EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting will undergo surgery three months after announcing that he’d been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach. The EXODUS stickman issued an update thanking fans and friends for their support and revealed that he’s undergoing a full gastrectomy next week. Hunting’s update reads as follows: “I wanted to check in and thank everyone SOOOOOO much for the love and support! I see all the awesome events and things people are putting together out there to help me in this fight. I really am overwhelmed with gratitude and feel so blessed to be a part of...
COURTNEY LOVE Covers BRITNEY SPEARS In New Tribute
Courtney Love has posted her latest offering in her Instagram cover series with a rendition of the Britney Spears song ‘Lucky’. You can check out the performance below. Love launched her Instagram cover series last month with a rendition of BILLY BRAG and WILCO’s song ‘California Stars’ accompanied by THE BIG MOON’s Juliette Jackson on guitar. The world is continuing to monitor and demand justice for Britney Spears over her ongoing conservatorship struggles, and Courtney Love provides a rather heart-warming tribute where she becomes overcome with emotion, breaking down in tears half-way through the performance. You can check it out...
MYLES KENNEDY Announces Summer/Fall 2021 U.S. Solo Tour
ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS singer Myles Kennedy will be hitting the road for a 15-city U.S. solo tour later this summer. Support will come from artist Tyler Bryant. Myles said: “Happy to be hitting the road with the full band and our friend Tyler Bryant as support.” Public on-sale begins Friday, July 9 at 10 a.m. local time. Tour dates: Sep. 07 – St. Petersburg, FL – Floridian Social Club Sep. 08 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live Sep. 10 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre Sep. 13 – St. Louis, MO –...
RUSH’s GEDDY LEE Is In Mourning Over The Death Of His Mother
RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee is in mourning due to the passing of his mother. Mary Weinrib passed away last Friday (July 2), not far off from her 96th birthday. Mary was born in 1925 in Warsaw, Poland, and grew up in Wierzbnik, a Jewish shtetl that was part of Starachowice, Poland, which was occupied by Germany beginning in 1939. According to her obituary, she “endured the labor camp at the munitions factory in Starachowice and the concentration camps at Auschwitz, where she met and fell in love with her husband Morris Weinrib, and at Bergen-Belsen, where she was finally liberated...
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OZZY And SHARON OSBOURNE Celebrate 39th Wedding Anniversary
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne celebrated 39 years of marriage this past Sunday, July 4. Sharon shared a couple of photos of her and Ozzy from their wedding day, and wrote in an accompanying message: “Thank you for 39 years. For the most incredible life together. The crazy, wonderful and insane times. Yes, pain and sorrow too, but we got through it. We worked so hard for years professionally and personally. We succeed together. You are my soul, my life. What a fantastic life we have lived so far, the best thing is there’s more to come. Every day is an...
Former URIAH HEEP Singer JOHN LAWTON Dead At 74
Former URIAH HEEP singer John Lawton has died at the age of 74. Lawton was the frontman for URIAH HEEP from 1976 to 1979, appearing on the albums “Firefly” (1977), “Innocent Victim” (1977) and “Fallen Angel” (1978). URIAH HEEP issued the following statement: “It is with deep regret that we share the devastating and tragic news of the sudden and totally unexpected passing of John Lawton on 29 June 2021. “Contrary to reports, there was no illness involved, which makes his passing incomprehensible. “He went peacefully with his wife at his side. John will be greatly missed. “A private funeral...
HELLOWEEN’s Latest Self-Titled Release Enters Album Charts Worldwide
The new, self-titled album from the reunited and expanded classic lineup of HELLOWEEN has landed in the Top 10 in more than 10 countries. You can check out the chart positions below. All chart entries: Germany: #1 Spain: #1 Finland: #1 (physical) + #2 (overall) Sweden: #1 (physical) + #3 (overall) UK: #1 (rock) + #24 (overall) Switzerland: #2 Austria: #3 Scotland: #4 France: #5 (physical) + #15 (overall) Czech Republic: #5 Portugal: #5 Italy: #5 (physical) + #14 (overall) Japan: #6 Australia: #8 (physical) + 135 (overall) Belgium: #11 Netherlands: #12 Poland: #13 Slovakia: #29 Norway: #36 USA: #58...
VIDEO: The Original Lineup Of BULLETBOYS Perform At M3 Rock Festival
You can now check out video footage of the reunited original lineup of BULLETBOYS performing at the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on July 3rd just below this article. The original BULLETBOYS lineup of Marq Torien (vocals), Jimmy D’Anda (drums), Mick Sweda (guitar) and Lonnie Vencent (bass) made their live return in December 2019 with a sold-out performance at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. This would mark the band’s first performance together (except for a show in 2011) since breaking up in 1993. BULLETBOYS’ self-titled debut was released in 1988...
IRON MAIDEN’s ADRIAN SMITH Almost Joined DEF LEPPARD Confirms RICK ALLEN
DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen recently confirmed that IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith was in the running to join the band following the death of guitarist Steve Clarke in 1991. Allen was speaking to Eonmusic about his upcoming in-person art shows at Wentworth Gallery in Atlantic City and King of Prussia on July 10 and July 11, and the subject was brought up about Smith joining DEF LEPPARD back in 1991, to which the drummer said “I actually really loved the idea.” The gig eventually went to guitarist Vivian Campbell, however the drummer also mentioned a number of other players...
PODCAST: We Talk To TOMAS LINDBERG From AT THE GATES About ‘The Nightmare Of Being’
This week on The Loaded Radio Podcast, Scott Penfold talks one on one with AT THE GATES frontman Tomas Lindberg. AT THE GATES are more than just a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are easily one of the most influential and honored bands within the genre. Formed in 1990, AT THE GATES were a major representation of ‘Gothenburg-style’ melodic death metal. Prior to their first break up in 1996, AT THE GATES released four albums, ending with and including 1995’s ‘Slaughter of the Soul’, which has been seen as a landmark in the mid-1990s death metal scene. After...