May 3rd is the birthday of The Godfather of Soul. Friends With Benefits is working in conjunction with the City of Augusta and The James Brown Family Foundation for an unforgettable concert experience honoring the life, legacy and music of James Brown. The show will benefit the James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils (JAMP), whose […]

STEVE MILLER BAND CONFIRMS NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR CELEBRATES ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION  CEREMONY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 8TH, 2016   Steve Miller Band has confirmed their 2016 North American summer tour. Beginning June 17 in Northfield, OH, at Hard Rock Live, and ending September 4 in a co-bill date with Santana, Journey […]

Rob Zombie Announces Summer 2016 Co-Headlining Tour with Korn    Rob Zombie and Korn have just announced a national co-headline tour, slated to kick off this summer. The metal favorites will stop in 26 cities across North America from Los Angeles to Boston. Tickets will be available starting March 11 at  www.livenation.com   Certain dates on this tour are part of a […]

“Vital and menacing thrash…Megadeth sound reborn on Dystopia” – ROLLING STONE  “’Dystopia’ sees Megadeth come within hailing distance of their dazzling best.” – KERRANG “Dystopia is an absolutely blistering return to the state-of-the-art bombast and refined technicality of past glories like Rust in Peace and Endgame.” The Guardian UK 30 years into a groundbreaking career, hard rock […]

NEW MEGADETH ALBUM DYSTOPIA OUT NOW   “Vital and menacing thrash…Megadeth sound reborn on Dystopia” ??? ½ (out of 5) ROLLING STONE   “Heavy enough to crater a parking lot but with just the right amount of math and post-Zeppelin exotica.  On their 15th studio album, Megadeth remains the thinking-person’s thrash-metal band” – LA WEEKLY   “the Megadeth […]

Rob Zombie To Release The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser on April 29   Teams Up With Pledge Music To Offer Direct-to-Fan Album Presale Announces Track Listing    The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser is Rob Zombie’s sixth solo studio album. Produced by Zeuss, it was recorded and mixed at Goathouse Studios. A full […]

A BEATLES HOLIDAY GREETING   THE BEATLES NOW STREAMING     December 23, 2015 – On December 24 at 12:01am local time — here, there and everywhere — The Beatles’ music is available for streaming worldwide via the following nine services:     Apple Music Deezer Google Play Microsoft Groove Napster / Rhapsody Amazon Prime Music Slacker Radio Spotify Tidal     Track The […]

MEGADETH KICKS OFF THE DYSTOPIA WORLD TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA ON FEBRUARY 20, 2016 Special Guests Include Suicidal Tendencies, Children of Bodom and Havok TICKETS GO ON SALE STARTING DECEMBER 11 MEGADETH’S NEW ALBUM ‘DYSTOPIA’ WILL BE RELEASED JANUARY 22, 2016   LOS ANGELES, CA –  – MEGADETH has announced today the details for the North American leg […]

The worldwide Frank Sinatra centennial celebration continues with a New York City activation and integration with the global transportation mobile app, Uber. New York – December 8, 2015 – On Frank Sinatra’s Saturday, December 12th birthday, a fleet of vintage vehicles will be available for request through the Uber app in Manhattan, transporting passengers in a classic style synonymous […]

FRANK ZAPPA’S ‘SHEIK YERBOUTI’ DOUBLE ALBUM REMASTERED FOR 2-LP, 180-GRAM VINYL REISSUE BY ZAPPA RECORDS/UMe ON DECEMBER 11   Los Angeles – November 24, 2015 – Frank Zappa’s 1979 double album, Sheik Yerbouti, is newly remastered from the original analog masters for worldwide vinyl reissue on December 11 by Zappa Records/UMe. The 2-LP, 180-gram vinyl is presented […]

In late November 1949, Hank hit the chart with ‘My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It,’ a song from well before World War II.   Most of the songs that we know and love in the distinguished country catalogue of Hank Williams were written by the man himself. But on 26 November 1949, he hit […]

THE BEACH BOY’S 1965 ALBUM, ‘BEACH BOYS’ PARTY!’ REMIXED, REMASTERED AND EXPANDED WITHOUT OVERDUBBED FESTIVITIES FOR ‘BEACH BOYS’ PARTY! UNCOVERED AND UNPLUGGED’   50th Anniversary 2CD and Digital Album Features 81 Songs and Dialog Tracks Culled From The Beach Boys’ ‘Party!’ Studio Sessions   Los Angeles – October 22, 2015 – In November 1965, The Beach Boys released Beach Boys’ […]