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Presenting The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame “Class Of 2025” Nominations

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It was just a short time ago that the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame revealed the nominations for the “Class of 2025” and though I didn’t manage to watch the announcement live, I am happy to share the rundown and some editorial thoughts on it all. Let’s check out the graphic first and then I’ll type it for those who might not see it clearly enough.

The Nominations: Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Mana, Oasis, Outkast, Phish, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
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Presenting The 54th Juno Awards Nominations for Rock and Metal

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The 54th Annual Juno Awards have just released their full list of nominations for the 2025 event and I’ve dissected the lengthy list to let you peruse the Rock and Metal nominations. Let’s take a look.

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY LONG & MCQUADE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
“Inuktitut” by Elisapie (Bonsound*Sony/The Orchard)
“Revelation” by Leif Vollebekk (Secret City*F.A.B.)
“Healing Power” by Terra Lightfoot (Sonic Unyon*Universal)
“We were born here, what’s your excuse?” by The Secret Beach (Victory Pool*The Orchard)
“Never Better” by Wild Rivers (Nettwerk*F.A.B./Nettwerk)
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Sir Paul McCartney Announces Surprise Pop-Up Show @ Bowery Ballroom

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Wow!!! Talk about an unexpected and quite awesome a surprise. The legendary Sir Paul McCartney, founding member of the absolutely legendary Beatles has announced a surprise pop-up show at the Bowery Ballroom. This was announced on Social Media only and I’ve shared the announcement below.

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Tuesday, February 11th. Bowery Ballroom, New York: 5:00pm Doors, 6:30pm Showtime

Tickets on sale now only at Bowery Ballroom box office. No tickets sold online. First come, first served. One ticket per person. Avoid purchasing tickets from third-party vendors. Fake tickets will not be honoured and entry will be denied.

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Black Sabbath Announces “Back To The Beginning” The Final Show with Original Lineup

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In some shocking but also quite awesome early morning news, the legendary Black Sabbath, founding fathers of this Heavy Metal stuff, announced a special one-off performance called “Back To The Beginning”. This final show will at long last reunite all of the original founding members of Sabbath in a literally star-studded day of Metal.

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Presenting The 67th Grammy Award Winners For Rock and Metal

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The 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be airing soon on CBS and while there will be a wealth of awards being given out for numerous categories on the live broadcast, it seems as though the Rock, Metal & Alternative Fields are announced beforehand and not be given out live. With that being the case I’m sharing these winners of these categories with our PiercingMetal readership so they can relax themselves and not worry about needing to tune in to the live show. May I have the envelope please…

Best Rock Performance
WINNER – “Now and Then” – The Beatles
“Beautiful People (Stay High)” – The Black Keys
“The American Dream Is Killing Me” – Green Day
“Gift Horse” – Idles
“Dark Matter” – Pearl Jam
“Broken Man” – St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance
WINNER – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” – Gojira, Marina Viotti [fr] & Victor Le Masne
“Crown of Horns” – Judas Priest
“Suffocate” – Knocked Loose featuring Poppy
“Screaming Suicide” – Metallica
“Cellar Door” – Spiritbox
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