Dave Portnoy is chiming in on the Zach Bryan wedding news? I’m shocked… Unless you live under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard the news that Zach is now a married man, as news broke on New Year’s Eve that he had married his girlfriend, Samantha Leonard, after rumors have been going for a little while now about their marital status. He shared a photo of them on their wedding day with the caption: “Tougher than the rest.” View this post on Instagram And just a little while ago, Samantha shared photos of their ceremony with the caption: “Forever.” View this post on Instagram Of course, amid all of the positive responses and “congratulations” comments, there are plenty of people who have continued to point out how much Samantha looks like Bryan’s ex, Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry. I’m sure you know a little bit about that, but in case you need a reminder, Brianna has spoken extensively about the abuse she said she endured during the relationship, and of course the $12 million she was reportedly offered to sign an NDA after they split, and the two of them have gone back and forth online quite a bit over the last year or so. Brianna aired out a lot of the dram on the podcast she used to do with her Barstool Sports boss, Dave Portnoy, who also penned a diss track about Bryan with their other co-host, Josh Richards, called “Smallest Man.” Portnoy previously explained that he was never a fan of the country star: “Yes. I was never a liker. How do you like that? I was never a liker. I think he’s a fraud. Every time I met him I was not comfortable with him. Certain guys where you’re like, ‘Ok I kinda like this guy, he’s a gives good vibes guy.’ This guy never gave that vibe to me.” And he also revealed that Zach had once banned him from his concerts over a joke Portnoy had made months earlier about Brianna bouncing around between boyfriends. So there’s certainly no love lost between the two of them, and since finding out the news about Zach’s marriage, Portnoy took the chance to point out, once again, just how much Samantha and Brianna look alike. He previously called Zach a “lunatic” for doing so, and I mean, there’s no denying that Zach has a type: “There ain’t no way that ain’t a Brianna robot. Ain’t no way.” There ain’t no way that ain’t a Brianna robot. Ain’t no way https://t.co/bM9xlyzii8 — Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) January 2, 2026 Here’s a photo of Brianna for reference… it’s uncanny, truly. She’s said before she’s done double takes of herself, and honestly, I can completely understand why: View this post on Instagram No word from Brianna yet on the news of her ex marrying a girl that looks like her twin, but if the past is any indication, I’m sure that’s coming soon…The post “No Way That Ain’t A Brianna Robot” — Dave Portnoy Blasts Zach Bryan & His Wife, Samantha, Amid News That They Got Married first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Stunning. On New Year’s Eve, news broke that Zach Bryan had married his girlfriend Samantha after rumors have been going for a little while now about their marital status. Until yesterday, though, all we knew for sure was that Leonard and Bryan were dating, and had been since just after the his very public and messy breakup with Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry. The big talking point has always been how much Samantha Leonard looks like Brianna Chickenfry, and I’m still not over how much they look alike, but I digress… Bryan and Leonard’s relationship went public around August of 2025, and Zach actually fueled those marriage rumors himself when he posted a video of he, Leonard and some friends paragliding in Europe. Fans quickly spotted a gold band on the singer’s ring finger, and interestingly enough, Bryan deleted the video shortly after it was posted. He then replaced the video with another, only this time, a bald eagle emoji was covering up his left hand. That was the first clue that Bryan and Leonard were headed for marriage. The next clue was a picture of Samantha that was, once again, posted by Zach Bryan (he wasn’t doing a very good job of keeping it all a secret). The Instagram story photo had many followers thinking that she might have gotten an engagement or marriage-worthy upgrade. And TMZ officially reported about two days ago that Zach and Samantha were married in San Sebastian, Spain, and it must have happened in the last two days or so, considering this photo that Zach posted about a day ago that presumably captured a moment with him and his groomsmen. The lyrics to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I’ve Got A Feeling” served as the caption for the photo: View this post on Instagram A video that was posted later showed Bryan and Leonard running out of the building they were married in, with Bryan carrying his now wife for a bit before setting her down so that they could both hop into a convertible and speed away with a “Just Married” banner hanging off the back. Check it out: Zach Bryan is a married man! The country singer wed his girlfriend Samantha Leonard in San Sebastian, Spain. pic.twitter.com/rWEujVbTfg — TMZ (@TMZ) December 31, 2025 And about a day or so ago,, Zach shared the first official photo of him and Samantha as husband and wife, with a beautiful black and white photo of them along with the caption: “Tougher than the rest.” Samantha looked gorgeous, and from the few photos and videos I’ve seen, it looked like a dreamy event in Spain… what a way to end 2025: View this post on Instagram Bryan also recently announced that he had been on a sobriety journey and was working on himself and going to therapy following a year of very negative publicity, and it’s hard not to think that Samantha had a lot to do with that decision. We had yet to see or hear anything from Samantha, though, and just a few minutes ago, she took to Instagram to share several photos from their absolutely gorgeous ceremony, which looks to be at a breathtaking Spanish cathedral. She shared several of them at the alter saying their vows, as well as a few other snapshots, and the flowers and the setting at this church is gorgeous. I can’t imagine a prettier setting for a wedding. Samantha, who made a beautiful bride, shared the photos along with the simple caption: “Forever.” From a quick Google search, it looks like the ceremony took place at The Basilica of Saint Mary of Coro, which is a baroque Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica completed in 1774. You can see the photos here: View this post on Instagram The post Zach Bryan’s Wife, Samantha, Shares First Photos Of Their Wedding Ceremony At Breathtaking Spanish Church first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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The Van Halen co-founder and drummer Alex Van Halen revealed in an interview with Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain on the podcast "Metal Sticks", that he will start to work with Toto's Steve Lukather on a new album. However, he didn't give any other informations about the project, only saying there is a lot of other people involved. "I'm getting ready to do this record with Lukather and a couple of other people. It should be exciting," he said. Steve Lukather was a close friend of Alex’s late brother, Eddie, which has led some people to believe that he may be involved with unfinished Van Halen material. While promoting his book "Brothers" in 2024, the drummer said that he would like to complete unreleased songs he worked on with his brother, even mentioning that he would like to have Robert Plant as the vocalist. "Ed and Steve Lukather were very good friends and they often worked together. There is no one who can do this process with me as well as he can," Alex told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf in March 2025. Asked about that by the newspaper, Steve said: "Did Alex say that? Oh, in that case the news is true. Ed, Alex and I were very close for years. It is true that we worked on it together." What Alex Van Halen previously said about the unreleased music In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2024, the first one after his brother’s passing, Alex talked about the unreleased material. “They’re all little pieces (of unreleased music). A bunch of licks don’t make a song. (I asked OpenAI if they could analyze) the patterns of how Edward would have played something (to generate new guitar solos) .Ideally, it’d be Robert Plant (for the vocals). You’re gonna think I’m out of my fucking mind. But when conditions are right, things will manifest.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EgmxJiqIAg&pp=ygUUdW5maW5pc2hlZCB2YW4gaGFsZW4%3DThe post Alex Van Halen says he is working with Steve Lukather on a new album appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Creedence Clearwater Revival songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist John Fogerty will celebrate his 81st birthday in 2026 and will continue to tour. So far, he has scheduled shows in Las Vegas in January, will return there in March and will also travel to Mexico to perform at the Vive Latino Festival. In 2023, Fogerty finally regained the rights to his songs, which for decades had been owned by Fantasy Records, a label controlled by Saul Zaentz. In 2025, he released "Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years", an album in which he re-recorded some of the biggest hits from his time with the band. John Fogerty 2026 tour dates January 02 – Las Vegas, NV – Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino 03 – Las Vegas, NV – Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino March 14–15 – Mexico City, Mexico – Festival Vive Latino 2026 18 – Las Vegas, NV – Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino 20 – Las Vegas, NV – Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino 21 – Las Vegas, NV – Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Current relationship with former Creedence bandmates Now that he is at peace with that, Fogerty talked with CBS Sunday Morning about that era of the band and his current relationship with his former bandmates Stu Cook (Bass) and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford (Drums). From 1995 to 2020 they toured around the world as Creedence Clearwater Revisited, playing the songs of the band. “Yeah, I think so (that I’m at peace with Creedence). It depends on what you may mean by that. The way I accept it as inevitable…laughing at myself now, I have been sued innumerable times by my former bandmates, let me put it that way. Sometimes it was actually my brother Tom, but after he passed, even his widow joined with Doug (Clifford) and Stu (Cook) and sued me.” “It’s ironic that 80-year-old people are still suing each other. So if you mean at peace that way, I just accept all those things as kind of inevitable. That’s all. It’s not surprising anymore,” John Fogerty said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KOXDT1U-gs&pp=ygURam9obiBmb2dlcnR5IDIwMjU%3D The post John Fogerty 2026 tour dates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Pixies will continue on the road in 2026 promoting their latest album The Night the Zombies Came (2024). They will perform in China, Philippines, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Netherlands. The band is formed by Black Francis (Charles Thompson) (Vocals and guitar), Joey Santiago (Guitar), David Lovering (Drums) and Emma Richardson (Bass). Pixies 2026 tour dates May 6 – Putuo Qu, China – VASLIVE 10 – Muntinlupa, Philippines – The Filinvest Tent 12 – Hung Hom, Hong Kong – TIDES 20 – York, United Kingdom – York Barbican 21 – Dunfermline, United Kingdom – Alhambra Theatre 23 – Walton on Trent, United Kingdom – Bearded Theory Festival 2026 24 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Aviva Studios 25 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Aviva Studios 28 – London, United Kingdom – Royal Albert Hall 29 – London, United Kingdom – Royal Albert Hall 31 – Limerick, Ireland – King John's Castle June 1 – Limerick, Ireland – King John's Castle 2 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre 26 – Bodelva, United Kingdom – Eden Sessions 27 – Wasing, United Kingdom – On The Mount at Wasing 30 – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau July 1 – Leipzig, Germany – Parkbühne 1 – Hérouville Saint Clair, France – Beauregard Festival 2026 2 – Frankfurt am Main, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle 4 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter 2026 7 – Nîmes, France – Festival de Nîmes 2026 9 – Barcelona, Spain – Festival Cruïlla 2026 10 – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival 2026 11 – Oeiras, Portugal – NOS Alive 2026 14 – Milan, Italy – Parco della Musica di Milano 17 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Maassilo 18 – Enschede, Netherlands – Muziekcentrum Enschede 19 – Heerlen, Netherlands – Limburgzaal Heerlen Possible setlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZgbX2gGZU&pp=ygULcGl4aWVzIDIwMjU%3D The setlist might be similar to the one used by the band during their 2025 shows. It features their biggest hits as well as some new songs from the latest album. In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (Peter Ivers & David Lynch cover) Death Horizon Wave of Mutilation Nimrod's Son Isla de Encanta Monkey Gone to Heaven Hey Mr. Grieves Caribou The Holiday Song Gouge Away Here Comes Your Man Debaser The Vegas Suite Primrose Oyster Beds Snakes Motoroller Chicken Mercy Me Kings of the Prairie Cactus Bone Machine The Happening Tame Vamos Where Is My Mind? Into the White The post Pixies 2026 tour dates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

One of the most influential Heavy Metal vocalists in history, Bruce Dickinson has been a major inspiration for musicians around the world since he joined Iron Maiden in the early 1980s. At the time, Heavy Metal was still relatively new and he was part of the second wave of British artists who helped shape and develop the genre. Throughout his career, he has spoken about many vocalists he admires and were fundamental to the evolution of Metal. Two of them are Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio). Bruce Dickinson on Robert Plant and and Ronnie James Dio Like almost all Heavy Metal vocalists, Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Robert Plant and Ronnie James Dio, who were major inspirations for musicians within the genre. Although they were very different kinds of singers, Dickinson has mentioned both as two of his biggest influences, explaining that there is a bit of each of them in his singing style. “The early Robert Plant stuff. Really early Zeppelin was unbelievable. My favorite stuff from that era, they did like Danish TV shows and they did live. Wow, it is like completely unedited. Raw as it was and it’s just astonishing. It’s primal,” Bruce told Loudwire in 2015. When Led Zeppelin released their debut album in 1969, Bruce was only ten years old and grew up witnessing Robert Plant’s evolution as a frontman. He believes that Plant, alongside Ian Gillan (His favorite singer) and Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company) are the basis of Heavy Metal singing. "There are basically 3 bases for the metal style of singing. If you join aspects of these 3 singers, you have everything." Bruce Dickinson continued: "These 3 singers are Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) and Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company). If you join them in various combinations you have everyone,” Dickinson said in an interview with Metal Rules in 2000. Plant and Ronnie James Dio had the opportunity to meet and held great admiration for each other’s work. Although the Zeppelin frontman is six years younger than the late Dio, the American singer achieved fame much later, in 1975, when he became the frontman of Rainbow, another band that greatly influenced Bruce. Since Deep Purple is Bruce’s favorite band, their original guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore also became his favorite guitarist. So when he left Purple to form Rainbow, Bruce quickly became a fan of the new group. Ronnie was not part of the original group of singers who laid the foundations of Metal, but he later represented the evolution of the genre, becoming one of the greatest Heavy Metal vocalists of all time. "One of my favorite tenors (were) Ronnie Dio, (he) was kind of a hybrid. Obviously as he got older his voice was much more 'robusto' (robust). But if you hear him on some early stuff, particularly some of the stuff he did pre-Rainbow." "There was an album he did called Butterfly Ball (and the Grasshopper’s Feast). He was a guest on it and Roger Glover from Deep Purple wrote a lot of it and produced it. There’s a song on there called 'Love Is All' and his voice is like glass. It’s so transparent and it’s just amazing. I’ve always wanted to cover that song. Not necessarily on an album, but live," Bruce Dickinson said in an interview in 2023. Bruce Dickinson likes Led Zeppelin but prefers Deep Purple Although Bruce is a big fan of Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant, when it comes to choosing between them and Deep Purple, he prefers the band fronted by Ian Gillan. Led Zeppelin were not always a Hard Rock or Blues Rock band, often showcasing their Folk roots on several of their albums throughout the 1970s. One example of this is "Ramble On", which is one of Bruce’s favorite tracks. “I was always a bigger Purple fan than Zeppelin. But I never saw either Zeppelin or Purple when I was a kid, when they were in their heyday. Zeppelin were adopted by American radio big-style, but I’ve got to confess that the thing I loved most about Zeppelin was their English Folk roots, not their copies of American blues tracks. 'Ramble On' is one of my favourite Led Zeppelin songs. But that’s just me.” Bruce Dickinson said. It's curious that Bruce mentioned that particular song, because he told Classic Rock in 2024 that he really got into Zeppelin after hearing their second album released in 1969. “(The first vocalist that inspired me) One hundred percent Ian Gillan on Deep Purple’s ‘In Rock’. I bought a third-hand copy of it that was scratched to fuck. I knew every note and scratch on it." "After that I went straight to ‘Made In Japan’, which is one of the greatest live recordings ever. Then there was the first Black Sabbath album. I didn’t get into Led Zeppelin until later when I heard Zeppelin II.” Bruce had the chance to cover a Led Zeppelin song in 1990 when Iron Maiden recorded a version for "Communication Breakdown" for the b-side of "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter". Rainbow's "Rising" is one of Dickinson's favorite albums of all time Rainbow’s second studio album, "Rising", released in 1976, is one of Bruce Dickinson’s favorite albums of all time. He said that although it is one of the shortest records ever made, it is much better than many longer albums. It was after hearing "Stargazer" on the radio that he first discovered the band and Dio. “For me, that was the record where I discovered Ronnie Dio on vocals. I was like: ‘Who is that voice?’ I was like 16 years old and go ‘What the hell?’ That’s Ritchie Blackmore and I didn’t know that Rainbow existed. It was on a little transistor radio in a garage. So I went ‘That sounds like Ritchie Blackmore’. I waited till it finished and the guy said that was Rainbow and ‘Stargazer’. (I went) ‘Aaah oh my God!’ It’s one of the shortest albums ever made, you know." "It’s like 35 minutes long, the whole album, but it’s a classic. I’ll take that over a 90-minute long boring yawnfest. Six really incredible songs that changed the face of music. It really did, that was a game changer. It gets not enough respect from people outside the Metal world,” Bruce Dickinson told Qobuz in 2024 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). Bruce Dickinson and Nicko McBrain performed "Rainbow in the Dark" with Dio Bruce and Iron Maiden's former drummer Nicko McBrain had the chance to perform with Ronnie his classic Dio song "Rainbow in the Dark". They joined him on stage in Belgium back in 2000. Back in 2010, shortly after Ronnie James Dio passed away at the age of 67, Iron Maiden dedicated their song "Blood Brothers" to him. Before performing the song in Italy at the time, Dickinson praised the musician and said that he was a genuinely good person. "We want to dedicate this song to one of our adopted brothers who now sadly passed away. One of the greatest mentors of myself when I was a kid as a singer." "A truly, truly amazing human being, I wanna dedicate this song to the memory of the great Ronnie James Dio. If there is Heaven & Hell, I think he is probably sitting in the clouds. It might be very well a cloud of his own making. He did sing a lot of songs about the devil but there wasn't a bad f*cking bone in his body, alright? He (also invented the horns hand gesture), he invented that f*cking thing, it's his! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDronXNEnRU&pp=ygUTYnJ1Y2UgZGlja2luc29uIGRpbw%3D%3D The post Bruce Dickinson on Robert Plant and and Ronnie James Dio appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.