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PRPhotos.comQueens of the Stone Age is hoping to score its first Grammy Award, or awards, this weekend. The group has been nominated three times before without taking home a trophy; at this year’s 66th Annual Grammy Awards it’s up for Best Rock Album for “In New Times Roman” and Best Rock Song for the band-written…

Getty ImagesMetallica is looking forward to another Grammy Awards with multiple nominations. The quartet is up for three at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, taking place this Sunday, February 4th, in Los Angeles: Best Rock Album for last year’s “72 Seasons;” Best Metal Performance for the title track; and Best Rock Performance for the single…

PRPhotos.comDisturbed is gunning for its first-ever Grammy Award this weekend. “Bad Man,” a single from the group’s 2022 album “Divisive,” is nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, which take place Sunday, February 4th in Los Angeles. Disturbed has been nominated twice before, in 2009 and 2017, but did not win…

PRPhotos.comGreta Van Fleet is hoping to capture its second Grammy Award for Best Rock Album this weekend in Los Angeles. The quartet’s third full-length, “Starcatcher,” is up in that category at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards; Greta Van Fleet previously won in that category in 2019, for its 2018 debut album “From the Fires.” The…

Getty ImagesBilly Joel is gearing up to perform at this weekend’s 66th Annual Grammy Awards — presumably of “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first new song in 17 years. The track, a mid-tempo piece dominated by Joel’s voice and piano, was released on Thursday, February 1st and is Joel’s first new composition to be…

Getty ImagesRecently discovered, candid film footage of the Beatles has surfaced of their iconic movie, Help! The three minute and 17 seconds of 8mm film is set to be auctioned by RR Auction, as part of their Remarkable Rarities series. The footage, shot on location at Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, during the production of the “I…

Getty ImagesDavid Draiman wants country-pop superstar Carrie Underwood to join Disturbed on stage to sing “Don’t Tell Me,” a track that Heart’s Ann Wilson duets on. The frontman posted online: “Who’d like to see Carrie Underwood perform “Don’t Tell Me” with Disturbed in Nashville ??!! I know I sure as hell would!” He added: “What…

Getty ImagesOne of the greatest songwriting teams of all time, Elton John and Bernie Taupin will be this year’s recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Elton commented on the achievement: “I’ve been writing songs with Bernie for 56 years, and we never thought that that one day this might be…

PRPhotos.comGodsmack shared video online from the rehearsals of their upcoming Vibez Tour. The trek will see frontman, Sully Erna and his bandmates in intimate evenings featuring acoustic and electric performances. It’s been almost 20 years since they’ve done this type of tour. Erna commented about that and said: “We decided, like, why not do a…

Getty ImagesAC/DC’s “Back In Black” video has officially topped a billion views on YouTube. The clip, which was uploaded in November of 2012, marks the band’s second song to reach the milestone. Their song, “Thunderstruck” hit one billion views in 2021. Back in Black, the album, first went Platinum in October 1980 and had previously…