President-elect Donald Trump announced the addition of Elbridge Colby, Stephen Feinberg, and Michael Duffey to his incoming Defense team. In two posts to Truth Social on Sunday evening, Trump said the triumvirate will work with Secretary of Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth to revitalize the military, drive change at the Pentagon, and advise Hegseth on matters of national defense. Stephen Feinberg is set to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense, Elbridge “Bridge” Colby will serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Michael Duffey will serve as the next Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment.  Feinberg is a graduate of Princeton who founded the investment firm Cerberus in 1992. He previously served as Chairman of Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Colby served in the Pentagon during Trump’s first term and the 47th president stated he will work with Hegseth to “bring peace through strength.” Trump stated that Duffey will be tasked with “work to revitalize our Defense Industrial Base.” Trump also tapped Emil Michael to serve as the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Trump noted Michael’s work in rebuilding the ride-sharing app Uber. Michael is a graduate of Harvard University who later earned a law degree from Stanford. The post Trump Announces Colby, Duffey and Feinberg for Defense appeared first on The American Conservative.

The Van Halen co-founder and drummer Alex Van Halen recently released the book "Brothers," telling his and Eddie's story, and, of course, the story of the band. However, the book only covers the story up to 1984, without mentioning their next singer, Sammy Hagar. The vocalist has previously said that he hasn't spoken to Alex in over two decades and that the drummer has never returned his calls or messages. In an interview with Bringing It Back To The Beatles (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), Alex explained why he decided to tell the band's story just until 1984. Alex Van Halen explains why he doesn't mention Hagar in his book "Because the original band was the band that was the driving force. That was the connection between the disparate parts of the musical world, if you will. And we were young. The first record going platinum — it's incredible. That's something you can really never expect to happen again." "Later on, it was different — that's for another book — but the excitement and the confusion and the groping in the dark, if you will, and all the mistakes that we made, and all the B.S. we had to endure, and then to recognize at the very end, maybe we had one more record in us, it was very…" "You can't take it back, but those are the things that are in the back of your head. The old expression of, if you don't go over the edge, then you can't come back. You have to go too far to come back in. Does that make sense? Unfortunately, we're human and we made some bad choices. The US Festival, for instance, was just a clusterfuck. Nobody knew what the hell was going on. All we said was, 'You make sure you have enough power, and we'll play.' That's it," Alex Van Halen said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uF5xMhfp1c&pp=ygUJcG91bmRjYWtlThe post Alex Van Halen explains why he doesn’t mention Hagar in his book appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Guns N' Roses took a break in 2024 after a long tour the previous year, but they have now announced plans to tour again in 2025. The group, which has included three classic members Axl Rose (vocals), Duff McKagan (bass), and Slash (guitar) since 2016, remains as strong as ever. In 2024, Slash and Duff focused on their solo careers, releasing new albums, while Axl made appearances as a guest vocalist, performing live with Billy Joel and contributing to Michael Schenker's UFO covers album. Recently, Slash and Duff mentioned that the band was working on a new album. However, so far, the only songs released have been reworked versions of tracks originally written during the Chinese Democracy era. In 2025 they will perform in Europe, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Guns N' Roses' first 2025 tour dates May 23 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Kingdom Arena 27 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Etihad Arena 30 - Shekvetili, Georgia - Shekvetili Park June 2 - Istanbul, Turkey - Tupras Stadyumu 6 - Coimbra, Portugal - Estadio Cidade de Coimbra 9 - Barcelona, Spain - Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys 12 - Florence, Italy - Firenze Rocks 15 - Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic - Rock for People 18 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Merkur Spiel-Arena 20 - Munich, Germany - Allianz Arena 23 - Birmingham, U.K. - Villa Park 26 - London, U.K. - Wembley Stadium 29 - Aarhus, Denmark - Eskelunden July 2 - Trondheim, Norway - Granasen Ski Centre 4 - Stockholm, Sweden - Strawberry Arena 7 - Tampere, Finland - Ratina Stadium 10 - Kaunas, Lithuania - Darius and Girenas Stadium 12 - Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy 15 - Budapest, Hungary - Ferenc Puskas Stadium 18 - Belgrade, Serbia - USCE Park 21 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Vasil Levski Stadium 24 - Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium 28 - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - Luxembourg Open Air 31 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxfg7Kvtbqw&pp=ygURZ3VucyBuIHJvc2VzIDIwMjM%3DThe post Guns N’ Roses’ first 2025 tour dates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.