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Daughtry’s “Artificial” is #1 Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated 2/17). The band has had eight entries in seventeen years but this is their first to top the survey. Prior to “Artificial,” currently a standalone single, Daughtry’s highest ranking song on Mainstream Rock Airplay was #4 with “Heavy Is The Crown” in ’21. Following Chris…
Sleep Token have signed with RCA Records. They announced their association with the label on Valentine’s Day. Led by vocalist Vessel, the band said the RCA signing represents a “new era,” but didn’t spell out what that means. Sleep Token’s third and most recent album, “Take Me Back To Eden,” released last year, was on…
Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover and Adrenaline Mob guitarist Mike Orlando have launched Sonic Universe. The group also has bassist Booker King and drummer Taykwuan Jackson. On May 10th the band will release its debut album, “It Is What It Is.” “All the stuff that I love kind of just melded into one melting pot,” explained Orlando. “It’s just heavy, hard Rock kick in you…
Pearl Jam will embark on a world tour this spring in support of their upcoming studio album, “Dark Matter.” Their global tour, hitting nine countries and 25 cities, kicks off at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, and will cover much of North America. including their first hometown performance in six years at Seattle’s Climate Pledge…
“Fuck the Rock n Roll hall of fame its full of BUMBACLARTS,” Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher posted last Saturday on X following his band’s nomination for induction into the Hall. “There’s something very fishy about those awards,” and “You know it I don’t need some wank award by some geriatric in a cowboy hat,” Liam…
AC/DC will embark on a European tour this spring/summer. The 21-date “Power Up” tour will kick off May 17th in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and is scheduled to conclude on August 17th in Dublin, AC/DC’s line-up will include singer Brian Johnson, lead guitarist Angus Young, rhythm guitarist Steve Young (who replaced his late uncle and founding member…
Paramore will be this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors. Paramore (frontwoman Haley Williams pictured above) is an indie band after a 20-year tenure with Atlantic Records that concluded in ’23. Their last album for the label, “This Is Why,” won a Grammy as the first-ever female-fronted act to take home Best Rock Album honor. “Our…
Ozzy Osbourne (pictured), Oasis, Foreigner, Jane’s Addiction, Peter Frampton and Lenny Kravitz have been nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class Of 2024. It’s the first time Oasis, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Lenny Kravitz and Ozzy Osbourne have been nominated. Ozzy was inducted in ’06 as a member of Black Sabbath. Fans can vote for nominees daily through April 26th at Vote.rockhall.com. To…
Guitarist Sophie Lloyd has shared a music video for her single “Let It Hurt.” The track, which is on Lloyd’s first full-length album “Imposter Syndrome,“ features Black Stone Cherry frontman Chris Robertson. “‘Let It Hurt‘ is one of my favorite songs on the album,” stated Lloyd. “We knew we wanted a really powerful Blues/Rock vocalist on this song and Chris Robertson just…
Metallica was awarded the “Rock Tour Of The Year” honor at the Pollstar Awards in a 2/7 ceremony held at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich (pictured second from the left) attended. Metallica nailed the highest grossing concert of all time taking in $10.443 million on August 6th, ’23, at MetLife Stadium in…