This Week in Rock

The news around Linkin Park’s return has revolved around the addition of vocalist Emily Armstrong and the new single “The Emptiness Machine.” But there have been other major changes. Drummer Rob Bourdon was absent from the band’s recent reunion event and isn’t returning. He has been replaced by Colin Brittain. According to the band’s Mike…

The Dead Daisies have delivered their seventh album, “Light ‘Em Up.” The first single and title track dropped on May 10.th “It’s a kick-ass, straight-ahead Rock and Roll tune,” enthused frontman John Corabi (pictured above). Corabi, ex-Mötley Crüe, joined The Dead Daisies in early ’15 but after three studio albums, he departed in ’19. Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes stepped…

Linkin Park has introduced Emily Armstrong, co-founder of Dead Sara, as their new co-vocalist (with Mike Shinoda). The band made the announcement Thursday during a live performance event. Armstrong, born and raised in L.A. started writing songs and playing guitar when she was 11 and began singing when she was 15. By the time Armstrong…

Pinhead Gunpowder, with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, will release “Unt” on October 18th. The set, the band’s first full-length effort since ’97, features the title track. In the interim, the band issued eight EPs – the most recent was ’08’s “West Side Highway. “A new record was only a matter of time, but between the…

Jelly Roll, a former inmate, took his music the maximum security yard at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem on Monday (9/2). Yes, the show included a rendition of Johhny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” which he personalized to “Oregon State Prison.”  “For the first time in 20 f—— years they have brought music to the prison…

Filter: Burn Out The Sun  Taken from Filter’s latest album, “The Algorithm”, which came out in August 2023, the clip has animation by Mark Lupo. Storace: Rock This City “(The song) is about a relationship gone wrong saved by a young man’s ability to snap out of his negative state of mind to win back the love of…

Queen guitarist Brian May revealed in a video post that he recently suffered a minor stroke. “All of a sudden — out of the blue — I didn’t have any control over this arm. So it was a little scary, I have to say.” The 77-year-old was initially unable to use his left arm but has since regained…

Tool have announced 2025 festival dates marking their first-ever shows in South America. The four shows will take place between March 21st and 30th at the multi-day festivals. Tool 2025 Festival Dates March 21-23 – Santiago, Chile @ Lollapalooza ChileMarch 21-23 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Lollapalooza ArgentinaMarch 27-30 – Bogotá, Colombia @ Festival Estereo…

Offspring and Pennywise will headline Punk In The Park, a pairing of music craft beer tasting, in San Diego on November 16th. The Offspring is often credited (alongside bands like Pennywise), for reviving mainstream interest in Punk Rock in the 1990s, They have sold more than 40 million records. The band will release its eleventh album…