January 3rd – January 10th

David Bowie

Stranger Things, set in the 1980s, features period music.

The series has helped revive the ’80’s culture and music, especially with the song choices.

1/3 David Bowie Track Revived By Stranger Things

Daivid Bowie’s “Heroes,” heard during the end credits of the Stranger Things finale in late December, rises exponentially on streaming services.

After New Year’s Eve — when the song was used in the Netflix show’s final episode — “Heroes” garnered over 1.1 million streams in three days. It had been earning about 94,000 digital streams daily.

Heroes

Clint Lowery

1/5 Sevendust Guitarist Clint Lowery Will Skip Some European Tour Dates

“Unfortunately, I’m not gonna be able to make the front half of this tour,” says Lowery. “First off, family commitments. I made a promise to my kids years ago I would not be gone a certain amount of time anymore. Secondly, I had a couple of health issues last year. I have a couple of tests coming up just to confirm everything’s cool.”

Tim Tournier will fill-in for Lowery.

Tyler Bates

1/5 Marilyn Manson’s Touring Guitarist Bails

Tyler Bates takes to social media to announce his departure from Marilyn Manson’s touring band.

In addition to his fretwork, Bates co-produced and co-wrote Manson’s 2015 album “The Pale Emperor,” 2017’s “Heaven Upside Down” and the singer’s latest effort, 2024’s “One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1.”

Bates is stepping away from touring but not from Manson.

“I will be actively supporting the upcoming release of ‘Chapter Two’, my fourth album with Manson, which I believe is our finest work together.”

Bates, a film composer, met Manson through his work on the Showtime series “Californication”.

1/5 Falling In Reverse’s Frontman Files Restraining Order

Ronnie Radke files a temporary restraining order against actress/social media influencer Brittany Furlan for alleged harassment after she rehashed a 2025 catfish scandal on social media.

The musician requests a court order for Furlan to stay at least 100 yards away from him. The petition is subsequently denied.

“The claims being made about Ms. Furlan are not accurate,” says Furlan’s rep. “”Our legal counsel issued multiple cease-and-desist notices in May after what we considered to be a pattern of harassment, bullying and false public statements about her. Those notices were acknowledged but the behavior continued. Ms. Furlan will respond through the court process and hopes the matter can be resolved peacefully.”

In a series of posts Furlan shares screenshots of an Instagram account that messaged her various times and left “fucked up” comments on her posts as well as posts by Saraya and Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe). Furlan is married to Lee and Saraya is Radke’s ex-girlfriend.

Furlan says she utilized Instagram’s “forgot password” feature to log into the account to see the phone number and discovered that the last two digits matched one of Radke’s phone numbers she had saved in her phone.

1/5 Ronnie Radke Explains Why Guitarist Was Fired

While the above is playing out, Radke takes time to explain, during a livestream, why he fired ex-guitarist Max Georgiev last year.

Radke shares a post on his Instagram that alleges Georgiev admitted to sleeping with a minor before joining Falling In Reverse.

The guitarist responds by sharing a statement denying the allegations posting “I have never done anything illegal with a minor.”

Extreme

1/5 Extreme Announce Work On Seventh Album

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt shares a photo of him in a recording studio and he includes the message: “DAY 1 2026 EX7REME.”

The upcoming effort will be the follow-up to “Six,” which was released in 2023.

1/5 Haken Loses Two Members

The U.K. progressive band part ways with guitarist Charlie Griffiths and bassist Conner Green.

On their social media post the band writes: “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the departure of Charlie Griffiths and Conner Green from Haken. We are tremendously grateful for the time we’ve spent together, creating music and touring the world, achieving things we thought weren’t possible.”

1/7 Foo Fighter Guitarist To Miss Shows

Foo Fighters announce that guitarist Pat Smear will be forced to sit out a few of the band’s upcoming shows after suffering a bizarre accident in his garden that resulted in multiple broken bones in Smear’s foot.

Jason Falkner (Beck/St. Vincent) will be filling in during Smear’s absence.

In the wake of an ICE officer killing Renee Nocole Good in Minneapolis earlier in the week and protests across the nation, Neil Young weighs in on his website,

“It’s ICE cold here in America,” Young writes. “There was no ICE before Trump. No soldiers in the streets before Trump. Every move he makes is to build instability so he can stay in power…”

1/9 Dave Matthews Slams ICE

Dave Matthews also slams ICE over the Renee Good shooting. “I don’t like these monsters that are running the show right now.”

“No matter what narrative this administration is trying to sell us, we can see the videos,” Matthews says. “From most angles, near and far, it looks like she (Good) was trying to get away, and he (the ICE agent) shot her three times in the head, murdered in cold blood.”

“This administration… are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. How you can claim that (Good) was ramming their cars, or that she was attacking them. There’s nothing to suggest that.”

1/9 “Depeche Mode: M” Streams On Netflix

Bob Weir

1/10 Bob Weir’s Death Revealed

The family of Bob Weir report his death at age 78. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was a co-founder (with Jerry Garcia) of the Grateful Dead.

“He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could.” wrote the family. “Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues.”