hennemusic: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

VIDEO: The Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury

The Rolling Stones headlined the Glastonbury festival for the first time on Saturday night.

"It was 43 years in the making, 50 years for them, and we've finally come together. We're on the same page at last," promoter Michael Eavis told The Guardian.

The capacity of the Pyramid stage area was expanded for the first time for the Stones, meaning a festival record of 100,000 saw the band perform their classics, starting with an energetic “Jumpin' Jack Flash” and ending with a soulful “You Can't Always Get What You Want,” before the crowd-pleasing “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

The BBC broadcast the second hour of the band’s headline set; a BBC Two spokesman said its coverage of the Stones peaked at 2.5 million viewers, compared with the peak of 2.2 million for Coldplay who headlined in the Saturday slot at the last Glastonbury festival in 2011.

Up next, The Stones will play London’s Hyde Park on July 6 and 13.

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Glastonbury festival – June 29, 2013

01 - Jumpin' Jack Flash
02 - It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It)
03 - Paint It, Black
04 - Gimme Shelter
05 - Glastonbury Girl (Factory Girl)
06 - Wild Horses
07 - Doom And Gloom
08 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
09 - Honky Tonk Women
10 - You Got The Silver
11 - Happy
12 - Miss You
13 - Midnight Rambler
14 - 2000 Light Years From Home
15 - Sympathy For The Devil
16 - Start Me Up
17 - Tumbling Dice
18 - Brown Sugar
19 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
20 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

photo credit: Dave Hogan

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The Rolling Stones

See also:

Rolling Stones look forward to playing Glastonbury festival
VIDEO: Rolling Stones wrap up North American tour in Washington
VIDEO: Aaron Neville joins the Rolling Stones in Philadelphia
Rolling Stones reach broadcast deal with Glastonbury festival

Def Leppard tops the hennemusic Hot 10 for 5th week

Def Leppard top the hennemusic Hot 10 for a fifth straight week.

After a 9-week run at #1 on the HH10 this spring, Def Leppard have returned to the top of the chart and appear to be settling in for a second extended run as fans continue to check out a video preview of the band’s recent Las Vegas residency.

Check out the video and read more about it in this week’s top story!

The HH10 is a list of the most-viewed rock news stories in the past week by hennemusic readers.

For a full list of hennemusic Hot 10 charts, check out the archives here.

hennemusic Hot 10
week ending June 30, 2013

01 – Def Leppard post new trailer for Las Vegas residency
02 – Megadeth post new studio footage
03 – VIDEO: Van Halen – Watch complete Tokyo concert
04 – VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers singer assaulted in Philadelphia
05 – Van Halen: Rare promo video for Loss Of Control surfaces
06 – VIDEO: Sammy Hagar interview and new music preview
07 – VIDEO: Van Halen wrap up Japanese tour in Osaka
08 – VIDEO: Van Halen – 1978 Japanese TV performance and interview
09 – Guns N’ Roses guitarist says electronic cigarettes almost killed him
10 – VIDEO: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine spoofs Men’s Wearhouse ads

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Jun 23: Def Leppard
Jun 16: Def Leppard
Jun 09: Def Leppard
Jun 02: Def Leppard
May 26: Rush
May 19: Def Leppard
May 12: Def Leppard
May 05: Def Leppard
Apr 28: Def Leppard
Apr 21: Def Leppard
Apr 14: Def Leppard
Apr 07: Def Leppard
Mar 31: Def Leppard
Mar 24: Def Leppard
Mar 17: Scott Weiland
Mar 10: Van Halen
Mar 03: Rob Zombie
Feb 24: Led Zeppelin
Feb 17: Van Halen
Feb 10: Def Leppard
Feb 03: Def Leppard

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Rush meet the Stanley Cup in Chicago

Friday, June 28, 2013

Original Black Sabbath drummer to unveil drum art project

Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward is set to debut a groundbreaking collection of fine art created from rhythm.

A new medium in fine art — rhythm on canvas — Ward will unveil his work on August 1.

To learn more and see the collection before the release, visit BillWardDrumArt.com.

Ward has provided few details at this point, but the project sounds reminiscent of one debuted by Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen earlier this year.

Allen unveiled his fine-art collection, "Electric Hand: Rhythm + Change," when the band was settling in for their "VIVA! Hysteria" spring residency in Las Vegas.

Check out details about Allen’s project here and here.

As for Ward, he declined to participate in the Black Sabbath reunion tour and album “13,” over a contractual dispute. The group recorded with Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine, while Ozzy Osbourne’s solo drummer, Tommy Clufetos, has been handling live dates.

Black Sabbath

See also:

VIDEO: Black Sabbath guitarist interviewed on BBC’s HARDtalk
Black Sabbath: Tony Iommi unveils new guitar straps
Black Sabbath tap Andrew W.K. to open North American tour
Black Sabbath: Tony Iommi interviewed on BBC’s HARDtalk
Ozzy hopes Black Sabbath will reunite with Bill Ward on next album

Rolling Stones look forward to playing Glastonbury festival

The Rolling Stones will play the Glastonbury festival for the first time when they headline the Pyramid Stage this Saturday night.

Glastonbury is billed as the largest music festival in the world, attended by 175,000 people.

“It’s almost as if you were like, finally, destined to play Glastonbury,” says Keith Richards. “There were many years when we were offered it and turned it down. I look upon it as a culmination of our British heritage. It had to be one and it’s gonna be done and we’ll see what happens.”

For Mick Jagger, the event is both a homecoming and a family affair.

“All my kids are gonna be there so I’m gonna be visiting them in the days before the actual show, and they’ve got all kinds of activities set up for me to do,” he says. “And my brother, also, who lives there, actually in Glastonbury.”

Following their festival appearance, the Stones will play London’s Hyde Park on July 6 and 13.

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The Rolling Stones

See also:

VIDEO: Rolling Stones wrap up North American tour in Washington
VIDEO: Aaron Neville joins the Rolling Stones in Philadelphia
Rolling Stones reach broadcast deal with Glastonbury festival
Rolling Stones to be joined by Aaron Neville in Philadelphia

Steven Tyler talks solo album and new Aerosmith music

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler recently revealed plans to work on his first solo album in the new year, and now he’s sharing a few more details about the project.

"I'm just doing a solo record 'cause I think it's kinky to go write a song with Johnny Depp," Tyler tells Billboard. “I think it's ridiculous to go write a bunch of songs I started five years ago and never finished. It feeds my passion. I like traveling all over the place and writing songs and seeing what we catch. It's kind of like driftnetting for songs, right. But, no, the band's not breaking up. Me doing a solo record doesn't mean the band isn't working on a record -- but I get that in the press one has to hear that from one lead singer of one Aerosmith."

The group has summer and early fall dates booked in the U.S., Japan, South America and Mexico, while Tyler says "everyone is collecting their marbles" to start working on new material and predicts "we're gonna be working on the new Aerosmith record" in the near future.

In the past month, Tyler and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame – you can watch the Hollywood Bowl performance here.

Steven Tyler

See also:

VIDEO: Aerosmith members inducted into Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame
Aerosmith: Steven Tyler to record solo album
Aerosmith: Steven Tyler guests on the Howard Stern show
Aerosmith members team up with Sea Shepherd Australia

Iron Maiden: London concert sells out in 12 minutes, second show added

Iron Maiden’s August 3rd concert at London’s O2 Arena sold out in just 12 minutes on Friday, so the band has added a second show on Sunday, August 4.

The dates mark the end of the band’s current Maiden England European tour as well as their last UK shows this year.

“We’ve all been having such a fantastic time on this tour,” says Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. “From the very first show in North America last year to the European dates we are doing now, it’s just been tremendous fun. Our fans have been brilliant as usual, and seem to be loving the set-list and the stage production! So we thought that because this tour has been such an amazing experience for band and fans alike, it somehow seems right to finish up back home in England and have the final show celebration on home-turf. And now instead of one night’s celebration back home we get to have two!!”

In an effort to ensure fans get fair and proper access to tickets and do not pay over the actual ticket price through scalpers or second-hand brokers, the band have announced the London shows will be totally ticketless (paperless) ticketing using the latest technology.

“We are all very pleased to see the first show sell out in such a short time so we can now round off this part of the tour back home and celebrate for two nights instead of one,” adds band manager Rod Smallwood. “I am certain that both nights will be memorable. We used Ticketless (Paperless) Ticketing on our North American Tours in 2010 and 2012 and it worked extremely well and we received many positive comments back from our fans. With Ticketless (Paperless) Ticketing, only those who actually pay initially for the tickets will get into the show so scalping is generally avoided. We are also doing everything we can to avoid any drain of tickets going to the Secondary Ticketing sites which we feel make unfair profits from music fans and often lessen the number of tickets available to these real fans, especially at the on sale.”

Following the O2 dates, Iron Maiden will take a short break before playing North America, then Latin American stadiums and the Rock In Rio festival in September, and will finish the tour off with a return to the Estadio Nacional in Chile on October 2.

Iron Maiden

See also:

Iron Maiden: Trooper Beer merchandise now available
Iron Maiden singer’s aircraft maintenance business secures £5 million investment
Iron Maiden to wrap up European tour with homecoming show
VIDEO: Iron Maiden drummer celebrates 61st birthday on stage in Paris

VIRAL VIDEO: Flame-throwing bagpiper rocks AC/DC classic

Video of The Badpiper - a flame-throwing bagpiper from Perth, Australia – rocking the AC/DC classic, “Thunderstruck,” has gone viral.

In the clip, the Badpiper can be seen performing the tune on the streets of Fremantle in May.

The musician bills himself as “the world's only flame throwin’, leather clad, heavily tattooed punk rock warrior.”

The footage has been viewed more than a half-million times in its first 40 days.

“Thunderstruck” was the lead single from AC/DC’s 1990 release, “The Razor’s Edge.”

AC/DC

VIDEO: Metallica perform classics in South Africa

Metallica have released concert footage from the third show of their spring dates in South Africa, their first visit to the country since 2006.

Fans can check out “Ride The Lightning” and “Creeping Death” from the group’s April 27th performance in Johannesburg.

Metallica’s 2013 live dates continue July 6 when the band play the Rosklide Festival in Denmark, followed by the launch of an Asian tour in Tokyo on August 10.

photo credit: Ross Halfin

Metallica

See also:

VIDEO: Metallica perform in South Africa
VIDEO: Metallica perform Master Of Puppets in Abu Dhabi
VIDEO: Metallica release Perth concert footage
VIDEO: Metallica bassist rocks Orion Music festival

VIDEO: Black Sabbath guitarist interviewed on BBC’s HARDtalk

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was the feature interview on Wednesday’s edition of the BBC’s HARDtalk series, and now the broadcaster has made the full session available for viewing online.

On the show to promote the band’s new album, ”13”, Iommi and host Shaun Ley discuss the new project as well as the band’s image and history.

Produced by Rick Rubin, “13” recently debuted at #1 in the band’s native UK, as well as in the US, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland, as well as in the top 10 in many other countries.

Black Sabbath will launch a North American tour in Houston on July 25.

Black Sabbath

See also:

Black Sabbath: Tony Iommi unveils new guitar straps
Black Sabbath tap Andrew W.K. to open North American tour
Black Sabbath: Tony Iommi interviewed on BBC’s HARDtalk
Ozzy hopes Black Sabbath will reunite with Bill Ward on next album

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Pandora responds to Pink Floyd over royalty dispute

Pandora is disputing claims made this week by Pink Floyd regarding the company’s efforts to reduce artist royalties from internet radio.

USA Today published an op-ed piece written by the iconic band that suggested Pandora was trying to convince the US Congress to lower artist royalties by 85% while simultaneously asking artists for their support…read more about it here.

“We have enormous respect for the members of Pink Floyd, and their amazing artistic contributions,” began a statement from Pandora published by Business Insider. “We also respect the genuineness of their opinion.”

“Unfortunately, they have been given badly misleading information – the result of a well-orchestrated campaign by the RIAA and their lobbying arm to mislead and agitate artists.

“A glaring example is the assertion that Pandora supports an ‘85% artist pay cut.’ That is simply not true.

“We never, nor would we ever, support such a thing. In fact, Pandora has suggested solutions that would guarantee no reduction in artist payouts while also nurturing the growth of internet radio -- a medium that is crucial to thousands of independent musicians who don’t enjoy major label support or FM radio exposure.

“This much is true: Pandora is by far the highest paying form of radio in the world and proudly pays both songwriters and performers.

“For perspective, to reach the exact same audience, Pandora currently pays over 4.5 times more in total royalties than broadcast radio for the same song. In fact, at only 7% of U.S. radio listening, Pandora pays more in performance royalties than any other form of radio.”

Stay tuned.

Pink Floyd

See also:

Pink Floyd: Pandora leads internet radio royalty ripoff
Pink Floyd fan jailed for loud late-night album sessions
Pink Floyd: In The Studio marks Dark Side Of The Moon’s 40th anniversary
Pink Floyd guitarist dismissed producer’s idea to add rap to the band
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon inspires BBC radio play
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon added to Library Of Congress
Pink Floyd’s Animals featured on In The Studio
VIDEO: Roger Waters discusses The Wall on The Daily Show
Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder joins Roger Waters at Sandy concert
VIDEO: Roger Waters - The Wall 2013 European tour press conference
Roger Waters working on new music
Pink Floyd’s former North London home sells for £1.2 million
Pink Floyd’s former North London home for sale
Pink Floyd’s Momentary Lapse Of Reason featured on In TheStudio
AUDIO: Pink Floyd jamming during the 1969 Moon landing
Pink Floyd: The Wall Retrospective opens in London next week
VIDEO: Pink Floyd – The Story Of Wish You Were Here DVD preview
VIDEO: Behind the scenes of Pink Floyd’s 2011 reunion
VIDEO: Roger Waters brings Pink Floyd’s The Wall back to North America
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon hits 800th week on US charts
TODAY: David Gilmour offers free download on his birthday
VIDEO: Pink Floyd – Behind The Wall parts 1-3
Pink Floyd: Roger Waters marries for the fourth time
Pink Floyd: David Gilmour denies 2012 Olympics reunion
Pink Floyd to reunite for 2012 Olympics?
Christmas Rock: Very rare Pink Floyd
AUDIO: Pink Floyd – A Foot In The Door radio special
Roger Waters to wed for the fourth time
Pink Floyd guitarist’s son released from jail
New Pink Floyd App launched

Guns N’ Roses guitarist says electronic cigarettes almost killed him

Guns N’ Roses guitarist DJ Ashba says electronic cigarettes almost killed him.

Ashba revealed the news after posting an instagram photo (above) of himself smoking, which prompted a fan to inquire about his health status.

"I did quit [cigarettes] for 9 months,” replied the guitarist. “However, I was smoking fake cigarettes that I bought in a mall in Poland which contained high doses of nicotine and antifreeze, which kills people.”

"Nobody knows this,” continued Ashba, “but I was rushed to the hospital put on heart monitors and I had eight of the best doctors trying to save my life. Poison control confirmed that the nicotine intake that was going into my body from the fake cigarettes was equivalent to smoking 33 packs of cigarettes a day. After doing a full body CAT scan, the doctors were amazed that every organ in my body was in perfect condition. They advised me to start smoking real cigarettes because my body would go into shock if I just stop smoking, so now I can wean myself off of real cigarettes and hopefully quit for good this time."

"We purposely kept this out of the press but that is the real story of why I am smoking right now,” he concluded.

Guns N’ Roses recently wrapped up a brief, 9-date series of US concerts with a headlining appearance on day 2 of the Governors Ball at Randall’s Island in New York.

The band is next scheduled to perform at Festival D’Été (Quebec City Summer Festival) in Québec City on July 12th.

The festival, which runs July 4–14, is billed as Canada’s biggest outdoor artistic event. Other acts playing during the 11-day event include Rush, Def Leppard, Foreigner and the Black Keys.

Full details about the festival can be found here.

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Guns N' Roses

See also:

VIDEO: Guns N’ Roses headline Governors Ball
VIDEO: Guns N’ Roses play Brooklyn Bowl
Guns N’ Roses to play Quebec Summer Festival
Guns N’ Roses announce surprise Brooklyn show for Thursday
VIDEO: Guns N’ Roses perform in Dallas

Black Sabbath: Tony Iommi unveils new guitar straps

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has unveiled a new guitar strap for the band’s 2013 world tour in support of “13.”

The straps, which feature a cross an skulls motif, are designed by Shirts & Destroy and made by Rachael at Heavy Leather NYC.

“The guitars I use are pretty heavy and it makes a huge difference when you're playing a long show to have a comfortable strap,” said Iommi. “That they also look great is a real bonus!"

The Sabbath axeman recently donated his used guitar strings to Wear Your Music, an organization that turns used guitar strings into jewelry.

All profits made from the sale of Iommi's guitar strings will go to the Nordoff-Robbins music charity.

Rock Recycled Bracelets are hand-wrapped with sterling silver to create a one-of-a-kind bangle style bracelet. Each bracelet uses a different number and color of strings, depending on what is available at the time of purchase.

For more info, visit wearyourmusic.org

VIDEO: Van Halen – 1978 Japanese TV performance and interview

Video of a June, 1978 Japanese TV appearance by Van Halen has surfaced.

In the country to promote the release of their self-titled debut album, the footage features the band lip-syncing to their cover of The Kinks’ classic, “You Really Got Me,” followed a by a brief interview.

“I think that Van Halen is the future of rock and roll for the United States, and for the world!,” said David Lee Roth when asked to comment on the state of rock. “My message to the people of Japan is…this is the 1980s – everybody up for the kickoff and fasten your seat belts!”

Van Halen played 8 shows in 11 days in the country before returning to North America for a full schedule of summer concert dates.

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