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Green Day‘s fourteenth album, “Saviors,” will drop January 19th. The lead single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart… the band’s eighth #1 on the survey. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said he knew “The American Dream Is Killing Me” would be the album’s lead single as soon as the band finished cutting…
Green Day will perform an exclusive concert for SiriusXM at New York City’s Irving Plaza on January 18th to commemorate the release of their 14th album, “Saviors,” due January 19th. The album’s lead track, “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” has been #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Songs chart for five weeks… and counting. Subscribers can enter for a chance…
The following is a list of the #1 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with the date the song topped the chart. December 17th (2022): Lux Æterna Metallica The song went to the top in mid-December and stayed there until early March. March 4th: Welcome To The Circus Five Finger Death Punch The opening…
3/1 Shinedown (pictured above) announces that they will donate $1 for every ticket sold for “The Revolutions Live U.S.” tour to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Shinedown is a long-time mental health advocate. 3/2 Steve Mackey, Pulp bassist and a music producer, dies of an undisclosed illness at age 56. 3/4 “Welcome To The…
A comeback album, a #1 song and a dust-up with PETA. 7/25 Staind is #1 on Billboard’s Active Rock survey with “Lowest In Me.” The single, the band’s first since ’11, is from their eighth studio album, “Confessions Of The Fallen.” 8/5 “Lowest In Me” is #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. It’s the band’s fifth single to…
Paramore – in sickness and in health Paramore’s “This Is Why” (released 2/10) debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Top Album Sales charts. The set held the #2 spot on the Billboard 200. It was the band’s first album in six years and featured the title track. Paramore postponed…
Bring Me The Horizon have parted ways with Jordan Fish, who was with the band since ’12. Fish performed on the band’s ’13 album, “Sempiternal,” which he helped co-write. “That’s The Spirit,” “Amo” and “Post Human: Survival Horror” followed with Fish contributing programming, backing vocals and percussion. “I’m really grateful for my 11 years with the band, and extremely…
Queen guitarist Brian May (pictured left) says the band is not behind the recent increase in copyright strikes issued against Queen + Adam Lambert concert videos posted to YouTube and other platforms. A copyright strike is a policing practice used to halt copyright infringement and comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). May shared a screenshot…
“I was just moving around and somebody was like, ‘you strut around a lot’,” noted The Struts singer/guitarist Luke Spiller. “From then on, we knew we had a great name. We couldn’t believe it hadn’t been taken.” Spiller, who had been playing in bands since his teens, teamed up with guitarist Adam Slack. In 2012,…
The 2024 edition of the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will run from May 16th – 19th at the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH. Disturbed (pictured), Misfits, Pantera and Slipknot are the headliners. Additionally, Evanescence, Judas Priest, Breaking Benjamin and Sum 41 will be among the 120 music artists playing on four stages during…