This Week in Rock

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts, dated October 5th. Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on Alternative Airplay, tying Green Day for the second-most in chart history. Red Hot Chili Peppers have fifteen #1s on the chart. “The Emptiness Machine” is also the band’s eleventh #1 on Mainstream Rock…

Mötley Crüe has released the “Cancelled” EP. The three-song effort features the title track, “Dogs Of War,” a Top 5 Rock Radio hit, and a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!),” which quickly became a concert favorite. “What started out as a couple demo ideas turned into this EP produced by Bob Rock,”…

Pink Floyd reportedly have sold the rights to their recorded music, name and likeness to Sony for $400 million. A number of parties, including Warner Music, Hipgnosis and BMG, were interested in doing a deal that would expand the use of Floyd’s catalog through licensing agreements in movies, TV shows, gaming and other media. The deal…

Mötley Crüe will return to Las Vegas next spring with “The Las Vegas Residency,” an exclusive limited run of eleven shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM, running March 28nd through April 19th. “You can go to Vegas and cut loose,” bassist Nikki Sixx told USA Today. “See your favorite band, go to other shows, gamble and…

Three Days Grace have announced the return of original frontman Adam Gontier (pictured). He will share lead vocals with Matt Walst, who has fronted Three Days Grace for over decade. “I feel like it’s been seamless, better than we were expecting,” stated Gontier. “It’s like we got back in a room together and picked up where we left off. We…

After cancelling a series of shows earlier this year due to unspecified health issues affecting singer/guitarist Josh Homme, Queens Of The Stone Age has announced a short late spring tour next year. QOTSA cancelled European festival shows so Homme could fly back to the U.S. for what was described at the time as “emergency surgery.”…

Coheed And Cambria: Blind Side Sonny “‘Blind Side Sonny’ is a song about revenge,” offered vocalist Claudio Sanchez. “What may seem like an innocent choice to someone could be the breeding ground of another’s malicious misunderstanding. Perception can be your worst enemy.” Soilwork: Spirit Of No Return “‘Spirit Of No Rrturn” is a fierce reminder of the…

“Elton John: Never Too Late,” a documentary of his career ahead of his final U.S. concert (at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium in ’22) will have a limited theatrical release on November 15th, then the film will head to Disney+ on December 13th. The documentary “follows Elton John as he looks back on his life and the…

Oasis has announced North American dates on their “Oasis Live ’25” world tour. Next summer Oasis is slated to play stadiums in Toronto, Chicago, East Rutherford, Los Angeles and Mexico City with Cage The Elephant as the special guest on all dates. “America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along,” commented the…

Halestorm/I Prevail’s collaboration “Can U See Me In The Dark?” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated September 28th). “Can U See Me in the Dark?” is currently a standalone single. It’s Halestorm’s seventh #1 and I Prevail’s third – their first since “Bad Things” in ’22. Siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale founded Halestorm in…