Upcoming Tours
MAY 10 Metallica, with Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Gojira
Metallica begins there North American tour in May with varying appearences by Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat and Gojira. See when each band will plays and the exact time and dates for each show. Metallica is promoting their new Hardwired to Self-Destruct album.
SEPT 14 Scorpions + Megadeth Crazy World Tour
Massive tour alert! Scorpions and Megadeth will be embarking on their ‘Crazy World’ Tour this fall! The first leg of this arena tour is set to begin Sept. 14 in Reading, Pa and end Oct. 15 in Tampa, Fla., though more concerts will be announced soon.A number of support acts were rumored when Scorpions / Megadeth tour rumblings were making their way across the internet, but it looks like this will be a two-band bill. With new drummer Mikkey Dee in-tow, Scorpions will continue to tour off their latest album, Return to Forever, though the 2017 tour is named after their 1991 full-length, Crazy World.
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News
Chuck Berry Dead at 90
The music world has lost another great. Rock and roll icon Chuck Berry has passed away at the age of 90.
According to the St. Charles County Police Department, Berry passed away Saturday afternoon (March 18) in the St. Louis area. An immediate cause of death was not revealed, but the St. Charles PD’s posting revealing the death can be viewed below.
Berry came to fame in the early days of rock and roll as a singer, guitarist and songwriter, creating such classic songs as “Maybellene,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Rock and Roll Music” and “Johnny B. Goode.” He is credited with developing the R&B elements that catapulted rock and roll into the commercial mainstream in the ’50s. Ever the showman, his “duck walk” was also one of the most recognized stage moves.
Berry received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984, was saluted as part of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 and was part of the 1986 induction class for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Berry’s 60th birthday celebration was captured in the classic 1986 documentary, Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Our condolences to the Chuck Berry family.
Lollapalooza Lineup
Lollapalooza is roaring and ready to go in 2017! The notoriously eclectic festival is bringing four straight days of music to Grant Park in Chicago this summer between Aug. 3 and 6 and there’s some killer rock to be found amidst a sea of indie, pop, hip-hop and everything else outside and in between!
Muse and Cage the Elephant appear high on the bill for the Thursday lineup, which will also feature icons from outside the rock genre like Lorde and Wiz Khalifa. Blink-182 landed near the top of the Friday lineup with appearances from The Pretty Reckless and Kaleo coming earlier in the day for those who favor the rock side of things.
The weekend is a bit lighter on the heavier music with Highly Suspect, Royal Blood and Live hitting the stage on Saturday and Machine Gun Kelly and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man performing on the final day.
Tickets are available now at the Lollapalooza website. Fans will have the option to purchase single day general admission passes and all four-day general tickets have sold out. VIP options will include a wealth of attractive features like platform viewing spots, golf cart shuttles, a dedicated festival entrance, air-conditioned restrooms, shaded lounge seated and a lot more, while the Platinum packages sweeten the pot even more.
Megadeth, Scorpions Announce North American Tour
Massive tour alert! Scorpions and Megadeth will be embarking on their ‘Crazy World’ Tour this fall! The first leg of this arena tour is set to begin Sept. 14 in Reading, Pa and end Oct. 15 in Tampa, Fla., though more concerts will be announced soon.
A number of support acts were rumored when Scorpions / Megadeth tour rumblings were making their way across the internet, but it looks like this will be a two-band bill. With new drummer Mikkey Dee in-tow, Scorpions will continue to tour off their latest album, Return to Forever, though the 2017 tour is named after their 1991 full-length, Crazy World.
“When our album Crazy World was released back in ’91, right at the end of the cold war, we toured around a world that was pretty crazy back then, but there was so much hope in the air for a more peaceful future,” says Scorpions vocalist Klaus Meine. “Now 26 years later, things are getting more crazy every other day. After all these years, ‘Crazy World’ is still a good motto for our upcoming world tour. We are very much looking forward to seeing all of you out there.”
Megadeth will continue their hot streak from 2016’s Dystopia, which has been hailed as the best Megadeth release in a decade and finally won the thrash legends their first Grammy.
Tickets and special VIP packages will become available soon. The Los Angeles concert (Oct 7) will go on sale 3/24 with a pre-sale tomorrow 3/23. Scorpions Rock Zone fan club members will receive exclusive, first access to tickets & VIP packages.
David Letterman to Induct Pearl Jam Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
It’s just been announced that broadcasting legend David Letterman will induct Pearl Jam into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Friday (April 7). Letterman was confirmed to bestow the honor upon Pearl Jam after Neil Young became unable to appear at the ceremony.
Pearl Jam were fiercely loyal to David Letterman while he was hosting The Late Show. The Seattle legends performed a staggering seven times between 1996 and 2006 alone, never making an appearance on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, perhaps due to Letterman and Leno’s highly publicized feud. Pearl Jam even played a 10-song concert for the Late Show audience back in 2006.
“Due to illness, Neil Young is regrettably no longer able to induct Pearl Jam at this Year’s Induction Ceremony,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said in a statement. “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is thrilled that David Letterman has agreed to induct Pearl Jam this Friday night at the 32nd Annual Induction Ceremony.”
Frontman Eddie Vedder made numerous solo appearances on The Late Show, while Pearl Jam served as a musical guest during Letterman’s farewell episodes in 2015.
This year’s Rock Hall class will also feature Yes, Journey, Tupac Shakur and many others. Jane’s Addiction, the MC5, Depeche Mode and Bad Brains were also nominated for the class of 2017, but didn’t end up making the cut.
