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Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe have announced two special nights in Atlantic City, N.J., performing February 10-11 at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena before kicking off the international leg of their joint The World Tour. The dates will be the first with new Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5 who’s replacing Mick Mars after retiring from the road due to his health.  The bands shared on social media: Just announced: 2 special nights in Atlantic City! Hard Rock Live @ Etess Arena – we’ll see you on February 10th and 11th, 2023

Meanwhile, The World Tour kicks off on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Foro Sol in Mexico City, with stops throughout Latin America before heading to play many European festivals in May 2023. Additional shows are expected to be announced. Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard wrapped The Stadium Tour in September, which was named the biggest North American stadium tour of 2022 with more than 1.3 million tickets sold. That 30+ trek also featured Poison and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts.

Presale tickets are available now, with general tickets on sale set for Friday, December 2nd at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.

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Smashing Pumpkins and Interpol are set to headline a new festival to be held Spring 2023. The new three-day event, titled The World Is a Vampire Festival, will take place Mexico City on March 6-9, 2023. Bands including Turnstile, Peter Hook, The Warning, and Deafheaven are also slated to join the lineup for the weekend-long festival.

The festival’s name comes from a song lyric in the Smashing Pumpkins song, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” [The world is a vampire / Sent to drain / Secret destroyers / Hold you up to the flames / And what do I get / For my pain? / Betrayed desires / And a piece of the game, they sing to open the song].

Smashing Pumpkins released the first act of their new 33-track album, ATUM, which is a follow-up to the band’s LPs, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Machina/The Machines of God. Interpol released its latest album, The Other Side of Make-Believe, this past summer.

Fans can get tickets for the The World Is a Vampire Fest now at Ticketmaster.

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The Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers ‘Live at the Fillmore (1997)’ box set, taken from their legendary residency at the historic San Francisco venue, is available now in various formats on Warner Records.  The 20-show run at the Fillmore was described by Petty as “the highpoint of our time together as a group.”

The ‘Live at the Fillmore” box set is the first live release in 13 years, with the band playing covers of their favorite influences as well as their hits. It features an acoustic version of “American Girl” with Petty singing along with his fans. The new album features more covers than originals, paying tribute to the artists and songs that shaped Petty as he was growing up. Highlights include Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” The Rolling Stones’ “Time is On My Side” and more from The Kinks, Everly Brothers, Bill Withers, The Byrds, Chuck Berry and Booker T. & the M.G.’s.

Listen to ‘Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)’ – here.

Pantera has shared a new teaser video for the band’s upcoming return to the live stage; you can take a look at the teaser – here.  It was first reported in July that Rex Brown (bass) and Philip Anselmo (vocals) would unite with guitarist Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) and drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrax) for a world tour under the PANTERA banner.  The lineup has been given a green light by the estates of the band’s founders, drummer Vincent “Vinnie Paul” Abbott and guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott.

The reformed band will play its first shows in over 20 years in December 2022, starting with a co-headlining slot at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metal Fest and Monterrey Metal Fest, followed by appearances at three Knotfest festivals in South America. There will also be a one-off show with Judas Priest in São Paulo, Brazil and a headlining concert in Santiago.

The band also just announced its first North American tour dates, joining Metallica for the 12 U.S. dates of their M72 World Tour in 2023-2024. Pantera will join Mammoth WVH for each US city’s opening Friday night concert through August 2024; the dates are: 8/4/2023 in East Rutherford, NJ; 8/11/2023 in Montreal; 8/18/2023 in Dallas; 8/25/2023 in Los Angeles; 9/1/2023 in Phoenix; 11/3/2023 in St. Louis; 11/10/2023 in Detroit; 9/2/2024 in Boston; 9/9/2024 in Chicago; 9/16/2024 in Minneapolis; 9/23/2024 in Edmonton and 9/30/2024 in Seattle.

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Metallica have announced their 12th studio album, ’72 Seasons,’ will drop on April 14th, and are sharing the first single from the LP, titled ‘Lux Æterna’.  The band have also announced the massive M72 World Tour for 2023-2024.

Metallica’s M72 World Tour includes two nights in each city, promising a “no repeat weekend” of two different sets and two different opening acts. The M72 tour ‘will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the “I Disappear” full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age.’  Supporting acts throughout the tour includes Architects, Mammoth WVH, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills, Pantera, Volbeat and Greta Van Fleet.  A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.

The European leg of the world tour kicks-off in Amsterdam on April 27, 2023, making stops in Paris, Hamburg and Gothenburg before continuing onto North America. The band will then return to Europe for the second leg through July 2024, followed by additional dates in North America. Two-day tickets will be on sale Friday, December 2nd via Ticketmaster. Single day tickets will be available beginning January 20th. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the US beginning Wednesday, November 30th at 2 pm local time until Thursday, December 1st at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

The band’s new single “Lux Æterna” is available now to stream and download, and as an instant grat track with all pre-orders of 72 Seasons; the album can be pre-ordered in digital (here) and physical format (here) beginning Wednesday, November 30 at 4pm local time.  Take a look at the video for ‘Lux Æterna’- here.

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Bob Dylan has apologized to fans who bought limited edition copies of his latest book, at a price tag of $599, which had a replica signature rather than an original autograph by Dylan.  The 81-year-old Dylan had signed copies of his book The Philosophy of Modern Song with an autopen, causing an uproar from fans who were initially promised “hand signed” copies of the book, and prompting them to request immediate refunds from publisher Simon and Schuster.

Dylan said in a statement also posted Facebook: “I’ve been made aware that there’s some controversy about signatures on some of my recent artwork prints and on a limited-edition of The Philosophy Of Modern Song. I’ve hand-signed each and every art print over the years, and there’s never been a problem.”  Dylan added that he had a bad case of vertigo in 2019 that continued through COVID-19 pandemic which interfered with his ability to sign books:  “It takes a crew of five working in close quarters with me to help enable these signing sessions, and we could not find a safe and workable way to complete what I needed to do while the virus was raging. So, during the pandemic, it was impossible to sign anything and the vertigo didn’t help. With contractual deadlines looming, the idea of using an autopen was suggested to me, along with the assurance that this kind of thing is done ‘all the time’ in the art and literary worlds.”  Dylan summed up that he had “deepest regrets” for the “error in judgment” and that he wanted to rectify the situation immediately for his fans.

Simon and Schuster has also acknowledged the mistake, and said the company would be offering each purchaser an immediate refund.

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Machine Gun Kelly has shared the title track from his semi-autobiographic 2022 film Taurus. Machine Gun Kelly also serves as co-writer of Taurus alongside Tim Sutton; the film also stars MGK’s fiancé Megan Fox, Maddie Hasson (Malignant) and Scoot McNairy (Narcos: Mexico).

The movie spotlights MGK – real name Colson Baker – as the talented but troubled rock star, Cole, who spends his days and nights searching endlessly for the inspiration to record one last song. A film synopsis states that the project delves into “the darkness of fame, addiction, the artistic process and the music industry”.

The ‘Taurus’ track features vocals from Los Angeles singer-songwriter Naomi Wild, who portrays Lena in the film. Check out the official video for ‘Taurus’ – here.

Machine Gun Kelly releases ‘Taurus’

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Crossbone Skully, the multi-dimensional brainchild of Alice Cooper and Hollywood Vampires member Tommy Henriksen, has debuted its lead single along with an animated short on the way. Cooper, along with Joe Perry, Nikki Sixx, and Johnny Depp will be featured in the animated short of the first single ‘Evil World Machine’, set to premiere on November 26 at the San Diego Fan Expo.

Crossbone Skully is an “avenging superhero”, beginning his journey to rescue humanity on ‘Evil World Machine’. Legendary producer Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard), came out of retirement to serve as executive producer on the album which was written by Tommy Henriksen and Tommy Denander. Fans will soon get their first look at Crossbone Skully and his world, which inspired its own upcoming graphic novel, ‘Thing #1’.  Henriksens serves as lead vocalist and bassist on the album, with additional voice overs on ‘Thing #1’ by Johnny Depp (The Evil Sorcerer), Cooper (The Bringer of Light), Joe Perry (The Big Bad Bone Crusher), Nikki Sixx (The Crooked Crow), and Kane Roberts (The Alpha Watchman), to name a few in the short, animated film.

Crossbone Skully will also release their debut album in 2023, which delivers a “powerful message in today’s global climate, inviting people of all backgrounds to coexist and break down oppressive barriers”.

You can listen to the lead single, ‘Evil World Machine’, here.

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BMG has announced the release of the limited edition box set, ‘Crücial Crüe: The Studio Albums 1981-1989′ featuring the band’s first five Platinum-selling landmark albums pressed on colored vinyl.

1981’s Too Fast For Love will be on white and black splatter, 1983’s Shout At The Devil on yellow and black splatter, 1985’s Theatre Of Pain on hot pink magenta and black splatter, 1987’s Girls, Girls, Girls on cyan blue and black splatter, and 1989’s Dr. Feelgood on Coke bottle green and oxblood splatter. The Crücial Crüe box set will also be released on CD with only 10,000 units of each configuration available globally, available February 17th.

After their highly successful US ‘The Stadium Tour’, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard will once again reteam for The World Tour in 2023, hitting Latin America in February and March, and the UK and Europe in May, June, and July. Guitarist John 5 will be replacing Mick Mars on the trek, who announced his retirement from touring due to his health.

MÖTLEY CRÜE Unveils New Box Set For Their First Five Albums

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Godsmack have dropped the music video for their recent single “Surrender”, the first single from the band’s forthcoming final studio album, “Lighting Up The Sky” which is set to arrive on February 24, 2023.

According to the group’s vocalist/guitarist Sully Erna, Godsmack plan to become a legacy touring act after the released of their eighth studio LP. Erna recently said of the song “Surrender”: “‘Surrender‘ is a very cut and dry song. It’s simply about the exhaustion we can all feel in relationships at times from the redundancy of fighting with each other. At a certain point in our lives, we submit to putting aside who’s right or wrong, we just want it to STOP! So we wave the white flag.

Take a look at the video for “Surrender” – here.
To pre-order “Lighting Up The Sky,” head here.

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