SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS:
SLASH TO APPEAR ON “CONAN O’BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND”
PODCAST MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 ( HERE)
SLASH & MYLES KENNEDY
BREAKDOWN THE NEW ALBUM
‘4’
DUE OUT FRIDAY, FEB. 11 ON GIBSON RECORDS/BMG ( HERE)
PRE-ORDER ‘4’ ( HERE); VIEW EXCLUSIVE BUNDLES ( HERE)
HEADLINING U.S. TOUR STARTS TUES. FEB 8, ALL TICKETS/CITIES ( HERE)
FIRST SINGLE “THE RIVER IS RISING”
CRACKS THE TOP 10 AT RADIO AT #7 THIS WEEK AND IS NOW THE BAND’S 8TH TOP 10 SINGLE AT RADIO IN A ROW
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Above: SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS (L-R): FRANK SIDORIS (guitar & vocals), TODD KERNS (bass & vocals), MYLES KENNEDY (vocals), SLASH (guitar), and BRENT FITZ (drums).
Download all images and artwork: HERE. Credit: Austin Nelson.
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 4, 2022) As SLASH FT MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS ready the release of their fourth album titled 4 next week (out Friday, February 11), SLASH will join comedian, talk show host Conan O’Brien on his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” Monday, September 21, listen to the show HERE. SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will launch their U.S. headlining tour this Tuesday, Feb. 8 and will visit 28 major cities; all tickets and dates: HERE. The new album 4 is available for pre order HERE. Read the Q&A as SLASH and lead singer MYLES KENNEDY breakdown the entire new album 4 in its entirety (media may post), HERE.
This week, SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! for a late-night performance and interview. SLASH sat down with host Jimmy Kimmel for a hilarious interview on the show. Watch and share the interview with SLASH and Jimmy Kimmel, HERE.
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Watch and share the band’s performance of “The River Is Rising” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, HERE.
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Above (L-R): Frank Sidoris, Brent Fitz, Jimmy Kimmel, Slash, Myles Kennedy and Brent Fitz. Photo credit: ABC/Randy Holmes.
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“The River Is Rising” which Rolling Stone described as “raucous” (2/3/2022) is now the band’s 8 th Top 10 Radio single in a row and climbs to #7 this week. Check out the official video for “The River Is Rising” HERE and stream the new songs “Call Off The Dogs” HERE and “Fill My World” HERE. Early acclaim is starting to come in for the new album 4 with Guitar World hailing it as “an abundance of crunchy classic-rock inspired riffs behind Myles Kennedy’s anthemic vocals.” Elsewhere, Metal Hammer praised, “Slash’s fourth album feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators hits all the right beats to be a modern rock classic,” and Classic Rock added, “All rich, roomy tones captured live in Nashville’s RCA Studios…Everything on 4 is deeper, looser and grittier.”
A decade and four albums into their career, the new full-length album 4 marks the first new music from the group in four years. SLASH and his bandmates MYLES KENNEDY (Vocals), BRENT FITZ (Drums), TODD KERNS (Bass & Vocals) and FRANK SIDORIS (Guitar & Vocals) aka SMKC, partnered with producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Rival Sons), for their fourth album together resulting in the band’s strongest collective statement to date following Living The Dream (2018), World on Fire (2016), and Apocalyptic Love (2012). Recorded at RCA Studio A in Nashville, TN, Cobb shared the band’s desire to lay down the tracks live in the studio–including guitar solos and vocals–a first for the group, revealing a stunning, vital sound and style all captured live. Watch the “Making of 4” Episodes 1 HERE, and Episode 2 HERE.
A vibrant rock album fueled by memorable guitar hooks and compelling melodies, big choruses, and even bigger riffs, 4–is due out February 11 via Gibson Records (in partnership with BMG). In light of the 30-year alliance between Gibson and the GRAMMY Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee SLASH, the new album 4, has the added distinction of being the first-ever album release on Gibson Records, the new label, which is headquartered in the iconic American instrument brand’s hometown of Music City, Nashville, TN. On February 11, Gibson will unveil 250 SLASH Les Paul Standard 4 Album Edition guitars—available on Gibson.com and at authorized dealers–in a first-ever package which also includes the new SMKC album 4 on vinyl, a 4 guitar pick tin and decal, and a signed SMKC band portrait. View the current line of all exclusive album packages available for 4, HERE.
On Friday, February 11, tune-in to watch the global premiere of the SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS concert “Live at Studios 60” where SLASH and the band will perform the new album 4 in its entirety, streaming live and free on the SLASH YouTube and Facebook at: 11am PACIFIC / 2pm EASTERN / 7pm GMT. The concert will be immediately followed by a Live Q&A afterparty with SLASH, exclusively on YouTube Premium; join the afterparty and live SLASH Q&A for free via YouTube Premium. Watch and share the trailer for SMKC “Live at Studios 60” concert streaming February 11, HERE.
Catch SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS live on the road for their U.S. headlining tour which launches on February 8 in Portland, OR, and will hit 28 major cities nationwide, including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Houston, and more, as well as the newly announced Detroit, MI show on March 4 at The Fillmore. All tickets for the SMKC U.S. tour are available at: https://www.slashonline.com/tour, see dates below.
On Monday, February 21, SLASH will sit down with host Conan O’Brien on his award-winning podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” to discuss his music history, the new SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS’ studio album 4, and more. Tune-in worldwide to “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” on Monday, February 21, HERE.
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Above: Slash and Conan O’Brien at TeamCoco.
Slash will appear on the “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” podcast on Monday, February 21, HERE.
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Download cover artwork for the new SMKC album 4, HERE.
SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS:
SMKC Assets:
SMKC “The River Is Rising” first single and video on YouTube: HERE.
SMKC Pre-order the new album 4: HERE.
SMKC 4 album Track-by-Track: HERE.
SMKC 4 Album Biography: HERE.
SMKC 4 Album cover art: HERE.
About SLASH and SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS:
SLASH–the iconic, GRAMMY-winning, American rock guitarist, songwriter and film producer–has amassed album sales of over 100 million copies, garnered a GRAMMY Award and seven GRAMMY nominations, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is a New York Times Best-selling author. SLASH is considered one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time and one of the most recognizable faces in pop culture worldwide. Time magazine placed SLASH at #2 (Jimi Hendrix was #1) in its list, “The 10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players.” SLASH created signature sounds like the guitar riff on #1 hits for Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Welcome To The Jungle.” After leaving the band, SLASH went on to critical acclaim with SLASH’s Snakepit and global success with the supergroup Velvet Revolver before embarking on his own solo career. After landing on the top of the charts with his first solo album, Slash (2010)–which featured Ozzy Osbourne, Fergie, Myles Kennedy and more–he formed his current band SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS (SMKC)–which features Myles Kennedy (lead vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass/vocals) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar)–who’ve been touring worldwide and making music together non-stop for over a decade. SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS (SMKC) released their debut album, the critically acclaimed Apocalyptic Love (2012) which stormed the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart debuting at #4 on the overall chart as well as the #1 Top Rock album, and spawned SLASH and the band’s first-ever #1 solo radio hits “You’re A Lie” and “Standing In The Sun.” The band’s second album, World On Fire (2016) debuted to global praise and the album’s title track, “World On Fire” ascended to #1 at U.S. Rock Radio. In 2016, Guns N’ Roses re-united and SLASH joined Axl Rose and Duff McKagan for the historic and ongoing world tour which Billboard magazine now ranks as the third highest grossing tour of all time. SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS’ most recent release is their critically–acclaimed third album Living The Dream (2018) which Rolling Stone declared “a biting blues filigree at the end of a riff, weeping solos full of long notes and boogie-woogie riffs” and the Los Angeles Times added is full of “unexpected funk, boogie, blues and garage rock influences.” Living The Dream debuted with 10, Top 10 Chart placements across the globe and fueled by the Top 5 song “ Driving Rain,” and the single “Mind Your Manners” was hailed by critics as the best songs of the band’s career. By the end of SMKC’s worldwide tour in 2019, SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS had achieved seven, consecutive, Top 10 Hit singles at radio. The group’s first new music in four years, SLASH (guitars) and MYLES KENNEDY (lead vocals) along with their fellow co-Conspirators—TODD KERNS (bass), drummer BRENT FITZ (drums) and FRANK SIDORIS (rhythm guitar)–will release their new album 4 via Gibson Records–the iconic American guitar brands’ newly established record label—on February 11, 2022. The new album 4, is co-produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, John Prine, Rival Sons), and was recorded at the famed RCA Studio A in Nashville, TN. 4 is SLASH’s fifth solo album overall and the fourth album with MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS; watch the current videos, interviews, and making of the album clips HERE. For more information, visit: www.slashonline.com.
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