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The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance has announced Green Day will headline the second Right Here, Right Now Mini Global Climate Concert to be presented by United Nations Human Rights and The Recording Academy at The Fillmore in San Francisco on April 2. The ecologically driven concert aims to combat the human rights…

Nashville rockers Kings of Leon recently released a new single “Split Screen,” the second song from their upcoming ninth album, Can We Please Have Fun. According to a press release, the song “lands in the middle of the album, a more meditative section of songs that favor texture and atmosphere.” “We like this song. We…

Lzzy Hale is set to replace Erik Gronwall for Skid Row’s upcoming shows. The rock band and the Swedish singer announced in a joint statement that Gronwall will step down as the vocalist for Skid Row while he focuses on his health. Longtime friend and Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale will be taking over vocal duties…

Godsmack have announced that their hit album Awake will be released on Vinyl for the first time. Godsmack’s second album, originally released in 2000, features fan favorites “Bad Magick,” “Awake,” and “Greed.” Its title track became Godsmack’s first Billboard No. 1 song, while the track “Vampire” was nominated for a Grammy. Having sold more than…

Aerosmith have announced they will release a limited edition of their second album, Get Your Wings on vinyl via UMe/Capitol on May 17, in celebration of the record’s 50th anniversary. The limited edition, limited to numbers 1-1974 to honor the year of the album’s release, is pressed on 180g custom color “gold sparkle” vinyl. It…

Craft Recordings has announced the first wide vinyl release of Creed’s multiplatinum-selling Greatest Hits collection. Originally issued in 2004 as a limited-edition pressing, the 13-track compilation spans the Grammy and American Music Award-winning band’s first three albums – 1997’s My Own Prison, 1999’s Human Clay, and 2001’s Weathered. The album also features such chart-topping singles…

Twenty One Pilots recently announced “The Clancy World Tour” and shared a new single, “Next Semester,” from their upcoming album, Clancy. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun announced a huge tour in support of the album. The tour kicks off on August 15 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, and will include…

Chad Smith and Lars Ulrich are set to make cameo appearances in the This Is Spinal Tap sequel. According to Deadline, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica drummers will make cameos in the upcoming film. The report also says that Fran Drescher will be reprising her role as publicist Bobbi Flekman. The cast will…

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has announced an expanded digital edition of his acclaimed third solo album, Lighthouse. The deluxe release includes eight additional tracks with three exclusive live performance videos filmed last December at Easy Street Records in McKagan’s hometown of Seattle, Washington. Lighthouse (Expanded Edition) features a stripped-down acoustic rendition of “I…

System of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has teamed up with composer Bear McCreary on “Incinerator,” a track from the latter’s upcoming album, The Singularity, which is due out on May 10th. “When I got the music, when I got this song specifically, I was blown away. It’s explosive,” Tankian said about the song. The…