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What is happening right now in Rock Music
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…
RockinTown.com Hall of Fame nominee Joan Jett & The Blackhearts have announced an exclusive, five-night Las Vegas engagement at House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Performances will be held June 13th, 14th, 18th, 20th and 21st. Ticket Information Jett has had eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles,…
The Devil Wear Prada’s “Metalcore Spring Break” tour will kick off April 17th in Wichita, KS and run through May 14th in Charleston, SC. The band will also appear at Sonic Temple and Welcome To Rockville festivals. The band has also dropped an acoustic version of their biggest streaming single “Chemical.” “We’ve recorded a special stripped-down version that lays bare the raw emotion…