On the occasion of the release of their new best-of album “U218”, U2 launched several new websites. On their official YouTube page, the fans can watch several videos from their DVD “Vertigo ’05 Live from Milan”. Their MySpace profile contains a link to the quiz on their site www.u218.com, as well as the video to […]

The rock dinosaurs Rolling Stones regained from U2 the title of the band with the highest grossing tour. Up until last year Stones and their “Voodoo Lounge” tour from the mid-90’s were at the top of the charts with $320 million, but were replaced by U2’s “Vertigo” tour and earnings of $333 million. However, the […]

Recently the popular Time magazine published a list of the 100 greatest albums of all time. Among the mentioned are Metallica, AC/DC, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Miles Davies, Frank Sinatra, etc. Along with the rock, jazz, blues and pop classics in the list, divided into decades from the 1950’s to […]

Twisted Sister’s album“A Twisted Christmas”, containing metal versions of popular Christmas songs has reached the ninth position in Sweden’s chart for best selling albums. Meanwhile, the video to the new single “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” has been posted on YouTube.

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour is to release a tribute single to his former bandmate Syd Barrett. The EP will feature live performances of two songs written by the reclusive guitarist, who died this year. One of the tracks, “Arnold Layne”, features vocals from David Bowie, who appeared at one of Gilmour’s Royal Albert Hall […]

The Killers are set to release a brand new song as their Christmas single. The group made a surprise trip to the studio last week to record the the track, which was produced by Alan Moulder. Speaking to Nme.com, singer Brandon Flowers explained it was some of the great festive records of the past, rather […]

It seems that while recording with U2 the cover of “The Saints are Coming”, Green Day have caught the civic opinion virus from Bono and joined a campaign to fight America’s “oil addiction”. The band have joined forces with the Natural Resources Defense Council For The Move America Beyond Oil campaign. In a statement singer […]

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has lent one of his guitars to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin for a new exhibition called “RockChic: The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar 1931-2006”. The guitar on loan from Iommi is one of his black limited-edition Gibson Custom Shop SGs, as played on BLACK SABBATH […]

The Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke, who often makes statements, unrelated to music, this time defended the fish. In a posting on the official site of the band, Yorke expressed his anger with the huge amounts of fish ordered by supermarkets and the enormous nets that drag everything up. “Not that I eat meat or fish, […]

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS won several awards at the American Music Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles last night. The band took the awards for best alternative and best rock-pop band, while the Canadians Nickelback took the award for best rock-pop album. Meanwhile, the Billboard reported that the Peppers and Queens of the Stone Age […]