June 21, 2010 Music News from the Rock Station, 92-7 WQLZ by Bishop By the end of the year It was reported last week, but now even more info is coming out about A Perfect Circle coming back around. This time, co-founder and APC guitarist Billy Howerdel is on the record. At Howerdel's other band's gig in Hollywood last week, he talked about how after a 6 year break from new material, A Perfect Circle will be releasing something later this year and possibly a tour as well! Meanwhile, Tool and A Perfect Circle front man Maynard James Keenan's signature wine is featured in a documentary coming out September 7th. “Blood Into Wine” will be chock-full of special features for fans to swallow down. Heartfelt reunion So, was there more going on behind the scenes of The Big Four's historic performance? According to Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, the shows provided a chance for Metallica's Lars and James to reconnect with former band mate and now Megadeth front man Dave Mustain. Trujillo said about the dinner just before the first Big Four show that “there's just no shortage of conversation. The difficult part is kind of making your way to the next guy. There's always something great to talk about.” The drummer of Anthrax even said that a dinner held before the show with everyone was like a high school reunion. There are no plans set up yet for The Big Four to tour the states, but the show scheduled for tomorrow in Bulgaria will be broadcast across the world and in a theater near you. Get info and tickets for The Big Four's theater show online at TheBigFourLive.com. The bandwagon Korn's announcement last week of boycotting BP gas for their touring caravan has caught on to other artists. Two months have now gone by after the Deep Water Horizon oil well blew up in the Gulf of Mexico and estimates of between 60k and 100k gallons of oil and natural gas are spewing into the waters daily. Now a slew of artists have hopped on board the boycott, including Disturbed, Rise Against, Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Black Label Society, Anthrax, Creed, Filter, Hellyeah, Flogging Molly and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Korn's Jonathan Davis said, “from everything we're hearing about now, it's become clear that BP cut corners to put profit ahead of safety. The message we are sending should tell all the oil companies to spend the money and take the necessary precautions to make sure this doesn't happen again.” Catch the Music Minute every weekday with the Free Beer and Hot Wings Show on 92-7 WQLZ, the Rock Station. |
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