“HIGH” is out now and it makes it clear that the legendary Lie Land are back in a big way, after the huge success of the single “I.D.G.A.F”, here is the band’s new single, a work that will really get you excited and deeper into the world of Lie Land! A track full of grit, emotion and desire to give the best! The track is available on all the best music stores worldwide!
“High is a letter from the world to man. In an era when climate change is important and scary, we have no choice but to surrender to nature and become part of it again.”
As always, however, the band loves to “pamper” their fans, and so, on Youtube, the official video clip of the single “High” is also available.
Lie Land was born in Quarrata in 2021, under the Qua’rock Records label, with which they released the ep LOVELAND, containing 5 songs that mainly deal with the theme of love, with all its facets. Over the course of these two years, the band has made various experiences in the studio and on various stages, including prestigious ones, such as the Ariston in Sanremo (2023). The band writes original (and non-original) songs with pop rock sounds, influenced by various musical genres, ranging from new metal to Italian pop; in fact, the band’s latest published song, as well as its first mother tongue challenge, is a completely rearranged cover of Lucio Battisti and Mogol’s “I giardini di Marzo”. To date, the band is composed of three members: Marta Giurintano (vocals), Jacopo Scannadinari (guitar) and Melissa Chiti (drums), united by the dream of making a living from music, with all the sacrifices that entails.
Wednesday, May 15, the Stadio Olimpico in Rome was the stage for the 2024 Coppa Italia Final, featuring a special performance by Rockin’1000, the largest rock band in the world.
To celebrate one of the most anticipated events of the year, Rockin’1000 delivered a unique performance during the opening ceremony, commissioned by Lega Serie A and organized by Master Group Sport, accompanying the reveal of the Cup and the players’ entrance onto the field with one hundred musicians.
Before a crowd of over 65,000 spectators, Rockin’1000 delivered a special performance where one hundred musicians from all corners of Italy came together to perform some rock classics in unison with 30 drums, 40 guitars, and 30 basses. The youngest musician, an 11-year-old guitarist from Monza, and the oldest, a 74-year-old bassist from Terracina, highlighted the diverse range of talent. From Led Zeppelin to Jimi Hendrix, to Metallica and, of course, Seven Nation Army, the hundred musicians energized the Cup reveal in an unprecedented manner. The sporting event, broadcast live on Mediaset networks on May 15, was the absolute leader of the prime time slot with 7,176,000 total viewers and a 33.77% share.
Fabio Zaffagnini, CEO of Rockin’1000, commented: “The ceremony of a major sporting event was a new adventure for us and confirmed how adaptable and surprising the Rockin’1000 project can be in any context. Managing to condense everything into a few minutes, even from a production standpoint, was yet another “impossible” mission successfully accomplished. What can I say, we love it when a plan comes together.”
In addition to international concerts featuring 1000 musicians – the next of which will be on September 14 in Portugal at the Leiria Municipal Stadium – Rockin’1000 has developed a series of formats and activities for brands (such as Fastweb, EY, L’Oréal, and Lego, to name a few) and continues to work as an entertainment powerhouse in major ceremonies and corporate events.
Rockin’1000 – The Biggest Rock Band on Earth
Rockin’1000 is the largest rock band on earth, engaging a global community of over 80,000 musicians who come together to create spectacular concerts in stadiums around the world. Founded in 2015 with the goal of bringing the Foo Fighters to Cesena, thanks to a viral video that went global, the band has become a worldwide phenomenon, selling out prestigious stadiums such as Stade de France in Paris, Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid, and many others. With thousands of instruments and voices playing in unison, Rockin’1000 offers a unique show that celebrates the history of rock and promotes inclusion, friendship, and togetherness as core values.
WHITECHAPEL will serve as direct support to Lorna Shore on their upcoming North American headlining tour this Fall! Produced by Live Nation, the journey begins on September 19th at Montreal, Quebec and runs through October 30th in Wallingford, Connecticut. Also joining the tour will be Kublai Khan TX and Sanguisugabogg.
Comments WHITECHAPEL guitarist Alex Wade, “We are excited to be asked to be a part of such a killer tour. Lorna is taking deathcore to heights the genre has never seen before while Kublai Khan TX and Sanguisugabogg are both having special moments in their careers right now so this tour will be something incredible. We will be unleashing a new song live on this tour so be sure to get your tickets and don’t miss this one.“
Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com. See all confirmed dates below.
WHITECHAPEL w/ Lorna Shore, Kublai Khan TX, Sanguisugabogg: 9/19/2024 MTELUS – Montreal, QC 9/20/2024 HISTORY – Toronto, ON 9/21/2024 UPMC Events Center – Coraopolis, PA 9/22/2024 Greensboro Special Events Center – Greensboro, NC 9/24/2024 Hard Rock Live – Orlando, FL 9/25/2024 Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA 9/28/2024 The Pageant – St. Louis, MO 9/29/2024 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK 10/02/2024 The Fillmore New Orleans – New Orleans, LA 10/03/2024 House Of Blues – Houston, TX 10/04/2024 Boeing Center At Tech Port – San Antonio, TX 10/05/2024 South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX 10/07/2024 The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ 10/08/2024 Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV 10/10/2024 House Of Blues – Anaheim, CA 10/11/2024 The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA 10/14/2024 Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR 10/15/2024 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC 10/17/2024 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT 10/18/2024 Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO 10/19/2024 Steelhouse Omaha – Omaha, NE 10/20/2024 The Fillmore – Minneapolis, MN – Presented By Affinity Plus 10/22/2024 Radius Chicago – Chicago, IL 10/23/2024 The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, MI 10/25/2024 The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD 10/27/2024 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY 10/28/2024 MGM Music Hall At Fenway – Boston, MA 10/29/2024 The Fillmore Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA 10/30/2024 The Dome @ Oakdale – Wallingford, CT
WHITECHAPEL released Live In The Valley early this year via Metal Blade Records. The record was captured live at the band’s seventh annual Christmas Benefit Show on December 22nd, 2022 at The Mill & Mine in their hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee and features songs from the albums The Valley and Kin. The audio for Live In The Valley was recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by WHITECHAPEL guitarist Zach Householder and serves as a chapter closer before the band begins work on their ninth studio album.
Watch a live video for the track “This Is Exile” HERE and “Lost Boy” HERE.
PALLBEARER’s highly-anticipated new album, Mind Burns Alive, is out now via Nuclear Blast Records.
To mark the release of Mind Burns Alive, the band has unveiled a video for the title track, which was directed by Dan Almasy, who has created all of the videos for the album.
“This album is for everyone who has ever felt overcome by life’s negative turns, for those who have watched people you care about degrade into the shadows of themselves, for those who search for something to believe in, and come up wanting,” vocalist/guitarist Brett Campbell shares. “This world is hard; it will eat you up, and we must lift each other up in order to make it through.
”Mind Burns Alive is available digitally, and on a variety of physical formats, including limited-edition vinyl, and CD, as well as a companion merch collection.
Pallbearer kick off their “Temporary Spaces” North American tour on June 6, with a European trek, joining Baroness and Graveyard, following later this year. Three additional European festival performances were previously announced: The Copenhell Metal Cruise (Copenhagen, DK to Oslo, NO) from Oct. 25 to 27, Hell’s Ball Belgium (Kortrijk) on Nov. 10, and Helldorado in Eindhoven, NL on Nov. 16.
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES: (all with Baroness and Graveyard except where noted) October 25 – 27 Copenhagen, DK Copenhell Metal Cruise * October 29 Gothenburg, SE Trägår’n ** October 30 Stockholm, SE Fållan ** October 31 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio November 2 Berlin, DE Huxleys Neue Welt November 3 Krakow, PL Klub Studio ** November 6 Milan, IT Live Club November 7 Zurich, CH X-TRA November 9 Paris, FR L’Olympia November 10 Kortrijk, BE Hell’s Balls Belgium * November 11 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthof November 13 Munich, DE Theater Fabrik November 14 Hanover, DE Capitol November 16 Eindhoven, NL Helldorado * November 17 Cologne, DE Carlswerk November 18 Luxembourg, LU Rockhall November 20 London, UK O2 Forum Kentish Town November 21 Bristol, UK Marble Factory November 22 Manchester, UK New Century Hall November 24 Dublin, IE The Academy November 25 Belfast, IE Limelight 1 November 26 Glasgow, UK SWG3 Galvanizers November 28 Nottingham, UK Rock City
*-Festival performances **-Baroness and Pallbearer only
“TEMPORARY SPACES” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR June 6 Memphis, TN Growlers * June 7 Murfreesboro, TN Hop Springs * June 8 Birmingham, AL Zydeco * June 9 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade * June 11 Durham, NC The Fruit # June 12 Asheville, NC Euology at Burial Beer Co. # June 14 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery # June 15 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 # June 16 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts # June 18 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom # June 20 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg # June 21 Boston, MA The Sinclair # June 22 Montreal, QC Theatre Fairmount # June 23 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground # June 25 Milwaukee, WI Vivarium # June 26 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall # June 27 St. Paul, MN Turf Club # June 28 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck # June 29 Little Rock, AR The Hall & July 11 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway ^ July 13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre ^ July 15 Calgary, AB Dickens ^ July 16 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room ^ July 18 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre ^ July 19 Seattle, WA Substation ^ July 20 Portland, OR Star Theater ^ July 23 Sacramento, CA The Starlet Room ^ July 24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall ^ July 26 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst ^ July 27 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick ^ July 28 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom ^ July 29 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom ^ July 30 Albuquerque, NM Sister Bar ^ August 1 Dallas, TX Trees ^ August 2 Austin, TX Parish ^ August 3 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall ^
*w/ Rwake & The Keening #w/ REZN & The Keening &w/ Rwake, REZN & The Keening ^w/ Inter Arma & The Keening
Fresh off their European run supporting VV, which culminated in a transcendent evening at London’s Royal Albert Hall, alternative duo ZETRA have revealed the video for their latest single ‘The Mirror’. The track is the third cut to be taken from their highly anticipated, self-titled debut album, that will be released on 13th September via Nuclear Blast Records.
The wanderers beckon: ‘Movement will take you. The echo of your image shares your fate, your destiny entwined. The reflection mimics every action, but which is the prime mover? Who has control? Break the glass and stumble to me.’
Experience ZETRA in the flesh throughout this year at the below dates. Jul 12th – 2000Trees Festival – Cheltenham, UK Aug 16th – ArcTanGent Festival – Bristol, UK Oct 11th – Soulcrusher – Nijmegen, NL† Oct 12th – Melkweg – Amsterdam, NL† Oct 13th – Gebäude 9 – Cologne, DE† Oct 18th – Opium – Dublin, IE† Oct 22nd – La Machine Du Moulin Rouge – Paris, FR† Oct 23rd – Gaswerk Kulturzentrum – Winterthur, CH† Oct 24th – Backstage Halle – Munchen, DE† Oct 25th – Szene – Vienna, AT† Oct 27th – Fuchs2 – Prague, CZ† Oct 28th – Progresja – Warsaw, PL† Oct 29th – UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE† Oct 30th – Hole 44 – Berlin, DE†
Celebrated guitarist and vocalist Ana Popovic brings her new musical adventure “FANTASTAFUNK” Big Band Project to prestigious music festivals this summer, including Monterey Jazz Fest, California, Notodden Blues Fest, Norway, Pori Jazz, Finland, and more.
To coincide with the news of the Big Band Project, Ana has released the live single “Queen Of The Pack” on all streaming platforms HERE.
The live performance video of “Queen Of The Pack” is now available on YouTube HERE.
Get your dance, get your groove! FANTASTAFUNK yourself! Indulge in this super exciting powerhouse funk & blues, rock & soul, gospel, and R&B experience. A superb band FANTASTAFUNK merges styles and is a musical fusion of Stax and Motown with contemporary guitar-driven grooves and delivers the sound that you have never experienced from Ana Popovic before.
It’s based on some of Ana’s songs delivered in a new way. It’s also been made for this new project, mixed with some great funk, soul, gospel, and blues sounds and standards – that the audience will love hearing again, great grooves and excellent musicianship. Multiple vocalists, percussionist, drummer, 3 horns, bass, keys, guitar, it’s an 11-piece band that will be a showcase to remember on any of the leading music festivals today.
About the making of FANTASTAFUNK
“I felt ready to form a big band, for quite some time,” explains Ana. “I just felt I knew exactly what I wanted to hear from my live performances, and what instrumentation was missing for that sound in a 6-piece band formation. The final push was the making of my 2023 album, Power.”
Continues Ana, “An album like Power demands a band like this, one that will really be able to fully come to life. That’s the way it was originally thought of and created. I felt ready to give myself a chance to create that kind of a sound. So many new influences, such as gospel, old school funk, soul, R&B, I really wanted to bring that record to life on stage.
“This is how the idea of the big soul funk formation came about. Power was recorded in different cities in Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit, Orlando. It gave me – exactly what it’s title states – Power to get through most difficult time in my life, being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. It practically infused ‘life’ back to me.”
“Now, four years later, and leaving all that behind, I feel great in my skin, I delivered a positive, inspiring record, and so much fun to play live. Following hundreds of shows since then, as energized as I was after my treatment was done, I was ready to take on, not just touring, but fronting a 11-piece power / jam / groove formation!”
The FUNTASTAFUNK live performance videos were recorded in November ‘23 at the Bloom Recording Studios in Rome, Italy. Engineered by Fabrizio Ludovici, video production by Daniele Chinelli.
“I had three days off, and I almost single-handedly organized the whole thing! Got the studio, organized musicians, cameras, engineers, and chose the songs for the videos. I also play a big part in editing my videos. I have an idea how I want them to sound and look. It was hard work, but also so much joy of getting friends together, enjoying each other’s company, post-recording, in a cosy Italian restaurant, eating great pasta and having great wine and Apperol spritz! Those were perfect three days – such energizing work, with sweet people – family!”
Some of the songs, like ‘Queen Of The Pack’ are from the album Power but done in the big band style and others (to be released) are all-new, never-previously-released tracks that will culminate into my next record that’s being finished as we speak.
There’s a U.S. line-up and a European line-up. I’m very excited to be able to present the band already on 3 major Jazz and Blues festivals, on both sides of the ocean, Monterey Jazz Fest in California, Pori Jazz in Finland, and Notodden Festival in Norway.
The line-up varies but consists of these fabulous musicians:
Ana Popovic – Lead singer, guitar player, band leader (US) Buthel – Bass (EU/US) Jeremy Thomas – Drums (EU/US) Francisco Mendolia – Drums (EU) Michele Papadia – Keyboards (EU) Aaron Mayfield – Keyboards (US) Karl Vandenbossche – Percussion (EU) Jerwayne Maclin – Percussion (US) Noreen Stewart – Background vocals (EU) Jacob Atta Kaakra Eggay – Background vocals (EU) Geraldine Reid – Background vocals (EU) Claudio Giovagnoli – Saxophone (EU) Davide Ghidoni – Trumpet (EU) Evan Knight – Saxophone (US) Jordan Carr – Trumpet (US) Jonathan Mones – Saxophone (US) SueAnn – Background vocals (US) L Young – Background vocals (US) Madam Dee – Background vocals (US) Letitia Dei – Background vocals (EU) Barbara Caldini – Background vocals (EU) Nadia Guelfi – Background vocals (EU)
Musically, Ana Popovic never stands still. She pushes boundaries, challenges genres, and reinvents the music and herself with each new record and each new concept. With her mesmerizing stage personality, the award-winning and hard-touring guitar hero turns her concerts into irresistible experiences. Ana Popovic & “FANTASTAFUNK” Big Band Project is a unique concert that you can’t miss!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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