Beatles legend Paul McCartney will play 19 shows across the US and Canada later this year

Before the announcement of the final Black Sabbath show, the band's co-founder and guitarist Tony Iommi was working on his next solo album, but he had to pause that work to focus on the band's final concert and the rehearsals. In an interview with Eddie Trunk, the musician said that he is now returning to the process of making the new record and revealed more details. Tony Iommi reveals more details of his upcoming solo album " Well, at the moment, well, I was doing my own album until came up, and then, of course, I had to stop and concentrate on the Sabbath (show). But I'm continuing next week on trying to finish off what I started with this album. And then who knows what I'm gonna do then? It's great, really, 'cause if something pops up, I'll do it, if I want to do it. So it's a good thing." "At the moment, no. I've got one singer on it at the moment, which I originally thought of different singers. But it started off as it's gonna be an instrumental album, and it's gone from I've got some instrumental stuff, but then I thought, 'Oh, I wanna try it with a singer.' And so that's what I've been doing." Then the musician talked about his recent collaboration with the Pop singer Robbie Williams in the track "Rocket". He also explained that he can't stop making music, he needs to keep going. He continued: "(Robbie) asked me if I'd play on this track, and I didn't realize he was gonna release it as a single," Iommi said. "And then he wanted to do a video with it. Oh my God. But it was great to do that. And I enjoyed doing that. And it's great now — I can do different stuff when I want, really, and I'm enjoying it." "I can't stop, I have to carry on. I enjoy what I do. And it's great being creative. And I love to create music. That's what started me off and that's what will finish me off, probably. But I love it. There will be — yes — more from me. And I'm getting more involved in — we spread our wings with the (Black Sabbath) ballet and different things. And there's a lot more things to come. So I'm looking forward to that," Tony Iommi said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). So far Iommi released three studio albums: "Iommi" (2000), "The 1996 DEP Sessions" (2004) and "Fused" (2005). He is the only original member of Black Sabbath who was part of all the albums released by the Heavy Metal band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DivwM2EVro4The post Tony Iommi reveals more details of his upcoming solo album appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

At the age of 84, The Beatles legendary songwriter, singer and bassist Paul McCartney announced new American and Canadian 2025 tour dates named "Got Back", like the ones he did in the previous year. The musician will perform from September to November in Palm Desert, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Denver, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Tulsa, New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Montreal, Hamilton and Chicago. Paul McCartney announces 2025 American and Canadian tour dates September 29 — Palm Desert, CA - Acrisure Arena October 4 – Las Vegas, NV - Allegiant Stadium 7 – Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater 11 – Denver, CO - Coors Field 14 – Des Moines, IA - Casey’s Center 17 – Minneapolis, MN - U.S. Bank Stadium 22 – Tulsa, OK - BOK Center 29 – New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center November 2 – Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 3 – Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 6 – Nashville, TN - The Pinnacle 8 – Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena 11 – Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena 14 – Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center 17 – Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 18 – Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 21 – Hamilton, ON - TD Coliseum 24 – Chicago, IL - United Center 25 – Chicago, IL - United Center Possible setlist The musician's setlist hasn't changed much over the years, so it will probably quite similar to the previous years. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles song) Junior's Farm (Wings song) Got to Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song) Temporary Secretary Let Me Roll It (Wings song) (with "Foxy Lady" The Jimi Hendrix Experience coda) Let 'Em In (Wings song) My Valentine Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song) Every Night I've Just Seen a Face (The Beatles song) From Me to You (The Beatles song) Blackbird (The Beatles song) Something (The Beatles song) Come On to Me I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles song) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song) Drive My Car (The Beatles song) Get Back (The Beatles song) Now and Then (The Beatles song) Lady Madonna (The Beatles song) Let It Be (The Beatles song) Hey Jude (The Beatles song) Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song) Carry That Weight (The Beatles song) The End (The Beatles song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdJ72cWy-IAThe post Paul McCartney announces 2025 American and Canadian tour dates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Black Sabbath played the final show of their career last July 5 at the Villa Park in their hometown Birmingham and their set had four songs: "War Pigs", "N.I.B.", "Iron Man" and "Paranoid". However, the band could have played a couple of more tracks according to the guitarist Tony Iommi. He told Eddie Trunk that at first he thought Ozzy shouldn't play songs of his solo career before to make sure his voice would be ok to sing with Sabbath afterwards. Tony Iommi reveals which songs Black Sabbath almost played at final show "Well, we started (to rehearse) with 'Fairies Wear Boots', and then we'd done 'Black Sabbath'. It was a little difficult for Bill 'cause he hadn't played them for so long. And Geezer and I, of course, we played them on the last tour. And, of course, Bill hasn't toured, don't forget, for a long time. So we could have done six (songs), but we ended up doing four." (...) After it's happened (the show), it's fine. Yeah, of course. I mean, it raised a lot of money for the charities, and that was the main thing. And it was great to see the guys and all be together again for a few weeks, really, while we were rehearsing and got to know each other again. It was good, yeah. I live in England and the other three are in the States. So by everybody coming over, yes, we had time to talk and talk of old times. And it just slotted straight back into like we hadn't left each other, which was great." He continued: "And of course, a lot's happened in the last — whatever — 10 years or whatever it was (since) we'd done a show (with Black Sabbath), and, of course, as I said to you before, we hadn't played with Bill live for 20 years, so it was hairy wondering what's gonna happen, really. Because Bill, when he plays, he plays different things every time. So you just have to be on your toes. But no, it went well. I mean, it was strange for us going on a big stage in a big audience, and then also being streamed to millions of people. It's very nerve racking for a one-off show. Normally we would do a tour and we'd be rolling, but to get all worked up for one show and then — bang, it's over — seemed really strange." "We worked out what we were gonna play, what songs we were gonna play. It was really a case of how long Ozzy could do it, really, because we didn't know — with him doing his own set (right before), which I said to him I didn't think he should do, because I didn't want him to get burnt out by the time he'd come with us. But he didn't, and he did his own set. We ended up doing four songs where we put aside sort of six or seven. But it worked out that we did four. So that was fine," Tony Iommi said (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). The final Black Sabbath festival Besides the two headliners, many famous artists were part of the “tribute festival“, like Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Guns N’ Roses, Steven Tyler, Papa V Perpetua, Sammy Hagar, Jake E. Lee, Billy Corgan and Nuno Bettencourt. The bands performed Black Sabbath and Ozzy covers, but also played some of their most famous songs in small sets, of 3 to 6 songs. Many covers from other bands were also performed, like the supergroup with Steven Tyler on vocals, which played, for example, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”. Ozzy Osbourne sang five songs of his solo career and four more with Black Sabbath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DivwM2EVro4The post Tony Iommi reveals which songs Black Sabbath almost played at final show appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Ian Anderson, the leader of Jethro Tull, is one of the most influential Progressive Rock musicians of all time. He was a fundamental part of the evolution of the genre, which began in England in the mid 60s, and he carried the flag for that style of music in the decades that followed. Jethro Tull was not the only important band to emerge during that era, sharing the spotlight with other groups, including supergroups such as Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Over the years, Anderson has spoken about many of those bands, including the one formed by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer. What is Ian Anderson's opinion on Emerson, Lake and Palmer Ian Anderson is a big fan of the supergroup and said the world is a better place for having ELP. "Back then, when we were doing Thick as a Brick, bands like Yes and Emerson Lake and Palmer were already gaining a reputation for being a little pompous and showing off with their music. I think that was OK. The reality is that certain members of Yes were quite humorous about it; they could laugh at themselves — as, indeed, Emerson Lake and Palmer privately laughed amongst themselves about themselves." "They’d do that with me, too. There’s a ready understanding that what we are doing is a bit ‘Spinal Tap,’ in more contemporary comparative terms. I personally think the world is a better place for having Emerson Lake and Palmer and Yes, because their music was quite elevated. "Great tunes, and some innovative playing. But, of course, it was to many people a bit excessive. I think some writers and some musicians found it pompous. Because they were displaying their technical skills as musicians sometimes in way that made them seem like party showoffs.” Ian Anderson told Something Else! in 2014. Ian Anderson listed ELP as one of the "Big 4" of Progressive Rock The musician even listed them as one of the Big 4 of Progressive Rock music once. "I guess I have a preference for those that aren’t trying to clone early Genesis, let alone King Crimson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer or Yes. And I guess you really have the big four there that I just mentioned," he told Vintage Rock in 2002. Anderson praised the band many times, but once said that they were "complete show-offs". Also that initially didn't like the band's bassist and vocalist Greg Lake. "I was never a fan of Genesis, but their musicianship was incredible. And ELP were complete show-offs. But Greg Lake, who I never liked in the old days, became someone I was very close to in the years before he died," Anderson said to Classic Rock magazine in 2020. He had the chance to know the members of ELP better when they toured with Jethro Tull in the 1990s. He became a good friend of Greg Lake a few decades later when the musician was a guest on a couple of cathedral concerts Anderson did. ELP was formed in 1970, three years after Jethro Tull and were the first Progressive Rock super group. The keyboardist Keith Emerson had previously been a member of The Nice, Greg  Lake (Vocals, guitar, bass) had previously been a member of King Crimson and the drummer Carl Palmer had played with Atomic Rooster. Together were extremely successful and sold an estimated amount of more than 48 million records worldwide. He initially hated the Greg Lake Christmas hit song but then changed his mind Although he didn't like Greg Lake at first, a few decades later, as Anderson said, he became a good friend of the musician. One of Greg's most famous songs is "I Believe in Father Christmas", released as a single in 1975. It was inspired by a portion of "Troika" of Sergei Prokofieve's "Lieutenant Kijé Suite". Anderson initially hated that song but later on changed his mind as he recalled in an interview with Rocket 88 in 2023 about performing the track. (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) "Greg Lake, who I remember talking to a little bit back in 1995. (He) became a real buddy in the years just before he died. He asked me to appear with him at a church in London at Christmas. Subsequently he did a couple of my cathedral shows. Two or three years later, he played at Canterbury Cathedral in the year of the huge snowstorms at Christmas. Also Salisbury Cathedral not so far away from where he lived. I felt the loss of Greg quite keenly." "Even to this day, some years later, I still perform the song that we did with Greg. His 'I Believe in Father Christmas' song, which he did with us. God bless Greg and his particularly fine rendition of 'I Believe In Father Christmas', which I always hated. I thought it was the most tacky, silly Christmas song ever, until I actually had to study it, listen to the lyrics, learn the song. I thought: 'This is actually a really good Christmas song'. Once you get inside the lyrics and realize what it's about, wow! It's a song that I think I find it very easy to relate to," Ian Anderson said. Greg Lake passed away in 2016, a victim of cancer, at the age of 69. Ian Anderson was a big fan of Keith Emerson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc6ymS4NGxg&list=RDcc6ymS4NGxg&start_radio=1 Ian Anderson was a big fan of the late keyboardist Keith Emerson since the musician was still a member of The Nice. He mentioned their version of "America" in an interview with Planet Rock in 2020 as one of his favorites of all time. “The Nice were contemporaries of ours at the Marquee Club when we first got a residency there. They were quite well established at that point.” “Indeed I was quite captivated not only by the showmanship of Keith Emerson. Who obviously had some considerable chops as a Jazz and Classical pianist. But the band as a whole: Blinky Davison, the drummer and Brian, singer and bass player. He was a bit of an unsung hero of The Nice. I always thought he had a certain charm. Plus he was the only one that really communicated anything. The others were pretty much silent,” Ian Anderson said. After years of struggling with health issues that made it difficult for him to play at the same level he used to, Emerson tragically decided to take his own life at the age of 71 in 2016 The supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer was active from 1970 to 1979, 1990 to 1997 and for the last time in 2010. They released 9 studio albums, the final one being "In The Hot Seat" in 1994.The post Ian Anderson’s opinion on Emerson, Lake and Palmer appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.