According to Diffuser.fm, “Blondie will return this spring with a new studio album, Pollinator, featuring collaborations with a diverse array of guests!”
The set’s first single, ‘Fun’ is out now, and included as a pre-release download with digital pre-orders of the new LP.”
Some interesting history comes from BlabberMouth.net about the foundation of Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl’s first song. “According to The Pulse Of Radio, a new clip has surfaced showing FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl listening to what is believed to be the first song he ever wrote. The track is called “Gods Look Down” and the segment in which Grohl reviews it was apparently filmed for the FOO FIGHTERS‘ 2014 HBO series “Sonic Highways” but never aired. The clip was uploaded by Barrett Jones, owner of Laundry Room Studios and co-producer of the FOO FIGHTERS‘ self-titled 1995 debut album.” writes BlabberMouth.net
UltimateClassicRock.com writes that Bob Dylan will once again dip into the Great American Songbook for another set of standards. Following 2015’s Shadows in the Night and last year’s Fallen Angels, the three-CD Triplicate consists almost entirely of songs recorded by Frank Sinatra.
LoudWire.com shouts . . . . Get ready, Las Vegas, it’s about to rock! Live Nation has announced the creation of the Las Rageous music festival, featuring some of the biggest names in hard rock and metal. Godsmack and Avenged Sevenfold will headline the two-day festival, which will take place Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22, on two stages set in the heart of iconic downtown Las Vegas.
RollingStone.com shares that Geoff Nicholls, Black Sabbath’s longtime keyboardist who performed with the heavy metal legends for 25 years, died Saturday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 68.
