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Tom Waits has added his talents to the final episode of Italian documentary series, Il Fattore Umano (The Human Factor), with his work accompanying stories of homelessness in America. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The eight-part series, created by the Italian public television channel RAI3, offers […]
Metallica hit the stage for the first time on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, Calif. — with the original lineup of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, future Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine on guitar and Ron McGovney on bass, playing covers of Diamond Head and Sweet Savage songs, as well as their own “Hit the Lights” and “Jump in the Fire.”
More than four decades later, the San Francisco Bay Area-based thrash metal troupe is still at it — arguably bigger and better than ever. “Playing shows was always the thing,” Hetfield said some years ago. “We wanted to make records, yeah — but when we first got together we just wanted to play, man, just get on stage and play.”
Mission accomplished, it’s safe to say. Metallica has toured the world many times to this point — and thanks to a 2013 performance in Antarctica, it is in fact the only band that’s played on all seven continents. It’s been a constant touring presence, too; 2001, when the group was searching for a new bass player, is the only year Metallica didn’t play any shows, and it’s mixed full-scale, multi-year world tours with lighter-but-still-significant concert runs.
Over the decades, the band has performed more than 1,600 times, moving from dive bars to stadiums and headlining at events such as Woodstock ’94, Monsters of Rock, Lollapalooza, OzzFest and more. As other members entered the lineup — guitarist Kirk Hammett (1983-present) and bassists Cliff Burton (1982-86), Jason Newsted (1986-2001) and, since 2001, Robert Trujillio — Metallica polished its performing craft to the point where it could even play shows alongside the San Francisco Symphony. Its stage productions have also become legendary; Metallica is the band that introduced the idea of the Snakepit, an in-stage fan area, and it’s made use of all manner of pyrotechnics and other visual effects, but never eclipsing what really brings fans to the shows — pulverizing, complex, epic music that makes heads bang, eardrums bleed and venue walls rattle.
“I don’t know if we could ever lose our edge because our music is a quality of our persons, our being,” Hammett explains. “It’s just very natural for us to sound the way we do. It flows like water. There’s never any shortage of really aggressive, edgy, energetic music from us, because that’s part of who we are as people. It’s not an affectation; it’s who we really are.”
Here’s our ranking of the group’s many long and sometimes strange road trips.
Summer Sanitarium Tour (2000)
My Chemical Romance, Deftones and Blink-182 will headline this year’s Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park on Sept. 19-21. They will be joined by an eclectic roster of rock and pop acts including Lenny Kravitz, Sublime, The Marias, Pixies, Cage the Elephant, The Black Keys, Public Enemy, Vampire Weekend, Alabama Shakes, Lucy Dacus and Devo, among many others.
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The 12th edition of the fest will move from its previous home in the city’s Central Park — and from its typical spring slot in May to the fall — with a pre-sale slated to kick off on Thursday (Feb. 27) at 10 a.m. ET, with a public on-sale to follow if tickets remain; ticket information is available here.
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This year’s line-up also includes: Idles, Spoon, Inhaler, Joey Valence & Brae and the Lambrini Girls on night one alongside the Deftones, with The Backseat Lovers, TV on the Radio, The All-American Rejects, Johny Marr, The Beaches, Mannequin Pussy, Bilmuri, Cmat, Scowl and Michigander warming up the stage for MCR on night two.
Night three will feature Wet Leg, the reunited 4 Non Blondes, Franz Ferdinand, Stereophonics, The Stews, Fleshwater, Murder By Death, Mdou Moctar and special guest “Weird Al” Yankovic performing before Blink.
Last year’s edition was top-lined by Noah Kahan, Weezer and Foo Fighters, as well as sets by Arcade Fire, Young the Giant, Interpol, Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, Royal Blood, Billy Idol, Portugal. The Man, Dinosaur Jr., Waxahatchee and many more.
Check out the Shaky Knees 2025 poster with full artist roster below.
A feature-length documentary chronicling heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne‘s six-year struggle to recuperate from a devastating 2019 fall, Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, will debut on Paramount+ later this year. The movie, currently in production, is described as an intimate look into the 76-year-old rock legend’s personal life since the injury that has colored much of his life in the years since.
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“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time,” reads a release announcing the project that is being directed by BAFTA-winner Tania Alexander (Celebrity Googlebox). “Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life – also proving his mischievous sense of humor remains resolutely intact despite it all.”
In a statement, Osbourne added, “The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through. There’s been times when I thought my number was up. But making music and making two albums saved me. I’d have gone nuts without music.”
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Osbourne released the albums Ordinary Man (2020) and Patient Number 9 (2022) before announcing in 2023 that he had been forced to permanently cancel the European leg of his No More Tours II outing and retire from touring after a cascading series of health problems following a 2019 fall at home in which he damaged his spine. That incident was followed by diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease — which has rendered him unable to talk — and emphysema.
According to the release, Alexander began filming the doc in 2022, during recording sessions for the double-Grammy-winning Patient Number 9 album, and the cameras will continue to roll into this summer as Osbourne prepares to take the stage for what he says will be his final performance with Black Sabbath on July 5.
“My fans have supported me for so many years, and I really want to thank them and say a proper goodbye to them. That is what the Villa Park show is about,” Osbourne said of the sold-out, all-star gig in his hometown of Birmingham that will feature support from Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Rival Sons, Pantera, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Gojira and a supergroup featuring Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, David Ellefson, Fred Durst, Jonathan Davis, Wolfgang Van Halen and more; actor Jason Momoa will host the event.
Ozzy recently revealed that due to his physical limitations and an inability to walk anymore he will not play a full Black Sabbath set at the final show. Profits from the mega-gig will go towards organizations including Cure Parkinson’s, a U.K. charity working to end the disease.
The documentary will feature Ozzy and wife/manager Sharon Osbourne and the couple’s children, as well as many of the singer’s musical compatriots, friends and bandmates, including: Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), guitarist Zakk Wylde, producer Andrew Watt and friend/musician Billy Morrison.
“This film is an honest account of what has happened to Ozzy during the last few years. It shows how hard things have been for him and the courage he has shown while dealing with a number of serious health issues, including Parkinson’s,” said Sharon Osbourne in a statement. “It’s about the reality of his life now. We have worked with a production team we trust and have allowed them the freedom to tell the story openly. We hope that story will inspire people that are facing similar issues to Ozzy.”
Members of the British band The 1975 cannot be held personally liable for losses of a Malaysian music festival that was shut down by authorities after lead singer Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate on stage, a London judge ruled Monday.
The organizer of the Good Vibes Festival is seeking 1.9 million pounds ($2.4 million) in losses after Healy criticized the country’s anti-homosexuality laws and then kissed bassist Ross MacDonald at the Kuala Lumpur show in July 2023.
Footage of the kiss sparked a backlash in the predominantly Muslim country, where homosexuality is a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison and caning. Some LGBTQ+ groups also criticized the band for endangering its community and disrupting the work of activists pushing for change.
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Future Sound Asia sued The 1975 Productions LLP in the High Court over breach of contract and said its four members owed a duty of care. But the band’s lawyer argued that the suit should only target the company — not the musicians.
Judge William Hansen said the claims against the band members were “bad as a matter of law and that there is no good reason why the matter should go to trial.” He allowed the case to proceed against the company, but ordered FSA to pay 100,000 pounds ($126,000) in legal costs.
Band attorney Edmund Cullen had argued the claim was an “illegitimate, artificial and incoherent” attempt “to pin liability on individuals” because FSA only had a contract with the band’s company.
FSA’s attorney Andrew Burns said authorities had initially refused to let the band perform because of reports about Healy’s drug addiction and subsequent recovery. They relented after the band promised he would follow guidelines and regulations, he said.
When the band played the same festival in 2016, they had agreed not to swear, smoke, drink, take off clothes or talk about religion and politics on stage, Burns said.
Burns said the band deliberately provoked Malaysian authorities in 2023 by smuggling a bottle of wine on stage, and through Healy’s “obscene speech” and the kiss. He said the band also performed a “second-rate set of songs” to upset the crowd.
“They could be argued to have been on a frolic of their own rather than simply acting within the course of their ordinary role as LLP members,” Burns said.
The band was supposed to be paid $350,000 (276,000 pounds) for a one-hour set, Burns said.
The show wasn’t the first time Healy made a political statement in the name of LGBTQ+ rights: he kissed a male fan at a 2019 concert in the United Arab Emirates, which outlaws same-sex sexual activity.
After the show in the Malaysian capital, The 1975 canceled its concerts in Taiwan and Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Malaysian government has blacklisted the band.
This article was originally published by the Associated Press.
Paramount + has added more than 100 episodes of MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads to its streaming service. The return of the classic performances from seasons 1-8 and 10-13 includes some of the most beloved Unplugged sets ever, including Nirvana’s iconic Nov. 1993 performance, which was released seven months before the death of singer Kurt Cobain.
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The data dump of performances includes season one sets by Neil Young, Sinead O’Connor with The Church, Lenny Kravitz, Elton John, Shawn Mendes and Pearl Jam, with season two featuring Mariah Carey and Eric Clapton and season five spotlighting Bob Dylan, Tony Bennet and Stone Temple Pilots.
According to a press release, more than 70 of the episodes have not been available for more than 20 years.
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Season Six Unplugged highlights include KISS and Sheryl Crow, while season seven features Oasis, Alice in Chains and Seal, seasons eight has Shakira and R.E.M., season 13 brings a Korn set and season 17 has Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Redman, Naughty By Nature’s Treach, Poor Righteous Teachers, Lady Luck, Lords of the Underground and the Sugar Hill Gang for a 2023 celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. (Click here for the full list of Unplugged episodes now available to stream).
The CMT Crossroads collection includes sets by Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson, Melissa Etheridge and Dolly Parton, the Doobie Brother and Luke Bryan, Sting and Vince Gill, Black Pumas and Mickey Guyton, Boyz II Men and Brett Young, Halsey and Kelsea Ballerini, John Legend and Lee Ann Womack, Nelly & Friends (Kane Brown, Georgia Florida Line, Blanco Brown and Breland), OneRepublic and Dierks Bentley, Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett and Stevie Nicks and Lady A.
The VH1 Storytellers list (which, like the Unplugged and CMT dumps, is missing random seasons) includes: Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Mary J. Blige, P!nk, Ringo Starr, Snoop Dogg, Tom Waits and ZZ Top, among others.
Check out the full list of episodes below.
MTV Unplugged (Seasons 1-8, 10-13)Aerosmith (1990)Alanis Morissette (1999)Alice in Chains (1996)Alicia Keys (2005)Allman Brothers (1990)Annie Lenox (1992)Arrested Development (1993)Babyface & Friends feat. Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and K-Ci & JoJo (1997)Bob Dylan (1994)Bryan Adams (1997)Chris Isaak (1995)Cranberries (1995)Crowded House/Tim Finn (1990)Dashboard Confessional (2002)Duran Duran (1993)Elton John (1990)Elvis Costello (1991)Eric Clapton (1992)Hall & Oates (1990)Hootie & the Blowfish (1996)Jewel (1997)John Mellencamp (1992)kd lang (1993)Kiss (1995)Korn (2007)Lenny Kravitz (1994)Live (1995)Mariah Carey (1992)Melissa Etheridge (1995)Neil Young (1990)Nirvana (1993)Oasis (1996)Paul McCartney (1991)Paul Simon (1992)Pearl Jam (1992)Queensryche (1992)R.E.M. (2001)Rod Stewart (1993)Seal (1996)Shakira (2001)Shawn Mendes (2017)Sheryl Crow (1995)Sinead O’Connor/The Church (1990)Smithereens/Graham Parker (1990)Soul Asylum (1993)Staind (2001)Sting (1991)Stone Temple Pilots (1994)The Wallflowers (1997)Tony Bennett (1994)Tori Amos (1996)Uptown Show feat. Jodeci, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, Christopher Williams, and Heavy D (1993)
VH1 Storytellers (seasons 1-9, 11-13, 15, 16)Alicia Keys (2012)Bee Gees (1997)Billy Joel (1997, 1998)Black Crowes (1996)Bruce Springsteen (2005)Christina Aguilera (2010)Coldplay (2005)Counting Crows (1997)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (2000)Dave Matthews (1999)Dave Matthews Band (2005)David Bowie (1999)Def Leppard 1999)Ed Sheeran Live (2015)ELO (2001)Elton John LIVE (1997)Elvis Costello (1996)Eurythmics (1999)Foo Fighters (2009)Goo Goo Dolls (2002)Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (2012)Green Day (2005)Hanson (1998)Jewel (1999)Jill Scott (2012)John Mellencamp (1998)Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson (1997)Mary J. Blige (2008)Melissa Etheridge (1996)No Doubt (2000)P!nk (2012)Paul Simon (1997)Pete Townshend (2000)Phil Collins (1997)R.E.M. (1998)Ringo Starr (1998)Rod Stewart (1998)Sheryl Crow (1998)Snoop Dogg (2008)Stevie Nicks (1998)Sting (1996)Stone Temple Pilots (2000)The Chicks (2006)The Pretenders (1999)Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1999)Tom Waits (1999)Tony Bennett (1998)Tori Amos (1999)Wyclef Jean (1999)ZZ Top (2009)
CMT Crossroads (seasons 1-3, 5, 10-16, 18-20)Black Pumas & Mickey Guyton (2022)Boyz II Men & Brett Young (2019)Brooks & Dunn and Friends feat. Luke Combs, Brett Young, Midland, Cody Johnson, Jon Pardi, and Brandon Lancaster (2019)Cheap Trick & Jennifer Nettles (2016)Gavin DeGraw & Chris Young (2019)Halsey & Kelsea Ballerini (2020)John Legend & Lee Ann Womack (2014)John Mellencamp & Darius Rucker (2017)Kid Rock & Hank Williams, Jr. (2002)LeAnn Rimes & Friends feat. Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Mickey Guyton, and Brandy Clark (2021)Lindsey Buckingham & Little Big Town (2006)Lynyrd Skynyrd & Brantley Gilbert (2015)Lynyrd Skynyrd & Montgomery Gentry (2004)Melissa Etheridge & Dolly Parton (2003)Nathaniel Rateliff & Margo Price (2021)Nelly & Friends feat. Kane Brown, Florida Georgia Line, Blanco Brown, and Breland (2021)Nick Jonas & Thomas Rhett (2016)OneRepublic & Dierks Bentley (2014)Randy Travis & The Avett Brothers (2012)Sheryl Crow & Friends feat. Chris Stapleton, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Lucius, and more (2019)Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson (2002)Stevie Nicks & Lady A (2013)Sting & Vince Gill (2011)The Doobie Brothers & Luke Bryan (2011)Willie Nelson & Friends feat. Neil Young, Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Leon Russell, Ashley Monroe, Norah Jones, and Jamey Johnson (2013)
Jimmy Page and the The Black Crowes are revisiting their 1999 collaboration with an expanded edition of Live at the Greek, and they’ve just shared a fresh taste from it—a newly unearthed live recording of Led Zeppelin’s “The Lemon Song.”
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Originally recorded during a soundcheck, this take on the Led Zeppelin II classic captures the raw chemistry between Page and the Crowes as they breathed new life into Zeppelin’s bluesy, groove-heavy material. It’s one of several unreleased tracks included in the expanded reissue, which drops March 14.
“I’m really looking forward to the soon-to-be-available release of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes material from concerts in 1999,” Page said in a statement. “The new mixes capture the collaboration of those historic encounters and provide the full explosive passion and exciting energy of those alchemical moments.”
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For the Black Crowes, the experience of playing alongside Page was a rare and memorable moment. “The new Live at the Greek box set brings the whole experience of our work with Jimmy into a vibrant, electric, mystical and powerful perspective,” frontman Chris Robinson said. “Hail, hail rock ‘n’ roll!”
Rich Robsinson added, “Going through the shows and putting together the new box set has been such an incredible dive back to that time in our history. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thrill to play these amazing iconic songs with the man who composed them. The sound of the new mixes and extra songs blew me away when I first heard them.”
The expanded edition of Live at the Greek adds 15 new tracks to the original 2000 release, including fresh recordings of Zeppelin classics like “Custard Pie,” “You Shook Me,” and “Ten Years Gone,” as well as additional Black Crowes originals like “Remedy” and “Wiser Time.”
The announcement comes as the Black Crowes continue a busy stretch. Just last month, the recently reunited band joined an all-star benefit concert in Los Angeles to raise funds for wildfire relief. Their set featured guest appearances from rock legends John Fogerty—who joined for Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”—and Slash, who strapped on an acoustic guitar for a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California.”
The Live at the Greek deluxe edition arrives March 14.
Sam Fender might only be days removed from the release of his third album, People Watching, but already the English musician is thinking of shaking things up for his next record.
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On Friday (Feb. 21), Fender put an end to the multi-year wait for another studio album by releasing People Watching as the follow-up to 2021’s critically-acclaimed Seventeen Going Under. Having teased the album since the release of its title track in November, the record is on its way to becoming a watershed moment for the singer-songwriter.
However, while Fender has managed to harness his heartland rock style with great success, a new interview indicates that he’s looking for a bit of a sonic shift when it comes to album number four.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Fender revealed that he has piles of new material at the ready, going so far as to show his phone to the interviewer and previewing “dozens of demos.” According to the article, these include songs such as “Drugs” and “Hornsby,” the latter of which is named for its sonic similarities to U.S. musician Bruce Hornsby.
Most notably, Fender adds that he’s “desperate” to record a punk album. “I’m buzzing! I’m just singing at you!” he tells the interviewer, going so far as to belt out a Tom Petty-esque track as a preview.
“People are going to hate you, whether you’re a saint, sinner, giver or a taker,” Fender sings on one of his as-yet-unreleased tracks. “But a big old heart is all that it’s worth. And he said, ‘You’ve got a big old heart, kid! Don’t let them own it.’”
Currently, it remains to be seen when Fender will actually get some time to hit the studio and work on his desired punk album, given his hectic live schedule.
In December, he cut short a run of U.K. tour dates following a diagnosis of a hemorrhaged vocal cord, and he’s currently set to return to the global stage for a series of European dates in early March. He’ll hit the U.S. and Canada the following month, with a series of summer dates scheduled for the U.K. and Europe throughout June, July, and August.
Before he returns to the touring circuit, Fender will also perform at the Brit Awards on Saturday (March 1). He’s also up for two awards at the ceremony, including British artist of the year, and best alternative/rock act, the latter of which he previously won in 2022.
Tony Hawk has taken to social media to lament the fact that Kurt Cobain isn’t alive to meet the grandchild they share.
In September 2024, it was announced that Hawk’s son Riley and Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean had given birth to a baby boy. “Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk,” Cobain wrote on social media, revealing her son’s birth date as Sept. 17. “Welcome to the world most beautiful son. We love you more than anything.”
While the couple’s 2023 marriage and subsequent parenthood was the dream pairing that ‘90s kids the world over could have hoped for, it also resulted in the newborn boasting two of the decade’s most iconic and influential figures as his grandfathers.
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Now in his own post on social media, Tony Hawk has reflected on the impact that Kurt Cobain had upon his life, reflecting on a Nirvana gig he once attended and sharing his desire that Cobain could have met their shared grandson.
Hawk’s post was shared to Instagram Stories over the weekend and featured a ticket stub to an Oct. 20, 1991 Nirvana concert at the long-gone Houston, TX venue The Vatican. According to Hawk, he was in the area for a skateboarding competition and went directly from the event to the show.
“It was as transformative as live music can possibly be,” Hawk wrote of the gig. “We all experienced something rare and powerful that night. The world would never be the same.”
The event itself took place right on the cusp of Nirvana’s massive global takeover. Priced at just $10, the show took place just shy of four weeks after the seminal grunge outfit had released their breakthrough album, Nevermind. Just under three months later, the record would topple Michael Jackson’s Dangerous to claim the top spot on the Billboard 200, and swiftly turning the group into household names.
“I wish Kurt were here so he could see the incredible woman his daughter has become, meet her devoted, caring husband, and hold our wondrous grandchild,” Hawk added to his post.
Both Nirvana and Tony Hawk have found themselves at the forefront of the news cycle recently. While the surviving members of Nirvana performed separate reunion sets with celebrity vocalists for the FireAid LA Benefit Concert and Saturday Night Live’s SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, Hawk’s eponymous video game series has been the talk of the gaming world thanks to rumors of a new volume to be announced next week.