LOTS OF MUSIC NEWS......
Metallica have added a bonus prize to their annual Metallica Marching Band Competition.
They've announced that the "Collegiate Division 1" first place winner will have the opportunity to record a Metallica song and the EA Sports College Football game theme, both of which will be used in a future edition of the game.
Metallica says, "If you need a refresher on the competition, we’re challenging marching bands to craft the most exciting, unique and impressive performances of our music. Bands who enter will have access to a library of marching band charts for Metallica songs, provided by Hal Leonard."
Marching bands have until November 1st to enter at MetallicaMarchingBand.com.
In other Metallica news, they just broke a 43-year-old attendance record held by The Who. Over 47,500 fans attended their show at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York Saturday night, breaking the record of 47,319 set by The Who in 1982.
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After various reunions over the past 15 years, the original Alice Cooper band has finally recorded a full reunion album.
The Revenge of Alice Cooper, due out July 25, features all four surviving members -- Alice Cooper, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith. It also includes a special appearance by the late guitarist Glen Buxton, who died in 1997. Buxton's guitar work appears on "What Happened to You," which was built from a riff from one of his old demo tapes.
The album was produced by Cooper's long-time collaborator Bob Ezrin. The album's first single, "Black Mamba," will debut tomorow (Tuesday) on Cooper's syndicated radio show, Alice's Attic.
Cooper told Billboard that recording a full album was pretty easy. "It was very much like this was our next album after [1973's] Muscle of Love. Isn't that funny after 50 years? All of a sudden it just falls into place."
The surviving members of the group have joined Cooper on multiple tracks on three albums over the past 15 years -- 2011's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, 2017's Paranormal and 2021's Detroit Stories.
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The late Tom Petty makes an animated appearance in Snoop Dogg's video for his cover of Petty's "Last Dance With Mary Jane." You can watch it below.