This Week in Rock

11/1 The Cure’s New Album “Songs Of A Lost World” contains the ethereal track “Alone.” Frontman Robert Smith (pictured center) has stated “Alone” “unlocked the record.” “As soon as we had that piece of music recorded, I knew it was the opening song – and I felt the whole album come into focus,” Smith concluded. 11/2…

10/2 Coal Chamber Cancel Aftershock Festival Appearance Frontman Dez Fafara’s health forces the band to skip the October 10th-13th festival in Sacramento. After becoming ill Fafara went to the hospital five days earlier. 10/2 System Of A Down Drummer Ends Endorsement Deal  John Dolmayan ends his endorsement deal with Tama drums. “It’s time to make a change,” posts Dolmayan….

9/1 Skillet Say They Are Fine With Politicians Using Their Music “I don’t care who plays my song at their political rally, because I believe in America over party.” explained Skillet’s John Cooper. “I believe in the foundations of this country,” explained Cooper during an On The Road To Rock podcast. 9/2 Oasis Want To Shut Down…

8/1 Metallica Partner Again with Wolverine Boots & Apparel  The band’s’ All Within My Hands and the apparel company create a unique, high-quality boot to benefit the Metallica Scholars Initiative which supports the enhancement of community colleges’ career and technical education programs.  8/1 Megadeth Offers Megadeth VMK25 Headphones The limited-edition headphones are manufactured in collaboration with Valco…

7/2 Heart postpones its “Royal Flush” tour so that singer Ann Wilson can undergo cancer treatment. She had undergone an operation to remove “something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.” 7/4 System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian continues his criticism of Imagine Dragons for playing a show in Baku, Azerbaijan because it helped “whitewash the dictatorial regime’s image.”…

Motörhead frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister has been enshrined at one of his favorite haunts to relax and socialize — Stringfellows gentlemen’s club in London. A miniature replica of Lemmy’s custom urn containing a portion of his ashes was installed at the club (on 12/18), ensuring Lemmy can permanently hold court at one of his beloved places. Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell…

Arch Enemy have announced a spring 2025 North American tour. The trek will kick off on April 14th in San Diego and run through May 16th in Atlanta, with festival appearances at Sonic Temple, Welcome To Rockville and Milwaukee Metal Fest. “We can’t wait to reconnect with our amazing North American fans this spring,” says Arch Enemy’s founding guitarist Michael…

Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie) has met with Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi to tackle concert ticketing issues. “I look forward to working with her and the whole administration to help fix the fiasco of buying concert tickets,” wrote Rock on social media. “Gonna open a can of whoop ass on the bots,…

6/1 Godsmack’s “Truth” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart. The track, from the band’s eighth album, “Lighting Up The Sky,” is their 13th song to top the survey.  6/1 Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash, debuts at #1 on Billboard‘s Blues Albums chart with “Orgy Of The Damned.”  It’s also #2 on the Top Rock…

Fozzy Fozzy, with Chris Jericho, has announced its “2025th Anniversary Tour.” The trek will kick off in Springfield, MO on April 17th and conclude in Wyandotte, MI on May 12th. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, December 19th at 10 a.m. ET. Tickets/Tour Information Static-X Static-X’s original “Wisconsin Death Trip” lineup of Tony Campos (bass), Koichi Fukuda (guitar) and Ken Jay (drums) along with…