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Fresh on the heels of last night’s 2024 Grammy Awards, I’m happy to report that classic rock was not overlooked. In fact, 3 of the biggest names in classic rock won Grammys, not to mention the legends that performed at the ceremony.Before I delve too deep into these big winners, I’d like to share a very big congratulations to Taylor Swift who broke the record of winning Album of the Year for the 4th time. The pop star surpassed some true icons who have only won this award 3 times, incl …

There's a new music festival coming this October, and it definitely sounds like it's going to be sonic power trip.  It's called the Powertrip Festival, and it's scheduled to take place at the Empire Polo Club, in Indio, California (home of the Coachella Music Festival), over the weekend of October 6-8, 2023. Essentially an evolution of the Desert Festival which took place in 2016 and featured performances by some of the biggest names in early classic rock, including the  …

Metallica announced plans for developing their own brand of whiskey by teaming up with former distiller, Dave Pickerell, from Maker’s Mark. No one expected this, but we’re not complaining!Metallica and Pickerell are considering three locations for their new distillery: “San Francisco, the home of Metallica; Louisville, the home of bourbon; and Nashville, the home of music. One of those three seems to make sense,” Pickerell told Whiskycast. “I'm voting for San Francisco and the Bay Area, if nothi …

Metallica have confirmed a second North American leg of their WorldWired Tour. The first leg of this tour concluded back in August, 2017, in Edmonton, Alberta.  The band, along with concert promoter Live Nation and a number of concert venues, teased Metallica fans this past Friday with a series of social media posts that simply said "Monday."  The North American WorldWired shows will commence on September 2, in Madison, Wisconsin and conclude around this time next year, …

A couple of weeks ago, I reported that the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl looked like he was getting his own reality TV show. Well, we can add two more big names from the 1990s rock scene to the list of musicians getting their own reality series: James Hetfield from Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan. Let's start with James' show. Ok, so I'll rebuke my statement that James Hetfield is a 1990s rock star, as Metallica was around for quite a bit during the 1980s. However, it …