An Informal Rock Hall Vote Says Motley Crue Is the Band Most People Want Inducted This Year
If you go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you can vote on who you'd like to see inducted. It's an informal thing . . . it's not the same as the fan vote that's conducted after the nominees are announced.
And it supposedly does NOT have any bearing on who gets nominated. But in case you're curious, here's how things are going this year.
More than 80,000 votes have been cast so far, and the top choice is MOTLEY CRUE, with 3,152 votes. They're followed by BLINK-182, with 2,217. (Hard to believe, but Blink's been eligible since 2018.)
IRON MAIDEN is next with 1,771 votes . . . then it's theDAVE MATTHEWS BANDat 1,552.
Cheris at #5, with 1,455 votes . . . then Styx with 1,445. They're followed by Boston with 1,303 . . . and Weezer with 1,295.
The actual 2020 nominees will be announced on Tuesday.
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METALLICA will headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents' festivals next year: Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival , Louder Than Life and Aftershock.
The band will play two separate headlining sets at each stop, marking METALLICA's only U.S. festival appearances of 2020. In addition to two appearances at each festival, METALLICA will also deliver a unique setlist for each performance, resulting in 10 different shows over the course of the year.
Says METALLICA: "You know we love a challenge, so when Danny Wimmer Presents invited us to headline all five of their spring/fall U.S. rock festivals, that sounded like great fun. But play two separate sets on two nights in the same weekend? Definitely count us in! In another METALLICA first, we'll be playing at all five of the Wimmer rock festivals in 2020 with two separate sets, one on Friday night, one on Sunday night."
"METALLICA isn't just another headliner," says Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, the largest independent festival producer in the U.S. "When METALLICA takes the stage, it's an event. It's an experience. That's the same standard we've set for every DWP festival — from the first band to the last band, and everything that happens in between. I can't wait to bring the biggest band in the world to the biggest rock festivals in America. METALLICA paved this road that we travel. How many artists on the bill at these five festivals first picked up an instrument, or first started a band, because of METALLICA?"
The five festivals are:
* May 1-3 - Epicenter at its new location at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC
* May 8-10 - Welcome To Rockville at its new location at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
* May 15-17 - Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH
* September 18-20 - Louder Than Life at Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in Louisville, KY
* October 9-11 - Aftershock at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA
Tickets for all of the events will go on sale today (October 10) at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT for fan club members and past purchasers of tickets for Danny Wimmer Presents events. The general public on sale starts Monday, October 14 at 12 noon ET / 9 a.m. PT.
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"Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2" is a concert event that was only supposed to be in theaters on Wednesday, but the film's site shows more dates this weekend and into next week. So we'll drop another reminder here just in case.
The concert was recorded last month when Metallica performed with the San Francisco Symphony, just like they did 20 years ago for their"S&M"album.
Peter Frampton Joined By Pearl Jam Members In Seattle
Peter Frampton brought his farewell tour to Seattle’s Paramount Theater this week and was joined by two very special guests.
The guitar legend surprised the crowd by introducing Pearl Jam rockers Mike McCready and Matt Cameron, who joined him to perform the Soundgarden track “Black Hole Sun,” a tune Frampton recorded for his “Fingerprints” album.
In introducing the song, Frampton recalled getting to perform it with the band’s late frontman Chris Cornell, calling it “one of the better moments of my life,” and then dedicated the song to Chris, his wife Vicki and their kids. Check out the performance to the right.
iHeartRadio ALTer EGO Concert 2020 Lineup Revealed
The killer lineup for 2020’s HeartRadio ALTer EGO concert has been revealed. The Black Keys, Blink-182 and Billie Eilish are all set to perform at the event happening on January 18th at the iconic, “Fabulous” Forum in Los Angeles. The Lumineers, Rex Orange County, SHAED, and more will also hit the stage.
Starting October 28th, Alt-Rock fans across the country will have the opportunity to score a trip to Los Angeles for the concert – stay tuned to iHeartRadio’s Alternative, Rock and Classic Rock stations for your chance to win!
Check out more information HERE. Otherwise, tickets go on sale to the general public next Friday, October 18th HERE.
Source: iHeart
GUNS N' ROSES banned a fan from their shows because he allegedly leaked some songs.
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