X-Japan To Headline At Coachella Tonight, Live Stream On YouTube


Legendary visual kei rock band X-Japan will make their Coachella debut tonight, headlining the Mojave stage at 11:10 PM. As one of the only hard rock acts of the weekend, the band is likely to make a strong impact on festival goers with their amazing show. The bands 10-year reunion concerts just wrapped April 10 and 11 at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo, warming up for the band’s debut performance at Coachella tonight, April 14. Richard Fortus of Guns N’ Roses, Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit, and Miya from MUCC joined the stage as special guests, adding more speculation about who might join X JAPAN on stage at their Coachella performances. Stream the performance tonight at the link below. Continue reading


James Iha To Miss Upcoming Tour With A Perfect Circle


A Perfect Circle’s new album Eat The Elephant is a little over a month away from dropping and the band is lining up a much-anticipated headline tour to match. Sadly, due to his commitments in this summer’s Smashing Pumpkins reunion, James Iha cannot join APC on tour. The band has recruited Failure bassist Greg Edwards to fill-in. Check out the statement the band released on the topic.

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Goldenvoice Confirms – No Desert Trip II In 2017


According to a news report from Billboard Magazine, Desert Trip, the music festival jokingly called “Oldchella” will not be making a return in 2017. The festival made a huge return on their investment, and drew an audience of over 150,000 for a high-end festival experience and had the likes of Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, Roger Waters, and Neil Young at the Empire Polo Club in Coachella Valley, Indio, California is officially not coming back for round two.Continue reading


Volbeat Books US West Coast Tour Along With Coachella Dates


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Danish rockers Volbeat have booked another US tour with nine dates on the west coast and Texas. The dates support Volbeat’s two appearances at Coachella Festival, where they will share the stage with the likes of Guns `N Roses and LCD Soundsystem and others. Direct support on some of the dates will come from Black Stone Cherry and Monster Truck, as noted below. The private fan club sale fan club pre-sale begins tomorrow, February 17th at 10 am local. The password is BOOGIE2016. The general to the public sale starts Friday, February 19th at 10 AM local. Volbeat continues to tour behind 2013 Outlaw Gentlemen And Shady Ladies (Vertigo/Universal) album, and are expected to release a new album in 2016.

Volbeat US tour dates:

April 13: The Roxy Theatre – West Hollywood, CA

April 14: Hard Rock – Las Vegas, NV :The Joint *

April 15: Coachella – Indio, CA SOLD OUT

April 18: Centre Plaza – Modesto, CA :Modesto *

April 20: Silver Dollar Fairground Chico, CA *

April 22: Coachella – Indio, CASOLD OUT

April 24:Downtown Phoenix – Phoenix, AZ :*

April 25: Abraham Chavez Theatre – El Paso, TX :*

April 26 : Lonestar Amphitheater – Lubbock, TX *

*Black Stone Cherry & Monster Truck

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Volbeat, photo credit by Keith Johnson/Big Shot Concerts

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