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Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee is among the famous faces featured in a new trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series The Muppets Mayhem. The show centers around Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the rock band that originated on The Muppet Show in 1975. As the trailer explains, ‘despite being popular and influential, the Mayhem never recorded an album. The series chronicles their attempt to do, while the band also figures out the quirks of the modern music industry.’

Lee’s appearance comes at the start of the trailer, with the drummer praising the Muppet band for having impacted his career:  “The Mayhem? They taught Motley Crue how to shred and party!” Lee declares before lifting up his shirt to reveal a large “Mayhem” tattoo. “They tattooed their name on me when I was passed out! What?” Other cameos seen in the trailer include Cheech and Chong, Weird Al Yankovic, Lil Nas X, Steve Aoki, Chris Stapleton, Paula Abdul and Zedd.

The Muppets Mayhem will be released begin streaming on May 10. Watch the trailer for The Muppets Mayhem – here.

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Black Sabbath is sharing a preview to the release of a  of their 1983 package, “Live Evil,” due out on June 2nd. The band’s first official live album has been expanded to feature two versions: a newly remastered edition by Andy Pearce, along with a new mix created from the original analog multi-tracks by longtime band associate Wyn Davis.

“Live Evil (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition),” will be available in multiple formats including a 4-CD set, a 4-LP set and digitally, the physical versions also come with illustrated hardback books that include new liner notes and replicas of the concert book and poster from the ‘Mob Rules’ tour.

Take a listen to “The Mob Rules (Live) (2023 Remaster)” – here.
To pre-order “Live Evil 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe” head here.

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Foo Fighters have added six new concerts to their upcoming U.S. tour, taking to social media to announce the shows. Four shows will feature support from The Breeders.

Foo Fighters will play three gigs in early August before headlining Outside Lands in San Francisco. These shows will take place in Spokane on August 4, Salt Lake City on August 8 and Stateline, Nevada on August 10. On September 19, the band will play at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, an will play concerts in Phoenix, Arizona and El Paso, Texas on October 3 and 5 respectively.

Tickets to these newly announced shows will go on sale now via Foo Fighters’ official website.

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Just before the release of their 12th album, 72 Seasons, Metallica has announced the ‘Metallica Marching Band Competition’, described as ‘a national challenge to marching bands of all levels to craft their most exciting, unique, and impressive performances of some of the band’s most beloved songs.’

Marching bands entering the competition at metallicamarchingband.com will have access to a library of marching band charts, provided by Hal Leonard via sheetmusicdirect.com. Bands will compete in the five categories: Collegiate: Division 1 ($75,000 in prizing); Collegiate: Division 2, 3 – ($40,000 in prizing);  High School ($15,000 in prizing); Fan Favorite: Collegiate across all divisions ($10,000 in prizing); and Fan Favorite: High School ($10,000 in prizing.).

High School and Collegiate winners will be narrowed down to five finalists by professional judges, while Metallica will select the final prize winners in each category. Fan Favorite winners will be chosen by popular vote. Winners in each category will be awarded musical instruments and equipment for their school programs at the values listed above, furnished by Metallica and sponsors including Tama, KHS America, Zildjian, D’Addario, and Gator, in partnership with Sweetwater.

Video submissions for the Metallica Marching Band Competition are due by November 16, 2023, with voting beginning on November 17, 2023. Winners will be selected on December 1, 2023.

For more information, head to the Metallica Marching Band official website.

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The Killers, Foo Fighters and more will join event founder Eddie Vedder as headliners for the seventh edition of the Ohana Festival, taking place Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Doheny Beach State Park in Dana Point, Ca. Pearl Jam frontman Vedder will perform solo this year, after playing the past two years with his side band, Earthlings.

Other performers at Ohana Festival 2023 include the Pretenders, the Chicks, Haim, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, Goose, Lucius, Shame, Suki Waterhouse, Dhani Harrison, the Backseat Lovers, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Charley Crockett, Thee Sacred Souls, Amos Lee, and Vedder’s Earthlings bandmate and longtime collaborator, Glen Hansard.

Tickets for Ohana Festival 2023 are on sale now.  For more information, head to www.ohanafest.com.

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Sting is bringing his My Songs World Tour to North America later this year with approximately a dozen U.S. and Canadian dates in September/October. The trek will begin on Sept. 1 in Vienna, Va., and conclude on Oct. 12 in Rogers, Ark.  Sting’s son, Joe Sumner, will serve as support on all shows.

Sting previously took his My Songs World Tour to the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, where he performed some of his biggest hits from his time with the Police as well as a solo artist including “Fields of Gold,” “Shape of My Heart,” “Roxanne,” “Englishman in New York,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Message in a Bottle,” “Demolition Man” and more.

Tickets for Sting’s latest stretch of North American dates will go on-sale April 14th via Ticketmaster. You can also find more information on Sting’s website.

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Ghost has announced a new five-song collection of covers titled ‘Phantomime,’ due out May 18.

Ghost previewed the EP collection with a rendition of Genesis’ 1992 single “Jesus He Knows Me” along with an accompanying video; the age-restricted visual is available to view via YouTube.  You can also stream “Jesus He Knows Me” – here.

Phantomime is the follow-up to Ghost’s 2022 full-length LP Impera, and will also features covers of Television, the Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner.  Ghost are currently touring Europe and will return to the United States in August for the Re-Imperatour.

To pre-order ‘Phantomime’ EP, head here.

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Machine Gun Kelly will bring his sold-out hometown Cleveland, Ohio performance from 2022’s “Mainstream Sellout Tour” to movie theaters worldwide on May 13th for one-night-only. MGK embarked on a massive 52-concert run across arenas in North America and Europe in 2022, which concluded with a hometown performance at FirstEnergy Stadium to a capacity crowd of 50,000. MGK’s sell-out concert marked the first and only Ohio native to sell out the largest venue in the city and home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.

Directed by Sam Cahill, ‘Machine Gun Kelly: Mainstream Sellout Live from Cleveland: The Pink Era’ features hit songs and fan favorites from MGK’s extensive career/set list including “Bloody Valentine,” “lonely,” “el diablo,” “my ex’s best friend,” “Till I Die,” “I Think I’m OKAY,” and more. The cinema event will also treat fans to behind-the-scenes moments from the sold-out world tour.

Take a look at the trailer for the film – here.
Tickets for ‘Machine Gun Kelly: Mainstream Sellout Live from Cleveland’ are available at www.mainstreamselloutmovie.com.

Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Mainstream Sellout Live From Cleveland’ concert film hits theaters

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Talking Heads joined forces with director Jonathan Demme for the groundbreaking concert film Stop Making Sense back in December 1983, filmed at three shows at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater.  Now to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the concerts filmed for Stop Making Sense, a newly restored 4K version of the film will return to theaters for a global theatrical run with A24.  You can check out a trailer – here.

In addition, a deluxe version of the soundtrack will be released that will now include the complete Stop Making Sense concert for the first time. Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) will be available on August 18th as a limited edition 2 LP set and digitally along with a Dolby Atmos mix of the complete concert, mixed by Jerry Harrison and ET Thorngren, who also mixed the original release. Both versions will feature every song performed in the film, including two that have never been released on vinyl – Cities and Big Business/I Zimbra. The limited edition vinyl version features a 28-page booklet with previously unpublished photos along with new liner notes from all four band members –Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison.

Said David Byrne: “We had done a live album before this, but coupled with the film, and with the improved mixes and sound quality, this record reached a whole new audience. As often happens, the songs got an added energy when we performed them live and were inspired by having an audience. In many ways, these versions are more exciting than the studio recordings, so maybe that’s why a lot of folks discovered us via this record.”

To pre-order Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition), head here.

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The official soundtrack for the upcoming ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ film features a variety of classic songs from all-time greats in various genres.

The track list for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 includes an acoustic version of Radiohead‘s “Creep,” Beastie Boys‘ “No Sleep Til Brooklyn,” Bruce Springsteen‘s “Badlands,” Alice Cooper‘s “I’m Always Chasing Rainbow,” The Mowgli’s‘ “San Francisco” and Florence + the Machine‘s “Dog Days Are Over,” among other hits.

The third installment of the popular Marvel films stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan and Pom Klementieff, plus features Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket. ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ hits theaters on May 5.

The collection of 17 songs is set for release on CD and Digital Download on May 3. The soundtrack will also be available on 12” 2LP vinyl on May 5 and will be followed by the cassette version on July 7.  Pre-order the ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ – here.

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