Legendary musician and Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant is making headlines with the announcement of his new album and word of a 2025 North American tour. ‘Saving Grace’, the self titled debut album from Plant’s new band featuring Suzi Dian on vocals, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley and cellist Barney Morse-Brown will hit shelves and online stores on Sept 25th. To get fans really excited, Plant also dropped word of a 2025 North American tour coming in November and the first single off of the all covers album, ‘Everybody’s Song,’ made famous by Minnesota indie rock band Low. You can hear the single below and get the full story here!
The numbers are in and to say that last Saturday’s final performance from Ozzy and Black Sabbath was a success would be an understatement. Not only did 45,000 fans pack Villa Park, over 5.8 million people streamed the event live. It was announced at the start of the event that funds raised would be split between Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice. There will be plenty to go around as the event raised over $190 million! Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello who served as the event’s musical director took to social media to announce “‘Back to the Beginning’ More than 190 million dollars will be donated to houses and hospitales [sic] for children.”
Rumors began to swirl earlier this year that Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor were working for the first time in years on new Queen music. Those rumors have gained some steam as May’s wife, Anita Dobson, may have let the cat out of the bag early. “Yes, I don’t know when or how, but they will. They’re musicians, they can’t stop,” Dobson stated in an interview published today when asked if there were plans for Queen on the horizon. “But I do know one thing about the boys. They may not be touring at the moment as Queen, but they will be doing something. There is lots of talk going on and Brian pops round to see Roger a lot… so there’s still life in the old dog yet.” Make of it what you will, but I’m excited. You can get the full article here and make your own conclusions.
Incase you missed out on the happening that was last Saturday’s ‘Back to the Beginning’ here’s your chance to relieve some of the best and biggest moments from the final ever performance from Ozzy and Black Sabbath. Get caught up here!
Foo Fighters set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their self titled debut album on July 4th, and are treating fans to an early anniversary gift in the form of a brand new single. The first new music from Dave and company since 2023’s ‘But Here We Are’ hit all streaming platforms earlier this morning and this Foo fan is beyond excited. ‘Today’s Song’ features the front man returning to the drums and dives deep into self evolution and perseverance in a world where nothing is guaranteed. Along with releasing ‘Today’s Song’, Dave Grohl also wrote the below note to fans:
“Over the years, we’ve had moments of unbridled joy, and moments of devastating heartbreak. Moments of beautiful victory, and moments of painful defeat. We have mended broken bones and broken hearts. But we have followed this road together, with each other, for each other, no matter what. Because in life, you just can’t go it alone….”
“It should go without saying that without the boundless energy of William Goldsmith, the seasoned wisdom of Franz Stahl, and the thunderous wizardry of Josh Freese, this story would be incomplete, so we extend our heartfelt gratitude for the time, music, and memories that we shared with each of them over the years. Thank you, gentlemen.”
“And… Taylor. Your name is spoken every day, sometimes with tears, sometimes with a smile, but you are still in everything we do, everywhere we go, forever. The enormity of your beautiful soul is only rivaled by the infinite longing we feel in your absence. We all miss you beyond words. FOO FIGHTERS will forever include Taylor Hawkins in every note that we play, until we do finally reach our destination.”
Catch the video for ‘Today’s Song’ below and read the full story here!
The cast has recently been announced for the upcoming Scorpions biopic, “Wind of Change’. The all star cast includes Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) as guitarist Rudolf Schenker, Ludwig Trepte (Generation War) will take on the role of lead singer Klaus Meine, Ed Speleers (You, Outlander) will play guitarist Matthias Jabs and Luke Brandon Field (Interview With the Vampire, Jojo Rabbit) will be behind the kit playing drummer Herman Rarebell. The film will take a look at the band’s rise to stardom and quest for global unity. At the heart of the film is the titular ballad “Wind of Change,” which became the band’s biggest global hit. Meine was inspired to write the song after Scorpions performed to 300,000 people at the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival and the band witnessed the shifting tides as the Cold War neared its end. Get the full story here!
Selena Fragassi, author of ‘Alanis: Thirty Years of Jagged Little Pill”
Jeremy caught up with Selena Fragassi, longtime music journalist and author of ‘Alanis: Thirty Years of Jagged Little Pill.’ In her book, Selena dives into how the album came to be, the music, it’s massive cultural impact and features interviews with collaborators, producers, quotes from Alanis herself as well as interviews with those inspired by Alanis and this iconic album: including Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Shift and Katy Perry.
In the interview, Jeremy and Selena discuss the impact the album had on a 13 year old Selena, stories you can find in the pages and maybe an answer to the hard hitting David Coulier question.
Liquid Death has announced a new, limited-edition, iced tea cans that contain the DNA of rock n’ roll legend Ozzy Osbourne! The campaign suggests that you can now “clone” the famous rockstar using DNA from the 10 cans that are going to be made available. “Infinite Ozzy” as they are calling it will be a limited batch of Liquid Death Iced Tea that Ozzy himself drank, thus containing his DNA. Each can comes sealed to preserve the DNA so that fans can try to clone him in the future…once we have the technology. Get the full story here!
