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What is happening right now in Rock Music
2/1 Former Hootie & The Blowfish frontman turned Country star, Darius Rucker, is arrested for possession of a controlled substance in the Middle Tennessee area. “Darius Rucker is fully cooperating with authorities related to misdemeanor drug charges,” states Rucker’s lawyer. The singer is released on a bond of $10,500. 2/2 MusiCares Person Of The Year benefit gala honors…
12/7 Ex-GN’R Drummer Is A Grand Marshal Matt Sorum is a celebrity grand marshal of the 32nd annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. This event lights up downtown Palm Springs. Sorum, a Palm Springs resident, was in GN’R from 1990–1997 where he recorded three albums (“Use Your Illusion I & II” and “The Spaghetti Incident?”) and…
Classic Rock acts performers are on this year’s Pollstar survey of the top touring acts. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band land at #5 on the tally grossing $251-million) with the Rolling Stones checking in at #6 earning $235-million – all from the “Hackney Diamonds” U.S. trek giving the Stones the top grossing North American tour….
Linkin Park received the Top Rock Duo/Group and Top Hard Rock Artist awards at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. The group performed “The Emptiness Machine” for the (12/12) show while on tour in Brazil. The song, a former #1 on Mainstream Rock, is from the band’s highly successful comeback album “From Zero,” their eighth full-length…
1/3 Rage Against The Machine’s Brad Wilk says the band will not tour or perform live again, likely being the third time the group has broken up. The drummer says there won’t be any new tour dates after the band canceled the remainder of their ’22 North American tour due to frontman Zack de la…
The annual Metal Hall Of Fame charity gala will take place Wednesday, January 22rd at the Grand Theater in Anaheim, CA, with tastings presented by Ghost Tequila. Pre-party (at the Anaheim House Of Blues): 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Induction ceremony: 8:00 p.m. Ticket Information 2025 List of Inductees Includes: “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott – pictured above (Pantera): 20th-anniversary of life…
The Hellacopters have released (I Don’t Wanna Be) Just A Memory,” the second single from their upcoming studio album “Overdriver,“ due January 31st, The Hellacopters formed in 1994 but after seven full-length studio sets, the band went on hiatus in 2008. Fourteen years passed before the release of their comeback album, “Eyes Of Oblivion.” The band features…
Def Leppard (pictured), Mötley Crüe, Shinedown and Nickelback have been confirmed as headliners at the inaugural Boardwalk Rock festival in Ocean Beach, Maryland, on May 17th-18th. Other bands confirmed include Halestorm, Bush, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Alice Cooper, Flyleaf with Lacy Sturm and 3 Doors Down. Ticket prices start at $165 for a single-day general admission pass,…
Code Orange guitarist Reba Meyers has released her debut solo single, “Certain Uncertainty.” “I’m finding that I have the space only now in my life to have a bird’s eye view on my adolescence, and that perspective, and current time of growth made it the perfect moment to begin to release solo material. A moment I’ve…
System Of A Down has added second shows to their brief upcoming late summer stadium trek. Each stop will have a different band as support. The shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ are on August 27th – 28th with KoRn; at Soldier Field in Chicago with Avenged Sevenfold on August 31st – September 1st; and at…