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These are the events that happened on June 27th

*1970 – The newly formed Queen featuring Freddie Mercury (possibly still known as Freddie Bulsara) on vocals, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and Mike Grose on bass played their first gig at Truro City Hall, Cornwall, England. They were billed as Smile, Brian and Roger’s previous band, for whom the booking had been made originally. Original material at this time included an early version of ‘Stone Cold Crazy’.

*1981 – Motorhead scored their only UK No.1 album with ‘No Sleep Til Hammersmith’. The live album was recorded at Leeds and Newcastle shows during their Short, Sharp Pain In The Neck tour in 1981. The name of the tour was a reference to the injury sustained by Phil Taylor when he was dropped on his head during some after-show horseplay. Despite the title of the album, the London venue the Hammersmith Odeon was not played on the tour.

*1987 – Whitney Houston became the first women in US history to enter the album chart at No.1 with ‘Whitney’ she also became the first woman to top the singles chart with four consecutive releases when ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ hit No.1.

Motorhead redid a classic Metallica song and are streaming it at Soundcloud.  I couldn’t find the actual link but our friends over at Hennemusic have it.  Check it out

http://www.hennemusic.com/2017/08/audio-motorhead-stream-cover-of.html

This is one of the songs on their upcoming album titled Under Cover which they cover songs by The Ramones, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Bowie and others.  The tracks were recorded during various studio sessions between 1992 and 2015.

Motorhead has announced that they will play on the main stage at the Mayhem tour beginning on June 30.  Along with Motorhead will be Slipknot and Slayer.  The other stages will include Anthrax, The Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, Whitechapel, High on Fire, Upon A Burning Body, I the Breather and another act not announced yet.  Here are the dates.

6/30 San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater
7/1 Shoreline Amphitheater @ San Francisco, CA
7/3 Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater
7/4 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater
7/6 Phoenix, AZ @ Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion
7/7 Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion
7/8 Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
7/10 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
7/11 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/13 Tampa, FL @ 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre
7/14 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
7/15 Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
7/17 Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
7/18 Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre
7/20 St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/21 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/22 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/24 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
7/25 Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
7/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center
7/28 Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
7/29 Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live
7/31 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8/1 Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake PAC
8/3 Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
8/4 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
8/5 Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theatre

Motorhead and The Great Fog jewelers have released The Motorhead Warpig ring.  Lemmy has loved The Great Fog jewelers for years and he gave the final approval of the limited edition and number engraved ring.  It costs about $280 USD. See what it looks like below

Aww yeah. What a kick ass tour this will be. Motorhead, Clutch and Valient Thorr are heading out on tour. Check it and go see it! Asterisks mean Clutch are the headlining band.

1/29 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
1/30 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Slo Brew*
1/31 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
2/1 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s*
2/2 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
2/4 – Seatlle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
2/5 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
2/7 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theater
2/9 – Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Centre
2/10 – Calgary, AB @ Flames Central
2/12 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings
2/13 – Fargo, ND @ The Venue
2/14 – Sioux Falls, SD @ The Vault*
2/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
2/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
2/17 – Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theater by AMC
2/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue*
2/19 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
2/20 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
2/22 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
2/23 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater
2/24 – Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom*
2/25 – Kitchener, ON @ Elements Night Club
2/26 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
2/27 – So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground*
2/28 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
3/1 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
3/3 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
3/4 – Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues
3/5 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
3/6 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounger*
3/8 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s BBQ
3/10 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
3/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia LA Live

There’s a documentary coming out called “Lemmy” which followed Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead for 3 years from his home to concerts all over the world.  It’s being premiered at the South By Southwest Festival this year from March 17-20.  It will have interviews by the heavy hitters like Ozzy, Metallica, Slash and many others.  You can follow it more at the site Lemmy Movie

Here is the trailer for the movie.

Damn, I couldn’t be more excited. Coming in the summer next year, the movie “Fix: The Ministry Movie” will be released on Ministry with interviews from Motorhead, Dead Kennedys, Korn, NIN and others. Check out the trailer.

FIX – THE MINISTRY MOVIE TRAILER #1 from Gigantic Pictures on Vimeo.

Wow, you have to listen to this. Lemmy of Motorhead and Dave Lombardo of Slayer sang “Stand By Me” from Ben E. King for the new Flip Skateboards film titled ‘Extremely Sorry’. Man this is actually pretty damn good.

“Stand By Me” – Baron featuring Lemmy Kilmister & Dave Lombardo by VolcomEnt

Well Rob Halford did it so why not Lemmy of Motorhead.  That’s right, Lemmy is designing his own fashion line.  Ya can’t really call it a fashion like, more like a street line or something.  It’s basically going to be hoodies, t-shirts, jeans and hats.  No release date yet but I’ll let you know.