Final 2025 shows announced for Eagles residency at Sphere Las Vegas
The Eagles have surpassed U2 as the most frequent house band at the Sphere in Las Vegas by adding eight shows to their ongoing residency. The band will play a total of 44 concerts at the venue by the end of 2025. Fans can expect a setlist of Eagles classics like "Hotel California" and "Life In The Fast Lane" at these immersive shows. The new dates are Friday, Oct. 3; Saturday, Oct. 4; Friday, Oct. 10; Saturday, Oct. 11; Friday, Oct. 31; Saturday, Nov. 1; Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8. Tickets for the new shows go on sale next Friday, April 18 at ticketmaster.com.
METALLICA: Unfinished Doc Gets Road Tryout
Metallica are taking their unfinished documentary on the road with them this spring.
Metallica Saved My Life is a film from director Jonas Akerlund that "explores the world of Metallica through the lives of their fans -- including the bandmembers themselves -- who have supported each other through highs, lows, trials, and triumphs for over four decades." The
band adds that "It’s not quite finished yet, but we can’t wait for you to see it and let us know what you think." It will be shown in every tour market except Columbus, Ohio. Tickets are available at FathomEntertainment.com. Check out a trailer on YouTube. Metallica's M72
tour resumes April 19th in Syracuse, New York.
Kurt Cobain's Smashed Guitar Up For Auction
A big (albeit smashed) piece of rock history is up for auction. "TMZ" reports that Kurt Cobain's white Fender Stratocaster, which he used and smashed during Nirvana's 1992 European tour, will be available for bid beginning at 9AM Eastern this morning. The starting bid is $30-thousand, but don't count on scoring it for that price...Another smashed Cobain guitar sold for over $500-thousand in 2023. The guitar, along with other very cool pieces of rock memorabilia
can be bid on here. Good luck!
NIRVANA: Cobain Van Artwork to Be Displayed
The touring van once owned by Seattle band Melvins that has artwork drawn on it by Kurt Cobain will be displayed in Seattle this weekend. The "Melvan" is a 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal Van served as the main vehicle for Melvins in their early touring days and it features a KISS mural on one side hand-drawn by the late Nirvana frontman using Sharpie markers. The van will be displayed as part of Saturday's Record Store Day festivities at two local stores -- Easy Street Records and Silver Platters. After the weekend, the van will be cut into pieces and the Cobain mural part will go up for bids as part of Julien's Auctions' “Music Icons” sale, set for May 30th and 31st in New York City.
31 years ago, yesterday (Tuesday April 8th, 1994), an electrician spotted Kurt Cobian's body in a room above the garage of his Seattle home at 8:40 am [PT]. At 7:05 pm, police confirmed that it was Cobain. The 27-year-old had killed himself with a 20-gauge shotgun three days earlier.
BLACK SABBATH: Beg For Tickets, Become the Host!
Actor Jason Momoa is going to host the Black Sabbath Back to the Begining concert July 5th in Birmingham, England, and it's only because he started pestering people for tickets.
A Minecraft Movie star told NME, “I don’t know how I’m going to host, but I’ll figure it out. I’m just so excited to be there. It’s funny, because I was begging for tickets and now, I turn out to be hosting.” The first person he hit up for tickets? Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett. Hammett told Metal Hammer that Momoa "called me up [about the Sabbath show] like, ‘Can you get me tickets?’ I was like, ‘Bro…’ I had management send a message that Jason Momoa wanted to come to the Sabbath show, and next thing I know we’d been told Sharon Osbourne had called him to ask him to emcee it! It was like, ‘Hell yeah!’" Momoa does have some previous connection to the Ozzy camp -- he filmed a music video for Osbourne's 2020 single "Scary Little Green Man" that was teased on YouTube but never actually released.
Def Leppard fans crown ‘Hysteria’ the band’s greatest anthem of all time
Def Leppard fans have chosen their favorite song through the On Through The Music Bracket Challenge, with "Hysteria" coming out the winner. The band's fourth studio album's title track peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Def Leppard's first top-10 hit. After weeks of fan votes, "Hysteria" was crowned the "greatest Def Leppard anthem of all time" in a rock 'n' roll showdown on the band’s website.
SMASHING PUMPKINS: That'll Work for Karaoke -- and My Funeral
Billy Corgan was asked to pick songs for specific times in his life by The Guardian, and not surprisingly he chose a couple by The Smashing Pumpkins. When he was asked to choose one to have played at his funeral Corgan said, “I’d probably pick one of my own just to make some sort of posthumous, bitter point: ‘You should have paid more attention to me when I was here.’ ‘To Sheila’ from the Adore album by Smashing Pumpkins would be a good one, if you’re sitting there, mourning my loss." As for a favorite karaoke jam, Corgan said, "The last song I did at karaoke was ‘Zero’ by The Smashing Pumpkins. I thought it would be funny to sing my own song, but the longer it went, the more I performed it like I was on stage in front of 50,000 people, and the less people thought it was funny."
ELTON JOHN: Tupperware Connection
Elton John owes Patti Labelle some Tupperware. Appearing on Sherri, she said, "He was my piano player in London, for about a year [in the '60s], when the band he was in, Bluesology, backed her. She invited the band to her apartment to play cards, where she says she "took all their pounds -- all their money,” And since they now had no money, she cooked for them. “They had no food, so I made them food to take home in my Tupperware. So, my Tupperware is very important to me -- I don’t give it out. So, I gave them some food to take back home, and they never paid me back. And I said to Elton, ‘I want my damn Tupperware!’ Two years later Elton invited Patti to his show, which led her to ask, "'Who are you opening for?' He said, 'I’m Elton John now.' I said, ‘Ain’t that a witch?’ He made it before I did, right?!” While the Tupperware remains MIA, he made it up to her in 2005 when he backed her on her recording of his hit "Your Song," and joined her on stage. "He took his rings off and put them on the piano. When we finished, I said ‘Elton, there’s your ring’. He said, ‘That’s your Tupperware.’
She still has the ring, which she says is beautiful.
In other Elton diva news, Madonna says they've buried the hatchet. She writes on Facebook: "I went to see Elton John perform on SNL this weekend!! WOW. "I remembered when I was in high school -- I snuck out of the house one night to see Elton perform live in Detroit! It was an unforgettable performance that helped me understand the transformative power of music. "Seeing him perform when I was in high school changed the course of my life. I had always felt like an outsider growing up and watching him on stage helped me to understand that it was OK to be different -- to stand out -- to take the road less traveled by. In fact, it was essential.
"Over the decades it hurt me to know that someone I admired so much shared his dislike of me publicly as an artist. I didn’t understand it. I was told Elton John was the musical guest on SNL and I decided to go. I needed to go backstage and confront him. When I met him, the first thing out of his mouth was, 'Forgive Me' and the wall between us fell down. Forgiveness is a powerful tool. Within minutes. We were hugging. "Then he told me had written a song for me and he wanted to collaborate. It was like everything came full circle!! And you can tell everybody, This is Your Song..." The feud dates back to 2004 when Elton criticized Madonna for lip-synching on stage, but he did apologize not long thereafter.
The Pretenders Have A Live Album On The Way
It's been 15 years since the Pretenders last documented their live shows with an album, "Live In London." They'll be fixing that with a new live album, "Pretenders Live – Kick ’Em Where It Hurts!" The 17-track collection showcases their last two studio albums with seven cuts from those two releases, mixed with classics like "Talk of the Town," "Time The Avenger" and "Middle Of The Road." The album comes out June 13. You can pre-order a limited edition "heavyweight" double vinyl edition for 39-dollars through The Pretenders' website. Check out three of the set's songs ("Thumbelina," "Time The Avenger" and "You Can't Hurt A Fool") now on Instagram.
Coachella Set To Livestream Beginning Friday
If you can’t head to the California desert this weekend for Coachella, that’s okay.You’ll be able to enjoy the festival from the comfort of home. The event announced it will once again livestream performances on YouTube starting Friday. This year's livestream will also let fans watch up to four stages at one time. Green Day is one of the many bands and artists set to perform at the festival. Coachella will also livestream the festival's second weekend April 18th through the 20th on YouTube.
Library Of Congress Announces National Recording Registry Honorees
The Library of Congress announced its 2025 selections for the National Recording Registry.
Elton John‘s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” album, the cast recording of “Hamilton,” the Microsoft Windows reboot chime and “Minecraft: Volume Alpha” are on the list. Also making the cut are Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” Tracy Chapman’s 1988 debut album, Celine Dion’s 1997 single “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic,” and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans’ classic “Happy Trails.”
Other entries include:
·“Fly Like An Eagle,” Steve Miller Band (1976) (album)
·“Hello Dummy!” Don Rickles (1968) (album)
·“Chicago Transit Authority,” Chicago (1969) (album)
·“Bitches Brew,” Miles Davis (1970) (album)
See the full list here.
IN OTHER NEWS
Screenings of V-U2 An Immersive Concert Movie at the Sphere in Las Vegas have been extended, with three more dates added in May – the 6th, 14th, and 20th – and four in June – 3rd, 12th, 17th and 26th. The film features highlights of U2's residency at the Sphere from September 2023 to March 2024.
Neil Young and his wife, actress Daryl Hannah, took part in the Hands Off! National Day of Action rally last Saturday in Thousand Oaks, California. He says, “It was a beautiful thing to be surrounded by others who are feeling much the same things as we are these days…” In other Young news, he will do a solo benefit show on April 23rd at Lakefield College School’s Northcote campus in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada to raise money for the restoration of the school’s 1878 farmhouse and adjacent cabins.
Jackson Browne will headline Jason Isbell’s ShoalsFest in Florence, Alabama on October 11th.
Nikki Sixx's Sixx AM will reissue their 2016 albums Prayers for the Damned and Prayers for the Blessed in a combined deluxe edition on June 6th. The three-LP and digital set will add three previously unreleased tracks.