This Week in Rock

Red Hot Chili Peppers are #1 on the Billboard 200 with “Return Of The Dream Canteen.”  Earlier this year, in April, the Peppers were at #1 with “Unlimited Love.”  So now, the Peppers are the first Rock band in seventeen years to have two #1 albums in the same year.  The last band to achieve…

Pearl Jam has committed to $200 per ton of CO2 produced for its carbon offset strategy, Globally, the carbon offset market averages $1-15 per ton. Touring leaves a large carbon footprint – traveling, moving tons of equipment around the world with staging and tearing down for each concert. Since ‘03, Pearl Jam has made investments…

Blink-182 officially confirmed that guitarist Tom DeLonge has returned to the band. This comes after months of speculation. Blink-182 plans to tour in 2023 starting with a run in Latin America. That will be followed by an extensive North American jaunt launching in St. Paul.  Then the band will head to Europe. North America 2023 Tour Dates:…

Slipknot‘s “The End, So Far” is the band’s third #1 album in the U.K.  – ‘01’s “Iowa” and ‘19’s “We Are Not Your Kind” were the first two. The album is the first to feature percussionist Michael Pfaff, who joined in 19, and the last to be released through Roadrunner.   The band signed with Roadrunner back in ’98….

When Judas Priest enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for “Musical Excellence” on November 5th they plan to play a medley of their songs. “They give you a limited amount of time ’cause there’s obviously lots of artists that are gonna be performing,” explained Priest drummer Scott Travis during an interview on 107.7…

August 19th Album Release: Five Finger Death Punch unleash their ninth album, “Afterlife.”  “(The album) was hands down my favorite record to make,” according to FFDP guitarist Zoltan Bathory. “It was not planned as a concept album, but we were so hyper-focused on painting a complete picture, it somehow feels like one.” 2022 More This…