Hard rock legends Van Halen have cancelled every show booked after June 26 of this year, a decision that pundits are tipping is due to infighting within the ranks of the band. The hard rockers, who have been held down by brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen throughout their 40 year career, only reunited with classic early vocalist David Lee Roth who left the band in 1985 after tension between the band’s members become unbearable, in 2006.
"They're hard people to get along with, those brothers," Hagar told The Associated Press on Friday. "Otherwise I'd still be in the band."
Steel Panther have announced their first ever headline Tour of Australia. Get ready to feel the metal! Frontman Michael Starr commenting "I can’t wait to get my balls out in some fresh Australian air!” and Drummer Stixx Zadinia added, "I can’t wait to come to Australia and rock all the genitals off your women then they’ll know what America tastes like!"
With their brand new album Balls Out in tow and having just been nominated for Metal Hammer's Best International Band Award, Steel Panther will be bringing their full live show extravaganza to Oz this October!
Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti will release his debut solo album, All I Was, in the spring. The album features Tremonti – an accomplished shredder. Click here for more info
Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts. She was Born This Way!
Jonny Coffin casts his shadow across the cover of the LA Weekly in the 2012 People Issue. Once a year the Weekly picks LA standouts to feature in their annual glossy people issue. The LA Weekly is the premier news source for the entire city of LA. Jonny Coffin says "it's a honor to be recognized for writing your own rules as an artist".
A Dark Culture Fantasy told through the heart and split soul of a girl named September. The German Release, Melancholia 5/18/12 on Repo Records available thru Bestbuy.com and Poponaut.com, iTunes and Amazon.com
XAD and Vicky Lovecat are about to start Touring in Europe on the Tales of Perversion Tour. XAD are also doing a wordwide release of their new video Mary Turns To Gold on SMT on May 26 at Midnight at the same time as they feature in one of the clubs in Europe
Donna Summer, whom millions of fans revered as "the Queen of Disco," has died at the age of 63 in Florida after a battle with cancer, the Associated Press confirmed with the singer's family Thursday morning.The news comes as a surprise to those who were not aware that she was ill. The legendary superstar was publicly active as recently as last June, when she appeared as a guest panelist on Bravo's music reality show Platinum Hit.Summer was a five-time Grammy Award winner, the first artist ever to score three back-to-back No. 1 double albums, and was nominated--but not chosen--for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. She is credited with influencing stars ranging from Madonna and Michael Jackson, to Beyonce and Rihanna. Video
