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,…

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…

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…

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),…

“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” Surpasses A Billion Streams

“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” Surpasses A Billion Streams

KISS’s “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club.” The disco-tinged track originally appeared in ’79 on the band’s seventh studio effort, “Dynasty.“ It’s their first billion-streamer. Written by lead guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and ace songwriter Desmond Child, along with songwriter/producer Vini Poncia, the song sold over 1-million copies. and peaked at #11 on the Billboard singles chart….

New Music: Dark Tranquillity, As I Lay Dying, Ice Nine Kills. Flotsam And Jetsam & David Reece

New Music: Dark Tranquillity, As I Lay Dying, Ice Nine Kills. Flotsam And Jetsam & David Reece

Dark Tranquillity: Not Nothing  “‘Not Nothing‘ is an existential piece of (the upcoming album) ‘Endtime Signals‘ that we feel showcases some of the diversity that the album holds,” offers vocalist Mikael Stanne. As I Lay Dying: The Cave We Fear To Enter “This is the first time I’ve written lyrics based on an idea started by someone else in…