Ozzy Osbourne says his long-lasting friendship with Lemmy Kilmister had a lot of brutal honesty about their lives and work. Their friendship started professionally on 1991's No More Tears, which is where Kilmister collaborated on four tracks - it includes "Mama, I'm Coming Home," Osbourne's only Top 40 hit that made it on the Billboard Hot 100. However, they also saw each other in social spaces and not just at work. Right up until the Motorhead legend failed to resist to a variety of maladies, which includes prostate cancer on Dec. 28, 2015 - which happened to be four days after [...]

This Week In Rock News!  8/5/22 This week in rock news; The Rolling Stones wrap up their Sixty tour, the Motley Crue track is in the upcoming film The Retaliators, Elton John's tour will be an official documentary, and more! The new Motley Crue track is an all star effort for the upcoming film The Retaliators. “The Retaliators Theme Song (21 Bullets),” which was co-written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael of Sixx A.M., features guest spots by Asking Alexandria, Ice Nine Kills and From Ashes to New. Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp may have crossed the line with one of the songs on their new album, 18. It appears as though they used lines from the poem [...]

Watch Mick Jagger "Flash" a Female Fan . . . who Flashed Him The Rolling Stones performed in Spain on Tuesday, and in the middle of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", Mick Jagger noticed a woman in the crowd . . . who was holding an American flag . . . AND who was TOPLESS. Mick responded by playfully lifting his own shirt to flash his nips back at the woman.  It's unclear who the mystery woman is . . . but Mick shared the footage on an Instagram Story. (Mick is 79 now, and continues to live the life.  NOTE:  The images at the link only [...]

The Rolling Stones and U2 have made a lot of money from touring over the years. Pollstar, the concert industry publication, in celebration of its 40th anniversary, has put together a list of the "Top Touring Artists of the Pollstar Era." It ranks the top 150 headlining acts over that time compiled thousands of box-office reports, and the Top 2 acts are the Stones and U2. The Stones are ranked by gross, $2.165 billion from 22.14 million tickets sold, and U2 by ticket sales, over 26 million, for a gross of $2.128 billion. 15 acts surpassed $1 billion grossed, but only the Stones and U2 surpassed $2 billion. [...]

The mid 80's we're both good and bad for Fleetwood Mac. Mirage had a handful of hits in "Hold Me" and "Gypsy". They completed a short tour as well that year. The break was much needed given that all was not well beneath the surface. Mick filed for bankruptcy in 84, Nicks was admitted to the Betty Ford Clinic in 86 for her cocaine addiction and the next year John McVie suffered an alcohol-induced seizure. Many thought that was the end to Fleetwood Mac. A cover Christine McVie recorded for a movie was the spark they all needed. Things didn't run [...]

This Week In Rock News! 7/29/22 This week in rock news, Ozzy sets a new record, Ringo Starr has a new song out, it's Mott the Hoople's song All the Young Dudes anniversary,  Motley Crue kickstart the drums, Pat Benatar is coming out with a musical, and more!   Ozzy Osbourne's new song, "Patient Number 9," has helped another legend set a chart record. Ozzy will release Patient Number 9 on September 9th.   Ringo Starr has released a new song. "World Go Round" -- written by Toto guitarist Steve Lukather and it will be released in September.   Mott the Hoople released their signature song, "All the [...]

Charlie Benante, who is an Anthrax drummer, vowed to "do it right" when he takes part in Pantera tribute shows that are happening next year. He will be doing it alongside Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown and Zakk Wylde. In a new interview with SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk, Benante and Wylde pointed out their approach to standing in for late Pantera members Vinnie Paul Abbott and Dimebag Darrell Abbott, respectively. The concerts lead to quite a bit of controversy after they were described as a Pantera reunion. "I can't go do this as the drummer from Anthrax, because it would be a different sound [...]

Rob Halford Has Mixed Feelings About Judas Priest Getting the Rock Hall's "Musical Excellence Award" Rob Halford still has mixed feelings about Judas Priest getting the Rock Hall's "Musical Excellence Award".  He says it feels like the band is "one step away" from a proper induction. Judas Priest gets into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, but not the way most other acts do.  They're getting the "Musical Excellence Award".  And Rob Halford still isn't sure how to feel about it. At first, he admits he was, quote, "pissed".  But now he goes back and forth.  He says, quote, "Some days, I [...]

Private jets are the new fur:  That silly extravagance that celebrities are being pressured more and more to give up on.  And now there's a Twitter account that's helping to apply that pressure. It's called Celebrity Jets, and it tracks famous people's private jet flights . . . revealing how long the flights were and how much jet fuel was used.  And it's pretty eye-opening. You may have heard that Kylie Jenner took a 17-minute flight recently, from Camarillo to Van Nuys, California.  The trip would have taken her about 45 minutes by car, depending on traffic. Well, she's not the only offender.  Not by a [...]

Peter Jackson, who is a director, says he has an idea for a new Beatles movie less than a year after he released The Beatles: Get Back. "I'm talking to the Beatles about another project, something very, very different than Get Back," he say to Deadline. "We're seeing what the possibilities are, but it's another project with them. It's not really a documentary... and that's all I can really say." "So the next 18 months I worked on Get Back and then Paul is rehearsing to go back out on tour, and I just thought, 'I either have to suggest it [...]