iHeart’s Rock Award Winners

On this day six years ago… Axl Rose, Guns N’ Roses frontman, wants everyone to know that when “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was played at President Trump’s rally in West Virginia, he did not approve this message. “Unfortunately, the Trump campaign is using loopholes in the various venues’ blanket performance licenses which were not intended for such…

12/7 Ex-GN’R Drummer Is A Grand Marshal Matt Sorum is a celebrity grand marshal of the 32nd annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. This event lights up downtown Palm Springs. Sorum, a Palm Springs resident, was in GN’R from 1990–1997 where he recorded three albums (“Use Your Illusion I & II” and “The Spaghetti Incident?”) and…

A Jeff Beck tribute concert, organized by Eric Clapton and Sandra Beck, the guitarist’s widow, took place Monday night (5/22) at London’s Royal Albert Hall.  The event featured Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, ZZ Tops’ Billy Gibbons and actor/guitarist Johnny Depp.  A second all-star concert was held Tuesday night. Beck, who passed away earlier this year, was…

No Doubt are reuniting at Coachella. Coachella dates at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA are April 12th-14th and April 19th-21st. It’s not known when No Doubt will perform. No Doubt, who formed in ’86, haven’t performed with frontwoman Gwen Stefani since ’15. The band’s sixth and last studio album to date was ’12’s “Push…

Guns N’ Roses’ “Greatest Hits” has now logged 700 weeks on the Billboard 200. The singles compilation was released in 2004. GN’R’s “Greatest Hits” peaked at #3 on the Billboard chart and has bounced in and out (mostly ‘in’) on the survey over the past twenty years. The set includes “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Welcome To The…

Heart has rescheduled dates for its North American “Royal Flush” tour. The band was forced to postpone the remaining dates of its ’24 tour due to singer Ann Wilson’s cancer treatments. The rescheduled tour will kick off on February 28th in Las Vegas, Nevada and conclude on April 5th in Québec City, Canada. “Royal Flush” Tour…