Greta Van-Fleet: Last News

Greta Van Fleet bassist Sam Kiszka has shared his thoughts on “popular music”, revealing that he thinks it “almost insults people’s intelligence”.Speaking on an episode of Consequence Of Sound’s Kyle Meredith With …podcast, the musician explained the idea behind the Michigan-based band’s latest album, ‘The Battle at Garden’s Gate’.“It’s kind of the story of mankind … we frame it in a different way, just so you can see it in a different way,” he said. “The best thing we can hope for is [being] thought-provoking.”He went on to say that he believed this was in contrast to more mainstream music.

Theatrical, brilliant and instrumental. For two nights only, American family band Greta Van Fleet, known for their outrageous outfits and glitter makeup, took to O2 Apollo to tumultuous applause showcasing their outrageous talent.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticSocial justice got nearly equal time with branding at the 2022 Clio Awards, as music exec Jason Flom got a special award for his work on criminal justice reform, and a public service spot that married the message of Sandy Hook Promise and Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” won a Clio in the “social good” category.Six-time Grammy nominee Yola hosted the event, which was being held during the Music Biz conference in Nashville for the first time, at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville. Organizers further took advantage of the locale to book country music artists Breland and Lily Rose as guest performers.Mary J.

Greta Van Fleet frontman Josh Kiszka is finally responding to the accusations of cultural appropriation from fans.

Greta Van Fleet’s Josh Kiszka has apologised for wearing Indigenous costumes on stage and appropriating the culture.The Michigan-based rock band’s lead singer has been criticised recently for sporting Indigenous costumes on stage across the last half-decade, and has addressed the concerns in a new Instagram post.“To our Indigenous fans, I see you,” Kiszka’s message began. “I’ve taken time to listen and gather my thoughts. My appreciation for Indigenous culture is bigger than myself.

Metallica are set to release a series of remixed and re-edited live performance and documentary films of their 40th anniversary shows.In partnership with The Coda Collection, seven new titles will be made available on the subscription streaming service for the first time, shedding new light on the metal monolith’s 40-year tenure and offering fans a chance to relive some of their most iconic performances.The series kicked off today (March 24) with the release of Cunning Stunts and Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México.Two separate concert films, dubbed Metallica 40th Anniversary LIVE of Metallica’s highly anticipated anniversary concert at San Francisco’s Chase Center that took place last December will be released by The Coda Collection on March 31 and April 7 respectively.At the landmark shows, the band performed a number of rarities, dusting off the lid on the likes of ‘The End Of The Line’ from 2008’s ‘Death Magnetic’ for the first time since 2010, 2003’s ‘Dirty Window’, which hadn’t been performed since 2011, as well as ‘Bleeding Me’ (1996) was performed in full for the first time in 10 years.Check out the trailer for Metallica 40th Anniversary LIVE below:Notably, A Year and a Half In The Life of Metallica, the 1992 documentary chronicling the making of Metallica’s self-titled fifth studio album, will receive its streaming debut via the new series.The complete release schedule of all seven titles and access to stream the films can be found here.

Greta Van Fleet have postponed a series of upcoming US shows after guitarist Jake Kiszka was hospitalised with pneumonia.The Michigan rockers are currently on tour in the States behind 2021 album ‘The Battle at Garden’s Gate’, kicking off the ‘Dreams In Gold’ tour on March 10 in Michigan.Earlier this week, the band postponed gigs in Flint and Ypsilanti on March 16 and 17 respectively, revealing that brothers Josh and Jake Kiszka woke up unwell.The band have now confirmed in a follow-up post that Jake had been hospitalised with pneumonia, meaning tonight’s (March 19) show in Huntington, West Virginia is also postponed.They wrote on Instagram: “While Josh has mostly recovered, Jake’s diagnosis is more complex. What started as a small cough on Tuesday rapidly progressed overnight requiring his admission to the hospital yesterday.

took herself out of the running to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year — “I don’t feel that I have earned that right,” she said in an Instagram post— she revealed that she hopes to one day be “worthy” of another nomination.“This has … inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock ’n’ roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do!” she said.And if Johnny Cash could work with Rick Rubin and Loretta Lynn could collaborate with Jack White, then certainly Parton could get some rock love.Rundgren — who in addition to being inducted into the RRHOF last year as an artist, has produced everyone from Badfinger and the New York Dolls to Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” — would love to collaborate with Parton behind the boards. “Who wouldn’t?” Rundgren, 73, said.“She’s made so many records, has so much experience, you know there’s not going to be any sort of funny business about doing it.

Greta Van Fleet began the North American leg of their 2022 ‘Dreams In Gold’ tour in Michigan this week – check out the full setlist and watch fan-shot footage below.For the first of five dates in their home state, the band took to the stage at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on Thursday night (March 10) to deliver a 14-track headline performance (via Setlist.FM).The group kicked off with ‘Heat Above’, the opening track from their second album ‘The Battle at Garden’s Gate’. They also offered up live airings of the 2021 record’s cuts ‘Caravel’, ‘The Weight of Dreams’, ‘Built By Nations’, ‘Age Of Machine’ and more.Elsewhere, Greta Van Fleet dusted off ‘Watching Over’, ‘When The Curtain Falls’ and ‘Age Of Man’ from their 2018 debut, ‘Anthem Of The Peaceful Army’, as well as the following cuts from 2017’s ‘From The Fires’ double EP: ‘Safari Song’, ‘Black Smoke Rising’ and ‘Highway Tune’.You can see a selection of videos from the concert below.Greta Van Fleet played:‘Heat Above’‘Safari Song’‘Black Smoke Rising’‘Caravel’‘Age Of Machine’‘Light My Love’‘Trip The Light Fantastic’‘The Weight Of Dreams’‘Watching Over’‘Built By Nations’‘When The Curtain Falls’Encore:‘Age Of Man’‘Highway Tune’‘My Way, Soon’ Greta Van Fleet are due to resume their tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan this evening (March 12) before visiting Saginaw (13), Flint (16) and Ypsilanti (17).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has appointed David Wolter executive vice president of A&R,label  co-president Wendy Goldstein announced today (March 7). He is based in Republic Records’ New York headquarters.Throughout his career,  Wolter has signed or worked closely with artists ranging from Gorillaz to Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers. At Republic, he will oversee upcoming releases for Benee, Greta Van Fleet, Jimmy Fallon and others, in addition to signing new talent.Prior to joining Republic Records, Wolter had been an executive VP of Virgin Records at Capitol Music Group since 2017.

Metallica have played their first show of the year, kicking off 2022 with a performance at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.The show took place on Friday night (February 25), opened by support acts Ice Nine Kills and Greta Van Fleet. Metallica charged through a 16-song setlist, comprising classic cuts including ‘Ride The Lightning’, ‘Moth Into Flame’, ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and ‘Enter Sandman’, among others.Fan-filmed footage of the performance captured some fiery moments, as the band set off fitting pyrotechnics for the songs ‘Fuel’ and ‘Moth Into Flame’.

Greta Van Fleet have announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2022.The ‘Dreams And Gold’ jaunt will see the band play two dates at Manchester’s O2 Apollo along with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace and a concert in Dublin next June.Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT and will be available here.

Metallica have announced the rescheduled dates for their South American tour with Greta Van Fleet – you can see full schedule below.The band were due to embark on a six-date tour of South America back in April 2020 but were forced to postpone the dates after the global coronavirus pandemic shut down the live events industry.“As the saying goes, the third time is the charm, and we’re excited to be in this space today to announce the re-rescheduled South American tour dates!” Metallica said today (October 26) in a statement (via Kerrang!).“For those of you who have hung in there with us over the last 18 months since the original shows were supposed to happen, thank you for your tremendous patience! We truly cannot wait to finally visit South

now try to keep up here) by re-sharing a clip from her 21-year-old daughter’s TikTok account, in which Memphis is seen promoting her own racy Instagram page — which provides a link to her subscribers-only OnlyFans site — while lip-syncing to Greta Van Fleet’s “Light My Love.”The 11-seconds of footage depicts the young woman mouthing the words, “Your mind is a stream of colors, extending beyond our sky,” as a filter added a graphic of glowing hearts, pulsing from behind her head.The caption attached to Memphis’ TikTok update reads, “To be spoken to like this….. a dream.

Metallica have filed an insurance lawsuit against Lloyd’s Of London over losses suffered as a result of postponing its South American tour due to coronavirus.The band were due to embark on a six-date tour of South America with support from Greta Van Fleet in April 2020, with the shows planned before the global pandemic shut down the live music industry.Metallica rescheduled the shows for December 2020, but with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, those dates were also postponed.

Greta Van Fleet have hit back at KISS frontman Gene Simmons, after he dared to suggest that rock music is “dead”.Simmons first courted controversy with similar comments in 2014, and doubled down on the remarks in a new interview which arrived in February.“Rock is dead. And that’s because new bands haven’t taken the time to create glamour, excitement and epic stuff,” Simmons told Gulf News.“I mean, Foo Fighters is a terrific band, but that’s a 20-year-old band.

Chris Willman Music WriterA compilation from rapper Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life label, “Slime Language 2,” slimed its way into the top spot of the album chart, accruing 108,200 album-equivalent units in its first week out.In at No. 2 was the first of three albums country star Eric Church is releasing in very fast succession — “Heart,” which debuted with 83,600 album units.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe lines that divide tribute from parody or pastiche are very fine ones, and the concepts are hardly mutually exclusive — especially in the music world. Songs ranging from Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” Madonna’s “True Blue” and Whitesnake’s “Still of the Night” to Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s recent hit “Leave the Door Open” — not to mention many titles in Beck’s catalog — are like giant musical winks, knowing grins directed at target audiences who not only get the references but are also in on the joke.

Greta Van Fleet — who launch “The Battle at Garden’s Gate,” their second album, on Friday — being compared to Led Zeppelin has been both a blessing and a curse that has brought on the haters.“People are like, ‘Aw, I love Greta!’ or ‘God, they’re s – – t!’ ” lead singer Josh Kiszka told The Post. “But it’s a pretty damn good comparison to have.

Greta Van Fleet have shared a brand new single – listen to the raging ‘Broken Bells’ below.The track is the latest preview of the Aussie rockers’ new album ‘The Battle At Garden’s Gate’, which is set to come out next month.The new album, due out on April 16, has so far been previewed by two singles, ‘My Way, Soon’ and ‘Age Of Machine’.The band’s Sam Kiszka said new track ‘Broken Bells’ concerns ​”what the fetter of society does to impact a pure and innocent soul.

Greta Van Fleet’s forthcoming second album, ‘The Battle At Garden’s Gate’, will be “a bit more complex” than its predecessor, according to band members Josh and Sam Kiszka.In a recent interview with Loudwire Nights, the brothers discussed the follow-up record to 2018’s ‘Anthem of the Peaceful Army’.“I think for the aesthetic of this album, we really had to find the right team to assemble because we knew that what we were about to do was honestly very daunting, sonically,” bassist Sam said.“We knew we had to find people we trusted who could achieve the sound we were going for, which is going to be more cinematic.