Weekly Music News 20.11.22
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning November 20, 2022
In an interview with Songfacts this week, Dave Mustaine said he would like another run of "The Big Four" shows featuring thrash metal's four giants: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Dave even suggested a concert where the Big Four could pass the torch to four newer bands, although he did not name the acts he considers worthy. He knows Slayer's retirement tour ended in 2019, which complicates things, but he has not given up on the idea.
Is this the end of his US touring? Elton John played the last of his three Dodger Stadium shows in Los Angeles on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. The three-hour concert featured Dua Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile. Celebrities in the audience included Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Jude Law. The concert was livestreamed on Disney+ and made available on the platform.
The band "Pantera" has announced European shows for 2023. Last summer, we learned that singer Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown would tour under the Pantera name, the band's first shows in two decades. It was later announced that Zakk Wylde would play guitar in place of Dimebag Darrell, who was murdered in 2004, while Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante would take the seat of Vinnie Paul Abbott, who died in 2018. The band is now set to visit Europe in May and June 2023. For tickets, click here.
The band "AC/DC" is the subject of a new book celebrating 50 years. Formed in Australia in 1973, AC/DC became one of the most popular and best-selling rock bands. Canadian journalist Martin Popoff's "AC/DC At 50" traces that career, from Sydney pubs to stadiums, through photographs, concert posters, seven-inch picture sleeves, tickets and more. Publication is announced for March 7, 2023.
The band "Rammstein" shares an epic video that feels like a continuation of "Deutschland". This time it is "Adieu", the closing song on "Zeit", the band's eighth album, released earlier this year. A series of teasers preceded the video, one featuring a vault labelled "MUTTER-22", prompting fans to wonder about links to the iconic third album "Mutter", originally released in 2001.
What is going on??? If you thought the Rammstein video was wild, try this... The video for "Bouncy Castle" by Tommy Lee features dildo helmets, people-eating fireplaces, a breast-themed drum kit, a giant snake emerging from Lee's trousers, a headless body crawling across the floor, an image made of breasts (yes, more breasts), and a huge pile of bodies...
At last!!! The long-awaited box set of "Black Sabbath" albums from the Tony Martin era is expected in 2023, according to the singer. Martin was with Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997. He recorded five albums: "The Eternal Idol" (1987), "Headless Cross" (1989), "Tyr" (1990), "Cross Purposes" (1994) and "Forbidden" (1995). Fans have spent years searching for the hard-to-find records, with reissues delayed and much of the material absent from streaming services. In an interview with The Metal Voice this week, Martin said he understood the reissues were coming in 2023, although he did not know the details.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant surprised fans by joining an open-mic evening at an Aberdeen pub in Scotland. In town with Saving Grace, he visited Under The Hammer after the band's show and delighted the locals with an unannounced performance. He stayed to listen to the musicians who followed. Saving Grace features Plant with Tony Kelsey, Matt Worley, Suzi Dian and percussionist Oli Jefferson.
In an interview with Spain's RockFM this week, singer Ian Gillan rejected the idea of Deep Purple reuniting with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, calling it disrespectful to the current lineup. Gillan said that when he joined in 1969, he and Blackmore got on very well, sharing a room and partying together. He has many wonderful memories of Ritchie as a great guitarist, but over the years something changed in Blackmore and the others. The chemistry was no longer the same, making a reunion hard to imagine.
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