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In 2014, after seven years of inactivity, King Crimson returned with yet another new configuration for the unsuspecting public to absorb. This wasn’t your regular group of replacements assembled to entertain the masses — we’re looking at a carefully curated team of six musicians chosen by Crimson commander-in-chief Robert Fripp for what became known as “The Seven-Headed Beast.” With three drummers out front, Fripp expected to turn “rhythm into a moving, interlocked engine,” while weaving in long-discarded Crimson gems from the early to mid 70s, 90s and early 00s with various bits of incremental instrumentals and material from a side Projekt thrown in for balance.

With a mix of three Americans (drummer Bill Rieflin, plus returning members bassist Tony Levin and drummer Pat Mastelotto) and four Englishmen (Fripp, vocalist and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk, saxophonist and previous member Mel Collins, and drummer Gavin Harrison) the 2014 model of King Crimson was about halfway through their brief tour when they landed in New York City for four shows. 2014 NYC, available in double LP and double CD configurations, captures the best of those four nights in the city that never sleeps…and quite possibly knocked into a super, eye-opening conscious state by the sudden burst of “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part I).”

The source of the group’s thunderous delivery for 2014 is heavily reinforced by the frontline of three drummers. Mastelotto, Harrison, and Rieflin lock in and coordinate to create a wall of percussion that sounds singular through a series of rhythm patterns that complement one another. A head-noshing dose of “Level Five” highlights the teamwork involved. By the time you get to the equally gravitating “The ConstruKction Of Light,” your head will be spinning.

Perhaps the most fascinating thing about these shows is a particular emphasis on the early 70s period where the heavy turnover in the band’s membership produced an eccentric, often confounding catalog of music. Numbers like “Pictures of A City,” “The Letters” and transcendental “Sailor’s Tale” figure well into the sonic landscape. The timeless sting of “Red” and harsh elegance of “Starless” simply reminds everyone of how potent the band was in 1974. Collins’ screaming sax work alone on “Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part II)” will end any argument about that.

From the 1995’s Thrak, a combo plate of “VROOOM VROOOM” and “Coda: Marine 475” ring out nicely without Adrien Belew’s squeal. Pulling in “A Scarcity Of Miracles” and “The Light Of Day” from the Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins 2011 album, A Scarcity Of Miracle, help to solidify the band’s new approach, which would more or less stay in place until 2021 when Fripp decided (again) King Crimson was through. Even so, ending it all with a spirited crack at “21st Century Schizoid Man” is a small acknowledge of the band’s twisty, turny history that continues to reveal surprises in a world of prediction markets. Indeed, no matter how quirky or off script they go, any iteration of King Crimson is a sure bet.

~ Shawn Perry

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While the Rolling Stones singer recently said there was nothing good about ageing, his AC/DC counterpart disagrees. Continue reading…

Every September, the Hopscotch Music Festival brings an eclectic, idiosyncratic lineup to venues all around Raleigh. It’s a great time. The whole Stereogum staff went down to the fest in 2019, and we saw a ton of cool stuff. Last year’s fest looked sick, with a bill that include Earl Sweatshirt, Sparks, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Geese, and Unwound. Today, the Hopscotch organizers announced the lineup for this year’s fest, which goes down Sep. 10-12, and it’s got some surprises.

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Joanne Shaw Taylor has released “Bad Boy,” the latest single from her forthcoming studio album, The Trouble With Love, due out October 23 via Journeyman Records.

The new track is a blues-rock anthem centered on the emotional highs and lows of a toxic relationship, pairing Taylor’s signature guitar work with lyrics about moving beyond heartbreak toward self-confidence and independence.

“Sometimes love is thrilling and destructive at the same time,” Taylor said. “I wrote this song about those intense, complicated relationships.”

“Bad Boy” is the latest preview of The Trouble With Love, which was produced by Kevin Shirley. The album explores love from multiple perspectives while blending blues, rock, soul and Americana influences.

The single follows a series of previously released tracks from the album, including the title track featuring Joe Bonamassa, “What Good Is My Love?” featuring Orianthi, “Hell Or High Water,” “This Is Who I Am” and “Tired Of Being Right.”

2026 U.S. Tour Dates
July 22 – Milwaukee, WI – The Argo
July 24 – Prairie du Chien, WI – Prairie Dog Blues Festival
July 25 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Blues Festival
July 26 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
July 30 – Minneapolis, MN – The Parkway Theater
July 31 – Sioux Falls, SD – Levitt Shell Sioux Falls
August 2 – Bremerton, WA – Kitsap Rock & Blues Festival
August 14 – Portland, ME – Aura
August 15 – Salisbury, MA – Blue Ocean Music Hall
August 16 – Laconia, NH – Colonial Theatre
August 19 – Lexington, MA – Cary Hall
August 20 – Norfolk, CT – Infinity Music Hall Norfolk
August 21 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City
August 22 – Interlochen, MI – Interlochen Center for the Arts
September 10 – Paw Paw, MI – Warner Vineyards
September 11 – Dayton, OH – Levitt Pavilion Dayton
September 12 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom

2026 Fall U.S. Tour
October 28 – Albuquerque, NM – KiMo Theatre *
October 29 – Flagstaff, AZ – Orpheum Theater *
October 30 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre *
November 1 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre *
November 3 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater *
November 5 – Colorado Springs, CO – Phil Long Music Hall *
November 6 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre*
November 7 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater *
November 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room **
November 10 – Boise, ID – The Egyptian Theatre **
November 12 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory**
November 13 – Tacoma, WA – Rialto Theater **
November 15 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater **
November 17 – Grass Valley, CA – The Center for the Arts **
November 19 – Napa, CA – Uptown Theatre Napa **
November 20 – Bakersfield, CA – World Records**
November 21 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre **

* with Bywater Call
** with Robert Jon & The Wreck

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The Rolling Stones may not have announced any live dates in support of their recently released Foreign Tongues album, but guitarist Keith Richards has hinted that the band are considering options for future live shows.

In the week that the rock ‘n’ roll legends notched up their 15th UK number one album with Foreign Tongues, Richards revealed that the Stones are looking at “a different way of taking the thing on the road.”

“I know that this is all being kicked around,” Richards said in a cover story interview with US music industry bible Billboard. “This year, we just decided, ‘Look, let’s get the record out, and let’s not rush things.’ So I see no reason why next year – I don’t see anything this year, I can’t rush it that much – but I see no reason why next year, good Lord willing, we shouldn’t be able to, as you say, maybe a residency, something. Maybe you find a different way of taking the thing on the road. Bring the road to us. That’s my suggestion.”

Taken at face value, Richards’ comments seem to suggest that The Rolling Stones are weighing up the possibility of undertaking some live residencies in selected cities worldwide, perhaps taking inspiration from artists such as the Eagles, U2, Phish and Metallica, who locked multiple dates at the state-of-the-art Sphere Las Vegas venue in recent years as an alternative to multi-city tours, or pop star Harry Styles who recently announced plans to promote his new record Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally with a 30-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden, beginning on August 26.

“I don’t know if tours are possible,” Richards admitted in an interview with UK music magazine Uncut earlier this summer. “It’s the traveling that takes it out of you. But I do see the possibility of us doing a residency somewhere. Wherever it is, London, New York, Paris, anywhere. I’ll play Rome! But I don’t see why they shouldn’t be able to throw some shows together in a new format.”

Last year, Brian May said that he and Roger Taylor were “having conversations” about staging a series of shows at Sphere under the Queen + Adam Lambert banner.

He told Rolling Stone: “ I’m very keen on the Sphere. It’s got my mind working. I sat there watching the Eagles, thinking, We should do this. The stuff that we could bring to this would be stupendous.”

Davis is also expected to perform at tonight’s Yoshiki concert as well.

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My Chemical Romance and Bring Me The Horizon have had big weeks in the UK Albums Chart, hitting new highs for two of their classic records, according to the Official Charts Company.

For MCR, it is No.02 for their 15th anniversary edition of ‘Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’. It’s a new high for the record, with it previously hitting No.14 on its release back in 2010

The newly packaged record features the original tracklist fully remastered as well as nine bonus tracks. From ‘We Don’t Need Another Song About California’ to ‘Mastaa of Ravenkroft’, ‘Zero Percent’ to ‘F.T.W.W.W’, it’s the first time these tracks have been been available on both streaming and vinyl.

And it’s a record high for Bring Me The Horizon’s ‘Count Your Blessings’, with the newly re-recorded version ‘Repented’ hitting No.06. It comfortably beats where the original sat back in 2006, where it peaked at No.96.

The news follows on from the band playing the album in full at two very special shows in Manchester last weekend.

In the first ever issue of Rock Sound Rewind, a new magazine featuring classic Rock Sound features reprinted for the first time, we return to 2011 for an extended version of our interview with the My Chemical Romance, presented alongside some previously unseen photos.

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New York folk-rock ramblers the Felice Brothers started out busking in subway stations more than two decades ago, and now they’re getting their own tribute album. Brandy Schultz, Felice Brothers supporter and wife of Lumineers frontman Wesley Schultz, put the tribute LP together Felice County Fair, and it’s got Felice Brothers covers from people like Brandon Flowers, Dawes, Old Crow Medicine Show, Deer Tick, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Bebe Stockwell.

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An underappreciated cameo from ‘C-Note’.

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Moin Metalheads,
vergesst die Gegenwart – wir schicken euch auf eine Zeitreise zwischen rostige Postapokalypse und urigem Mittelalter!

Heute liefern wir Euch das komplette Brett für das Wasteland und das Wackinger Village, den Feuerwehrtruck. Auch in diesem Jahr wurde ein Programm zusammengezimmert, das Euch abseits der Hauptbühnen mit einer geballten Ladung Entertainment, rauchenden Motoren, klirrenden Klingen und echten Kult-Acts versorgt.

Wer den ultimativen, rotzigen Endzeit-Vibe sucht, biegt direkt ab ins Wasteland. Hier walzen die Wasteland Warriors mit ihrer brachialen Motorshow (Roaring Engines), dem staubigen Cardrive und spektakulären Feuershows über den Holy Ground. Wenn Diplomatie versagt, fliegen beim Cage Fight im stählernen Käfig die Fetzen. Musikalisch gibt es ordentlich auf die Zwölf: Die selbsternannten Rockstars der Apokalypse von Megabosch liefern den perfekten Soundtrack für das zügellose Leben nach dem großen Knall. Zum krönenden Abschluss wird der stählerne Krawall gegen absolute Flauschigkeit getauscht: Bei der legendären Plushy Party (open end!) gilt die eiserne Regel: Ohne Onesie kein Einlass!

Mitten im Wasteland wartet außerdem die Location Out of the Cage auf Euch. Hier teilen die besten Live-Entdeckungen des Undergrounds ordentlich aus: Freut Euch auf die tonnenschweren Stoner-Grooves von Godzilla in the Kitchen, den düster-cineastischen Dark Rock der Black Alley Sons und den ungezähmten Punk-Spirit von Dramatist. Außerdem mit dabei: Der tiefschwarze Dark Delta Rock von Van Tastik, die asymmetrischen Riffs von Mudfinger und die brachiale Live-Energie von Give Me Rain – Schweißausbruch garantiert!

Direkt nebenan beamt Euch das Wackinger Village zurück ins tiefste Mittelalter. Auf dem Wackinger Kampfplatz fliegen beim Showkampftraining und der rasanten Knight’s Show der Schule für mittelalterlichen Schwertschaukampf (SSK) die Funken. Wer selbst aktiv werden will, schmeißt sich beim rustikalen Bruchenballturnier in den Sand oder lernt beim Mittelalterlichen Tanzworkshop, wie man das Tanzbein schwingt. Abgerundet wird das Spektakel auf dem Platz durch den traditionellen Umzug der Lager, das faszinierende Feuervarieté sowie mystische Augenweiden wie den Tanzdrachen Walkact und die atemberaubende Dragons & Pois Show.

Um den Durst stilecht zu löschen, geht es weiter in den Wackinger Beergarden. Hier schallt feinste handgemachte Musik durch die Luft: Das virtuose Trio The Trouble Notes fusioniert Geige mit Progressive Rock, während das Bremer Ein-Mann-Überschallkommando Lutz Drenkwitz barfuß Gitarre, Kazoo und Schlagzeug gleichzeitig bedient. Tales of Nebelheym entführen Euch mit Steampunk-Folk auf ein musikalisches Geisterschiff, Barde Sintram erfüllt als wandelndes Musikwunsch-Radio Eure mittelalterlichen Songträume und Mac Cabe & Kanaka bringen mit brutaler Stimmgewalt ehrlichen Salzwassercharme direkt an Euren Biertisch.

Noch mehr Seefahrer-Romantik gefällig? An der Wackinger Port Church treiben die Piraten ihr Unwesen! Während Whizbow mit einer irisch-schottischen Folk-Sause die Taverne abreißt und skurrile Gestalten beim Wackinger Walkact Euren Weg kreuzen, entert Captain Ratcatcher’s Rattenbande das Gelände. Der kinderfreundliche, aber für Kaufleute furchterregende Piratenkapitän hat für den Metal-Nachwuchs ein ganz besonderes Special im Gepäck: Die Wacky-Island-Kids-Safe-Zone lädt die kleinen Freibeuter zum Goldabstauben und Abenteuern ein!

Für alle, die nach dem ganzen Trubel die Hüften kreisen lassen wollen, brennt am Feuerwehrtruck die Luft! Hier drehen die Herrschaften an den Reglern komplett durch. W:O:A-Gründer Holger Hübner bittet als DJ Hüby zur handverlesenen Audienz, das Ballroom DJ Team bringt den Hamburger Kiez-Vibe auf den Acker und der dänische Spontanitäts-Gott Kalle 4 World Leader zwingt Euch zum philosophischen Querdenken. Außerdem reißen Mandowar mit ihren winzigen Instrumenten die größten Metal-Klassiker ab, Kult-Legende Mambo Kurt orgelt um sein Leben, DJ Eric Hutchence liefert eine fette Live-Drum-Show, DJ Klaus Lipper knallt Euch kompromisslose Bretter um die Ohren und das Team von Beyond the Beat treibt Euren Puls endgültig in astronomische Höhen.

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W:O:A Team

Der Beitrag Das Programm von Wasteland & Wackinger Village beim W:O:A 2026 erschien zuerst auf Live, laut, legendär!.