Jack Osbourne, the 36-year-old son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, and his fiancée, Aree Gearhart, are expecting their first child together. Jack is already dad to three daughters — Pearl, 9, Andy, 6, and Minnie, 4 — whom he shares with his ex-wife Lisa Stelly.

“Exciting news!!!” Jack wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of himself placing his hand on Aree’s baby bump. “@seecreature and I are expecting a baby in the summer! Baby #4 here we come!”

When Jack announced his engagement to Aree last December, he wrote: “She’s truly a magical being with a heart bigger than anything I could have imagined. Her step-mom skills make my heart so full. I couldn’t be happier than I am right now.”

Gearhart, who is an interior designer, called Osbourne her “best friend”, “soulmate”, “adventure partner” and “protector”.

At the time, Sharon congratulated the couple, writing, “Ozzy and I couldn’t be happier and more proud of our son Jack’s engagement to Aree Gearhart. We are so blessed to have Aree as part of our family and we wish them a lifetime of love, light and happiness.”

Jack’s sister Kelly captioned a photo of her and Gearhart on her Instagram Story, “We are family.” She also commented on Gearhart’s photo of her and her brother, writing, “I’m so so so beyond happy!!! Now we really are sisters!!!! I love you so much. Welcome to the family!!!!”

Jack was married to Lisa Stelly from 2012 to 2019.

Jack and Aree went public with their relationship in November 2019 when they attended the American Music Awards together.

Exciting news!!! @seacreature and I are expecting a baby in the summer! Baby #4 here we come!

Posted by Jack Osbourne on Monday, March 21, 2022

Former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe will release his new album, “I Live Too Fast To Die Young”, on June 10 via Silver Lining Music.

“I live too fast to die young, it ain’t nothing when your head’s screwed on,” roars Monroe on his second LP for Silver Lining Music. In an era where pandemics and war are seamless bookends to a continually crazy society, Monroe and his bandmates decided to get together in November and December 2021 to follow up 2019’s critically acclaimed “One Man Gang” with 11 street-walking’, jive talking’, strutting ‘n’ swaggering procklamations that double down and deliver on that title.

At a time when fun has been hard to feel, “I Live Too Fast To Die Young” is lean, mean, raw power rock ‘n’ roll music, with cracking cuts such as “Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics”, “All Fighter” and the punky fun of “Murder The Summer Of Love” showing crisp electricity and melodies which wrap their shimmering selves around some razor-sharp riffs. There are also expansive, STONES-tinged saunters such as “Can’t Stop Falling Apart” and “Everybody’s Nobody”, while the title track takes aim between your eyes off a driving back-beat with a defiant chorus dripping with Monroe’s irrepressible attitude.

“This album has a great combination and balance of songs, and the collection tells a great overall story,” says Monroe. “It has a lot of color and energy, and, of course, it is rock ‘n’ roll, but punk is also always going to be a part of who we are; that will never die.”

Recorded at Inkfish Studios in Helsinki, Finland between November and December 2021 and produced by the band with engineer Erno Laitinen, the album features Monroe on lead vocals and harmonica, Steve Conte (guitars and vocals), Rich Jones (guitar, vocals), Karl Rockfist (drums) and Sami Yaffa (bass/vocals/guitar) as well as enjoying several guests, including GUNS N’ ROSES guitar legend Slash, who solos and provides additional guitars on the title track.

“I Live Too Fast To Die Young” will be available on CD digipak, 12″ red vinyl, signed limited-edition 12″ vinyl with alternative artwork, digital download, streaming and special D2C bundles.

“I Live Too Fast To Die Young” track listing:

01. Murder The Summer Of Love
02. Young Drunks & Old Alcoholics
03. Derelict Palace
04. All Fighter
05. Everybody’s Nobody
06. Antisocialite
07. Can’t Stop Falling Apart
08. Pagan Prayer
09. No Guilt
10. I Live Too Fast To Die Young
11. Dearly Departed

Recording lineup:

Michael Monroe – lead vocals, harmonica
Steve Conte – guitars, vocals
Rich Jones – guitars, vocals
Karl Rockfist – drums
Sami Yaffa – bass, vocals, guitar

* Recorded and mixed by Erno “Error” Laitinen at Inkfish Studios, Helsinki, Finland
* Produced by Erno “Error” Laitinen, Michael Monroe, Rich Jones, Sammi Yafa, Steve Conte and Karl Rockfist
* Mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers

* Additional recording by Bobby Nieminen at Raymond’s Barn
* Piano recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, recording assistant Tommi Saarinen
* Slash’s guitars engineered by John Ewing

Additional musicians:

* Slash – guitar solo and additional guitars on “I Live Too Fast To Die Young”
* Lenni-Kalle Taipale – Piano on “Antisocialite” & “Can’t Stop Falling Apart”
* Suvi Aalto and Astrid Nicole – Additional backing vocals on “Can’t Stop Falling Apart” and “Murder The Summer Of Love”
* Neil Leyton – Additional backing vocals on “Everybody’s Nobody”, “Murder The Summer Of Love” and “All Fighter”

Michael Monroe tour dates:

Apr. 08 – House of Rock Bar, Kouvola (FI)
Apr. 14 – Möysän Musaklubi, Lahti (FI)
Apr. 15 – Hyvinkääsali, Hyvinkää (FI)
Apr. 16 – Olympia, Tampere (FI)
Apr. 21 – Tavastia Club, Helsinki (FI)
Apr. 22 – Ikaalinen Spa, Ikaalinen (FI)
Jun. 04 – Rock Hard Festival, Gelsenkirchen (DE)
Jun. 06 – K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen (DK)*
Jun. 9-11 – Saaristo Open Air, Kaarina (FI)
Jun. 10 – Rock In The City, Kuopio (FI)
Jun. 11 – Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg (SE)
Jun. 15 – Dolina Charlotty, Charlotta (PL)*
Jun. 17 – Stadthalle, Zwickau (DE) *
Jun. 18 – Azkena Festival, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
Jun. 21 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf (DE)*
Jun. 22 – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt (DE)*
Jun. 25 – Hellfest, Clisson (FR)
Jun. 29 – Ippodromo San Siro, Milan (IT)*
Jul. 07 – Sauna Open Air, Tampere (FI)
Jul. 08 – Rock In The City, Oulu (FI)
Jul. 14-15 – Vauhtiajot, Seinäjoki (FI)
Jul. 16 – Rock In The City, Rovaniemi (FI)
Jul. 29-30 – Skogsrojet Festival, Rejmyre (SE)
Aug. 4-6 – Wacken Open Air, Wacken (DE)
Aug. 4-6 – Vaasa Festival, Vaasa (FI)
Aug. 27 – HRH Sleaze, Sheffield (UK)

* Supporting ALICE COOPER

THE DEAD DAISIES will kick off their summer in style with a massive pan-European jaunt that’s set to radiate some heat. The first string of dates are a combination of arena and amphitheater shows with JUDAS PRIEST, FOREIGNER and WHITESNAKE, and performing at some of the most famous and coveted festivals such as Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium and Hellfest in France. Kicking things off in Germany, the band will also play a series of headline performances. Rejoining THE DEAD DAISIES is drummer extraordinaire Brian Tichy who will unite with Glenn Hughes, Doug Aldrich and David Lowy for a massive dose of undiluted rock, the first in Europe since 2018. These will also be the first shows with this lineup.

“What a great way to start off 2022,” said Tichy. “I’m excited to get behind the drum kit and do some powerful, groovy rocking with my good friends Doug Aldrich, Glenn Hughes and David Lowy in THE DEAD DAISIES! Looking forward to seeing you all out on tour this year!”

THE DEAD DAISIES promise to perform their hits, along with songs from their latest album, “Holy Ground”, and a couple of new tracks from the upcoming album.

The band is currently in Los Angeles recording a new LP with producer Ben Grosse for an August release, with first single due out in late May to coincide with the tour. This will be THE DAISIES’ sixth studio album.

Said Hughes: “Hey loved ones, we cannot wait to come to Europe this summer and play for you all once again. There are so many beautiful cities to visit along the way. We are currently making a new record, so who knows hopefully we can bring a couple of new songs to you too!”

Added Aldrich: “It’s already been too long since we played live and I’m ready to go…. But first we are making the new record, we will see you soon! Get your tickets asap! We are coming for ya!!”

“Holy Ground” was released in January 2021. Recorded at La Fabrique Studios in the south of France with Grosse, the LP was the band’s first to feature Hughes, who joined the group in 2019 as its new bassist and vocalist, replacing John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE) and Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY).

Brian first joined THE DEAD DAISIES in 2013 during the U.S. “Uproar” tour and has regularly played with the band ever since, including highlights in Cuba, in Poland with an immense orchestra at the Woodstock Festival (Poland) and performed on the “Revolución” and “Make Some Noise” albums. He is also known for playing with WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others.

THE DEAD DAISIES summer 2022 European tour dates:

Jun. 03 – Stadtpark Freilichtbühne Hamburg, Germany (with FOREIGNER)
Jun. 04 – Spardawelt Freilichtbühne Killesberg Stuttgart, Germany (with FOREIGNER)
Jun. 05 – Buderus Arena Wetzlar, Germany (with FOREIGNER)
Jun. 08 – Zitadelle Spandau Berlin, Germany (with FOREIGNER)
Jun. 10 – Freilichtbühne Peißnitzinsel Halle (Saale), Germany (with FOREIGNER)
Jun. 11 – To Be Confirmed
Jun. 13 – Matrix Bochum, Germany
Jun. 14 – Hirsch Nuremberg, Germany
Jun. 16 – Schlossgarten / Schloss Bruchsal, Germany (with FOREIGNER)
Jun. 18 – Hellfest Clisson, France
Jun. 19 – Graspop Festival Dessel, Belgium
Jun. 22 – Rockhal Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jun. 23 – Garage Saarbrucken, Germany
Jun. 25 – God Save The Kouign Fest Penmarch, France
Jun. 27 – Zenith Munich, Germany (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jun. 29 – Conrad Sohm Dornbirn, Austria
Jun. 30 – Komma Woergl, Austria
Jul. 02 – Fabrique Milan, Italy
Jul. 03 – Castello Di San Giusto Trieste, Italy
Jul. 06 – SRC Tasmajdan Belgrade, Serbia (with WHITESNAKE)
Jul. 08 – Masters Of Rock Vizovice, Czech Republic
Jul. 09 – Hype Park Krakow, Poland
Jul. 11 – Budapest Arena Budapest, Hungary, (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 12 – Dvorana Stozice Ljubljana, Slovenia (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 15 – Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall Athens, Greece (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 17 – Midalidare Rock Mogilovo, Bulgaria (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 18 – Arenele Romane Bucharest, Romania (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 19 – Skenderija Sarajevo, Bosnia (with WHITESNAKE)
Jul. 26 – Theatre Antique Vienne, France (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 27 – Z7 Pratteln, Switzerland
Jul. 28 – Substage Karlsruhe, Germany
Jul. 30 – Freilichtbuhne Peißnitzinsel Halle (Saale), Germany (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Jul. 31 – Rudolf Weber Arena Oberhausen, Germany (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Aug. 02 – Brose Arena (Bab Bamberg Arena MBH) Bamberg, Germany (with JUDAS PRIEST)
Aug. 05 – Time To Rock Festival Knislinge, Sweden

For more information, visit TheDeadDaisies.com.

EU SUMMER TOUR 2022

We’re going to radiate some heat when we hit the EU on our upcoming Summer Tour!?? Only a few months to go! ?⚡️?

Posted by The Dead Daisies on Tuesday, March 22, 2022

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has decried racism in America, saying it “has got to stop.”

“Yes, [America is] racist,” Gene told Metal Hammer in a new interview. “Yes, it’s anti-Semitic. And yet, here in America, there are no limits. You can have an African American president, you can also have the alternate — a semi-racist, semi-extremist president — but anything’s possible. Which is why I still worship the idea of America: it can get better and it will get better.

“People think of Martin Luther King, making great advancements for African Americans and just kind of smashing the door open to deal with it,” he continued. “And you’ve got to deal with this thing. We’ve got to get along and stop treating African Americans, especially, so horribly in America. Racism has got to stop.”

Last year, Simmons, whose Hungarian mother survived the Holocaust, joined more than 170 black and Jewish leaders from the entertainment industry launching the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance (BJEA), described by the organization as ‘a joint initiative by black and Jewish entertainment industry professionals devoted to countering racism and anti-Semitism in the entertainment community.’

Gene told Daily Mail he was disgusted by the racism he sees in America and said society should take a hardline approach to those spreading prejudice and hate, comparing them to cockroaches.

“It is going to get better but you’ve got to confront it,” he said. “You’ve got to turn on the light and go after those cockroaches. And don’t just chase them out. Find out where they live. Identify them, make their lives miserable — legally. Shine the light on that cockroach. The guy with his drunken buddies hurling racial epithets, take photos of him. This guy’s name is so-and-so and he lives right outside of Manchester and works in this garage. Guess what the garage is gonna do? They’re going to fire his ass right away, because they don’t want the attention of hiring a hate-monger.’

Simmons praised the Donald Trump administration for opening dialogue between Arab nations and Israel but added that “doesn’t give him a pass in the hatred he spewed as a world leader.

“He was the fuel for the fire that enabled these extremists to storm the White House. Without a president like that in charge they wouldn’t dare,” he said.

“Cockroaches hide until they see a big one in the middle of the room.”

Back in 2014, Simmons voiced his support of controversial Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, whose private, racist comments got him banned from the NBA for life. Additionally, he said he was on “Mel Gibson’s side,” when it came to getting flack for making questionable comments in private conversation.

“If, because you say an off-color joke or make a racist rant privately, that causes you to lose a job — nobody would have a job,” he told The Wall Street Journal. “Black people do it, Jews do it, Christians do it — everybody does it. It’s called America. Free speech. Even if free speech insults other people. Privately. Publicly, that’s different. I’m on the side of free speech in the privacy of your own home or privacy of the situation. Big brother has finally crawled in bed with us.”

Demos and splits have been cherished building blocks for numerous death and black metal bands since the tape trading days of the early eighties and nineties. While the rightfully romanticized tape trading network is now a page from a chapter of metal’s past, to new bands the value of these kinds of releases continues to be relevant. Established bands, too, keep that flame burning. Brazil’s classic blackened death horde MYSTIFER has just partnered with the Greek black metal entity LUCIFER’S CHILD for a thoroughly enjoyable split release titled “Under Satan’s Wrath”, a collection that features three tracks from each band.

MYSTIFIER has been spewing its bestial sonic bile since 1989, revered among devotees of death, black and war metal alike. The Brazilians go for the jugular right from the get-go, as “Death Beyond Holy Creation” charges with a bold, classic heavy metal energy before swelling up toward an absolutely epic black metal chorus. “Under Inhumane Evil Spells” continues to forward that juxtaposition of filthy black metal and spirited melodic metal that somehow comes together in a way that makes sense. Both bands include a cover among their three songs, and for MYSTIFIER they take a stab from SAMAEL’s debut album, “Worship Him”. MYSTIFER’s version — interestingly titled “Worship Her” — isn’t nearly as haunting and ominous, but it’s a solid cover nonetheless, befitting of MYSTIFER’s sound and style.

LUCIFER’S CHILD, meanwhile, is a much newer project comparatively, though it features a seasoned musician within the Greek extreme metal scene, George Emmanuel, whose contributions include his time with ROTTING CHRIST, as a long-running live musician, as well as his performance on “To The Depths We Descend”, NECROMANTIA’s farewell release. LUCIFER’S CHILD similarly makes its mark immediately on “Satan’s Wrath” with absolutely scathing vocals, frenetic riffing and manic blasting. A perfect pairing with MYSTIFIER, LUCIFER’S CHILD also marries ominous abrasion with beautiful melodies. “Nova Tenebris”, however, builds up slowly and swells with a sense of drama that’s not too far removed from that of late nineties Norwegian black metal artists, as the track progresses toward a grandiose, operatic conclusion. A cover of BATHORY’s “Enter the Eternal Fire”, from 1987’s “Under the Sign of the Black Mark”, rounds out the split release. LUCIFER’S CHILD’s take on the classic black metal song isn’t bad altogether, but it’s the weakest link on “Under Satan’s Wrath” because it’s just too polished compared to the original song that shines bright because it’s so rough.

While the latter cover was far from perfect, LUCIFER’S CHILD’s contribution to the split was formidable, to say the least, and MYSTIFER continues to prove itself to be consistently good and true to its core sound. “Under Satan’s Wrath” is a logical unholy union of bands that simply fit with one another. It’s an interesting release that highlights the core facets of both bands.

Ted Nugent has suggested that Russian president Vladimir Putin was forced to act in Ukraine in order to impose neutrality on Russia’s neighboring country, in the process preventing it from joining NATO to stop it from posing a threat to Russia’s national security.

Nugent weighed in on the situation in Ukraine during today’s (Monday, March 21) edition of “The Nightly Nuge”, a news-style clip in which Ted offers his take on the news of our world every night. Speaking about whether the United States and the West invited this war with their support for admitting Ukraine into NATO, a step that Russia finds unacceptable, Ted said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I would like to think that Putin, the murderous punk that he is, the tyrannical monster that he is, historically has to have the same security on his borders [as I do on my personal property], and when the NATO countries threaten to be right on his doorstep, he has to respond.

“Let me put it in simple terms. I spoke to some real heroes, boots on the ground in the Ukraine,” Ted continued. “Ukraine is not an innocent player here. Putin is clearly a guilty player here.

“So, our prayers are with those poor families in the Ukraine who just wanted to have a semblance of quality of life and justice and good will and decency, who are now escaping with the clothes on their back to Poland and elsewhere, NATO members.

“I don’t trust NATO, I don’t trust Putin, I don’t trust [Ukrainian president Volodymyr] Zelensky, and I sure as hell don’t trust [U.S. president] Joe Biden or the Department Of Defense,” Nugent added. “The whole hellraising about the military industrial complex I dismissed for many years; now it cannot be dismissed. These monsters are playing their games to enrich their inner core, and that’s the real horror that’s unfolding before our very eyes because of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.”

Last week, Nugent said in an interview with Eric Bolling, the host of Newsmax’s “Eric Bolling The Balance”, that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would not have “happened under [former U.S. president] Donald Trump because he always negotiated to make America stronger, make America safer, make peace through superior firepower, not just in hardware but in ‘heartware,’ in mindset, in spirit, in attitude and actions.

“So, America is so pissed off right now, their frustration level and pain and suffering is palpable,” he continued. “But number one, everybody’s praying for the innocent citizens in Ukraine. We know that the Ukraine government is corrupt and we know that Putin is a monster, but mostly I’ve gotta tell you, Eric, as concerned as we are about those innocent victims over there, we are just aghast that we don’t secure our borders, that we don’t stop the flow of fentanyl into our country, killing more Americans than [there] are Ukrainians dying. That the anti-gun people in this country are going berserk trying to disarm Americans while they celebrate the distribution of Kalashnikov machine guns to the people of Ukraine. They literally can’t have it both ways, but they’re so dishonest, so corrupt, so out of their minds and soulless that it’s really exposing them to what used to be the middle ground. The moderates in America, they’re starting to see the level of indecency and hypocrisy and dishonesty and abuse of power by our own government.”

Nugent, an outspoken conspiracy theorist who has refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, has falsely claimed that public health measures taken during the pandemic violate the Nuremberg code, a set of medical experimentation guidelines set after World War Two, as the vaccine is “experimental.”

In the past, Nugent, who battled COVID-19 last April, had referred to the virus as a “leftist scam to destroy” Trump. He had also repeated a narrative pushed by conservative media and disputed by health experts that suggests the official death count from the coronavirus is inflated.

Nugent’s new studio album, “Detroit Muscle”, is due on April 29 via Pavement Music. The follow-up to 2018’s “The Music Made Me Do It” was recorded with Ted’s current band, which includes bassist Greg Smith and drummer Jason Hartless.