Scott Legato/Getty ImagesBush frontman Gavin Rossdale is among the presenters for the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards.The show will also feature a performance from The Warning, as well as Benson Boone, RAYE, Shawn Mendes and Teddy Swims.As previously reported, the nominees include Green Day, Coldplay, Bon Jovi, Kings of Leon, Lenny Kravitz, The Killers and…… read more »
Gary Miller/FilmMagicBowl for Ronnie, the annual bowling tournament celebrating the life of the late Ronnie James Dio, has announced the lineup of celebrity players for its 2024 event.Among those taking part include Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, original Dio drummer Vinny Appice, Ozzy Osbourne bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson, Eagles of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes and Megadeth’s…… read more »
Harper CollinsAlex Van Halen’s new memoir, Brothers, is out now, and in it he sets the record straight about the reports that Van Halen’s rider would demand M&M’s in their dressing rooms, minus the brown ones.“I know. We sound like jerks,” he writes in the book, according to People. “Like rock star prima donnas looking to…… read more »
Disney/Jennifer PottheiserJimmy Page has announced a pair of new signature guitars with Gibson.The Jimmy Page 1964 SJ-200 and 1964 SJ-200 Collector’s Edition are inspired by the Led Zeppelin icon’s own mid-’60s Gibson SJ-200 acoustic, which he used to record the “Stairway to Heaven” outfit’s debut album.Speaking about the new guitar in a video for Gibson, soundtracked by Zep’s…… read more »
DISNEY/Eric McCandlessDaughtry has premiered the video for “The Dam,” a track off the band’s new EP, Shock to the System (Part One).The clip finds frontman Chris Daughtry traversing a long desert, possibly on another planet, as he comes across past fallen versions of himself.”Working on this video with [director] Jensen Noen was such an incredible experience,”…… read more »
Disney/Jennifer PottheiserOn Saturday, Tom Morello inducted MC5 into the Rock & Roll of Fame, and he was enshrined himself in 2023 as a member of Rage Against the Machine. He may also be training a future Rock Hall of Famer in his teenage son, Roman.Over the summer, the Morello duo released a new song together…… read more »
ABC/Nicole WilderJack White has announced a last-minute show at Minneapolis’ famed First Avenue.The concert takes place Wednesday. Tickets go on sale Tuesday for members of the Third Man Records Vault subscription service at noon CT and then for the general public at 1 p.m. CT.You can sign up for a chance at tickets now.White has…… read more »
SGranitz/WireImageAhead of the release of his memoir Brothers on Tuesday, Alex Van Halen has released the full version of “Unfinished,” a previously unreleased track that was the last song he wrote with his brother, Eddie Van Halen.The tune is featured on the audiobook of Brothers, but has now also been shared on VanHalen.com, where fans can also download it. Brothers is…… read more »
Disney/Eric McCandlessGene Simmons made a career playing bass for KISS, but he wouldn’t consider himself a virtuoso, and he’s perfectly happy with that. He tells Guitar World that he thinks virtuosos are simply “show-offs in music” and he’s not a fan.“I don’t consider myself – and was never really interested in being – a bass virtuoso,”…… read more »
Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images3 Doors Down is playing the inaugural Sand in My Boots, a new festival presented by country star Morgan Wallen.Sand in My Boots will take place May 16-18 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, which has long hosted the Hangout Music Festival. The lineup will be headlined by Wallen, country-rocker HARDY, Post Malone and…… read more »
