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Experience Hendrix Tour 2010
Dec 14th
Joe Satriani
Experience Hendrix, the fourth edition of the biennial concert tour that features an all-star line-up of music greats paying homage to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix, gets underway in early March of next year with special performances across the country.
Featured artists who will be performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix include some of the best known and most respected artists in contemporary rock and blues, including Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Doyle Bramhall II, Ernie Isley, Living Colour, Double Trouble’s Chris Layton, along with bassist Billy Cox. Cox, who first befriended Hendrix when the two were in the 101st Airborne Division of U.S. Army, played in both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at such landmark festivals as Woodstock and the Isle of Wight. Cox commented, “It’s a thrill for me to play Jimi’s music for audiences now as it was in the 1960s. The Experience Hendrix tours have shown how timeless this music really is.” Joe Satriani remarked, “I finally get to pay tribute to my hero the right way, on stage with an amazing, once in a lifetime, line up of musicians!” Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos are also performing on selected Experience Tour dates.
Guns n’ Roses Announce Plans to Tour South America In March 2010
Dec 1st
Guns n’ Roses‘ Chinese Democracy world tour continues to take shape as Axl Rose’s long-dormant official Website was updated this weekend to reveal that Gn’R will embark of a trek of South America from March 10th to April 10th, 2010. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Gn’R will finally set out on tour to promote their year-old Chinese Democracy with a four-date tour of Southeast Asia that kicks off just 12 days from now, December 11th, in Taipei, Taiwan.
No official dates for the South American tour have been revealed yet, but the MyGNR and Here Today Gone to Hell forums have collected a bunch of Ticketmaster and promoter information that lays the groundwork for the potential tour. As it stands now, Guns n’ Roses are expected to perform four shows in four different cities in Brazil, two concerts at Buenos Aires, Argentina’s Estádio Monumental de Nunez and one gig apiece in Peru, Chile and Venezuela. When the Chinese Democracy world tour officially comes to South America, it’ll be Guns n’ Roses’ first concert on the continent since the Rock in Rio show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 15th, 2001.
Overkill Announce New CD & Killfest 2010 Tour
Dec 1st
NJ Thrash legends Overkill have announced their signature 25th Anniversary tour entitled Killfest 2010. The tour will span the length of the U.S., hitting spots in Canada with one final show at New York City’s Nokia Theater. Support duties coming from Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer, Evile and Woe of Tyrants.
Frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth says, “The road never ends, and that’s a good thing kids! We’ve all been tearing this up for over 25 years now and still going strong. April it starts again and this time it’s Ironbound, live and in your face, let the games begin!”
The band’s new record, Ironbound, will be available on CD and vinyl, and is set for release on February 9, 2010. Ironbound celebrates the band’s monumental 25-year anniversary.
MxPx Holiday Album
Nov 25th
MxPx is jumping on the holiday-music gravy train.
The pop-punk act wraps up a decade’s worth of Christmas tunes handed out to its fan club for its Punk Rawk Christmas, due out Dec. 1 from Rock City Recording Company. Most of the songs are originals, but the outfit also taps into the traditional bucket to pad the track listing.
Punk Rawk Christmas’ track listing is:
Punk Rawk Christmas
Christmas Day
Christmas Only Comes Once a Year
Coming Home for Christmas
You’re the One I Miss (This Christmas)
Christmas Party
Christmas Night of the Living Dead
So This is Christmas?
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Gibson Launches New Angus Young Signature SG Line
Nov 13th
The Gibson Custom Shop is now offering its reproduction of one of the world’s most renowned SGs in the form of the Angus Young SG, a Limited Edition that captures the tone, look, and feel of this rare specimen among a classic breed, but which updates this legendary guitar with custom modifications requested by Angus himself.
Angus Young acquired his 1968 SG Standard in 1970, and has used it on all major AC/DC recordings and many tours since the band’s inception in 1973. Young’s ’68 SG is known to be a superb example of this model, with an unusually slim neck, pickups that blend just the right proportions of power and sweetness, and a resonant, vocal tone that represents the best of the SG formula. Listen closely to any classic AC/DC tune, and the tone is huge, but not filthy or fizzy.
Six Feet Under Unveil Tracklisting for Graveyard Classic 3
Nov 6th
Tampa, FL’s kings of groove laden death metal Six Feet Under will return with their third installment of the band’s cover series, Graveyard Classics 3, due out on Metal Blade Records January 19, 2010. Graveyard Classics 3 was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, FL, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and was produced by Chris Barnes.
Here’s what the godfather of gore and death Chris Barnes has to say about the band’s latest chapter in the Graveyard Classics chain:
“We went about picking the tracks for this installment of Graveyard Classics by really just trying to search out songs from early on in our musical upbringing, as well as tracks from when we were just fans of heavy music, before we started playing in a band. Once again choosing songs that have really stuck with us over the years, also choosing the songs that we felt would sound interesting when played in the SFU ‘death groove’ style.
European Release of Slash’s Solo Album to Feature Fergie, Ozzy, Chris Cornell and more
Nov 3rd
Roadrunner records has just announced the signing of Velvet Revolver/ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash for the forthcoming European release of his debut solo album, Slash.
Slash will be released in spring of 2010 as a deluxe “fan pack,” in which the album will be bundled together with a highly collectible special issue of Future Publishing’s Classic Rock magazine dedicated to Slash’s career.
Slash will release a two-track CD single in Japan on November 11 containing the song “Sahara” (featuring singer Koshi Inaba of the Japanese hard rock duo B’Z) and a version of the GN’R classic “Paradise City” (featuring Cypress Hill and Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas).
“Sahara” is expected to appear on Slash’s forthcoming solo album. According to the guitarist, “the [record] is in its mixing stage and the mixes to this point sound great. We have recorded 18 songs, with one more I want to track.” He added, “the record is still slated for a February/March release.”
Creed Announce First Live DVD
Oct 20th
Fans of multi-platinum power rockers Creed are in for a special treat this Holiday Season as Creed Live, the first-ever live DVD from one of the most successful bands of the past decade, hits stores and all major online retailers on December 8, 2009, the day after its nationwide theatrical screening in movie theaters.
Creed Live, captured during the band’s long-awaited “Full Circle” reunion tour, includes every favorite track a Creed fan would want, including “Higher,” “My Sacrifice,” “With Arms Wide Open” and “Bullets” plus new songs such as “Overcome” and “A Thousand Faces” from Full Circle, the band’s first studio effort in seven years. Full Circle recently debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Charts second only to Michael Jackson’s This Is It. The DVD also includes a revealing documentary that follows Creed throughout “Full Circle” tour with exclusive band interviews and behind-the-scenes, and a photo gallery with over 100 intimate photos from the Summer 2009 trek.
U2 to Headline 2010 Glastonbury Festival
Oct 13th
The music event’s organiser Michael Eavis has signed up the Irish rockers – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. – to perform for the first time at the world famous festival which celebrates its 40th anniversary next year.
A source said: ‘Everyone is over the moon that the deal has been done. Michael really wanted a huge name for the 40th anniversary and the fact U2 have never played Glastonbury in their 32-year career only adds to the mystique.’
The ‘Get On Your Boots’ hitmakers – who will headline the festival on Friday June 25, in Somerset, England – have been in discussions with Michael, 74, for some time.
The source added to Britain’s The Sun newspaper: ‘Eavis has been asking them for a while now and really stepped up the effort this year. This could be an iconic moment.’
Glastonbury tickets sold out just hours after their release last month, even though no acts had been named.
Sammy Hagar Set to Open Cabo Wabo Cantina in Las Vegas
Sep 23rd
Sammy Hagar has opened his hard rockin’ dining and nightlife experience, Cabo Wabo Cantina, on the Las Vegas Strip. The two-level, 15,000-square-foot Cantina brings the best of Cabo San Lucas to Vegas, with its prime location at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Cabo Wabo combines Hagar’s signature blend of killer margaritas, flavorful Mexican food and rock ‘n’ roll style, where it is never uncommon to catch the Red Rocker grabbing a bite to eat or jammin’ out a live set onstage.
To celebrate Sammy Hagar-style, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will host the official Cabo Wabo Cantina grand opening bash on Friday, December 4. The event kicks off with a red carpet at 6:30 p.m. and a live performance by Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas at 9 p.m. A limited number of complimentary tickets will be given out at Cabo Wabo Cantina in Las Vegas on December 4, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The concert will also be broadcast live on Miracle Mile Shops’ 5,000-square-foot LED screen that faces the Strip.
Slayer, Megadeth and Testament Announce 2010 Tour
Sep 9th
“American Carnage”–featuring Slayer, Megadeth and Testament–will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA, for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday, November 20. Ticketmaster is offering a special presage for most shows from Wednesday, November 18, at 10AM until Thursday, November 19 at 10PM.
“American Carnage” is the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have toured the U.S. together since 1991’s epic “Clash of the Titans” tour. To celebrate that, and in recognition of the tough economic times that many of their fans are having, Megadeth and Slayer have decided to roll back the price of a chunk of tickets at every U.S. show to the “1991 price” of $10.00. These specially-priced tickets will be limited and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Megadeth has also teamed with iloveallaccess.com to provide an Ultimate Fan Package including premium seats, meet and greets, pre-show parties and more.
In addition, Testament, who was also on the ‘91 “Clash of the Titans” bill, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, and making this a “must see” metal event.
Both Megadeth and Slayer will hit the road supporting new albums: Megadeth’s 2009 album, Endgame, and Slayer’s World Painted Blood, the band’s 10th studio venture, which hit stores November 3. Testament’s The Formation of Damnation: Special Tour Edition, will be released on February 23, 2010, with special unreleased bonus tracks.
Alice in Chains Announce North American Tour
Sep 2nd
Alice in Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2, 2010. Tickets go on sale December 4th and 5th -– fans can get more info at aliceinchains.com. The band is touring in support of its critically acclaimed new album Black Gives Way to Blue (Virgin/EMI), which entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5, with first-week sales exceeding 126,000 copies.
The band’s set list will spotlight classic hits and new favorites, including new single “Your Decision,” which impacts radio on December 7th. The band recently shot a video for the song with director Stephen Schuster, who they previously worked with on the video for “A Looking in View.”
