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STEVE ‘N’ SEAGULLS Release “Panama” Single, Announce New Album Details

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 6, 2018
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Viral internet sensation STEVE ‘N’ SEAGULLS are back! Their third album, Grainsville, will be released on August 31, via Spinefarm Records. It is preceded by lead single “Panama” – a “hillbillyfied”  version of the Van Halen classic. The album is available for pre-order here.

Stream + download the track here. Watch the video below:

For the uninitiated, S’N S shot to fame thanks to their bluegrass versions of metal classics, which proved hugely popular across the w-w-w, garnering fans all over the world. The videos from the two previous albums have racked up over 100 million views on YouTube while the records have sold tens of thousands of physical copies. Streams are now hitting the tens of millions.

“We started working on this ’80s masterpiece almost a year ago in the Finnish countryside,” the band said about the new track. “It was one of the first songs we looked at for our upcoming third album. When Hiltunen and Herman started to bang out those iconic riffs with the accordion and the banjo, it immediately sounded right. Some nice booty shakin’ flavours were then added in the studio, and now here it is. This is an ode to the Finnish summer heat and all the old Toyotas still rollin’ down the streets…”

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The band is also known for their commitment to touring and entertaining live shows — and Grainsville will once again be supported by extensive live activity, kicking off in July.

STEVE ‘N’ SEAGULLS ON TOUR:
With Clusterpuck:
8/30 — Pittsburgh, PA — Rex Theatre
8/31 — Newport, KY — Southgate House
9/1 — Grand Rapids, MI — Founders Brewing Co
9/2 — Cleveland, OH — Beachland Ballroom
9/3 — Ferndale, MI — Otus Supply
9/4 — Milwaukee, WI — Shank Hall
9/5 — Houghton, MI — Rozsa Center For The Performing Arts
9/9 — St. Paul, MN — Turf Club
9/10 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s
9/11 — Chicago, IL — Beat Kitchen
9/12 — Lexington, KY — The Burl
9/13 — St. Louis, MO — Off Broadway
9/14 — Lawrence, KS — Bottleneck
9/15 — Fayetteville, AR — George’s Majestic Lounge
9/16 — North Little Rock, AR — Four Quarter Bar
9/17 — Nashville, TN — Mercy Lounge
9/18 — Birmingham, AL — Workplay Theater

 

The Metal Voice Interview with STEEL PANTHER’s Michael Starr: “I’m really good friends with Eddie Van Halen’s Gardener”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 11, 2017
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Former ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin caught up with STEEL PANTHER‘s Front man Michael Starr on January 10 2017 in Los Angeles backstage at the Whisky at a VAN HALEN Tribute night at the Ultimate Jam night. Their new album will be released Feb 24 2017

When asked about the New albums musical direction

“Nothing is different,it’s about F***ing, getting High and partying, there is like 10 songs on it. They all have different names then the last record and it’s pretty cool.”

When asked if he has ever been to Edward Van Halen House

“I’m really good friends with Eddie Van Halen’s Gardener and I once went helped him cut Eddie’s lawn and that was really fun man. Cause Eddie came out and he and I think he threw me a beer. i still have that beer it’s a pop top Milwaukee light

When asked why Steel Panther is more popular in Europe than the USA

Have you ever heard of Clear channel. Well Clear Channel controls pretty much all the radio stations in America so they won’t play our music. In Europe everybody plays our music, in Australia they play our music, in Canada they play our music, in Mexico they play our music. Maybe in the USA whoever is in charge  needs to F”””Off. and start hanging out and start grabbing Pu*** and start playing Steel Panther?

More information at https://www.facebook.com/themetalvoice

Watch interview here:

Lucky Strike Live Jam Night Video Footage Posted, Feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Billy Sheehan & Glen Sobel

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 11, 2015
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Footage of the July 8 Lucky Strike Live Jam Night in Hollywood, CA has been posted on the California Rock News You Tube channel.

Songs performed included VAN HALEN‘s “Hot For Teacher”, featuring Billy Sheehan (WINERY DOGS, MR. BIG), Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME, RHIANNA), Glen Sobel (ALICE COOPER, VIVIAN CAMPBELL), Steve Ferlazzo (ADAM LAMBERT, DRAMA GODS) and Carl Restivo (STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB).  Bettencourt took on double duty singing lead and performing a heavy rendition of RADIOHEAD‘s “Creep” along with Phil X (BON JOVI, THE DRILLS), Sobel, Ferlazzo and Daniel Spriewald (THE DRILLS).

Watch the videos below.

Started earlier this year by house band members Chuck Wright (QUIET RIOT, HOUSE OF LORDS), Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG) and Mitch Perry (EDGAR WINTER, MSG), the Lucky Strike Live Jam, held weekly on Wednesday nights, has been a meeting place for L.A. musicians to collaborate and jam in an unrehearsed, spontaneous environment, often resulting in eclectic line-ups with a rotating set list and packed house.

More information at https://www.facebook.com/luckystrikelive

“Hot For Teacher” – feat. Billy Sheehan, Nuno Bettencourt, Glen Sobel, Carl Restivo, Steve Ferlazzo

“Creep” feat. Nuno Bettencourt, Phil X, Glen Sobel, Daniel Spriewald, Steve Ferlazzo

Watch LADY GAGA’s Sloppy, Sultry VAN HALEN Cover

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 23, 2015
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LADY GAGA dropped the jazz standards and joined New York rock outfit the DIRTY PEARLS for a gloriously sloppy rendition of a staple from the great American metal songbook, VAN HALEN‘s “Panama”, reports RollingStone.com

As Blabbermouth points out, a fan-shot video captured the performance, can be seen below, which took place during a Dirty Pearls gig at NYC’s Gramercy Theater over the weekend. Gaga meandered and danced around the stage for much of the song, at one point tossing her drink into the crowd while Dirty Pearls frontman Tommy London busted out his best Diamond Dave. Gaga eventually steps to the mic during the song’s sultry breakdown, but instead of singing the song’s actual lyrics, she ad-libbed her way through the bridge while singing in her trademark melodramatic pop bellow.

The Dirty Pearls had previously opened for Lady Gaga at her performance-art spectacle at South by Southwest in 2014; and the rock outfit played all the official after-parties throughout the pop star’s 2013 tour. Gaga also name-checked the band on Born This Way’s “Heavy Metal Lover,” in which she sings, “Dirty pearls and a patch, for all the Rivington Rebels / Let’s raise hell in the streets, drink beer and get into trouble.”

For much of the past year, Lady Gaga has been on the road with Tony Bennett, supporting their collaborative collection of jazz standards, Cheek to Cheek, which won the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy. The pair have a handful of North American and international dates scheduled for the rest of the summer.

Gaga has remained busy elsewhere: The singer recently popped up in Baku, Azerbaijan where she opened the first European Games with a performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” And earlier this month, she and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo co-penned an op-ed for Billboard, urging the passage of the “Enough is Enough” bill, designed to fight sexual assault on public college campuses.

DAVID LEE ROTH: Injured During VAN HALEN’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Performance

Posted by aliblackdiamond on March 31, 2015
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David Lee Roth started VAN HALEN‘s performance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ yesterday with some new hair on his recently shorn head, and finished it with a new bandage on his face, as reported on ultimateclassicrock.com.

The band, on hand to play a few of its classic cuts for a special appearance scheduled to play out over two Kimmel episodes (one aired last night, the other will be shown tonight), had to halt its first attempt at ‘Panama’ when Roth cut himself in the face with a microphone, pausing the show until he was bandaged up and ready to rock again. “I f—ed my nose up with the microphone here,” Roth told the crowd, as you can see above. “So we’re gonna start the whole thing over, and give you a little extra for your patience.”

Fortunately, Roth’s injury didn’t put much of a damper on the proceedings — he’s been here before, after all, having broken his nose on tour 35 years ago — and the band got things back on track for live renditions of ‘Panama’ (which you can watch below) and ‘Runnin’ With the Devil,’ which you can check out below:

As previously reported, the Kimmel set is one of two special television appearances the band has scheduled around today’s release of its new “Tokyo Dome Live in Concert” double album, and in advance of the lengthy tour announced for the summer and fall. The group has also launched a reissue campaign for its first six albums, starting with “Van Halen” and 1984, which arrive alongside Tokyo Dome, and continuing later this year with “Van Halen II”, “Diver Down”, “Fair Warning”, and “Women and Children First”.

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VAN HALEN: Announce North American Tour Starting In July

Posted by aliblackdiamond on March 24, 2015
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Legendary rockers VAN HALEN have announced a North American tour starting in July. To celebrate this, VAN HALEN will perform a special concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live on March 30th on Hollywood Boulevard. Featuring some of the band’s essential rock and roll classics, the concert will be broadcast over two nights, March 30 and March 31, on the late night talk show and marks VAN HALEN‘s first U.S. television performance with original lead singer David Lee Roth. Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. / 10:35 p.m. Central time on ABC.

VAN HALEN is touring North America beginning July 5 in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through to October 2nd in Los Angeles, California at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. Special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will support all dates along the tour. Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale beginning April 4 at http://www.ticketmaster.com and http://www.livenation.com with special pre-sale information being announced locally. A complete list of tour dates can be found below.

The special Hollywood Boulevard concert will be a hit-heavy set of songs featured on TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, the first-ever live album to feature original singer David Lee Roth. Recorded on June 21, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan, TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT includes 23 songs spanning all seven of the band’s albums with Roth. It is being released as a double CD, four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl and digitally beginning March 31, 2015. Fans who pre-order TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT before its March 31 release date through Amazon and digitally at iTunes will instantly receive downloads of “Panama,” “Runnin’ With The Devil,” “Jump” and “Hot For Teacher.”

Also being released beginning March 31 are remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984, with remastered versions of Diver Down, Women and Children First, Van Halen II and Fair Warning due out later this spring. Each album has been cut straight from the quarter-inch tapes for CD, 180-gram vinyl and for the digital version by mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA. These albums are being released beginning March 31 with pre-orders available now through Amazon and iTunes now.

Jimmy Kimmel Live is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format. Jimmy Kimmel and Jill Leiderman serve as executive producers. Jason Schrift, Douglas DeLuca and Erin Irwin serve as co-executive producers. Emmy Award®-winning Jimmy Kimmel Live is shot live in front of a studio audience and produced by Jackhole Industries in association with ABC Studios. (CLOSED-CAPTIONED)

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Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, VAN HALEN changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock songs ever written that fans will admire for decades to come. With more than 75 million albums sold worldwide, and more No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart than any other artist, the band’s record of achievement is hard to top. The eponymous debut album and 1984 were both certified Diamond, for U.S. sales in excess of 10 million, placing them on an elite short list of double RIAA-certified Diamond Award honorees. VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
VAN HALEN 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

Sunday July 5, Seattle, WA, White River Amphitheatre
Tuesday July 7, Portland, OR, Amphitheater Northwest
Thursday July 9, Concord, CA, Concord Pavilion
Saturday July 11, San Bernardino, CA, San Manuel Amphitheater
Tuesday July 14, Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thursday July 16, Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
Saturday July 18, Salt Lake City, UT, USANA Amphitheatre
Monday July 20, Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Wednesday July 22, Kansas City, MO, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
Friday July 24, Chicago, IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sunday July 26, St. Louis, MO, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Tuesday July 28, Pittsburgh, PA, First Niagra Pavilion
Thursday July 30, Bangor, ME, Darling’sWaterfront Pavilion
Saturday August 1, Boston, MA, Xfinity Center
Monday August 3, Cleveland, OH, Blossom Music Center
Wednesday August 5, London, ON, Western Fair District
Friday August 7, Toronto, ON, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Sunday August 9, Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
Tuesday August 11, Hartford, CT, Xfinity Center
Thursday August 13, Wantagh, NY, Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sunday August 23, Hershey, PA, Hershey Park
Tuesday August 25, Darien Center, NY, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Thursday August 27, Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center
Saturday August 29, Washington DC, Jiffy Lube Live
Monday August 31, Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday September 2, Indianapolis, IN, Klipsch Amphitheatre
Friday September 4, Detroit, MI, DTE Energy Music Theater
Sunday September 6, Bethel, NY, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Wednesday September 9, Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek Amphitheater
Friday September 11, Charlotte, NC, PNC Music Pavilion
Sunday September 13, Tampa, FL, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tuesday September 15, West Palm Beach, FL, Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Thursday September 17, Birmingham, AL, Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Monday September 21, Austin, TX, Austin360 Amphitheater
Wednesday September 23, Dallas, TX, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Friday September 25, Houston, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Monday September 28, Phoenix, AZ, Ak-Chin Pavilion
Wednesday September 30, San Diego, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Friday October 2, Hollywood, CA, Hollywood Bowl

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