Bush have been added to Alter Bridge’s Blackbird Festival. The event will be held at Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, UK on June 27 and it will also feature: Skindred, Florence Black, and Cardinal Black. Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy commented:
“We wanted to do something that truly celebrates our history and our fans. The response to Blackbird Festival has been incredible — and having Bush join the lineup just takes it to another level. This is going to be a special one.”
Tigercub have announced a new album titled “Nets To Catch The Wind.” The effort will be released on April 10 and its first single, “Fall In Fall Out,” can be found below:
“Nets To Catch The Wind” Track Listing:
01. “Silver Smile“
02. “Fall In Fall Out“
03. “Stuck in the Melancholy“
04. “Breaking Out“
05. “A Black Moon“
06. “Head Over Heels“
07. “Nightmares“
08. “My Paper Heart“
09. “Golden Sands“
10. “Magic Sleep“
11. “Cut the Eyes out the Photographs” (feat. Neil Fallon of Clutch)
The band commented:
“‘The Perfume of Decay‘ was the midnight confession.
‘Nets to Catch the Wind’ is the dawn that follows.
Our white-light record, set in the space between dream and daylight.
Over 1000 voice memos, 3 journals, the album written and torn down three times..
Finally rebuilt & recorded live in the same room over nine days at Rockfield Studios.
We lost the plot to find something true.
This is the essence of the band in its raw form.”
SUMAC have announced an early 2026 Australian/New Zealand tour. Convulsing will also join them at the Australian shows. Here’s the dates:
01/30 Auckland, NZ – Whammy Bar (no Convulsing)
01/31 Wellington, NZ – Valhalla (no Convulsing)
02/03 Brisbane, AUS – Crowbar
02/04 Sydney, AUS – Crowbar
02/05 Melbourne, AUS – Stay Gold
02/06 Adelaide, AUS – The Ed Castle
Despite previous comments made by Poison frontman Bret Michaels and drummer Rikki Rockett, it appears the band have yet to book a 40th anniversary tour for 2026. Rockett recently confirmed the news to Talkin’ Bout Rock.
Rockett said the following when asked if he keeps in contact with his bandmates:
“I talk to [guitarist] C.C. [DeVille] all the time, at least once or twice a week. And his mom and my mom were really close. And my mom passed away, and his mom’s going through a lot right now. And that’s kept us close on one level. I talk to [bassist] Bobby [Dall] less. Bobby keeps to himself a lot these days, which is okay, if that’s how he… Bobby can’t help himself but to talk about business, and sometimes he doesn’t wanna talk about business, so he just doesn’t wanna pick up the phone, you know what I mean? But Bret and I do not talk, unfortunately. And that’s a shame — honestly, it is. So we get bits and pieces of stuff.”
He also addressed the idea of a 40th anniversary tour:
“I’ll set the record straight as far as POISON touring: at this point in time, there is nothing on the books for a 2026 40th-anniversary tour. And I said it months ago when we got presented a contract from Live Nation to go on tour [next year]. C.C., Bobby and I agreed. We thought it was great. We thought the money was great. We thought the lay of the land looked great. And then Bret looked at it and has not agreed to anything. So literally that is where we’re at.
I’m not trying to bash Bret. I’m not trying to start any fights… But one thing you have to understand is, for instance, the Bret Michaels [solo] band tours very differently from the way POISON tours. POISON tours the way DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE and Luke Bryan or whoever [tours], where we basically kiss our families goodbye for three-plus months, or however long it’s gonna be, and go out on a tour bus and trucks, and we’re playing five nights a week, sometimes six nights a week. And that’s not how Bret tours [with his solo band]. He does weekend-warrior stuff, which there’s nothing wrong with that at all. Joan Jett does it — I mean, tons of bands do this. THE ROCKETT MAFIA does it. We can’t play in Omaha, Nebraska on a Tuesday night and make any money. We’ll be upside down. But at the level we’ve managed to get to [with POISON], and DEF LEPPARD and bands like this, you can play on a Tuesday night and people will come, at the right time. You still have to manage it correctly.”
He also reflected on the band’s 2022 stadium tour with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Joan Jett:
“Oh, it was great. Look, it’s so funny, because people go, ‘Man…’ You would think that in these stadiums, there would be so much room to do everything you want. It’s weird, because it’s set up for sports. It’s not set up for a bunch of trucks and buses and all that stuff. So most of the time our bus would be two miles away in a parking lot somewhere and we’d have to take a golf cart or an Uber or a van or something like that to get to the venue. And then you get to the venue and it’s, like, MÖTLEY and DEF LEPPARD got all the nice dressing rooms and we’re in the electrician’s room or something. [Laughs] So from that standpoint, it wasn’t as nice as when we headline. But we were playing these massive places for amazing fans. I mean, it was literally a once-in-a lifetime experience.
We’ve played some big shows — we’ve done Donington, we’ve done a lot of these… Texas Jam, a lot of these things like that — but to do it kind of on that level, or close to that level, for 40 nights, or whatever it was, that was amazing. And it keeps you on your toes, man. You can’t go out there half cocked. I mean, we don’t ever do that anyway — I don’t think any of us ever go out there on stage nonchalantly. We’re a band that pride ourself in giving it everything we got. Even if everything that we have isn’t as good as it was the night before, I’m still gonna give it everything that I have, you know what I mean? And I know the rest of the band’s like that. Bret’s like that, C.C., Bobby, We never half-ass anything.”
[via Blabbermouth]
As previously reported, three former members of Dogma, frontwoman Grace Jane Pasturini (Lilith), guitarist Amber Maldonado (Lamia), and guitarist Patri Grief (Rusalka), recently made headlines after accusing their management of “manipulation,” “mistreatment,” and more. This led other musicians to come forward with their own allegations as well. Now, Pasturini has seemingly confirmed that she has started recording sessions for her new project with Grief and Maldonado. The singer recently shared the below photo on her Instagram story. Release plans are still pending.
During a new episode of “The Osbournes” podcast, Sharon Osbourne confirmed that her late husband Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath raised $11 million during their “Back To The Beginning” farewell show in Birmingham, UK. This news comes after she previously denied reports suggesting that the concert made $190 million for charity.
Sharon said the following:
“If one show could have raised… I mean, [the articles were saying] it was up to, like 190 million. It’s, like, any artist, just do one big show, film it and you can retire just on one show. No, it was nowhere near, and I wish that it was, but we are living in reality, in the real world.”
She also added:
“It raised 11 [million]. But with the cost, ’cause we paid the cost of bringing everybody in, everybody out, accommodation, everything. [And] no one got paid. Nobody asked for a penny. They gave their time, their efforts, everything for free. People were just — oh God — so generous.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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