ZZ TOP ARE GOIN' 50

New 50-Song Collection Goin' 50 Spans The Texas Trio's Entire Recording Career 
As 3-CD And 5-LP Sets Available August 16

Single CD And Digital Versions Available June 14

ZZ Top 50th Anniversary North American Kicks Off With "Texas Bash" Dates Later This Month And Continues This August

LOS ANGELES - ZZ Top are celebrating 50 years of beards, blues, hot cars, and fuzzy guitars this year with a new, Texas-sized compilation that includes the 50 songs that helped transform "that little ol' band from Texas" into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame standard bearers they have become in the 21st century. 

On August 16, Warner Bros. Records will release GOIN' 50 as both 3-CD ($29.98) and 180-gram, 5-LP ($99.98) sets. A single-CD version with 18 tracks as well as digital and streaming versions will also be available on June 14. 

ZZ Top will kick off their 50th Anniversary with a trio of "Texas Bash" dates later this month in Dallas, Houston, and Austin, with a full North American tour launching August 16. Full itinerary is listed below and tickets are on sale now. Full itinerary is listed below and tickets are on sale now. 

Packed with enough hits to fill a roadhouse jukebox, GOIN' 50 spans the band's entire musical career, from its 1969 debut, and its multi-platinum zenith during the Eighties, to its most-recent releases. This new retrospective includes an array from each of the 15 studio albums that guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill have recorded since 1970. Two bonus tracks, "Salt Lick" and "Miller's Farm" - a single and b-side respectively - were recorded in 1969 by the original incarnation of ZZ Top.

The first disc of GOIN' 50 focuses on the irresistible FM-radio hits that hooked the first generation of ZZ Top fans during the Seventies and early-Eighties with songs like "La Grange," "Tush," "Cheap Sunglasses," "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide," and "Pearl Necklace."

The additional disc explores the steady stream of hits the band released between 1983 and 1991 that made them international superstars, including six Top 40 tracks: "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Legs," "Sleeping Bag," "Stages," "Rough Boy," and "Velcro Fly."

GOIN' 50 closes with a selection of songs recorded between 1992 and 2016 that find the band returning to its blues roots for fresh inspiration on tracks like "Pincushion," "What's Up With That," "Rhythmeen," and "I Gotsta Get Paid." The set's final two tracks - live versions of "Waitin' For The Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" - are taken from the band's most recent release, Live Greatest Hits from Around the World (2016). 

ZZ Top - Goin' 50
3CD/5LP Track Listing

Disc One
1.  "La Grange"
2.  "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers"
3.   "Tush"
4.   "Salt Lick" 
5.   "Miller's Farm" 
6.   "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree" 
7.   "Francine"
8.  "Heard It On The X"
9.  "It's Only Love"
10. "Arrested For Driving While Blind"
11. "Enjoy And Get It On"
12. "I Thank You"
13. "Cheap Sunglasses"
14. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
15. "Leila"
16. "Tube Snake Boogie"
17. "Pearl Necklace"

Disc Two 
1.  "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
2.  "Got Me Under Pressure"
3.  "Sharp Dressed Man"
4.  "TV Dinners"
5.  "Legs"
6.  "Sleeping Bag"
7.   "Can't Stop Rockin'"
8.  "Stages"
9.  "Rough Boy"
10. "Delirious"
11. "Woke Up With Wood"
12. "Velcro Fly"
13. "Doubleback"
14. "Concrete And Steel"
15. "My Head's In Mississippi"
16. "Give It Up"
17. "Decision Or Collision"

Disc Three
1. "Viva Las Vegas"
2.  "Gun Love"
3.  "Pincushion"
4.  "Breakaway"
5.  "Girl In A T-Shirt"
6.  "Fuzzbox Voodoo"
7.  "She's Just Killing Me"
8.  "What's Up With That"
9.  "Bang Bang"
10. "Rhythmeen"
11. "Fearless Boogie"
12. "36-22-36"
13. "Piece"
14. "I Gotsta Get Paid"
15. "Waitin' For The Bus" (Live)
16. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" (Live)

ZZ Top - Goin' 50
1-CD Track Listing
1. "La Grange"
2.  "Sharp Dressed Man"
3.  "Gimme All Your Lovin'" 
4.  "Tush"
5.  "Cheap Sunglasses"
6.  "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
7.  "Legs"
8.  "Got Me Under Pressure"
9.  "Rough Boy"
10. "Sleeping Bag"
11. "Velcro Fly"
12. "Doubleback"
13. "Viva Las Vegas"
14. "Pincushion"
15. "What's Up With That"
16. "Fearless Boogie"
17. "Piece"
18. "I Gotsta Get Paid"
 

ZZ Top - 50th Anniversary Tour Dates

May

17 - Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion***
18 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Pavilion In The Woodlands***
19 - Austin, TX - Austin360 Amphitheater***

Aug         
16 - Ridgefield, WA - Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre*
17 - Airway Heights, WA -  Northern Quest Casino Theater
18 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Amphitheater
20 - Yakima, WA  - Yakima Valley SunDome
21 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau Ste. Michelle*
23 - Irvine, CA - FivePoint Amphitheatre**
24 - Concord, CA - Concord Pavilion**
25 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre*
27 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theater
28 - San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU*  
29 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre*
31 - Lewisville, TX -    International Pop Festival

Sept         
01 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre*    
02 - St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fairgrounds
04 - Milwaukee, WI - BMO Harris Pavilion"
06 - Maryland Heights, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
07 - Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
08 - Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill*
10 - Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center at The Heights*
11 - Burgettstown, PA - KeyBank Pavilion*
13 - Ocean City, MD - Ocean City BikeFest 
14 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion*
15 - Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion*
18 - Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion*
19 - Wamtagh. NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater*
21 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica*
22 - Louisville, KY - Bourbon & Beyond Festival at Champions Park

Oct        
05 - Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre*
06 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion*
09 - Charleston, SC - Volvo Cars Stadium*
11 - Cherokee, NC - Harrah's Cherokee - Event Center*
12 - Manchester, TN - Exit 111 Festival 
13 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Amphitheatre*
15 - Augusta, GA - The James Brown Arena*
16 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre* 
18 - Estero FL -  Hertz Arena*
19 - Tampa, FL - MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre*
20 - West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre*

*  with Cheap Trick
** with Lynyrd Skynyrd
*** with Cheap Trick and Bad Company
 
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DAVID BOWIE
(WITH JOHN "HUTCH" HUTCHINSON)

THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS 1-LP BOXED SET FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DAVID BOWIE RECORDINGS

SET FOR RELEASE ON PARLOPHONE JUNE 28

As part of the ongoing celebrations marking 50 years since David Bowie's first hit, "Space Oddity," and following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos collections, Parlophone is releasing a further set of recordings known as THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS. 

THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS are ten early Bowie recordings captured live in one take to a Revox reel to reel tape machine in Bowie's flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from John "Hutch" Hutchinson on guitar and vocals. 

The version of "Space Oddity" from THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS, originally released with edits on the Sound & Vision boxed set, is presented here in its true context for the first time. The other nine recordings on the album are all previously unreleased. In addition to the Bowie originals, the session also includes the Roger Bunn composition "Life Is A Circus" (which features in an earlier demo version on the Clareville Grove Demos set) and the Lesley Duncan composition "Love Song," later recorded by Elton John for his Tumbleweed Connection album. Bowie's own "Conversation Piece" is announced as a new song and "Janine" features a short, 19-second section sung to the melody of The Beatles' "Hey Jude."

The session was a basic recording of the "Bowie & Hutch" duo's set list at the time and was committed to tape at the request of Mercury Records A&R man, Calvin Mark Lee, who wanted the tracks to send them to his boss Bob Reno. Both Lee and Reno are referenced during the 41-minute recording, and the demos were key in securing Bowie his recording deal with Mercury Records.

THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS set will come in a replica of the original tape box and will feature one LP, a print, two photo contact sheets, and sleeve notes by Mark Adams. The labels of the LP feature the same EMIDISC acetate styling as Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos with the song titles in Bowie's own handwriting.

DAVID BOWIE (WITH JOHN 'HUTCH' HUTCHINSON)
THE 'MERCURY' DEMOS 1-LP  BOXED SET
TRACK LIST

Side One
"Space Oddity" 
"Janine"
"An Occasional Dream"

"Conversation Piece"
"Ching-a-Ling"
"I'm Not Quite (aka Letter To Hermione)"

Side Two
"Lover To The Dawn"
"Love Song" 
"When I'm Five"
"Life Is A Circus"

Musicians 
David Bowie - vocals, guitar and Stylophone
John 'Hutch' Hutchinson - vocals and guitar

The LP is mono and plays at 33 1/3 r.p.m.

https://www.davidbowie.com
https://www.facebook.com/davidbowie
 

THE PRINCE ESTATE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WARNER BROS. RECORDS AND TIDAL, ANNOUNCES NEW PRINCE ALBUM
ORIGINALS
FEATURING 14 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS 

ALBUM AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON TIDAL JUNE 7
CD / DOWNLOAD / STREAMING RELEASE JUNE 21
180 GRAM 2LP AND DELUXE CD+2LP RELEASE JULY 19

PRE-ORDER ALBUM HERE

(Minneapolis, MN - April 25, 2019) Prince will forever be remembered as a commanding live performer, chart-topping recording artist, and music business revolutionary. Yet for all the time he spent in the spotlight over his four-decade-long career, Prince also worked tirelessly behind the scenes to nurture talent and pen songs for the rising artists he respected. 

This June, The Prince Estate, in partnership with Warner Bros. Records and TIDAL, will release Originals, a 15-track album featuring 14 previously unreleased recordings that illuminate the vital, behind-the-scenes role Prince played in other artists' careers. The tracks were selected collaboratively by Troy Carter, on behalf of The Prince Estate, and JAY-Z. 

Starting June 7, Originals will stream exclusively on TIDAL for fourteen days. In the spirit of sharing Prince's music with his fans as he wanted, the album will be available to stream in Master quality via TIDAL's HiFi subscription tier. Members will be able to hear the recordings just as the Artist intended the tracks to sound. 
  
On June 21st, Warner Bros. Records will release this extraordinary body of work, sourced directly from Prince's vast archive of Vault recordings, via all download and streaming partners and physically on CD, while 180 gram 2LP and limited edition Deluxe CD+2LP formats will follow on July 19th. Pre-order the album here.

By the mid-1980s, Prince was dominating the charts even as a writer/producer with songs he'd composed and recorded for others.  In addition to releasing nine of his most commercially successful full-length albums, he also wrote and recorded endless reels of material for proteges The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E., Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, the Family, and Mazarati. Occasionally, Prince's original demo recordings would be used as master takes on their albums, with only minor alterations to the instrumentation and a replacement of the vocal tracks. Other times, artists would rely on his demos to guide them through their own recording process, with Prince's initial take informing their final version of his song.  The aggregate effect was a complete saturation and transformation of the pop music landscape, with Prince both leading and subverting mainstream culture.

Several of the iconic songs found on Originals were considerable hits for the artists who recorded them. Sheila E.'s "The Glamorous Life" reached #1 on the dance charts in 1984, while the enormous success of "Manic Monday" propelled the single and its accompanying album, The Bangles' Different Light, to the #2 spot on the pop charts. The Time's Ice Cream Castle, featuring the top 20 "Jungle Love", spent a whopping 57 weeks on the Billboard 200. And in 1991, Martika enjoyed international success with "Love... Thy Will Be Done", a top 10 hit in France, Australia, the UK and the USA. 

Originals pulls back the curtain to reveal the origins of these familiar songs, in addition to deeper album cuts such as Vanity 6's "Make-Up," Jill Jones's "Baby, You're a Trip," and Kenny Rogers' "You're My Love." The album also features Prince's majestic original 1984 version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," released in 2018 as a standalone single.

Song Title                                                      First Released by (Artist: Album - year)                                                 Year of Prince's Recording Included on Originals 

1. Sex Shooter                                                 Apollonia 6: Apollonia 6 - 1984                                                                                             1983
2. Jungle Love                                                 The Time: Ice Cream Castle - 1984                                                                                      1983
3. Manic Monday                                             The Bangles: Different Light - 1985                                                                                      1984
4. Noon Rendezvous                                       Sheila E.: The Glamorous Life - 1984                                                                                  1984
5. Make-Up                                                      Vanity 6: Vanity 6 - 1982                                                                                                       1981
6. 100 MPH                                                      Mazarati: Mazarati - 1986                                                                                                    1984
7. You're My Love                                            Kenny Rogers: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To - 1986                                     1982
8. Holly Rock                                                   Sheila E.: Krush Groove (OST) - 1985                                                                                 1985
9. Baby, You're a Trip                                      Jill Jones: Jill Jones - 1987                                                                                                   1982
10. The Glamorous Life                                  Sheila E.: The Glamorous Life - 1984                                                                                   1983
11. Gigolos Get Lonely Too                             The Time: What Time Is It? - 1982                                                                                       1982
12. Love... Thy Will Be Done                           Martika: Martika's Kitchen - 1991                                                                                         1991
13. Dear Michaelangelo                                  Sheila E.: Romance 1600 - 1985                                                                                          1985
14. Wouldn't You Love to Love Me?               Taja Sevelle: Taja Sevelle - 1987                                                                                           1981
15. Nothing Compares 2 U                             The Family: The Family - 1985                                                                                              1984

#PrinceOriginals
 

ABOUT THE PRINCE ESTATE:

The Prince Estate passionately presents Prince's life and work, and cultivates opportunities to further his legacy. As the singular, authoritative source on all things Prince, The Prince Estate inspires and educates fans, celebrates Prince in his totality, and stewards Prince's legacy into the future.

Official Website: prince.com
Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @prince

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CHIC: RARITIES, ODDITIES AND EXCLUSIVES
AVAILABLE NOW DIGITALLY

New CHIC Digital Collection Brings Together 17 Rare Mixes 
And Hard-To-Find Tracks 

 “Nile Rodgers’ Signature Edition Remasters” Of CHIC’s First Three 
Studio Albums Set For Release On 180-Gram Vinyl On June 21

Nile Rodgers & CHIC Will Be On Tour with CHER this Spring And Fall, 
And Headline The Hollywood Bowl With The Los Angeles Philharmonic On July 2-4

Nile Rodgers Will Be Guest Curator Of The Meltdown Festival 
In London On August 3-11

LONDON, ENGLAND – A year after CHIC celebrated the 40th anniversary of its smash “Le Freak” and released their first new album in 26 years, It’s About Time, the band returns to the spotlight this year with new iconic and timeless reissues. At the same time, the legendary Nile Rodgers & CHIC are back on the road as part of Cher’s Here We Go Again tour in North America this spring and fall, and also headlining at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three nights on July 2-4. Nile Rodgers & CHIC will headline two shows at Hampton Court Palace in the UK on June 14 and 15. Rodgers will also serve as the guest curator of the Meltdown festival in London. The festival, which runs from August 3 to 11, is the longest running artist-curated festival in the world. 

The first new CHIC release is available now to download or stream. RARITIES, ODDITIES AND EXCLUSIVES picks up where last year’s The Chic Organization 1977-1979 boxed set left off with rare mixes and versions released over the years. It includes a 12” remix of “Chic Mystique,” a #1 hit for the band in 1982; “Tavern On The Green” from the Soup For One Original Soundtrack, plus four remixes of “Le Freak” from 2014 by Chic & Aristofreeks.

On June 21, CHIC’s first three albums will be released individually on 180-gram vinyl. These versions of Chic, C’est Chic and Risqué feature the Nile Rodgers’ Signature Edition Remasters, which debuted last year as part of The Chic Organization 1977-1979 boxed set. Each album was remastered from the original Atlantic stereo tapes by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Rodgers served as executive producer and supervised the remastering with the approval of Bernard Edwards’ estate. To ensure exceptional sound quality, the albums were mastered at half-speed and pressed on 180-gram vinyl. 

Rodgers and Edwards famously formed CHIC in 1976 after Rodgers was inspired by seeing Roxy Music play live in London. A year later, the band signed with Atlantic Records where they helped define the pop and disco genres with unstoppable hits like: “Le Freak,” Atlantic Records’ biggest selling 7” single of all time; “Good Times,” US Billboard Hot 100 #1, and Billboard magazine’s #1 soul single of 1979; “I Want Your Love,” “Everybody Dance,” “My Feet Keep Dancing” and “My Forbidden Lover.” 

After CHIC’s initial success, Rodgers and Edwards began making music for other artists as The CHIC Organization. One of their biggest successes was Sister Sledge’s third record, We Are Family. Released in 1978, it remains a classic album thanks to hits like “He’s The Greatest Dancer,” “Lost In Music,” “Thinking Of You” and the title track. Rodgers believes this is arguably the finest album he and Edwards wrote, produced and performed.

Rodgers’ work in the CHIC Organization and his productions for artists like David Bowie, Diana Ross, and Madonna have sold over 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk, Avicii, Sigala, Disclosure, and Sam Smith reflect the vanguard of contemporary music. 

RARITIES, ODDITIES AND EXCLUSIVES 
Track Listing

1. “Hangin’” – Single Edit
2.  “Stage Fright” – Single Edit
3. “Everybody Dance” – MOTIVA RPL MIX
4.  “Good Times” – A Touch Of Jazz Mix
5.  “Everybody Dance” – Edit
6.  “I Want Your Love” – Stonebridge Mix
7.  “Jack Le Freak”
8. “Megachic” (Medley: Le Freak-Everybody Dance-Good Times-Le Freak-I Want Your Love-Le Freak) – International Mix
9. “Chic Mystique” – 12" Remix Extended Version
10. “Le Freak” – Aristo Classic Disco Mix
11. “Le Freak” – Aristo Filtered Disco Club Mix
12. “Le Freak” – Aristo Filtered Mainroom Mix
13. “Le Freak” – Aristo Mainroom Mix
14. “Back In The Old School”
15. “Back In The Old School” – Instrumental

Nile Rodgers’ Signature Edition Remasters
180-Gram Vinyl 

Chic (1977)
A1.    “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)”
A2.    “São Paulo”
A3.    “You Can Get By”
B1.    “Everybody Dance”
B2.    “Est-ce Que C’est Chic?”
B3.    “Falling in Love with You”
B4.    “Strike Up the Band”

C’est Chic (1978)
A1.    “Chic Cheer”
A2.    “Le Freak”
A3.    “Savoir Faire”
A4.    “Happy Man”
B1.    “I Want Your Love”
B2.    “At Last I Am Free”
B3.    “Sometimes You Win”
B4.    “(Funny) Bone”

Risqué (1978)
A1.    “Good Times”
A2.    “A Warm Summer Night”
A3.    “My Feet Keep Dancing”
B1.    “My Forbidden Lover”
B2.    “Can’t Stand to Love You”
B3.    “Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)”
B4.    “What About Me?”

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GRATEFUL DEAD PARTNERS WITH Z2 COMICS TO RELEASE
GRATEFUL DEAD ORIGINS IN 2020

Deluxe Edition To Contain Previously Unreleased Grateful Dead Music 
Available For Pre-Order At www.z2comics.com/shop/grateful-dead

Artist Noah Van Sciver Illustrates An Original History On 
Grateful Dead Created By Writer Chris Miskiewicz

With the recent success of partnerships with BabyMetal, Andy Black and Skillet, Z2 Comics continues to solidify their place as the premier creator of music-affiliated graphic novels. The company has entered in to their largest partnership to date creating a graphic novel for the iconic Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. The story of the band's transformation from a bar band performing as the Warlocks to becoming the creators of their own sound and forefathers for the jamband culture is depicted in the original story written by Chris Miskiewicz and illustrated by Noah Van Sciver. The graphic novel will be scheduled for release in early 2020. 

Grateful Dead Origins will be available in a standard edition and a limited run collectors deluxe edition. The standard edition will come in a softcover version that will feature an exclusive download of Grateful Dead music from their early years to serve as a companion to the graphic novel. The limited run collector's deluxe edition will come in a hardcover, oversized, individually-numbered coffee table edition featuring prints and autographed by the comic creators. It will also come with a selection of unreleased Grateful Dead music from the era on vinyl. The deluxe edition will be available for pre-order at www.z2comics.com/shop/grateful-dead . Pre-orders are now available for all configurations of Grateful Dead Origins. 

"We've seen many archival releases that offer magnificent audio representations of the Grateful Dead's history, and several filmed interpretations of the Dead's story. To these, we're thrilled to add to the Dead's narrative canon this beautiful portrayal of the Dead's origin story in the form of this wonderful new comic," says Grateful Dead audiovisual archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux. "Chris and Noah have captured the Dead's sensibility in their words and images that bring to life on the page the earliest days of the Grateful Dead, from the band's founding in 1965 through to Woodstock. We couldn't be happier to be partnering with such talented artists who have delved so deeply into the Dead's history and origin."

"Jerry Garcia was an avid comic book enthusiast so it is incredibly fitting to have the Grateful Dead's origin story told in graphic novel form," says Mark Pinkus, President of Rhino Entertainment. "Z2's passion for the band's music and mythology make them the perfect partner to bring the story to life. This will undoubtedly be a 'must have' item for Grateful Dead and graphic novel fans alike."
 

About Grateful Dead: 
Grateful Dead is a social and musical phenomenon that grew into a genuine American treasure. In 1965, an entire generation was linked together by common ideals, gathering by the hundreds and thousands. This movement created a seamless connection between the band and its fans. As the band toured, Dead Heads would follow. Not because it was a part of popular culture, but because it is a true counterculture that exists to this very day-one that earnestly believes in the value of its beliefs. By 1995, Grateful Dead had attracted the most concert goers in the history of the music business, and today remain one of the all-time leaders in concert ticket sales. Eventually, the caravan evolved into a community with various artists, craftsmen and entrepreneurs supplying a growing demand for merchandise that connected them to the music. Today, the connection is as strong as ever. The band was inducted in to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994 and received a Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Their final tally of 2,318 total concerts remains a world record.

About Z2 Comics: 
Z2 Comics have made a name for themselves releasing quality graphic novels in to the marketplace since 2012. In 2016, Z2 began collaborating with musicians to create graphic novels centered on unique stories and exclusive music. That ideal led them to work with the likes of Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), DJ Paul Oakenfold, jazz trumpeter Dave Chisholm and others. 2018 marked another landmark year as Z2 partnered with Japanese metal band BABYMETAL on Apocrypha: The Legend Of BabyMetal, which is one of the biggest selling graphic novels Z2 has released. With the upcoming release of Andy Biersack's The Ghost Of Ohio in 2019 and other soon-to-be-named partnerships, Z2 Comics continues to push the envelope with their music and comics integrations. 
 
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