The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the reunited Black Sabbath, the newly solo Jack White and the Black Keys were announced early this morning as the headliners of this summer's Lollapalooza, set for August 3rd through 5th in Chicago's Grant Park. Check out the complete lineup on Lollapalooza.com.
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Although you wouldn’t necessarily guess their politics by such songs as ‘Suck My Kiss’ and ‘Californication,’ the Red Hot Chili Peppers are big supporters of President Barack Obama. This Sunday (April 15). they will be donating their time to put on a free concert for campaign volunteers at the Cleveland House of Blues, the Plain-Dealer reported Monday (April 9).
With their second album, Nox Aeris, hitting stores tomorrow, Janus will return to the road following Wednesday's hometown release party show at the Cubby Bear in Chicago. They'll play a few nearby gigs this month, then hook up with Cavo on April 7th in Battle Creek, Michigan for a jaunt that will run almost all the way up to a May 25th appearance at the Rocklahoma festival.
Janus guitarist Mike Tyranski and bassist Alan
Linkin Park fans can expect the band's next album to sound a bit more like the first two albums. Singer Chester Bennington tells Kerrang magazine, "With this album, we've incorporated a lot of guitar w
System of a Down will keep their reunion going this summer. They've just announced that they'll be headlining two hard rock festivals in Canada this August -- Heavy MTL in Montreal on the 11th and Heavy TO in Toronto on the 12th. There's no word yet if System is looking to play any U.S. shows around that time.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers have taken advantage of their unexpected tour break, because of Anthony Kiedis's foot surgery, to come up with new material. Drummer Chad Smith, bassist Flea and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer got together in Los Angeles recently to jam. Smith tells Billboard, "We just rehearsed and came up with some ideas and new song
What took ya so long Vince?
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is expanding his business empire by opening a topless nightclub in his hometown of Las Vegas. Vince Neil's Girls, Girls, Girls opens later this month. He says, "It's something I alway
Metallica will be making some sort of announcement today at noon Mountain time at Metallica.com. The band has posted a teaser video on YouTube that says, "You've seen them at festivals across the world...but you've never seen them..." Many fans are speculating that the
The big announcement was made yesterday, Slipknot have signed on to headline this summer's Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Also on the tour are Slayer, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria and "a very special guest to be announced on March 5th." Rumor has it that guest is our man Lemmy & Motörhead. The festival starts on June 30th i
Anthony Kiedis must be feeling a little bit better, since the Red Hot Chili Peppers have added another 16 dates to their tour, which was delayed because of an injury to his foot. For more information on the new
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Red Hot Chili Peppers have postponed the start of their U.S tour because singer Anthony Kiedis is re
