A Day In Rock: September 2nd, 1995 -The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Opens

Five Finger Death Punch has pushed back the release date of the digital deluxe edition of “AfterLife,” the band’s ninth studio album which dropped in ’22, to April 5th from the previously announced February 9th. The deluxe package has “This Is The Way,” featuring late Rapper DMX. “Music is meant to be shared, and it starts…

1999: Eric Clapton auctioned 100 guitars including ‘Brownie’, used to record “Layla,” raising $5 million for the Crossroads Center, a drug rehab clinic Clapton founded. 2004: One of Clapton’s prize guitars, “Blackie,” a black-and-white Fender Stratocaster, was sold for $959,500 at an auction that raised more than $7.4 million also for the Crossroads Centre. “Lenny,”…

Heart has postponed its “Royal Flush” tour so that singer Ann Wilson can undergo cancer treatment. She recently underwent an operation to remove “something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.” “The operation was successful & I’m feeling great but my doctors are now advising me to undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy & I’ve decided to do it,” she…

The Black Crowes were slated to be the supporting act on Aerosmith’s “Peace Out” farewell tour. But when the “Peace Out” tour crapped out due to Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal and health issues The Black Crowes picked up the pieces. They will launch the “Happiness Bastards Tour ’24 (The Reprise)” on September 27th in…

So far this year, only one Rock album has topped the Billboard 200 album chart. On November 4th, Blink-182‘s comeback album “One More Time…” went to the top selling 125,000 units in its first week. Metallica‘s “72 Seasons” debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling 146,000 copies in the first week. But that wasn’t enough…

KoЯn will perform a 30th anniversary show on October 5th at BMO Stadium in L.A. The show will also feature performances by Evanescence, Spiritbox, Gojira, Vended and Scars On Broadway. KoЯn was formed in ’93 by three members of the band L.A.P.D. The release of their self-titled debut album a year later launched Nu Metal leading to a…