This Week in Rock

Green Day‘s “The Saviors Tour” is set to kick off on July 29th in Washington D.C. The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and the Linda Lindas will join Green Day for the majority of the run.  Green Day North American Stadium Tour Dates Ticket Information July 29 – Washington, D.C. @ Nationals ParkAug. 1 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers…

Asking Alexandria have announced their return to the U.S. headlining the “All My Friends” tour in support of their ’23 album “Where Do We Go From Here?” The 27-date trek will run from April 12th in San Antonio, TX to May 18th in Tempe, AZ with festival stops included. “Where Do We Go From Here?,” the band’s eighth…

Pearl Jam will headline the BottleRock Napa Valley festival May 24th – 26th in the City of Napa at the Napa Valley Expo. The line-up also Includes Queens Of The Stone Age, The Offspring Stevie Nicks and All Time Low. Three-day general admission tickets to the music, wine, craft brew and culinary festival begin at…

On what would have been David Bowie‘s 77th birthday (1/8), the city of Paris named a street after the music icon eight years after his death (on 1/10/16) from liver cancer. “Rue David Bowie” is in the capital’s 13th district on the left bank. The thoroughfare — around 165 feet long — was previously known…

Metallica has announced the winners of its inaugural “For Whom The Band Tolls,” a marching band competition that challenged bands at all levels to craft the most exciting, unique, and impressive performances of Metallica’s music. Bands were allowed to use Metallica’s music for free. The winning high school and collegiate bands will receive funds for new equipment for their…

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has earned his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. “It’s [jiu-jitsu] the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life; it’s the hardest,” noted Keenan. “I’m getting snowflakey weepy. It’s not something that you are handed. You have to do the work to get it.” Reports state that Keenan has been training in jiu-jitsu since…

Liam Gallagher (pictured right) and the Stone Roses guitarist John Squire (pictured left) have unveiled a joint single, “Just Another Rainbow.” It’s the pair’s musicians’ first collaboration. “To me the most obvious take on ‘Just Another Rainbow’ is that it’s about disappointment,” Squire offered. “But I don’t like to explain songs, it’s whatever you want…

Bring Me The Horizon’s new single “Kool-Aid,” their first offering since the exit of keyboardist Jordan Fish, has arrived. Fish does not appear in the song credits. The band has been working on a four EP series titled “Post Human.”  “Post Human: NeX Gen,” the second installment, was expected to drop last fall, but has been rescheduled for…

Corey Taylor has cancelled his upcoming North American solo tour issuing a statement apologizing to fans. “For the past several months my mental and physical health have been breaking down, and i reached a place that was unhealthy for my family and i,” Taylor wrote in a post. Taylor promises those who already bought tickets will get refunds. “CMF2,”…

Elvis Presley will be making yet another comeback this November in London. It will be the King’s first show in the U.K. capital. While Presley shuffled of this mortal coil in ’77 and his 89th birthday is in days (January 8th) his magic is set to return via the “Elvis Evolution,” an “immersive concert experience”…