Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

Iron Maiden’s “Senjutsu” Goes Gold

Iron Maiden were presented with a gold disc at the first of their two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena (on 7/7) in recognition of their studio album “Senjutsu” selling over 100,000 physical copies in the U.K. “Senjutsu” (loosely translated from Japanese as “tactics and strategy”), released in September of 2021, was Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album. Two singles,…

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

On the strength of a three-song demo Nine Inch Nails got signed by TVT Records. “Industrial Nation,” released in ’88, was a powerful debut. However, the TVT label boss didn’t think much of it and couldn’t sell it. But two years of non-stop touring could only push it to #75 on the Album Charts. “Pretty…

What Happened in 2022: July

What Happened in 2022: July

7th – The Pretty Reckless announce the cancelation of three concerts on its co-headlining tour with Halestorm after singer Taylor Momsen tests positive for COVID-19. “Despite our best efforts, COVID finally bit,” reads the band’s statement.  8th – King’s X cancels its planned European tour due to guitarist Ty Tabor’s “unforeseen medical issue,” “I recently went in for some…

What Happened in 2022: April

What Happened in 2022: April

1st – Red Hot Chili Peppers launch an exclusive SiriusXM music channel, Whole Lotta Red Hot. The launch coincides with release of the band’s album “Unlimited Love.”  4th – Travis Barker (Blink-182) and celebrity Kourtney Kardashian get married in Las Vegas following Barker’s performance at the Grammys backing H.E.R.’s on her version of the Lenny Kravitz song “Are You Gonna My Way.”  …

Queen Rules Spotify

Queen Rules Spotify

Queen amassed 2.3 billion song streams this year via Spotify. According to Spotify Wrapped’s year-end survey Queen had 120.7 million fans spending over 139.2 million hours listening to the band’s music via the streaming service.  The only other Rock act with more than a billion streams this year was Machine Gun Kelly (1.7 billion streams). …