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JOURNEY & DEF LEPPARD KICK OFF 2018 TOUR TONIGHT
Journey and Def Leppard kick off their massive joint 60-city tour tonight (May 21st) at Hartford, Connecticut’s XL Center. The trek runs throughout the spring and summer and well into the fall when Journey and Leppard close things out over two nights, on October 6th and 7th in Inglewood, California at The Forum.
In the press release announcing the tour, Journey co-founder Neal Schon was quoted saying “These co-headlining Journey/Def Leppard dates will be epic classic rock shows. So many hits. It will be great to see you all, friends!” Bandmate Jonathan Cain added: “We are all anxious to share our sound with the world again and, along with Def Leppard, we are part of a world-class package to the rock stage that spans decades and represents a multi-platinum legacy.”
Did You Know:
Journey’s Greatest Hits was released on November 15th, 1988, and debuted on the Billboard chart the following month, peaking at Number 10. It has since sold 15 million copies. A follow-up album, 2011’s Greatest Hits 2, was compiled by former frontman, Steve Perry.
Tour Update:
- August 11- Boston, MA – Fenway Park
- August 13 -Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
- August 15 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
GRETA VAN FLEET SAYS DEBUT ALBUM ON TRACK FOR LATE SUMMER
Greta Van Fleet is reassuring fans that the group’s first full-length album will be out this year, with a late summer release in the works. Guitarist Jake Kiszka told Loudwire, “We’re in the mixing process, so it’s going to be quite soon. We’re wrapping it up, so we’re hoping to release that absolutely this year.”
Bassist Sam Kiszka added, “We had all these songs we wrote three to five years ago that we were just going to put on the album. It very quickly became all new material, so I’d say about three-quarters of the songs are songs we wrote in the studio. It just happened very quickly, we got everything done in two weeks.”
Story Source: Loudwire
Fun Facts:
- The band consists of 21-year old vocalist Josh Kiszka, his 21-year-old brother Jake on guitar and 18-year-old sibling Sam on bass, along with longtime family friend Danny Wagner — also 18 — on drums.
ROGER DALTREY TALKS OPEN MARRIAGE, THE ‘ME TOO’ MOVEMENT, HENDRIX & TOWNSHEND
Roger Daltrey is hardly one to pull punches or hold back from speaking his mind. Daltrey talked in detail about his 51-year-romance and 46-year marriage to wife Heather Taylor. Daltrey, who’ll release his latest solo set, As Long As I Have You, on June 1st, spoke candidly on his infamous open marriage, telling The Daily Mail, “When your husband is on the road with the world’s biggest rock n’ roll band, she knew what business I was in. Was she ever going to believe me coming back from a three-month tour that I’d been a good boy? I mean, come on. Men are men. No one needed to say anything, it was all open and it worked. That kind of relationship worked for the aristocracy for centuries. It’s remarkable that we have survived, but we’ve survived because she understood.”
Story Source: Daily Mail