Guns N’ Roses are reportedly planning to tour the Northeast in February. Six intimate concerts have been announced, with three of them taking place in The Big Apple during fashion week. NYC shows include:
02/10/2012 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
02/12/2012 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
02/15/2012 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
The Webster Hall gig will mark Guns N’ Roses‘ return (24 years later) to the venue, which was known as The Ritz back then.
Ticket pre-sale will go down tomorrow, January 31st at 10AM, public on-sale is set for this Wednesday, February 1st.
Guns N’ Roses will also be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this spring, alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys.
G N’ R is:
Axl Rose – lead vocals Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals Tommy Stinson – bass, backing vocals Chris Pitman – keyboards, backing vocals Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal – lead guitar Frank Ferrer – drums DJ Ashba – lead guitar
Guns N’ Roses performing in Caracas, Venezuela on March 27, 2010. Photo by Ed Vill.
Bearface, Fashion Week, Ghost Robot Ninja Bear, and Jewel Heist will team up TONIGHT (1/28) for an affordable show ($5) at Brooklyn rock joint Saint Vitus. The 21+ party kicks off at 8PM. Stick around till the end for Live Band Karaoke.
In related news…
Bearface are currently working on music for a full-length that’s coming out in the near future.
Fashion Week, who are fronted by Josh Lozano of Inswarm, Man’s Gin and Jarboe’s live band, plan to take a break from shows after tonight, to write some new stuff.
Brooklyn punk rock act Ghost Robot Ninja Bear will perform again on March 29th at a NYC benefit concert to fight multiple sclerosis at American Trash, more details here.
Last year, psych-rockers Jewel Heist released a 3-song EP. You can listen to it in full below:
Romanian progressive/folk/atmospheric black metal outfit Negură Bunget will headline a Blackened Music Series-presented event at Cameo (93 N. 6th Street) in Brooklyn on Friday, April 20th. Wolven Ancestry, Eclipse Eternal and The Way of Purity will provide support at NYC’s show, which is part of a larger tour for the four bands. The trek will also hit The Loft in Poughkeepsie on May 26th. NYC tickets are on-sale now.
Negură Bunget’s latest EP “Poartă de dincolo” is out now via Code666 Records.
A reunited Refused have added a second show at Terminal 5, on top of their previously announced April 23rd gig (which sold out in minutes). The new show will take place on April 22nd. Tickets go on-sale 2/1 at noon.
Brooklyn-based melodic hardcore/punk rock act I Am the Avalanche have announced a March/April tour alongside Hostage Calm and Banquets, Red City Radio & Timeshares on select dates. New York shows are as follows:
03/18/2012 – Syracuse, NY @ The Lost Horizon – w/ Banquets
03/20/2012 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
04/07/2012 – New York, NY @ Santos Party House – w/ Banquets & more TBA
The 2012 edition of the “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival” has been officially announced. Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel, and High On Fire will round out the bill, with a “special guest” TBA (rumors indicate Motörhead). New York stops include:
07/31/2012 – Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
08/01/2012 – Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
All Shall Perish will team up with Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Conducting From The Grave and The Contortionist for a month-long U.S. run later this year.
The journey, dubbed “This Is Where It Ends 2012 Tour”, will land at Gramercy Theatre in NYC on April 19th (and The Lost Horizon in Syracuse on April 21st). NYC tickets go on-sale starting 1/27 at 10AM.
