Meat Loaf's streams and sales jumped by massive amounts in the immediate wake of his passing Thursday, and his 1977 'Bat Out of Hell' album is a solid candidate to reenter the top 10 next week as a result of the resurgent interest in his catalog, statistics from the last few days show.
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Weber picked the wrong day to suggest grilling meatloaf. The outdoor grill maker apologized on Friday for sending a recipe-of-the-week email earlier that day featuring instructions on how to prepare 'BBQ Meat Loaf.'
It's a well-known rock song and one of Meat Loaf's biggest hits, but the legendary singer and actor had to explain exactly what he wouldn't do in 'Anything for love.'
Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his 'Bat Out of Hell' album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light,' 'Two Out of Three Ain't Bad,' and 'I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That),' has died.
Meat Loaf is getting the unique chance to reconnect with his theatrical roots as songs from his record-selling rock opus "Bat Out of Hell" are incorporated into a new musical.
"Bat Out of Hell" is one of the biggest selling albums in music history, but Meat Loaf says his rock opus was more of a slow burn with critics out of the gates.
Music fans breathed a collective sigh of relief on Friday morning, when Meat Loaf's representatives announced that the singer's collapse at a concert in Edmonton was due to dehydration, and not a more serious ailment.
