This Week in Rock

Black Sabbath’s original line-up — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — will play its final concert on July 5th. The charity show, “Back To The Beginning,” will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham, U.K. Metallica, Slayer and Pantera are slated to perform along with Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jonathan Davis (KoЯn)…

Ghost have announced that Papa V Perpetua will be fronting the band for its 2025 touring cycle.  “We wish to inform you V is coming… To Birmingham on July 5th,” reads a post on the band’s social media. That’s the planned date of Black Sabbath’s final concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, U.K. Papa V Perpetua’s name is…

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler’s sixth annual philanthropic “Jam For Janie” Grammys viewing party (on 2/2) raised over $2.5 million to support Janie’s Fund, the L.A. Fire Department Foundation and Disabled Firefighter’s Fund. More than 100 firefighters who battled the January Los Angeles wildfires were invited to the event through the Widows, Orphans And Disabled Firefighters Fund and Los Angeles…

AC/DC will return to the United States this April for the first full-tour in nine years. The run of stadium shows will kick off on April 10th in Minneapolis and include the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and Soldier Field in Chicago, before concluding on May 28th in Cleveland. Support on the trek will come from The…

Disturbed’s “The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour” to celebrate the band’s influential debut album, will launch in Nampa, ID February 25th. Disturbed will play the multi-platinum “The Sickness” in full, followed by a collection of hits. The trek will have special guests – Sevendust and Three Days Grace, featuring the return of original singer Adam Gontier, on the first…

The 67th Grammy Awards were presented Sunday (2/.2) in L.A. Rolling Stones picked up the Best Rock Album award. The Beatles won for “Now And Then,” a John Lennon demo that was given the AI treatment. Wait is it 1969? Also. St. Vincent owned the Alt. Rock categories. Here are the winners (and nominees) in the…

 Saturday Night Live will be taking over the stage at Radio City Music Hall with a February 14th concert special in celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary.  SNL50: The Homecoming Concert will be hosted by SNL alum Jimmy Fallon with a diverse array of performers. Rock musicians include Eddie Vedder (pictured above), Dave Grohl, Jack White (pictured), David…

“Revelation” dropped in 2023, with the singles “High On Me” and “Crows.” “We wrote a lot more music that resonated with its sound and theme but didn’t make the (album’s) final cut,” shared Saliva vocalist Bobby Amaru. “‘Revelation: Retold’ is exactly what the name implies — a reimagining of our 2023 release ‘Revelation’. It features music from the original album alongside contributions from…

 G3 touring concept, featuring guitarists Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai has unfurled “Reunion Live.” The set documents G3’s sold-out 2024 U.S. tour where each guitarist performed a set with an encore jam session. “Reuniting with Eric and Steve (last year) commemorating the very first G3 tour of ’96, was nothing short of glorious,” enthused Satriani. “They were the first two guitarists I called when…

The “Fire Aid” concerts in L.A. (1/30) were an essential step toward recovery from the devastation and cost of the wildfires that raged through SoCal in mid-January. Numerous performers played at two venues to raise money to aid in rebuilding. Performers at the newly opened Intuit Dome included Jelly Roll. Rod Stewart and Stevie Wonder. …