The Rolling Stones, U2, And Pink Asked To Do "Live Aid" Style Concert For Ukraine.
Livewire Pictures, an organization planning "Lviv Aid"-a Live Aid-like concert for Ukraine, has reached out to some high-powered stars to help the country in the fight against Russia. Insiders say the effort has already reached out to The Rolling Stones, U2, Pink and The Killers to participate in a summer concert aimed at helping Lviv, one of the Ukraine’s largest cities.
A source promises the event will be “huge,” and insists 'It's something people have wanted to do for a while but a date has now been nailed down and booked at Wembley stadium.” While there is no word on the artists’ response, the source also says “Lviv Aid” plans to reach out to Sir Paul McCartney, Adele and Harry Styles.
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Florence + The Machine covered No Doubt's "Just a Girl" for Season 2 of the Showtime series "Yellowjackets."
Lenny Kravitz will perform during the "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars.
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Netflix is making a docuseries about convicted pedophile Gary Glitter.
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The Edge says U2's next album of new material will have heavy guitars . . . but not as heavy as AC/DC.
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Dave Grohl Undertakes A Second Effort To Feed Homeless
Dave Grohl Undertakes A Second Effort To Feed Homeless: One of rock music’s most generous figures is at it again, according to NME. One month after cooking for almost 500 homeless folks at “Hope Of The Valley’s” BBQ event, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl is taking up a new effort. In response to the snow and rain storms that recently hit Los Angeles, Grohl is joining “Feed The Streets LA” to give meals to almost 3500 homeless this month. While a date hasn’t been announced, Feed The Streets confirmed Grohl’s assistance on Instagram.
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Godsmack, Pantera, Rob Zombie, and Limp Bizkit will headline this summer's Rocklahoma festival.
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A member of the duo that gave us the novelty song "Fish Heads" is gone.
Robert Haimer, half of the experimental duo Barnes & Barnes, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 69. His partner, also not named Barnes, is Bill Mumy. You may know him from classic shows like "Lost in Space" and "The Twilight Zone." He broke the sad news yesterday.
It was Dr. Demento's #1 most requested song of all time. The video was directed by Bill Paxton and was aired on "Saturday Night Live" in 1980.
Kid Rock To Tour US This Summer… No Houston Date.
90s rocker Kid Rock is returning to touring this year. The recently divisive rocker, who became uber-political with his newest album “Bad Reputation,” has announced “No Snowflakes” will tour the US for four days this summer.
Kid Rock has also announced a different guest will join him during each stop. Confirmed acts include country star Travis Tritt and Michigan-based rockers Grand Funk Railroad.
Tickets go on-sale today for the four-date engagement. “No Snowflakes” launches June 23rd in Austin, TX, and will wrap in Detroit on July 14th. You can see the full list of stops below.
Jun. 23 - Austin, TX - Moody Center (with Chris Janson)
Jun. 24 - Ft. Worth, TX - Dickies Arena (with Marcus King)
Jul. 01 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena (with Travis Tritt)
Jul. 14 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena (with GRAND FUNK RAILROAD)
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