Another Las Vegas Residency: This Time STYX (Again)

STYX will do a short residency at The Venetian in Las Vegas starting in January. Tickets go on sale Friday, continuing the trend of little advanced warning before on-sale dates.

The band has done a residency at The Venetian in the past, so these new dates are not a surprise.

Mike Tramp, 'The Road To Valhalla' -- New Music

From Songs of White Lion: Vol. II, Mike Tramp brings us a reimagined "The Road To Valhalla." The song originally appeared on the 1985 release Fight to Survive. In mythology, Valhalla is like a warrior's heaven. The new release is available via Frontiers.

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'Awake' - Violent Breed, New Music

Violent Breed is a new band formed by bassist Brian Wheat of Tesla and new rock voice AleX. The group's debut single is called "Awake" and the official video came out yesterday. Also, guitarist Dave Rude (Tesla) played on the track as well.

From his book, it is pretty clear that Wheat likes to keep busy and he's always interested in finding new talent and making music. Wheat and AleX have been working together a long time, so the collaboration seems and feels natural. I would assume shows will happen sometime soon and obviously more music is coming.

Rarity: Fred Coury Edition

Drummer Fred Coury of Cinderella fame shared a personal rarity to his Facebook page: an audio track of his very first demo! This is cool and I love when musicians share stuff like this! A real reason to have and keep social media these days.

Jon Bon Jovi Saves Woman In Crisis

This is pretty amazing footage. Jon Bon Jovi was doing a video shoot on a pedestrian bridge in Nashville and he saw a woman contemplating jumping into the water below. Approaching cautiously, he spoke with the woman and convinced her to change her mind about jumping.

September is National Suicide Prevention month. The video is proof that being kind and reaching out really can save a life. In that moment, it didn't matter that Jon is a big star, or rich or beautiful or whatever. He just saw the opportunity to help and did so.

Finally, if you are in crisis, dial 988. Help is available, 24/7 - 365. 

Queen Announce Special Debut Album Box

Queen’s Greatest Hits is back at the Number 1 stop on the Billboard Hard Rock chart. That compilation has spent 400 (non-consecutive) weeks at number 1.

In other news, Queen is releasing a special box set featuring a remaster of their awesome debut. We’re talking Queen 1 here with 63 tracks, many with new mixes. There are 6 CDs and 1 LP and it is all out October 25. You can pre-order now. 

“Queen I is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you.” - Brian May and Roger Taylor, 2024 👑
Queen’s groundbreaking 1973 debut album has been remixed, remastered and expanded in a 6CD+1LP box set with 63 tracks and 43 brand new mixes. And, for the very first time, a… pic.twitter.com/dERHkadu38

— Queen (@QueenWillRock) September 11, 2024

Motley Crue Announce Hollywood 'Takeover'

This was rumored for awhile but now it is apparently fact: Motley Crue will do a Hollywood takeover and play some of the iconic rock clubs in the area.

There is a charity aspect here so that is good.

The poster below is just wrong though - using the original graphics and having John 5 in one of the squares? Crazy.