— As UK music festivals go, the Phoenix Festival doesn’t have the storied history of Glastonbury or Reading. It only ran for five years, between 1993 and ’97, but it was located pretty close to my home in the Midlands region of England when I was growing up, and so I went to the 1995 event and the two that followed. The 1996 Phoenix Festival is the festival that I judge all festivals on. So high was the bar it set, I’ve yet to see it be bettered (and I’ve attended Glastonburys, Readings, Coachellas, Riot Fests, Rocklahomas, Download/Doningtons, and more… Read more »
idobi photographer Yising Kao covered the 8123 Festival in Phoenix, AZ. The lineup included The Maine, State Champs. The Summer Set, Tessa Violet, 3OH!3, and many more. Check out photos from the entire weekend down below!
Today we have news about Evan Rachel Wood, Marilyn Manson, and Dustin “Screech” Diamond. – Evan Rachel Wood and Four Other Women Accuse Marilyn Manson of Abuse Actress and singer, Evan Rachel Wood, along with four other women, has come forward with abuse accusations against Marilyn Manson. The two dated from 2007-2008, when she was 19 and he was 37. More than 10 years later, in 2019, Wood spoke to the California Senate Public Safety Committee in support of The Phoenix Act, a bill created to give victims of abuse more rights and time to come forward. The Westworld actress… Read more »
Another try at the Dark Phoenix story from the X-Men comic books and an ending to the 20th Century Fox movie franchise.
The Classic Crime’s independently-released Phoenix embodies melodic rock intensity with its driving beats and epic build-ups, but also manages to tone down the energy at key points to flavor the album with softer emotion precisely when required.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix, who played Johnny Cash on the big screen, is cutting an album with Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess, Billboard.com has learned. But whether the set will be released remains unclear. According to U.K.-born Burgess, who has lived in Los Angeles for several years, the album came about after Phoenix learned to play guitar in preparation for his role in the 2005 film “Walk the Line,” for which he received an Academy Award nomination. “Once he learned guitar, he found that he had quite a lot of demons inside himself that he wanted to expel through music,” says Burgess,… Read more »
Multi-platinum Island Records group Fall Out Boy kicks off the new year with “****LIVE IN PHOENIX,” their first long-form CD+DVD two-disc package, set to arrive in stores on April 1st. The core of the program will be their full-length Honda Civic Tour concert of June 2007 from the Cricket Pavilion in Phoenix, with all 22 songs contained on both the CD and DVD layers. In addition, the DVD layer will include all 8 of Fall Out Boy’s Island Records video clips in chronological order — from their debut single “Sugar, We’re Going Down” (MTV2 Award winner for 2005), “Dance,… Read more »
If you missed Softcult‘s recent spring tour through the U.S., this news is for you! The Canadian twin duo is coming to North America this fall with special guests Wayside. “We’re looking forward to hitting the road in the USA again, playing some of our favorite cities, and performing songs from our upcoming album for the very first time,” Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn share. “Especially in these times where hateful and ignorant voices feel louder than ever, we’re excited to bring people together to form a supportive community that celebrates otherness and inclusivity, create safe spaces that we can occupy together, and scream… Read more »
Following the release of their brand new album Never Enough last week, Turnstile has announced the Never Enough Tour. The tour run is scheduled to kick off on September 15 in Nashville, TN. Turnstile will be joined by a rotating cast of support acts, including Amyl & The Sniffers, SPEED, Jane Remover, Mannequin Pussy, and Blood Orange. Presale tickets are currently available. General on-sale is slated to begin on Friday, June 13. Check out the band’s full touring schedule below, and purchase tickets here. Tour Dates: Read more: 8 Places To Shop For Your Vans Warped Tour Wardrobe + With… Read more »
The Plot In You is playing several rock festivals this summer, but excitingly, the group just announced they’ll be performing an array of headline shows throughout North America this fall. The band will kick off their headlining run at Providence’s The Strand on September 5 and wrap up on September 18 in Huntsville’s VBC Mars Music Hall. Northlane, Invent Animate, and Windwaker will offer support on these tour stops. Then, The Plot In You will begin their support run with Bring Me The Horizon and Motionless In White on September 23 at Raleigh’s Lenovo Center and conclude it on October… Read more »
