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What is happening right now in Rock Music
New Years Day will release its fifth studio album, “Half Black Heart,” on March 1st. “It’s common for musicians to express affection for their albums, this one truly stands out to me,” noted vocalist Ash Costello (pictured above). It feels like the culmination of all the hard work and growth we’ve experienced… and poured it into this…
Flyleaf vocalist Lacey Sturm has released her sophomore solo album, “Kenotic Metanoia.” It’s the follow-up to 2015’s “Life Screams.” The album made Sturm the first solo female to top the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. “Kenotic Metanoia” contains the singles “Breathe With Me,” a power ballad with violin virtuoso Lindsey Stirling, and “Reconcile.” “All these songs have been for my own heart,” stated…
Eric Clapton’s “The Fool” guitar has sold for $1.27 million at Julien’s Auctions “Played, Worn And Torn: Rock N’ Roll Iconic Guitars And Memorabilia” event. The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar, first stage-played while Cream (pictured above – Clapton far right) toured the U.S. in the late ‘60’s, was acquired by The Jim Irsay Collection in Indianapolis…
To date, eighteen songs have topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Metallica had the most #1s this year – “Lux Æterna,” “72 Seasons” and “Too Far Gone.” They are all on the band’s eleventh album “72 Seasons.” ‘Tallica’ songs topped the chart for a total of eleven weeks this year. Foo Fighters landed two songs…
So far this year, only one Rock album has topped the Billboard 200 album chart. On November 4th, Blink-182‘s comeback album “One More Time…” went to the top selling 125,000 units in its first week. Metallica‘s “72 Seasons” debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling 146,000 copies in the first week. But that wasn’t enough…
Countless Rock bands have announced their retirement only to return (often again and again). KISS is slated to play their final show on December 2nd at Madison Square Garden in New York City, That concert will conclude the band’s “End Of The Road” tour. Is this really the end? “I’ll say right here, right now, my…
Former Guns N’ Roses photographer Katarina Benzova has filed a lawsuit against GN’R and their management claiming copyright infringement over unauthorized use and distribution of materials and sexual harassment by the band’s manager Fernando Lebeis. The suit alleges that Lebeis repeatedly made numerous unwelcome sexual advances toward Benzova between 2016 and 2022. The suit also claims that…
“Might Love Myself,” Beartooth’s eleventh entry on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, is their first #1 (dated 11/18). The track is from Beartooth’s fifth studio effort, “The Surface.” The album, which dropped last month. also contains the singles “Riptide,” “Sunshine” and “The Better Me,” featuring Country’s Hardy. The band first reached the chart in ‘15…
Staind has announced “The Tailgate Tour” with Seether and Saint Asonia. Staind‘s comeback album “Confessions Of The Fallen” dropped last September – their first effort since a self-titled set in ’11. The band is known for the Top 10 hit “It’s Been Awhile” from the #1 album “Break The Cycle.” Also, the albums “14 Shades Of Grey” and “Chapter V” topped the Billboard chart. Seether has…
Foo Fighters will release of a digital double A-side single this Friday (11/17) featuring a reinterpretation of “The Glass” by R&B singer H.E.R. along with the Foo Fighters original version from their Grammy nominated “But Here We Are” album. H.E.R.‘s full length “Back Of My Mind” album, released in ’21, went to #1 on Billboard’s R&B chart. Last month, H.E.R….