SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor Auctioning Off Guitars For COVID-19 Relief
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Foo Fighters, MCR Reschedule European Shows
Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance are the latest to make some changes to their touring schedules. The bands have separately announced rescheduled tour dates in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe.
As for Foo Fighters, the band has taken to Twitter to reveal that their June and July tour dates in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy have been pushed to the summer of 2021. Plus, their “DC JAM” fest originally scheduled for July 4th 2020 has been canceled.
When it comes to MCR, the band’s tour dates across the United Kingdom, including a stop in Dublin, Ireland, have been pushed to June 2021. Check out their announcement HERE.
Dave Grohl’s Latest “True Story”
Dave Grohl has been sharing “True Stories” from his rock n’ roll life with fans on his new Instagram blog, Dave’s True Stories. “Billboard” has an exclusive sneak peek of his next story, where he recalls getting a shocking email from David Bowie.
How would you feel if your musical hero told you off? Well, it looks like Grohl knows what that’s like. For his fourth story, the Foo Fighters rocker will reveal the backstory behind why Bowie sent him an email telling him to “f**k off.”
“Believe me, it wasn't the first time my battered ears had heard such colorful language, but from the "Thin White Duke" himself?” he writes in the preview. “What could I have possibly done to illicit such a soul-crushing reaction? Was it something I said? Or, had I done that thing that I always do when faced with a bonafide legend, nervously displaying all of my most annoying tendencies?”
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NITA STRAUSS Announces 'Rock Guitar Fundamentals' Online Teaching Program
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It sounds like the guys in GENESIS are as uninterested in a reunion with PETER GABRIEL as Peter Gabriel is.
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Queen Is The UK’s Biggest Vinyl Artist Of 2019
Queen has officially outsold legends like The Beatles, and popular artists Oasis and Billie Eilish, to become the United Kingdom’s biggest vinyl artist of 2019. The band moved more than 75,000 units last year thanks to the success of the 2018 biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
The Beatles comes in second, also getting a boost in vinyl sales thanks to a film, Danny Boyle’s “Yesterday,” along with the 50th anniversary reissue of their classic album “Abbey Road.” The third, fourth and fifth spots are filled by David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac, respectively. Billie Eilish, the only new artist on the list, takes seventh place with only two vinyl titles.
Vinyl album sales in general have been growing for 12 straight years, with over 4-million copies sold over the course of 2019. Check out the top-selling vinyl artists and titles of 2019 below.
Top-Selling Vinyl Artists of 2019
·Queen
·The Beatles
·David Bowie
·Pink Floyd
·Fleetwood Mac
·Oasis
·Billie Eilish
·Nirvana
·Liam Gallagher
·Arctic Monkeys
Top-Selling Vinyl Titles of 2019
·Liam Gallagher – “Why Me? Why Not.”
·Billie Eilish – “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”
·Fleetwood Mac – “Rumours”
·Queen – “Greatest Hits”
·The Beatles – “Abbey Road”
·Lewis Capaldi – “Divinely Uninspired To Hellish Extent”
·Pink Floyd – “The Dark Side Of The Moon”
·Oasis – “Definitely Maybe”
·Joy Division – “Unknown Pleasures”
·David Bowie – “Legacy”
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