2022 Rock Tour Revenues

Pophouse, a Swedish entertainment and music investment firm, has concluded an extensive licensing agreement with KISS. The firm acquired the artist share of the master recordings and publishing rights paying KISS an estimated $300 million. “The band’s enigmatic personas, unparalleled band attributes, and iconic imagery have made them a cultural force and a legendary act with multigenerational appeal,”…

Stevie Nicks says she sees “no reason” to continue Fleetwood Mac without keyboardist and co-vocalist Christine McVie, who passed away last year. The band last performed together four years ago (’19). “When Christine (pictured) died, I felt like you can’t replace her,” Nicks told Vulture. “She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my…

High On Fire has announced U.S. headlining tour dates in support of the band’s upcoming album, “Cometh The Storm,“ due April 19th. The lead track is “Burning Down.” The band’s ninth studio album is High On Fire’s first new music since ’18’s “Electric Messiah.” The title track won the ’19 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. “Cometh…

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts, dated October 5th. Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on Alternative Airplay, tying Green Day for the second-most in chart history. Red Hot Chili Peppers have fifteen #1s on the chart. “The Emptiness Machine” is also the band’s eleventh #1 on Mainstream Rock…

7/2 Heart postpones its “Royal Flush” tour so that singer Ann Wilson can undergo cancer treatment. She had undergone an operation to remove “something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.” 7/4 System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian continues his criticism of Imagine Dragons for playing a show in Baku, Azerbaijan because it helped “whitewash the dictatorial regime’s image.”…

The Killers will release the ‘best of’ album “Rebel Diamonds” on December 8th. The album includes “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young,” “All These Things That I’ve Done” and the new track “Spirit.” There is at least one song from each of the band’s seven studio albums – from “Hot Fuss” to “Pressure Machine.” “Rebel…