In The News: Creed Tour, Weather Cancels Foos & Russell Retires

In The News: Creed Tour, Weather Cancels Foos & Russell Retires

JULY 17th Following cruise appearances, Creed kicked off the “Summer Of ’99,” its first tour in 12 years. The band’s 16-song set at the Resch Center in Green Bay, WI, included seven songs off the band’s diamond-certified second album, ’99’s “Human Clay.”  Foo Fighters were forced to cut short their concert at Citi Field in Queens, New York,…

The “Black Album” Logs Fourth Longest Run On The Billboard 200

The “Black Album” Logs Fourth Longest Run On The Billboard 200

Metallica’s self-titled set, commonly referred to as the “Black Album” (due to the cover art), has now spent 750 total non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. Having debuted at #1 on the Billboard survey in ’91, it currently sits at #178. The band’s fifth studio effort marked a change in direction from the Thrash…

Springsteen Back On The Hot 100… With Zach Bryan

Springsteen Back On The Hot 100… With Zach Bryan

The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, has returned to the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in over 15 years. He sings on Zach Bryan’s “Sandpiper,” a track on the Country singer’s (pictured) “The Great American Bar Scene,” which is #1 on Top Country and Top Rock & Alternative Album charts (#2 on the Billboard 200). The…

The Black Crowes  To Launch The “Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise)”

The Black Crowes To Launch The “Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise)”

The Black Crowes have announced a North American “Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise)” for this fall and winter. The shows will take place in between their special guest dates on Aerosmith’s “Peace Out” farewell tour, The trek will kick off in Cincinnati on September 28th, and conclude in Uncasville, CT on February 28th, 2025. Locations and dates are listed below. Tickets…

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Meets The Singer He Replaced

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Meets The Singer He Replaced

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has finally met the singer he replaced, Paul Di’Anno, for the first time in Croatia. Dickinson, promoting his solo album, “The Mandrake Project,” performed on 7/13 in Zagreb, where Di’Anno has been receiving physiotherapy treatments after undergoing major knee surgery nearly two years ago. Di’Anno was ushered out of Iron Maiden because “his vocal abilities…

Mr. Big Reaches “Ten”

Mr. Big Reaches “Ten”

Mr. Big, with founding members Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar) and Billy Sheehan (bass), have delivered its tenth studio album, “Ten,” containing the tracks “Good Luck Trying” and “Up On You.“ Currently, Mr. Big is on the European leg of “The Big Finish Tour,” an extensive farewell trek.  “And then right after that, I got other projects, but no…

Phish’s “Evolve” Drops

Phish’s “Evolve” Drops

Phish’s “Evolve,” their first studio album in over four years, has arrived. The band’s 16th studio album follows the band’s ’20 set “Sigma Oasis,” and the ’22 release of “Mercy,” guitarist/lead vocalist Trey Anastasio first solo acoustic album. “I think I’ve historically felt safer playing the guitar than I have walking down the street,” offered…

In The News: AC/DC, KISS, The Killers, Beastie Boys & Pearl Jam

In The News: AC/DC, KISS, The Killers, Beastie Boys & Pearl Jam

JULY 7th – JULY 13th 7/8 AC/DC’s ’80 breakthrough album “Back In Black“ is certified for U.S. shipments of 26-million copies by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA).  7/9 Queens Of The Stone Age cancel the remaining nine concerts of their European tour because frontman Josh Homme needs to return to the U.S. to undergo ’emergency surgery’….

Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” Is #1 on Mainstream Rock 

Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” Is #1 on Mainstream Rock 

Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated July 13th). It follows “Dark Matter,” title track from the twelfth studio effort, which had a four-week run at the top in March. The band has had five #1s on Mainstream Rock Airplay. In addition to “Wreckage” and “Dark Matter,” they are “Daughter” (’93),…