Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres is back in action, having returned behind the kit just in time for the group’s show in Fresno.
The 60-year old musician had emergency gall bladder surgery on Sept. 20 just one week after undergoing an appendectomy at the American British Cowdray Hospital in Mexico...
Roger Taylor hopes to keep out of the much-delayed Freddie Mercury biopic once a script, lead star and director are tied down.
The Queen drummer told Rhythm that all three are very nearly locked in.
He said: “It really has been in the works for a while. The film industry moves...
Brazil’s Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with singer James LaBrie of progressive metal giants Dream Theater.
Asked about his current relationship with original Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, LaBrie said: “I haven’t spoken to Mike since he left the band.
“Myself,...
PRESS RELEASE: A brand new music exhibition and education conference dedicated to music making is taking place in Manchester this November.
The Music Show will take place at Manchester Central on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November 2013 and will promote the benefits of music and showcase...
Musicians from across the country have rallied round a Truro drummer donating hundreds of pounds so that he can buy a new drum kit after his disappeared from a garage.
Darren Curgenven, who has been playing drums for 15 years, was devastated when his specialist Yamaha beech kit went missing...
If you haven’t already heard, it’s that time of the year again and we will soon be opening for entries to the 2014 Young Drummer of the Year Competition.
Entries will open on October 1st 2013 and will close on November 1st 2013.
Now in it’s 12th year, the competition...
Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward is still hard at work on his new solo album. However, it’s unclear when the musician hopes to have the new tracks ready for his fans.
Although Ward didn’t help out with Black Sabbath’s album 13 or the reunion tour, this doesn’t mean that...
Former Baroness drummer Allen Blickle, who left the band after sustaining major injuries in a bus crash in 2012, has re-emerged with a new project alongside his ex-step brother Juston Nuckois called Alpaca.
But it doesn’t sound quite how you’d expect.
Alpaca presents a strange...
Drummer Zac Hanson was ushering out a man who somehow managed to sneak onto the band’s tour bus while they were on stopover in Seattle on Monday.
In a video posted by TMZ, the man grabs onto Zac’s leg before the musician gently pushes him out the door.
The ousted intruder...
Nick Menza’s gruesome altercation with a circular saw blade left doctors, along with Menza himself, unsure if the musician would ever be able to play drums again. Thankfully, due to some surgical steel, Menza recovered and is currently performing with his eponymous project, Menza, along with another...
Sepultura’s Iggor Cavalera has been convinced by James Murphy to form “a metal version of the White Stripes” with his brother Max.
Iggor, 42, the Brazilian tribal funk-metal drummer who sold 20m records around the world with his former band, Sepultura, has been living in England...
Original Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason says he could easily be talked into reuniting with his bandmates. Speaking with NME, Mason admitted he’d be ready to jump on a Floyd tour at a moment’s notice, but he’s not optimistic about it actually happening.
“I would do it,...
Two-time Guinness World Record holder Russ Prager hopes to break a drum marathon record while drumming for disaster relief. He’ll have to keep up the beat at the Quaker Steak and Lube until nearly 3 a.m. Tuesday to be a success.
According to Guinness rules, he can drum continuously for...
