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Jane’s Addiction kicked off a short West Coast last weekend, and debuted a brand new song called “True Love.” True Love is the band’s first new music since 2013’s “Another Soulmate.” Jane’s last album was 2011’s The Great Escape Artist, their fourth studio LP.

The band’s current live lineup features Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Eric Avery, and Josh Klinghoffer, who is filling in for Dave Navarro while the guitarist continues to battle some health issues related to long-term COVID-19. A statement by the band‘s singer Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins on their social media pages: “We’d like to address the questions surrounding Dave and the upcoming Jane’s show. As a band, we are in a great place, writing new music, and the bond is tighter than ever. We all hope Dave can be out playing with us when he feels healthy and ready.”

Take a listen to True Love from Jane’s Addition – here.

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The 2023 Bourbon & Beyond Festival will take place September 14-17, 2023 at the Highland Festival Grounds in Louisville, Kentucky, featuring headliners The Killers, The Black Keys, Blondie, Brandi Carlile and Bruno Mars.  The four-day event will also feature performances from Billy Strings, Train, Midland, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors and The Lone Bellow on the first night, which will be topped by Carlile.

Night two will find The Killers headlining an eclectic bill including Duran Duran, Hozier, Brittany Howard, Bastille, The Gaslight Anthem, Wayne Newton, Inahler, Joy Oladokun and more. The Black Keys and Crowes will top Saturday’s rocking run-down, with support from The Avett Brothers, Spoon, First Aid Kit, Old Crow Medicine Show, City and Color, Paolo Nutini, Luke Grimes and Danielle Ponder. The final night pairs headliner Mars with Blondie, Jon Batiste, Ryan Bingham, Babyface, Aloe Blacc, ZZ Ward and Fantastic Negrito, among many others.

Tickets are all available now from the Bourbon & Beyond official website.

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have postponed their third concert date in a week, citing illness as the reason. Details remained vague in the tweets which announced the news, and did not specify who was ill or what kind of illness was involved. Over the weekend, E Street Band member Little Steven Van Zandt posted a message about the concert postponements on Twitter: “No need to be anxious or afraid. Nothing serious. Just a temporary situation. We will all be back in full force very soon.”

“The Boss” was forced to postpone his planned performance Tuesday in Albany, NY. He also postponed
a date last Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, and a scheduled concert Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The postponements come a month into Springsteen’s first tour in six years. The latest tweet read: “Due to illness, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s concert at MVP Arena in Albany on Tuesday, March 14 has been postponed. We are working on rescheduling the date so please hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled show.”

The 73-year-old Springsteen kicked off his tour on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Florida before 20,000 fans.  The Asbury Park Press reported last month that E Street Band members Van Zandt and Soozie Tyrell missed a Feb. 10 show in Dallas due to COVID-19.  Van Zandt tweeted at the time he had “a very mild case .. with no real danger or damage” and returned to the tour soon after.

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Guitarist Nita Strauss is rejoining Alice Cooper on the road for his 2023 shows. Cooper announced in a statement: “She’s back!  Nita asked for a leave of absence to work with someone else, something I always encourage my band members to do. I like them to challenge themselves and try new things.” Cooper recruited ex-guitarist Kane Roberts to fill in for Strauss on his fall 2022 tour.  Said Cooper: “I’m thankful to my old friend Kane Roberts for stepping up and filling in for her, but she’ll be back with us for the new tour that starts up in late April. It’s going to be great to have her back.”

Strauss joined Cooper’s touring band in 2014. She announced last July that she would not be joining Cooper on his fall trek, revealing she had joined Demi Lovato’s live touring band.  Strauss insisted that her exit wasn’t permanent, and she hoped to be playing again with Cooper in 2023 if their schedules aligned. Strauss said in her statement: “From the studio to the stage, it’s always an immense honor to make music with Alice Cooper! I’m very excited to be rejoining the band on the road for the 2023 dates, and so I’ll see you on the road in April. Let the nightmare return!”

Cooper will be kicking off a monthlong headlining run in late April, and will serve as support on a half-dozen U.S. stadium shows in August for Motley Crue and Def Leppard before joining the Freaks on Parade co-headlining tour with Rob Zombie.

NITA STRAUSS Rejoins ALICE COOPER

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Mr. Big has announced a farewell tour, dubbed “The Big Finish.” The shows are scheduled to launch in Nagoya, Japan, on July 20 and continue through Southeast Asia through August 2023. According to a press release, more shows in the U.S., Europe and South America will be announced soon to take place early 2024.

The band tweeted:
“BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
We are announcing our world tour, “The Big Finish”
The Asian tour will kick off in Japan on July 20th 2023, with shows in South America, Europe, U.K, and the U.S starting in the new year!”

The band will be joined by a new drummer, Nick D’Virgilio, a longtime friend of the group. Bassist Billy Sheehan said in a press release: “I hope the people who come see our shows get to feel what it’s like when musicians get together and really play and sing the songs they wrote  We want the audience to be one with us and feel our evening together was a magical and beautiful event.” 

Said singer Eric Martin: “I love playing with these guys. And if I’m being honest, I don’t want it to ever end. I’m the guy who just knows we still have that special spark together, and I always want to keep the torch burning. But if it really is the end, then I want us all to have a happy ending together. We’re a great live band. I want everybody to come out and see us, because we want to blow you away and have you all think as you’re leaving, ‘Mr. Big really is the real thing.’”

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