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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the heels of legendary punk progenitors the MC5’s nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the group’s guitarist and co-founder Wayne Kramer has released two new songs and announced The Heavy Lifting Tour in May, all as a “reanimation” of the pioneering group, dubbed We Are All MC5.The tour begins with a special hometown show, celebrating the birthday of Detroit’s El Club, before moving on to the East Coast (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Brooklyn) and West Coast (Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego). Joining Kramer in the touring band will be singer Brad Brooks, drummer Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), bassist Vicki Randle (Mavis Staples), and guitarist Stevie Salas (David Bowie). “Nonstop touring, especially the last decade, I’ve come to understand that the music of the MC5 is as necessary as ever,” Kramer said.

Deep Purple have shared their new single ‘Lazy Sod’ – listen below.The release of the Bob Ezrin-produced track marks the third single the band have shared from the upcoming album ‘=1’, following ‘Portable Door’ and ‘Pictures of You’.The album arrives on July 19 via earMUSIC, and will be the band’s first full-length release since 2021, when they dropped the covers album ‘Turning To Crime’, and the first LP of original material since 2020’s ‘Whoosh!’.On their official website, they shared the unlikely inspiration behind the song’s name. Frontman Ian Gillan explained: “Recently, a young journalist asked me how many songs I had written in my life.

MC5 have shared details of ‘Heavy Lifting’ – their first new studio album in over five decades. Check out the lead single ‘Boys Who Play With Matches’ below.Announced today (June 6), the project will feature both guitar and vocals from the founding member Wayne Kramer, as well as a number of special guest appearances.Framer was prolific for his work with the band over the past five decades, and the last remaining active member of the line-up. He died in February, aged 75, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

David Gilmour has continued his long running feud with former Pink Floyd bandmate, Roger Waters, by sharing a documentary detailing instances of alleged anti-Semitism from the latter.Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Gilmour retweeted a post about a documentary titled The Dark Side Of Roger Waters, originally published by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which produced the project.Rogers has previously spoken out against the documentary with a post to his official website, dismissing the project as “a flimsy, unapologetic piece of propaganda”. He also claimed that it “indiscriminately mixes things I’m alleged to have said or done at different times and in different contexts, in an effort to portray me as an antisemite, without any foundation in fact”.The clip shared by Gilmour sees two of Waters’ former collaborators recall their experiences working with the musician, and the instances where they reportedly saw him make anti-Semitic comments.The first of which was from Waters’ former saxophonist Nortber Statchel, who told BBC journalist John Ware about a time when the Pink Floyd musician allegedly imitated a stereotypically poor Polish woman as a reference to his Jewish ancestors.

Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ has claimed that Roger Waters exhibited anti-Semitic behaviour towards band’s agent.It comes as a new documentary, The Dark Side of Roger Waters, explores allegations of antisemitism against the Pink Floyd co-founder.Producer Bob Ezrin in a new online documentary created by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA), claims that he once heard Waters call the band’s agent, Bryan Morrison, a “fucking Jew” during a ditty.Ezrin claimed: “Something like the last line of the couplet was ’cause Morry is a fucking Jew’. It was my first inclination that there may be some anti-Semitism under the surface.

An impressive array of more than 50 Canadian recording artists have pooled their talents for a new single to promote an excellent cause.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLegendary rocker Alice Cooper, who should need no introduction, has signed with CAA to represent his touring in North America.He has sold more than 50 million albums over the years and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. His nightly radio show, “Nights With Alice Cooper,” continues to air in nearly 100 cities in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K.

Alice Cooper has revealed he is working on both his 29th and 30th studio albums simultaneously – less than a year after releasing his 28th.In an interview on presenter and historian Eddie Trunk’s Sirius XM radio show Trunk Nation, as reported on via Blabbermouth, Cooper gave some more information on his current recording plans and what to expect from the forthcoming releases.“I’m working on two albums right now,” he confirmed.“One is… totally written, and we’ll be doing bed tracks for that one pretty soon. The other one is just a touch in the future, but that’s being written right now too.”Cooper also confirmed the sound of the two albums, which are both being overseen by producer Bob Ezrin.“They’re two entirely different kinds of albums, but they’re Alice Cooper, pure rock’n’roll albums,” he said.“The two albums will really be hard rock albums.” The news of these new albums from Cooper – one of which is expected for release this year – comes just under a year on from the release of Cooper’s most recent studio album, ‘Detroit Stories’, in February 2021.

Alice Cooper has released a new single recorded during and inspired by the COVID-19 lockdown.

Written to encourage people to "keep our heads up and fight back together"