Savannah, GA swamp rockers BLACK TUSK have announced several U.S. live performances in conjunction with their appearance at Desertfest NYC on May 13! The run kicks off on May 10 in Charlotte, NC and will conclude on May 14 in Harrisonburg, VA. The full itinerary can be found below!
BLACK TUSK (w/ Howling Giant): 05/10: Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor 05/11: Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy [TICKETS] 05/12: Providence, RI @ The Met [TICKETS] 05/13: Queens, NY @ Desertfest NYC* [TICKETS] 05/14: Harrisonburg, VA @ The Golden Pony* **Early Show** [TICKETS] *No HOWLING GIANT
There was blood, maybe a few tears too, but more than anything, it was sweat that marks this brand new release of BLACK TUSK, ‘TCBT.’
Their previous full-length, ‘Pillars of Ash,’ sadly had to appear posthumously for one member as the band had tragically lost their charismatic bass-player, Jonathan Athon, through a motorcycle accident. With a heavy heart, BLACK TUSK decided to honor Athon’s memory by carrying on and recruiting veteran musician and already long-time friend Corey Barhorst (EX-KYLESA) to take over his duties on the low end.
Now with the sixth studio album, ‘TCBT,’ BLACK TUSK show the world they lived through the kind of hardship and heartbreak that would cripple a lesser band. It’s their dedication, gumption, and pure bullheaded stubbornness that took care of business, keeps taking care of business, and Taking Care of Black Tusk.
As we are getting dangerously close to the release date of their anticipated sophomore album Venomous Anonymous (June 3rd); THE CRUEL INTENTIONS drop yet another sweet, sweet spring track to their awaiting listeners!
Kerosene is a pure fire! A battle cry for the young, fun, and restless. Catchy as hell and feel good like a Saturday night.
Kerosene will have you walking away from all the bullshit and straight into the warm and moist summer of short-lived love affairs and careless nights. Through heavy yet arousing drums, tons of good vibes and a perfect sing-a-long chorus this is an intoxicatingly sly track seeking to spark you confidence just enough to have you fight back and let the world know when enough is enough.
Kerosene is accompanied with a music video directed by Max Ljungberg.
With heavy melodic references to old school rock heroes like Def Leppard, White Snake and Poison, yet with the unique vocals of Lizzy Devine and epic guitar licks placing the track straight into your modern sleaze favorites right next to Hardcore Superstar, Backyard Babies, and H.E.A.T.
The Cruel Intentions have seen a massive interest after three of their songs were featured in the Peacemaker HBO series, and the band’s first two singles Sunrise Over Sunset and Reapercussion got extensive attention home and abroad. Kerosene certainly up the level, and bites back with both an attitude and a catchiness that will make it your favorite in no time!
Osculum Pacis is the fourth full-length album from doom death specialists STRATUZ. The album features 11 brand new tracks with a whole range of new sounds, which were composed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic against all odds.
Lyrically, the album’s tracks speak of the abuses of the church and its deafening silence in the face of so many denunciations of abuse, it speaks of the manipulation of the masses, injustice, but at the same time, it also speaks of the awakening of consciousness, of death as a process of transformation, the need to change ourselves in order to rise up and banish our own miseries, it speaks of rising up awareness of who we are.
Stratuz recorded the songs at The Asylum Studio with production being handled by Franklin Berroterán. Mixing and Mastering was by Arturo Banús in Chicago, Illinois. The artwork for Osculum Pacis was created by Eugenia Bathoriya. All music & lyrics for Stratuz are by Gerónimo Egea & Franklin Berroterán.
Osculum Pacis | Released April 26th, 2022 on Sliptrick Records
Track listing: 01. Intro | 02. Morning Star | 03. Father Amorth(e) | 04. Holy Grail | 05. Caelibatus | 06. In The Name of God | 07. Back to the Sun | 08. Sodomized | 09. Dawn | 10. Left | 11. Condemned
“I didn’t used to like The Hollywood Stars, I used to like The New York Dolls. Then I heard The Hollywood Stars play ‘Satisfaction.’ Now I wanna f**k ‘em.” — Iggy Pop
After releasing their album Live On The Sunset Strip in late 2021 via Golden Robot Records, THE HOLLYWOOD STARS returned in 2022 with a brand-new single ‘The Bottom’ and it has been followed up by another new track ‘Will the Lights Go On Again?’ which is now available on all digital platforms.
‘Will the Lights Go On Again?’ features a very 70s-like pop vibe. The song is a metaphor for anyone feeling down and asking themselves the question, will things get better? The track is very in-sync with the state of the world we are living in over the last few years.
It would seem like every nook and cranny in rock ‘n’ roll history has been explored ad infinitum by this point. Countless books and magazine articles have been written, painstakingly excavating the lives and careers of everyone from Chuck Berry to Aerosmith, Wanda Jackson to Arcade Fire. But what if there was a band with deep roots whose story had barely been broached? A band with direct ties to Little Richard, The Kinks, The Mamas & the Papas, The Electric Prunes, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Iggy Pop, The Runaways, The Flamin’ Groovies, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Steppenwolf, Meat Loaf and Blue Cheer, among others?
Such a band does exist, and they are THE HOLLYWOOD STARS. Now, after more than 40 years apart, they are performing together again and making new music and ‘The Bottom’ and ‘Will the Lights Go On Again?’ are just the beginning of a new chapter as we move into 2022.
Photo L-R:: Arnel Pineda, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain
As one of the world’s most beloved rock bands, JOURNEY continues to create new music and thrill audiences night after night in sold out arenas worldwide in conjunction with AEG as their promoter.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, Journey have 25 gold and platinum albums, including the fifteen-million selling Greatest Hits collection, with total sales adding up to 80 million records around the world.
Emerging from the pandemic with a supercharged new studio line-up, today, the members of Journey unleash the first single “You Got The Best Of Me” off their forthcoming studio album, Freedom – due out July 8 via Frontiers Music Srl – available for pre-order: https://orcd.co/journeyfreedom.
“You Got The Best Of Me” will be followed this summer by an epic, fifteen-track set of new original songs that brings back the grand scale of the group’s greatest moments, along with updated and bold new directions and sounds.
“I wanted kind of a punky rendition of ‘Any Way You Want It’”, says the group’s founding member, guitarist, songwriter, and producer Neal Schon about the single. “I usually don’t go in saying I’m going to look for something like that, but then it just came to me, like “Wheel in the Sky” did years ago. It just kind of flew out of my mouth.”
While the forthcoming album was made with visions of arena and stadium stages, it started from humble beginnings. In 2020, as COVID swept the globe, Schon was stuck at home like the rest of us. “During the pandemic, there wasn’t much to do,” he says. “I spent a lot of time in my little studio at home, learning how to play keyboards and looping. Some of those ideas ended up being songs. So it kind of came out of nowhere.”
As the band’s legend continues to grow larger and their touring gets bigger, Freedom will be the first album of new material to be released in eleven years, since 2011’s Eclipse, and in addition to longtime keyboard player and primary lyricist Jonathan Cain and vocalist Arnel Pineda, one more member was recruited for the upcoming album — bassist extraordinaire Randy Jackson, who had played on Journey’s 1986 album Raised on Radio.
Freedom tracklisting
Together We Run Don’t Give Up On Us Still Believe In Love You Got The Best Of Me Live To Love Again The Way We Used To Be Come Away With Me After Glow Let It Rain Holdin On All Day and All Night Don’t Go United We Stand Life Rolls On Beautiful As You Are
*Freedom will be released by Frontiers Records in Europe, United Kingdom and Japan. BMG will release the album for the rest of the world.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES 4.27 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN 4.28 – Spectrum Center – Charlotte, NC 4.30 – Schottenstein Center – Columbus, OH 5.02 – Allstate Arena – Rosemont, IL 5.04 – Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, MI 5.05 – Gainbridge Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, IN 5.07 – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse – Cleveland, OH 5.09 – Capital One Arena – Washington, D.C. 5.11 – XL Center – Hartford, CT 5.13 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON 5.16 – Videotron Centre – Quebec City, QC 7.15 – Resorts World Theatre – Las Vegas, NV* 7.16 – Resorts World Theatre – Las Vegas, NV* 7.22 – Resorts World Theatre – Las Vegas, NV* 7.23 – Resorts World Theatre – Las Vegas, NV* *with symphony orchestra
Journey and AEG have announced four exclusive Las Vegas show dates featuring special symphony orchestra performances at the new, state-of-the-art Resorts World Theatre.
BLACKMORE’S NIGHT and earMUSIC will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the band’s debut album “Shadow Of The Moon”, being the first of a series of catalogue reissue albums of the band’s full discography on CD, Vinyl and Digital – including surprises for all fans looking for extra tracks and rarities.
We would like you to join the party and contribute to the Anniversary editions: please share your pictures and stories from the shows you have attended, collections of original articles and reviews, concert posters and all you treasure in your collection by sending a good definition picture (or text) to blackmoresnight@ear-music.net. You will have a special mention on the new editions booklet if your contribution will be used.
The Blackmore’s Night 25th Anniversary reissue series will be a celebration of a unique story and musical journey. A quarter of a century of great music, friendship and unique sense of community between the band and its fans.
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