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Slipknot Announces 2024 North American Summer Tour: See the Dates

Slipknot is heading back out on the road! The heavy metal legends announced the dates for the North American leg of their Here Comes the Pain Tour on Tuesday (April 30), which arrives amid the 25th anniversary of their debut self-titled album. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We loved what we did with the first record but we didn’t even know if there was gonna be anything after that,” recalls guitarist Jim Root […]

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Squeeze Sets Summer 2024 Dates For U.S. Return

Squeeze's Summer 2024 North American Tour will kick off in August in Oregon, marking their first stateside dates since concluding last year's run with the Psychedelic Furs.Tickets go on sale Friday, May 3, 2024, at 10 a.m. local time. Boy George of Culture Club will switch out as headliners on select stops. A complete list of announced venues and cities is below.Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford continue to lead Squeeze, whose run of U.K. Top 5 hits include "Cool for Cats," […]

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai Have ‘Crazy Ideas’ for Upcoming Album

It took Joe Satriani and Steve Vai only five decades to hit the studio together, but the guitar virtuosos are making up for lost time.They recently released "The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1" and are prepping a full collaborative album. Although fans may have to wait a bit before that record materializes, there's been plenty happening in the meantime. The pair first reunited earlier this year with fellow six-string wizard Eric Johnson to revisit the initial G3 outing that saw the trio team up […]

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Photo Gallery: Normaltown Music Festival 2024

The second annual Normaltown Music Festival took place last Saturday at Athentic Brewing Co. with performances taking place on an indoor and outdoor stage with vendors and food trucks. Check out photos from the afternoon below, courtesy of Flagpole photographer Jake Zerkel. Like what you just read? Support Flagpole by making a donation today. Every dollar you give helps fund our ongoing mission to provide Athens with quality, independent journalism. Source link

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Sukihana Wants JT To ‘Clear The Air’ Over Alleged ‘Okay’ Diss

Sukihana wants JT to clear the air after the City Girls rapper allegedly dissed her on new single “Okay.”In a video posted to Instagram on Monday (April 29), the Baddies star addressed the track and said she wanted JT to come forward and clarify who she is taking a shot at on the song.“I was locked up when the song came out. I came home, on my phone everybody keep tagging me, they tagging Cardi too, they saying JT was […]

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Slipknot Announce 2024 25th Anniversary North American Tours

It's going to be a big year for Slipknot, who've just announced their 2024 North American tour dates. The "Here Comes the Pain" tour will get underway Aug. 6 in Noblesville, Indiana.The shows come as the band is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled breakout album and the 20th anniversary of their Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses record.Slipknot tours are an event, and there's even more intrigue and interest as the band return to the road with new musicians […]

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Creed’s ‘Summer of ’99’ Cruise to Return in 2025

Creed's "Summer of '99" cruise brand will carry over into 2025. The band revealed the news while on board the second "Summer of '99" cruise, dubbed "Summer of '99 and Beyond," that they would return to the rock the boat once more in 2025.In addition to the band's revelation for cruise goers, the news was shared by SiriusXM radio personality and cruise host Eddie Trunk, who revealed in a tweet, "Second to last night of second #Summerof99Cruise . Been another […]

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American Music Tourism Act Introduced By Blackburn and Hickenlooper

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) have introduced a bill to help support music tourism throughout the country. Dubbed the American Music Tourism Act of 2024, the newly introduced legislation would be an amendment to the Visit America Act that passed in 2022 and required the assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism to lead a coordinated national effort to rejuvenate international tourism following declines from the pandemic.   The American Music Tourism Act of 2024 requires the assistant secretary […]

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The Motley Crue Album Vince Neil Still Hates: ‘This Record Sucks’

It's safe to say Vince Neil hasn't warmed up to Motley Crue's 1997 album Generation Swine."I hated that record. I still hate that record," the singer declared during an appearance on the Outsider podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). "[There are] no good songs on it. And I told 'em, I go, 'This record sucks,'" to which he says his bandmates replied, "No. We love it. We love it."Although Generation Swine marked Neil's return to Motley Crue after a five-year absence, […]

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Best RiverBeat Music Festival acts you shouldn’t miss

While the inaugural RiverBeat Music Festival isn’t short on big headlining stars, genre legends and musical veterans of note, the festival will also be presenting a range of rising stars, underground favorites and local up-and-comers across all three days of the event."A big part of what we do is to have people coming out of the events we put on having discovered something new," said festival producer Jeff Bransford of Forward Momentum, which is behind the new music fest.RiverBeat is set […]

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