Less than a week after Alice in Chains canceled the remainder of their upcoming tour dates due to drummer Sean Kinney’s unspecified “medical emergency,” Kinney says he’s doing fine. “The good news is that I’m going to be fine and I’m going to live,” he wrote on the band’s social …
Read More »Alice in Chains Cancel Tour Due to Drummer's 'Medical Emergency'
Alice in Chains have canceled the remainder of their tour and upcoming festival appearances after drummer Sean Kinney suffered “a medical emergency” earlier this week. Earlier this week, the grunge band canceled their tour-opening concert in Uncasville, Connecticut hours before showtime after Kinney “experienced a non-life-threatening medical emergency” shortly after …
Read More »Metallica Are All in Their 60s — But Kirk Hammett Says There's No Retirement Anywhere in Sight
Metallica‘s members are all in their 60s, and their music is way more physically demanding than anything their classic-rock forebears have had to tackle onstage — but lead guitarist Kirk Hammett tells our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast that he doesn’t see retirement on the horizon. “As long as we …
Read More »Chris Brown, Lil Wayne Spent Covid Relief Aid on Parties, Private Jets, and More: Report
Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Alice in Chains, and other artists spent massive Covid relief money on luxury items, travel, and themselves, according to a new report from Business Insider. The piece is a follow-up of sorts to a 2023 Insider story that revealed some of the big-name artists who reportedly …
Read More »Alice in Chains Mark the Latest Song Rights Sale as Estates of OG Members Cash Out
The estates of Alice in Chains original lineup members Layne Staley and Mike Starr have sold stakes in their publishing rights and master recording income stream to Primary Wave, the company announced on Monday, the latest in the ever-hot song acquisition marketplace. Primary Wave declined to disclose financial details of …
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