This Week in Rock

Vixen‘s Brittany Denaro (a.k.a. Britt Lightning) will be honored at the upcoming 2024 She Rocks Awards on January 25th at the Anaheim Convention Center Ballroom in Anaheim, CA. Denaro earned a degree in music business from Northeastern University and continued her education at Berklee School Of Music before embarking on an extensive music career. She joined Vixen in 2017. The…

Spiritbox (pictured above) has collaborated with Grammy winning Rapper Megan Thee Stallion on her new release “Cobra” (Rock Remix). The original version of “Cobra” dropped earlier this month. Megan Thee Stallion has released two albums to date – “Good News” (2020) which went platinum (one-million units moved) and “Traumazine” (2020) went gold (500,000 units). “I don’t care about genre,”…

“Welcome To Rockville” has unveiled the 2024 festival line-up. The headliners are Mötley Crüe (pictured above), Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters and Slipknot. “Welcome to Rockville” will take place over the weekend of May 9th – 12th at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Over 150 acts are expected to perform during the four-day…

Iron Maiden have announced an epic graphic novel in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their fourth album, “Piece Of Mind.” It’s due out November 21st through Z2. Each of the nine songs on the album, which includes “The Trooper,” “Flight Of Icarus” and “Revelations” has an individual chapter. Frontman Bruce Dickinson contributed to the “Revelations”…

The Killers will release the ‘best of’ album “Rebel Diamonds” on December 8th. The album includes “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young,” “All These Things That I’ve Done” and the new track “Spirit.” There is at least one song from each of the band’s seven studio albums – from “Hot Fuss” to “Pressure Machine.” “Rebel…

U.K.’s Download festival will return as DLXXI (the 21st edition) at Donington Park, Leicestershire. Headliners are Queens Of The Stone Age (pictured above), Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold. In addition, over 70 bands have been scheduled. The festival will take place June 14th-16th. General tickets are available at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

Metallica has announced that two concerts in St. Louis (11/3 and 11/5) sold over 100,000 tickets to set an attendance record at the Dome at America’s Center. The Friday edition of Metallica‘s “M72” “No Repeat Weekend” tour also featured Pantera and Mammoth WVH. Sunday’s show included Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills. The Dome opened in 1995.

Rush‘s Geddy Lee, a longtime and passionate baseball fan, will auction items from his “supremely mammoth collection of baseball memorabilia” beginning December 6th through Christie’s. Lee’s collection includes baseballs signed by U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. He’s also selling a Hank Aaron’s 500th home run Braves…

Longtime GWAR guitarist Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus) has announced his departure from the band. Purgason (pictured) released the following statement: “11 years ago I had the privilege of joining the greatest shock Rock and Roll band in the world. Today, I announce my departure from it.” Purgason joined GWAR in ’12 as the replacement for Cory Smoot, a.k.a. Flattus Maximus, who died in…

“Welcome To The Darkness,” a feature-length documentary about The Darkness, will be in theaters on November 9th for one night only, plus encores. (The film will also be available for digital download and on Blu-ray December 4th.)   In ’03, The Darkness scored with the single “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” and their multi-platinum debut album “Permission…