VIDEO: People are Awesome | The talented band from George Mason University raged out on their instruments as they played Rage Against the Machine’s hit “Killing in the Name.” From the wind section to the conductor, everyone was headbanging and rocking out.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/school-band-plays-rage-against-the-machine/
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Def Leppard Recruits Bret Michaels and Extreme for Summer Shows
By Matthew Wilkening, Ultimate Classic Rock
Def Leppard has added seven new dates to their summer tour plans, and invited Bret Michaels, the Struts and Extreme to join the fun.
Those acts will take turns opening for the British hard rockers on the newly announced dates. You can see the full Def Leppard 2025 summer tour itinerary below. Their plans include over a dozen previously announced headlining and festival appearances.
Tickets for the newly announced shows will go on pre-sale via Citi on Tuesday, March 18, with general sales starting Friday, March 21.
Earlier this year Def Leppard released a cover of Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Their most recent album was 2022’s Diamond Star Halos.
Def Leppard 2025 Tour Dates (newly announced in bold) [So far, no dates in Colorado]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/def-leppard-recruits-bret-michaels-and-extreme-for-summer-shows/
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Iron Maiden’s plane has been cut into pieces and put up for sale
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN
English heavy metal band Iron Maiden once sang, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter,” but when it comes to dismantling the band’s Boeing 747-400 tour plane, it’s a little more complicated.
German company Aviationtag, which specializes in upcycling scrapped airplanes, has created a limited run of one-of-a-kind tags made from the fuselage of Ed Force One, the moniker given the plane that served the band on its 2016 Book of Souls world tour.
The tail fin was decorated with the image of Eddie, Iron Maiden’s zombie-like mascot, but it’s now the plane’s turn to be dismembered and then resurrected.
Each tag, which can be used as a keychain or simply as a collector’s item, is made from the plane’s white fuselage.
“To create color variations, we also incorporated material from the blue tail fin, which had up to nine layers of paint applied over time,” Aviationtag’s chief commercial officer Tobia Richter tells CNN.
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Read more on this unusual merchandise offer here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/iron-maiden-s-plane-has-been-cut-into-pieces-and-put-up-for-sale/
The full process can be seen in Aviationtag’s “Making of” video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvKvn9wFNg
Photo: One of the limited edition tags. – Courtesy Aviationtag