Don’t call me clairvoyant, but I really think Jared Leto will win an Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. Good on him!…..Pulse of Radio reports Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale, In This Moment vocalist Maria Brink and actress-turned-rocker Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless have all made the annual “100 Hottest Women of the Year” list published by GuySpeed, one of the Web’s leading men’s entertainment sites. Hale came in at Number 90, while Brink made it to 69 and Momsen climbed all the way into the Top 20 to land at Number 14. Other female rockers who made the list included Lacuna Coil‘s Cristina Scabbia, Butcher Babies co-vocalists Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey, Mariqueen Maandig of How To Destroy Angels and more. Number One on the list was rap artist Nikki Minaj, with Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence right behind her at Number Two. Other Top 10 women included singer Katy Perry, model Kate Upton and “Blurred Lines” video star Emily Ratajkowski. Hale told us she believes it can be too easy sometimes for female musicians to rely solely on their looks: “Actually, I’ve been encouraging a lot of people to challenge us, and make sure that when you’re reading these articles or you’re seeing us in magazines or something, that you go and you check us out live, or you go and you sample a CD, something like that. If people start doing that and don’t just look at us because we’re a quote-unquote pretty face, or scantily clad — I think if more people were looking beyond that, it would make us step up a little bit.” Nikki Minaj? I thought she was a cartoon. See the whole list from GuySpeed here. And see Sick Puppies, Lacuna Coil, Eyes Set To Kill and Cliver on tour. I’ve got the dates under Sick Puppies in Road Rage!…..OK, it’s out! The line-up for the 2014 Rock On The Range! May 16-18, Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH! We’ll be there, will you?
GUNS N’ ROSES
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
KID ROCK
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
SLAYER
STAIND
MOTÖRHEAD
SEETHER
CHEVELLE
ALTER BRIDGE
MASTODON
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
BRING ME THE HORIZON
THEORY OF A DEADMAN
DOWN
BLACK STONE CHERRY
JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE
POP EVIL
OF MICE & MEN
ADELITAS WAY
TRIVIUM
GOJIRA
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
THE PRETTY RECKLESS
WE CAME AS ROMANS
FUEL
REDLIGHT KING
MISS MAY I
REIGNWOLF
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH
TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION
REV THEORY
SKINDRED
KYNG
FOZZY
HEAVEN’S BASEMENT
BUTCHER BABIES
NOTHING MORE
EXODUS
KING 810
DEVOUR THE DAY
WE AS HUMAN
WE ARE HARLOT
KVELERTAK
JIM BREUER BAND
ONE OK ROCK
TWELVE FOOT NINJA
AVATAR
WERM
MONSTER TRUCK
WILSON
CROBOT
TRUCKFIGHTERS
O-M-G! All I can say is this is the biggest line up in the history of the festival, and boy, are we going to be exhausted come Sunday night around 11 PM! Weekend passes including Field GA, Stadium GA, hotel and VIP packages and a stadium 4-pack go on sale Friday, Jan 24 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Additional details about the variety of ticketing, hotel and camping packages can be found at RockOnTheRange.com. Some of the artists weighed in about their excitement to be a part of this year’s festival: “We are so honored to be headlining Rock On The Range,” said M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold. “We take pride in our show and always try to outdo ourselves from the time before. Rock On The Range will be the perfect place to celebrate with our fans from all over the world and put on the killer show that they have come to expect from us. We are pulling out all the stops.” “We have had legendary shows at Rock On The Range,” said Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch. “We always try to arrange our tour schedules so we can be part of this festival. It’s just a must-do. Rock On The Range has become a destination event where people travel to from all over the country, if not all over the world.” “Super excited to be a part of Rock On The Range this year!!” said Slayer‘s Kerry King. “I think it’s awesome to have an edgy band like Slayer on board for this round. Can’t wait to hit the stage!!!” Actually, this is the most metal they’ve had at Rock On The Range, and it will be fun to see some of the best on stage! m/–m/ Although the sad part of covering these huge festivals is we never get to see any of the bands except towards the end of the night. I’m hustling Lou Brutus from dressing room to bus to get his interviews done. Oh well, life could be worse, I guess!……Metal Hammer posted a video interview with Lars Ulrich from Metallica. Time to make a new album? Why yes please!….Have a great day!
