30 Seconds To Mars Seasons World Tour 2024
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Welcome To Rockville Announces Star-Studded Line-Up.
Earlier this year, Florida-based music festival Welcome To Rockville broke its own attendance records with over 170,000 fans swooping in to enjoy some live rock. So now the event has responded by upping the ante, with an A-list set of headliners and an extra stage.
Foo Fighters, Motley Crue, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit have been confirmed to headline the May 9th-12th fest. It’s also set to mark the live solo debut of former Slayer rocker Kerry King. A fifth stage has been added to the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach to accommodate the hoards that are expected in 2024.
Judas Priest, Queens Of The Stone Age, Greta Van Fleet and Evanescence are just a few of the other names scheduled to appear. And even though tickets for Welcome To Rockville are already available, more bands are expected to be announced soon.
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A Musician Died Not Knowing She Had Recorded Music for the Final Beatles Song
A viola player named Caroline Buckman died this past March of breast cancer, at the age of 48. About a year before that, she had taken part in a recording session . . . but she wasn't told what it was for.
It turned out to be for that final Beatles song, "Now and Then" . . . and she died without knowing she would be on it.
All she and the other musicians knew was that they were working for Paul McCartney . . . who was there and did take pictures and sign autographs for them.
Buckman was apparently a huge fan. And when her mom got the call earlier this month to confirm she was part of "Now and Then," she felt like crying. She says, quote, "[Caroline] would have been delirious about it. It is sad… [but] I'm very proud."
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The Worst Covers of All Time
Following up on their list of the BEST cover songs of all time, AVClub.com has now delivered a list of the 25 WORST. Here are the Bottom 10:
1. "Dancing in the Street" by Mick Jagger and David Bowie. Originally by Martha & the Vandellas.
2. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Jessica Simpson. Originally by Nancy Sinatra.
3. "American Pie" by Madonna. Originally by Don McLean.
4. "Wild Horses" by Susan Boyle. Originally by the Rolling Stones.
5. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Nickelback and Kid Rock. Originally by Elton John.
6. "Boyz in the Hood" by Dynamite Hack. Originally by Eazy E.
7. "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz. Originally by the Guess Who.
8. "911 Is a Joke" by Duran Duran. Originally by Public Enemy.
9. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Marilyn Manson. Originally by the Eurythmics.
10. "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton. Originally by Percy Sledge.
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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are launching a co-headlining tour in the spring.
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The Old Guy Carrying the Sticks on the Cover of Led Zeppelin 4" Has Been Identified
I don't think anyone ever expected this mystery to be solved, but here we are: The old guy carrying the sticks on his back on the cover of "Led Zeppelin 4" has been identified. (???)
Legend has it that Robert Plant found the picture at an antique shop. It was in black-and-white, but they had it colorized and slapped it on the cover of the album, which came out in 1971.
And recently, a researcher from the University of the West of England just happened to find that same picture in a photo album from 1892.
With a little digging, he was able to determine that the man's name was Lot Long . . . or possibly Longyear. He was a "thatcher" . . . you know, like a roofer . . . who died in 1893, the year after the picture was taken. He was 70 years old.
The photographer, one Ernest Howard Farmer, died in 1944 . . . almost 30 years before the photo became famous.
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