Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers just released a new album, Hypnotic Eye, which became their first ever Number 1 album. They are on an extensive summer and fall tour to promote this album, with Steve Winwood joining them as support act. Steve Winwood I’ll admit to not being super familiar with Steve Winwood. When I was younger, my mother […]
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The Carnivores Tour features a co-headlining bill of Linkin Park and Thirty Seconds to Mars. Support on the tour comes from AFI. AFI AFI is touring in support of their 9th album, Burials, released in late 2013. I’m not familiar with the band, but I loved their energy! Frontman Davey Havok put on a badass performance, and the crowd really […]
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The 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival once again comes rolling through Massachusetts. This year we only covered acts on the festival stages. It was a hot day out there, but a bunch of great bands gave great performances. Mushroomhead Ill Niño Miss May I Emmure Suicide Silence Body Count featuring Ice-T Cannibal Corpse
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Today we have an installment of OLD England Music Blog. I travelled across the pond to the United Kingdom, where I experienced Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth House. Disclaimer: I did not have a photo pass for this show, so the pictures are not as high quality as most of our coverage, however I still wanted to bring the story of […]
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Vyntyge Skynyrd is a new tribute band out of Massachusetts paying tribute to, you guessed it, Lynyrd Skynyrd. I don’t consider myself a Skynyrd fan, but my friend Donnie plays guitar in the band, so I went out to support. I was surprised at just how many songs I knew! As I said, this was their first gig, so they’re […]
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Volbeat continues to tour in support of last year’s album, Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies. This year their spring tour skipped Boston, opting to play a little further north in Hampton Beach, NH. I took the drive (made extra long with Boston traffic) to see my 12th Volbeat concert. Digital Summer Opening act for the tour is Phoenix based band Digital Summer. […]
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On May 19, Rob Zombie is releasing his first ever live concert DVD/Blu-Ray, The Zombie Horror Picture Show. He’s been on a spring US tour to support this, mainly playing smaller venues than they normally do. As the tour reaches the end, of the last stops was Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence. The opening “act,” Disco Death Rock, was a […]
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Avenged Sevenfold is currently out on their Hail to the King tour, in support of the album by the same name. Joining them on this tour are Deftones, and one of my personal favorites, Ghost B.C. The TD Garden has some policies that make it very tough for one person to both photograph and review a show. After photographing your […]
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The fourth annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival rolls through town, headlined by Alice in Chains and Jane’s Addiction. Danko Jones Coheed and Cambria Janes Addiction Alice in Chains
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Phil Anselmo, the former singer of Pantera, and frontman of the bands Down and Superjoint Ritual, has a new solo project, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, and they are touring in support of their album, Walk Through Exits Only. Author & Punisher WARBEAST Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals
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This summer, Megadeth is bringing Gigantour back on the road! Gigantour 2012 had a high quality lineup, which I felt was one of the biggest bangs for your buck around. How does Gigantour 2013 compare to last year? Let’s find out. Death Division In 2012, Gigantour had four bands (Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil), who were all established to […]
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Ghost B.C. is touring in support of their new album, Infestissumam. They made their way into Boston, playing at the Royale Boston nightclub. I first saw Ghost (remember, the B.C. is silent) at Metallica’s Orion Music & More festival last year in Atlantic City. I had never heard of them before, but all weekend I was hearing a lot of […]
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