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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine has received some serious backlash from the recent remarks he recently made onstage in Singapore suggesting that the Obama administration “staged” recent tragedies like the one in Aurora, Colo. and the massacre at the Sikh temple in Milwaukee, Wis., in order to promote stricter gun laws. Mustaine then tried to do some damage control by appearing on the show ‘Info Wars’ to clarify his statement, but fans
It’s debatable of where the music hot spot was over the weekend, but one of the highlights was Foo Fighters‘ set at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival. ? Foo Fighters marked the occasion by pulling out a rarely played song for the show. Dave Grohl told the audience that it was a special show and the band had been working on the song ‘Aurora’ to play live specifically for the event.
Steel Panther brought their debauchery, X-rated humor and hair-metal mastery to Montreal, Canada, on Friday night (Aug. 10), which was the eve of the city’s Heavy MTL festival. From singer Michael Starr and guitarist Satchel trading stories of bizarre backstage sexual exploits to bassist Lexxi Foxx taking time out throughout the set to make sure his hair was just perfect, the show provided nonstop entertainment to the sold-out crowd. The
Slipknot expend a lot of energy onstage, and earlier this summer it got the better of singer Corey Taylor, who passed out from heat exhaustion at the end of their performance. Taylor tells Fuse that he’s still not exactly sure what happened. He explains, “I basically blacked out for the last two songs, but I finished the show. I have no memory of the last two songs. I woke up
When the 2012 Carnival of Madness tour rolled into Boston, it seemed only fitting that the show would take shape under the tent of the Bank of America Pavilion on Boston’s waterfront. While the cotton candy and clowns were nowhere to be found, the spirit of rock was ever-present. Now in its third year, the Carnival of Madness tour packages some of rock’s most hottest acts, throws in a little
Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen will be the guest on Loudwire Radio this weekend. In his interview with host Mike ‘Sandman’ Sanders, the singer-guitarist talks about the Danish band’s U.S. hits, touring and their upcoming album. Tune in this weekend to Loudwire Radio to catch Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen on the show, but in the meantime check out a preview of the interview below: A great pleasure to have on the show
Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images The Black Keys were the big winners of the 2013 Grammy Awards, taking home three trophies (plus one for frontman/producer Dan Auerbach) and performing a memorable version of ‘Lonely Boy’ with Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney got a good jump on the night during the Grammys pre-telecast ceremony. Toward the end of the event, they won back-to-back honors, taking home the Best Rock Song for ‘Lonely Boy’ and following that with the Best Rock Album for ‘El Camino.’ Frontman Dan Auerbach then received the final award of the pre-telecast, winning for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. In addition to helming the Black Keys record, Auerbach also oversaw discs for Dr. John and Hacienda. Dr. John’s ‘Locked Down’ also won for Best Blues Album. During the show itself, the Black Keys added Best Rock Performance for ‘Lonely Boy,’ but missed out on the Record of the Year trophy to Gotye ‘s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ and Album of the Year to Mumford & Sons ‘ ‘Babel.’ For more of our coverage on the Grammys, click below: [button href=”http://loudwire.com/category/grammys/” title=”Full Grammy Coverage” align=”center”]