Alice In Chains: Last News

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot and KISS have been announced as headliners for this year’s Louder Than Life festival.The event, known as the world’s largest rock ‘n’ roll whiskey festival, takes place at the Highland Festival Grounds At KY Expo Center In Louisville, Kentucky, between September 22-25. You can get tickets here.Other names on the massive line-up include: Bring Me The Horizon, Yungblud, Shinedown, Rob Zombie, Alice In Chains, Alice Cooper, Incubus, Evanescence, Lamb Of God, Tenacious D, Chevelle, Papa Roach, Halestorm, Mastodon, In This Moment, The Pretty Reckless and many more.“This is how you do festivals right,” Slipknot’s Clown said of the event.

Mötley Crüe have announced the cancellation of their headline slot at Boardwalk Rock festival next month as frontman Vince Neil recovers from a “required medical procedure” – find out more below.The band were due to make their return to the stage at the festival in Maryland’s Ocean City on May 17.The performance would have marked their first since they postponed their planned Las Vegas residency last month, but they’ve now told fans they won’t be appearing as the singer recovers. They’ll be replaced by Alice in Chains.In a statement, the band explained: “Motley Crue will be unable to perform at Boardwalk Rock in Ocean City, MD, on May 17 as Vince Neil is recuperating after a required medical procedure recently advised by his doctors.“Vince’s health comes first, and we fully support him in prioritizing his recovery.

Alice In Chains‘ late Layne Staley are set to be published as a new book titled This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley. The 176-page book is being released by Weldon Owen Publishing and will be distributed by Simon & Schuster.

Almost Famous.The Alice In Chains guitarist and singer made a cameo appearance in Crowe’s 1992 movie Singles, along with his bandmates as well as members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Cantrell also had a role in Crowe’s 1996 film Jerry Maguire, which starred Tom Cruise.During a recent episode of The Adamantium Podcast, the musician explained that he was almost cast in Almost Famous.The comedy coming-of-age film was based on Crowe’s experiences in the early ’70s when he was a teenage music journalist for Rolling Stone, touring with Led Zeppelin, Eagles, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Jane’s Addiction, Alice In Chains, The Rolling Stones and more, has died at the age of 75.The news was confirmed in a Facebook post shared by Jerden’s son Bryan on Thursday (January 6). “Our father David Jerden passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday February 5th. It’s hard to express in words what he meant to me, my sister Michelle, and the rest of our family,” began the post.It continued: “He was larger than life and was deeply passionate about so many things, from history to science, but above all he was a music maker.

Black Sabbath announced their final show this week, but the metal legends have bid farewell multiple times in the past too – see footage and setlists from their previous “final shows” below.On Wednesday (February 5), the band announced they would be reuniting with their original line-up of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward one last time this summer.The all-day show will go down at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5, with a stellar supporting line-up that includes the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, Alice In Chains, members of Limp Bizkit and KoRn, as well as Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello (who also acts of musical director of the concert).Tickets go on sale next Friday (February 14) at 10am GMT, and all profits will go to charities Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice – a Children’s Hospice supported by Aston Villa. Visit here for tickets.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)While it is very likely that this will truly be the final Sabbath show, it is not the first time they have bid farewell to playing live together.Their first farewell came on November 15, 1992 in the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, California on the final night of Osbourne’s solo tour, dubbed ‘No More Tours’.

Tony Iommi have spoken to NME about what to expect from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne‘s final concert – letting a few surprises slip – and what it means to be going out with such a bang on home turf.It was announced yesterday (Wednesday February 5) that the metal icons would be reuniting with their original line-up of Osbourne, guitarist Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward. It will mark their first time playing live together in two decades, and come as the very last performance from the band and frontman.

Alice In Chains track ‘Hate To Feel’ live for the first time in over 30 years. Check out footage of the moment below.The Alice In Chains guitarist and solo artist aired off the track during the first night of his ‘I Want Blood’ tour – celebrating his recently released solo album of the same name.Launching the North American leg of the tour with an opening night at Niagara Falls in Ontario last Friday (January 31), the grunge icon caught fans off guard by performing the song for the first time since November 1993.The track was originally shared by the band on their fan-favourite release ‘Dirt’ back in 1992, and hadn’t made its way onto any setlists – for both for AIC and solo members – since that following year.For the tour, the singer, songwriter and guitarist was joined by Better Lovers and former Dillinger Escape Plan singer Greg Piciato, who contributed vocals for some of the vocal parts from late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley.Check out footage of ‘Hate To Feel’ being performed live in Ontario here:The rest of the set included various tracks from Cantrell’s latest record – which marked his fourth LP as a solo artist and featured contributions from Metallica’s Robert Trujillo and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan.It also included other classic tracks from the iconic 1992 album including ‘Would?’, ‘Rooster’, ‘Down In A Hole’ and ‘Them Bones’.The current leg of the ‘I Want Blood’ tour includes stops in North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois and more, and Cantrell is set to bring the shows over the pond later this summer.

Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell has revealed that he and Metallica frontman James Hetfield have briefly discussed making music together.The soloist and Alice In Chains guitarist shared the news during a new issue of Metal Hammer, in which he took questions from fans.At one point in the interview, Cantrell was asked about his long-running friendship with the Metallica singer – namely whether the two had ever contemplated working together on new material.“James and I have talked about it, kind of,” he began. “We never had a formal conversation but I’ve jammed with him at Kirk’s [Hammett, Metallica guitarist] place.

Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Alice in Chains are reportedly among the artists who spent US tax-payer funded COVID relief grants on luxury items, travel, and parties.The funding, called the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2020, and aimed to subsidise musicians and venues who were impacted by pandemic-related closures.Now, a new report from Business Insider has found that a handful of big artists, including Wayne, Brown and Alice in Chains claimed millions from the grant before spending it in lavish ways.The publication reveals that Wayne received $8.9million from the tax-payer-funded grant, spending over $1.3million on private-jet flights and over $460,000 on clothes and accessories, including many from luxury brands like Gucci and Balenciaga.The rapper reportedly put $175,000 towards “a music festival promoting his marijuana brand, GKUA” as well as “flights and luxury hotel rooms for women whose connection to Lil Wayne’s touring operation was unclear, including a waitress at a Hooters-type restaurant and a porn actress.”Insider also alleges that Wayne claimed $88,000 for a concert in Coachella, California that he didn’t end up performing at. They report that, when reaching out to him via text to comment, Wayne responded with “a sexually explicit overture to a reporter and did not respond to questions.”Elsewhere, the artist and athlete management firm NKSFB received at least $207million in grant money, of which they took $7million.

Jerry Cantrell just spent his summer opening for Bush.Now, just a month later, the prolific Alice In Chains frontman announced he’ll play venues all over North America on his winter 2025 ‘I Want Blood Tour’ in support of his forthcoming album with the same name.Early in the nationwide run, the “Cut You In” singer is slated to drop into Sayreville, NJ’s Starland Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 1, New York City’s Irving Plaza on Wednesday, Feb.

Anthrax’s Scott Ian celebrated his 60th birthday in style on New Year’s Eve, inviting a list of famous friends for an “epic” party jam.The festivities took place at the Galpin Speed Shop in Van Nuys, California, and Ian’s eye-watering guestlist included Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Robb Flynn from Machine Head and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains.Ian’s Anthrax bandmates Charlie Benante and Frank Bello were also in attendance, as was Fall Out Boy’s Andrew Hurley and Whitfield Crane from Ugly Kid Joe.The group all took part in a communal jam session. Check out footage from the night below.Writing about the night on Instagram, Ian said: “Greatest birthday party entrance of all time.

Post Malone delivered a live cover of Alice In Chains‘ ‘Them Bones’ during a recent radio session – watch the performance below.The ‘Austin’ rapper/singer-songwriter put a stripped-back acoustic spin on the Seattle rock band’s signature 1992 single while appearing on The Howard Stern Show this Tuesday (October 17).“Hey, Howard, hopefully I don’t fuck these lyrics up,” Posty said as he introduced the cover (via Consequence). The artist sang in his gravelly tone and finished the rendition with an acappella bark of “Ah!“.“Fucked it up there, didn’t I?” he said at the end of the rendition.

Alice in Chains‘ show in West Palm Beach, Florida over the weekend, snapping backstage photos with members of the band.Singer William DuVall, guitarist Jerry Cantrell and bassist Mike Inez all shared separate pictures with the sibling tennis legends. “So great to see them rocking out down front and sidestage,” DuVall wrote in his caption.“Even better to find that they’re so cool and down to earth as people,” he added.

Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley and original bassist Mike Starr have sold their music rights to Primary Wave.Meanwhile, current members Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William DuVall have sold their catalogues with the band to Round Hill Music.As Variety reports, the latter deal was reportedly for $50million (£37m). Round Hill is set to receive a 100 per cent interest in the four current members’ copyrights to Alice In Chains’ masters and publishing.

Primary Wave and Round Hill have acquired music rights and royalties from Alice In Chains. Not jointly, mind.