medical procedure recently advised by vocalist Vince Neil’s doctors.”  The post did not detail what type of procedure Neil has to undergo.

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and John 5 of Mötley Crüe also shared in a joint statement: “Please join us in wishing Vince a speedy recovery. We are looking forward for him to get well again and to take over Vegas together in September. We can’t wait to see you all out there, and thank you for your understanding and support in the meantime.”

Neil also wrote: “To all the Crüeheads who were looking forward to see us this spring, I’m truly sorry. My health is my top priority so I can bring you the awesome shows you deserve, and I can’t wait to return to the stage. Thank you for all the well wishes that keep reaching me. Your support means more than you know.” 

Mötley Crüe’s most recent concert took place Oct. 13, 2024 at the Aftershock Festival in Sacremento; they also released the three-song EP Cancelled that month.

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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes gathered together at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles back in October 1999 for a special concert that was eventually released as a live album.

Now to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the live album, a special anniversary edition of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek will be released on March 14. The collection features remixed and remastered recordings of the original album’s 20 songs, plus 16 previously unreleased tracks (all produced, mixed, and remastered by Kevin Shirley), and includes rare behind-the-scenes photos and more.

The original version of Live at the Greek (which was subtitled Excess All Areas) was recorded during a two-night stand The Black Crowes and Page played at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles in October 1999. The 2000 release featured only the Led Zeppelin material performed at the concerts. The reissue adds renditions of Black Crowes songs and other tunes from the shows, plus previously unheard soundcheck recordings.

Jimmy Page shared in  a statement: “I’m really looking forward to the soon to be available release of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes material from concerts in 1999. The new mixes capture the collaboration of those historic encounters and provide the full explosive passion and exciting energy of those alchemical moments.”

Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes said: “The new Live at the Greek box set brings the whole experience of our work with Jimmy into a vibrant, electric, mystical and powerful perspective. Hail, hail rock ‘n roll!”  While Rich Robinson adds: “Going through the shows and putting together the new box set has been such an incredible dive back to that time in our history. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thrill to play these amazing iconic songs with the man who composed them. The sound of the new mixes and extra songs blew me away when I first heard them.”

The Live at the Greek reissue will be available as a six LP vinyl box set and three-CD package. The vinyl collection will feature 180-gram discs housed in individual sleeves, and will include a foldout poster. The CD set will feature the discs presented in a six-panel digipak, and also will include a poster. To pre-order, head HERE.

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Jake Owen will embark on the 2025 Driftwood Ramble Tour featuring special guest Uncle Kracker. The 10-date series will launch on May 30 at Harrah’s Stir Cove in Council Bluffs, IA, with stops across the United States and Canada, including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina and Ontario.

Said Owen: “Music is a getaway, and touring with an artist that has the same outlook and easy-does-it, laid-back vibe is gonna be great I look forward to good times and making memories at this fun-filled destination for the audience alongside Uncle Kracker on The Driftwood Ramble Tour.”

Uncle Kracker added: “You don’t always get to go on tour with people you admire, who are doing things that inspire. As a long-time fan of Jake, I couldn’t be more excited to be hitting the road with him, and handing out sunshine one city at a time.”

Tickets are available now via: TICKETMASTER.

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Hozier will head back to North America this summer for a 2025 tour, with an extended run of show dates across North America. In addition to the new dates, rescheduled dates have been announced for his previously postponed shows in Casper, Wyoming and Billings, Montana. Gigi Perez will open the majority of the dates.

The new tour dates will take place in-between Hozier’s headlining slots at several big music festivals including Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, Summerfest, and the second annual Minnesota Yacht Club. The trek comes in support of the Irish singer-songwriter’s third album Unreal Unearth (2023), as well as the companion EP Unheard, which featured the hit single “Too Sweet.”

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

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Eddie Vedder, Fiona Apple, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, Sharon Van Etten and the Lumineers are among the artists contributing to Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young.

The first volume of Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young will be released April 25 through Cinema Music Group and Killphonic Records; to pre-order, head here.

Vedder performs a live recording of “The Needle and the Damage Done,” while Apple covers the compilation’s title track, and the Doobie Brothers team with Allison Russell for “Comes a Time.”  The first two tracks from the collection are out now: Courtney Barnett’s cover of “Lotta Love”, and Chris Pierce’s rendition of “Southern Man.” Says Barnett, “‘Lotta Love’ is one of my favorite Neil songs and the lyrics feel especially relevant at this moment in history. It’s a real honor to be part of this tribute helping to raise funds for the Bridge School.”

Pierce, who previously opened for Young in concert, added: “time and time again, I’m reminded of the power of Neil Young’s songs. I’m reminded every time I spin one of his albums at home [and] when his songs play on the radio, and this was particularly evident when I recently had the honor of being the opening act for his solo tour.”

All proceeds from the sale of Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young will benefit the Bridge School, which Young and his late wife Pegi founded in the Bay Area for children with severe speech and physical disabilities. A second volume of Heart of Gold will also be announced soon.

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Bourbon & Beyond has unveiled the full artist lineup for its 2025 edition, held annually at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center from Sept. 11-14.

Phish will headline Bourbon & Beyond this year, with Alabama Shakes set to reunite for a Thursday performance at the festival that will also include Thursday headliners The Lumineers and Benson Boone. Friday night headliners include Phish, Khruangbin and Joe Bonamassa, while Sturgill Simpson, performing as Johnny Blue Skies, takes the stage with Jack White and Vance Joy on Saturday. Noah Kahan, Goo Goo Dolls and Megan Moroney close out the festival on Sunday.

Now in its seventh year, Bourbon & Beyond will feature more than 120 artists total performing on five stages, including Cage the Elephant, TV On the Radio, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lake Street Dive, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Foreigner, Third Eye Blind, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, and many more.

For information on festival passes, visit the Bourbon & Beyond website. All passes include a charity fee for the DWP Foundation, which gives back to local and national charities throughout the year.

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