Lamb of God announce tour with Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity

If you missed heavy metal band Lamb of God’s winter tour there’s good news – it’s just a short wait until their next run. The band announced that they’ll be back on the road, with another heavy lineup, this spring.

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Lamb Of God

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Kicking-off April 30 in Fort Myers, FL, the tour will crisscross the country before wrapping up in early June. Renowned rockers Clutch and metallers Corrosion of Conformity are featured on the bill.
The upcoming tour also comprises several rock festival appearances by Lamb of God. They’ll hit Welcome to Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Rock on the Range, Bonnaroo, and others.
The Virginia-based band is touring in support of its latest album VII: Sturm Und Drang, which dropped last summer. Sturm Und Drang marks Lamb of God’s first album in three years and is their seventh full-length effort.

Tickets go on-sale to the public February 12 and can be purchased via the band’s website here. See the list of confirmed North American dates below.

For more rock news, reviews, and concert updates and photos, follow entertainment writer and photographer Sherri “So Very” Crawford on Instagram and Twitter: @RockaholicRx, and on Facebook: @SherriSoVery and RockaholicRx.


U.S. Headline Tour Dates w/ Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity, plus festival performance dates:

Sat/Apr-30 - Fort Myers, FL @ JetBlue Park - "Fort Rock"
Sun/May-01 - Jacksonville, FL @ Metropolitan Park - "Welcome to Rockville"
Tue/May-03 - New Orleans, LA @ The Orpheum
Wed/May-04 - Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
Sat/May-07 - Concord, NC @ Charlotte Motor Speedway - "Carolina Rebellion"
Sun/May-08 - Reading, PA @ Reading Eagle Theatre
Mon/May-09 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
Tue/May-10 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
Thu/May-12 - St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Fri/May-13 - Council Bluffs, IA @ Westfair Amphitheater - "89.7 The River's Rockfest (KIWR)"
Sat/May-14 - Somerset, WI @ Somerset Amphitheater - "Northern Invasion"
Mon/May-16 - Binghamton, NY @ Magic City Music Hall
Tue/May-17 - Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Thu/May-19 - Toronto, ON @ TD Echo Beach
Fri/May-20 - Schaghticoke, NY @ Schaghticoke Fairgrounds - "Rock'n Derby"
Sat/May-21 - Columbus, OH @ MAPFRE Stadium - "Rock on the Range"
Mon/May-23 - Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
Tue/May-24 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Wed/May-25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Fri/May-27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
Sat/May-28 - Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater Pomona
Sun/May-29 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Tue/May-31 - Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater at CenturyLink Field Events Center
Wed/Jun-01 - Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Thu/Jun-02 - Penticton, BC @ South Okanagan Events Centre
Sat/Jun-04 - Calgary, AB @ Calgary Stampede Corral
Sun/Jun-05 - Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre
Mon/Jun-06 - Saskatoon, SK @ Saskatoon Prairieland Exhibition Park Hall A
Tue/Jun-07 - Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Sat/Jun-11 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - "Bonnaroo"

California Roots Carolina Sessions music festival moving to Myrtle Beach, lineup announced

Jacob Hemphill of SOJA - The band will

return this year to the California Roots: Carolina

Sessions, after headlining the inaugural fest

 in 2013.

Photo: Sherri 'So Very' Crawford

(updated as first reported for AXS.com)

By Sherri 'So Very' Crawford |Following its first two years in North Carolina, the annual California Roots: The Carolina Sessions music festival is relocating - and there’s more changes in store.

Originally held in Wilmington, NC, at Battleship Park, the concert event featuring rock-reggae and related bands is crossing the border for 2015. Organizers are moving the fest to South Carolina, where it will take place at the Old Myrtle Beach Pavilion.

What’s more, the Carolina Sessions will downsize to a one-day affair, after expanding to two days last year. Organizers explained some of the reasons behind the changes soon after making the announcements.

“Battleship Park, while beautiful, does not have any infrastructure needed, is smaller than desired and very complicated to get to and from,” says one of the local organizers and promoters, Chris Lee of Pipeline Events. Lee also pointed out that “rising tides last year” were another venue challenge.

Heavy rains caused the adjacent Cape Fear River to swell, flooding the festival grounds and leaving shin-deep mud in its wake. Additionally, parking wasn’t permitted at Battleship Park, leaving attendees to take shuttles from certain locations or hailing taxis, instead.


Rebelution frontman Eric Rachmany sings

at the 2nd annual California Roots:

Carolina Sessions,

at Battleship Park in Wilmington, NC.

photo: Sherri 'So Very' Crawford

While organizers looked for an alternate Wilmington location, they couldn’t find one to meet their needs. That’s when they expanded their search, choosing a venue about an hour and a half south of the Port City.

The new venue, along the Grand Strand, offers more space and offers nearby parking. Since it’s located across from the ocean, organizers say the view is inviting, too.

“The new location is at least 5 times larger, has a one thousand-spot parking deck less than 100 feet away and tons of hotels within walking distance,” Lee says. “The view is also unprecedented, you look out across the site and all you see is ocean for days.”
 
The now-empty landmark site off Ocean Blvd., located between 9th and 8th avenues north, has a long history in Myrtle Beach. From 1948 to 2006 it was home to the Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park.

Meanwhile, this year’s festival line-up will feature 311's mix of rock, reggae, hip-hop and funk, the iconic roots-reggae of Steel Pulse, and the return of SOJA to the fest. Among the artists for the first two Carolina Sessions were Dirty Heads, Rebelution, and more.

The Carolina Sessions is an east coast expansion of the California Roots music and arts festival, held annually in Monterey, California. The off-shoot event started in Wilmington in 2013.

“We love Wilmington and are very thankful for the first two years of support,” Lee says. “Luckily, the City of Myrtle Beach has been more than welcoming of the event.”

The 2015 concert event will happen on Oct. 3 and tickets are on-sale. For more information, visit the California Roots: Carolina Sessions website.

Collie Buddz performs at the 2nd Annual
California Roots: Carolina Sessions.
photo: Sherri 'So Very' Crawford

     

Islander's Mikey Carvajal drops a tour secret, talks influences at Carolina Rebellion

Plus watch the video for Islander's 'The Sadness of Graves'

Members of Islander talk with Rockaholic's Sherri 'So Very'
after the band opened Day 1 of Carolina Rebellion 2015.
From lt: Mikey Carvajal, Sherri 'So Very' Crawford, A.J. Bareis
photo: Rockaholic

(As reported for AXS.com)

By Sherri 'So Very' Crawford | The cat’s out of the bag.

Ask Islander vocalist Mikey Carvajal about his dream artist collaboration and he’ll tell you that it’s already been done. But wait, there’s more – like an unannounced tour with that same musician in store.

“We’re going out with P.O.D. - it hasn’t been announced yet,” divulges Carvajal, after their set at Carolina Rebellion 2015. The tour will likely start at the end of June, following Islander’s show dates with 10 Years and Starset, adds Islander guitarist A.J. Bareis.

Carvajal first aligned with P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval while they were in the studio for the full length release 'Violence & Destruction.' The collaborative effort resulted in the 2014 album’s track 'Criminals.'

But Sandoval and company’s impact on Carvajal began long before the two vocalists partnered in the studio. Carvajal attributes the punk undertones in the Greenville, SC, quartet’s sound in part to Bad Brains - which Carvajal discovered thanks to his favorite co-conspirator.

“I discovered Bad Brains after P.O.D. talked about them a lot - I remember I was in the 8th grade – and I looked at that and did my homework basically, and found out this is what influenced them,” Carvajal explains. “We actually ended up recording a song with H.R. of Bad Brains, he recorded all the vocals over a cell phone – it doesn’t get more punk rock than that.”

But make no mistake, Islander is their own band – and brand. Founded in 2011, signed to Victory Records in 2013, and touring on The World’s Loudest Month circuit, these guys are seemingly on the fast track of success. But it was up to them to get there.

“Some people say it’s been fast and I can see where they’re coming from with that, but we’ve been hustling way before we were signed or anything,” Carvajal says. “After they’re signed some bands get lazy but that’s not something we decided to do, we decided to keep working and doing our thing and not depending on other people.”

Islander hits the Rocklahoma stage later this month and joins Rock Fest in July. Stay tuned for details on their tour with P.O.D., once it’s officially announced. Plus, listen to Islander's 'The Sadness of Graves,' off of the album 'Violence & Destruction,' below.

For concert photos and more, follow entertainment writer and photographer Sherri ‘So Very’ Crawford on Instagram and Twitter @RockaholicRx, and on Facebook.

Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts guitarist Jeremy Brown dies

Guitarist Jeremy Brown (second right)
with the band
photo: Facebook

 

Sad news out of the music world as Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts guitarist Jeremy Brown has died.

The news hit the former Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver singer and his backing band hours before they were slated to perform a record-release show last night. The release show was for the debut album 'Blaster,' which dropped today (March 31).

The singer received the news from Brown's family. Weiland then announced Brown's untimely death via Facebook, excerpt below.

"We received a call today about my friend Jeremy Brown that has shaken me to the core. We were all concerned this afternoon when Jeremy didn’t show up for a long-scheduled rehearsal for tonight’s album release show...... A post on Facebook feels so trite and small compared to the love that I have for him and for the talent that has passed on but I felt it was necessary to at least start here.

The band is slated for several upcoming tour dates, including slots on the World's Loudest Month festival series. Those shows include Welcome to Rockville, Carolina Rebellion and Rocklahoma.

Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts are touring in support in support of 'Blaster.' According to Billboard, Brown and Weiland met in 2008 while the former STP front-man was working on the album Happy in Galoshes.


 

We received a call today about my friend Jeremy Brown that has shaken me to the core. We were all concerned this...

Posted by Scott Weiland on Monday, March 30, 2015

Slipknot shows will go on despite Mick Thomson's stabbing

 As posted on Examiner.com


Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images
 

By Sherri 'So Very' Crawford | Following the stabbing of Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson the show will go on, including the metal band's upcoming performance at Carolina Rebellion.

According to KCCI, Slipknot's manager confirmed that.... Read more.




 

Slipknot's Corey Taylor gives update on Mick Thomson's stabbing

Slipknot guitarist stabbed in the head

photo: Facebook

By Sherri "So Very" Crawford | Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor updated fans via Twitter on the condition of the band's guitarist Mick Thomson, after reports that Thomson was stabbed.

Reportedly, Thomson and his brother Andrew got into a knife fight while drinking Wednesday, where Thomson suffered a stab wound to the back of the head. According to Loudwire, both men were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Meanwhile, Taylor tweeted updates on the incident that occurred outside Thomson's home in Clive, Iowa (below). Slipknot is slated for a number of festivals and tour dates, starting April 25 at the Fort Rock Festival, followed by Welcome to Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, and others.

Mick Update: from what I've heard he's okay. We're sendig him all your thoughts. Thank you for that.
— 'Mad Beans' Hooper (@CoreyTaylorRock) March 11, 2015

Kurt Cobain documentary to reveal unreleased 12 minute song

photo: facebook.com/Nirvana

By Sherri "So Very" Crawford | Nirvana fans rejoice - the director of the documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck revealed that a “mind blowing 12 minute acoustic Cobain unheard track” awaits on the film's soundtrack.

Director of the HBO documentary Brett Morgen revealed the info. on Twitter. The film is slated for it's TV premier on May 4, while it's world premier was held at January's Sundance Film Festival.

According to Rolling Stone magazine, Montage of Heck is the first documentary to be made with the cooperation of the late Nirvana frontman's family. It's said to include personal, archival footage that will chronicle Cobain's 27 years on earth.

Cobain's daughter Frances Bean was the project's executive director. Other previously unreleased tracks will be featured in the film, as well.

Listening to a mind blowing 12 minute acoustic Cobain unheard track that will be heard on the montage of heck soundtrack. Hello @truefalse
— Brett Morgen (@brettmorgen) March 7, 2015