Lots of Album News to tell you about!
Foreigner have put together yet another hits collection. Farewell – The Very Best of Foreigner (HOT BLOODED EDITION) is pressed on red vinyl and is available exclusively at tour stops and online in time for Valentine’s Day at Foreigner.MerchMadeEasy.com/HotBlooded. It’s limited to 5,000 copies.
Alice in Chains have announced that their 1994 acoustic-based EP Jar of Flies will get reissued in multiple editions on March 22nd.
The band made the announcement today (Thursday) on the 30th anniversary of the EP's release date, January 25th, 1994. It became the first EP to top the Billboard 200 album chart, and was the first of two number-one releases for the band. (Their self-titled album debuted at number-one in November 1995.)
The reissues include a standard black 12-inch vinyl available from all retailers. Plus the band’s official webstore is offering tri-colored vinyl, a cassette, and a clear variant with “flies” embedded in the vinyl. And there's a deluxe box set featuring the EP on tri-colored vinyl, a logo-embossed jar with touch-activated red LED and faux flies, a 60-page hardcover book, and a double-sided poster.
There's also a new exclusive merch tied into the anniversary, including limited-edition apparel, a poker set and a skate deck in collaboration with Welcome Skateboards.
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has shared another track from his album, The Mandrake Project, which is due out March 1st. Check out the video for "Rain on the Graves" on YouTube.
Mick Mars has shared another track from his solo debut The Other Side of Mars, which is due out February 23rd. Check out "Undone" on YouTube.