Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' is once again at the top of Studio Brussels' 'Heaviest List'. The Belgian bands are also doing well, because besides Metallica the top 5 only consists of homegrown bands: Amenra, STAKE, Brutus and Channel Zero. As always, metal fans could vote for their favorite metal song to shape 'The heaviest list' of Studio Brussels. For the 8th time in the history of this ranking of the […]
In Mexico, American singer Lenny Kravitz (59) has created many happy faces. On Instagram he shares a video of him walking up to a burger stall on the street and immediately putting a smile on the faces of the staff. They sing some songs together with the singer. A week earlier, Kravitz also stopped at Buc-ee's and bought some chips and a few cans of drinks. The singer wants to […]
Almost 40 years after his death, new music has emerged from American soul singer Marvin Gaye. It concerns 30 cassettes - good for 13 hours of music - that were left behind in Belgium after he had lived here for a while. Discussions will start on Monday with the singer's relatives about possibly releasing the music. It is February 14, 1981 when Marvin Gaye docks by boat in Ostend. After […]
Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Lenny Kravitz, the late Sinéad O’Connor and heavy metal's so-called Prince of Darkness are some the 2024 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a wide musical net that also includes the pop-soul of Sade and Britpoppers Oasis. Ozzy Osbourne, who led many parents in the 1980s to clutch their pearls with his devil imagery and sludgy music, gets the nod as […]
The hard rock band Kiss is selling its catalogue, brand name and music rights to Pophouse Entertainment Group. The Swedish entertainment company has announced this. They pay about 300 million dollars (276 million euros) for it. Kiss and Pophouse themselves speak of a "collaboration". Kiss previously announced that they were calling it quits after 50 years. Now they are also selling their entire catalogue, the 'Kiss' brand name and the […]
Cowboy Carter', the new album by Beyoncé (42), is breaking one record after another. The album was only released on Friday and is reaching milestones according to the streaming services. Beyoncé's country album 'Cowboy Carter' reached a record on both Spotify and Amazon Music. On Spotify it is the album that has been streamed the most in one day (in 2024). It is also the first time that a country […]
About two hundred mostly American artists have called on tech companies not to train AI models on copyrighted music. That would threaten artists' incomes. The artists, under the banner of Artists Rights Alliance, want tech companies to promise not to create tools that replace human work in music and threaten artists' incomes. “These efforts are directly aimed at replacing the work of human artists with massive amounts of AI-created 'sounds' and […]
Longtime Styx bassist Ricky Phillips has announced that he is leaving the band after being a part of it for more than 20 years. "Dear Friends, after touring for 50 years with The Babys, Bad English, opening for Tina Turner (on the Private Dancer tour with John Parr), Belinda Carlisle's first solo tour, rehearsing in Tahoe and recording at Little Mountain in Canada with Jimmy Page and David Coverdale and writing, touring, and co-producing 10/10 with Ronnie Montrose, to name a chosen few... I'm taking […]
Ozzy Osbourne has joined Billy Morrison on the new single "Crack Cocaine," which also features guitarist Steve Stevens. "Crack Cocaine" appears on Morrison's upcoming album The Morrison Project, due out April 19. The track also features Tommy Clufetos, who plays drums in Ozzy's solo band. Other guests on The Morrison Project include Billy Idol, Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Steve Vai, Motley Crue guitarist John 5 and Linda Perry. Much of the record was co-written by Jeordie White, aka ex-Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez. "The song's not about crack cocaine," Osbourne told Rolling […]
