Tours canceled, festivals postponed, bands stranded in foreign countries and facing quarantine, records sitting in warehouses with no one to ship them, boxes of t-shirts sitting in rehearsal spaces unsold… These are some painful times for music. As the Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the metal world, Gimme Radio …
Read More »Interview: Nikki Yanofsky discusses her upcoming album, Black Sheep
Nikki Yanofsky is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Montreal, Quebec. Nicknamed ‘big mouth’ in her formative years, her environment was characterized by the music of soul singers with fittingly big voices, notably Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. During the release of her 2013 debut album, Nikki, Yanofsky was …
Read More »Rock Veteran And Country Chart-Topper Receive International Recognition For Charitable Organizations
Top 20 iTunes rocker John Vento and Pittsburgh club owner Ron Esser, along with #1 radio chart country artist Richard Lynch are Communitas Award Winners. MTS Management Group is happy to announce John Vento and Ron “Moondog” Esser, along with Richard Lynch, are 2020 Communitas Awards Excellence Winners for their work with Band Together …
Read More »Gallery: M3F Fest – Bon Iver, Local Natives, The Growlers + more in Phoenix, AZ (03.06-07.20)
Editor’s note: Baseball season and festival season have a lot in common, and right now both are fast approaching, but before either get into full swing, there’s spring training. Much like MLB’s spring training, one of the best early spring festivals takes place in Arizona. The M3F Fest took place …
Read More »Alice Cooper Spring 2020 Tour Postponed
Alice Cooper is regretfully postponing his Spring 2020 headline North American tour, which was slated to run from March 31 through April 22. The tour is being rescheduled for Fall 2020 and the itinerary will be announced as soon as possible. Due to the current concerns regarding COVID-19, the health …
Read More »Dynfari and Kariti Album Releases Postponed
Owing to the coronavirus epidemic that is hitting Italy and in view of its possible expansion to many other countries, Aural Music has decided it is wise to put off indefinitely the release dates of ‘Covered Mirrors’ by Kariti and ‘Myrkurs er börf’ by DYNFARI. As the global situation is in …
Read More »Sky Titan Media Follows International Success With New Single Release From Strings Of Atlas
The Austin-based company’s founder, Atlas Cage is producer, writer, guitarist and vocalist for the indie rock outfit. “How Far We Come” is out Friday the 13th. Friday the 13th is notoriously recognized as a day of “bad luck” and “strange happenings.” For Sky Titan Media founder, Atlas Cage, Friday, the …
Read More »Decibel Magazine Tour Cancelled
In an effort to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous states and cities on the Decibel Magazine Tour routing have announced bans on gatherings in excess of 250 or 500 people (with many more expected to do the same in the coming days). As a result, we have …
Read More »Live Nation Planning to Pause Arena Tours Due to Coronavirus
In a recent report from Billboard, Recognizing national concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, Live Nation is instructing its touring shows to prepare to return home, recognizing national concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement affects all Live Nation tours, domestically and internationally. Earlier Thursday (March 12) …
Read More »In FlamesEnters WorldwidePartnership With Nuclear Blast For Iconic Back Catalog
Celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band, Sweden’s influential and long revered heavy metal giants In Flames have entered a worldwide partnership with Nuclear Blast for the band’s celebrated back catalog which features 13 groundbreaking fan-favorite records like “Colony” (1999), “Whoracle” (1997) and “Clayman” (2000). Having released the previous two …
Read More »Fleshgod Apocalypse Forced To Postpone North American Tour
In an unfortunate turn of events, Italian orchestral-death metal giants Fleshgod Apocalypse have been forced to postpone their North American tour due to travel restrictions implemented in response to the spread of COVID-19, “Coronavirus.” What was to be one of metal’s most anticipated spring tours, where the band was to …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Ordinary Man’ Video Debuts Today
In the video for his latest single “Ordinary Man,” the title track of his new Epic Records album which features Elton John, OZZY OSBOURNE takes a retrospective look at his life and career. Watch here: In the video, directed by Stephen Lee Carr and produced by Sharon Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Peter …
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