Five Finger Death Punch: 2023 Headlines

The Darkness will release their eighth album, but first album in four years, when “Dreams On Toast” drops next March. The set features “The Longest Kiss.” “You know that thing when God’s breath tickles your soul and tells you to create,” asked frontman Justin Hawkins rhetorically. “God might not be the power she once was, but…

Florida native Tom Petty was recognized by the University Of Florida with an honorary Doctor Of Music degree. Bruce Petty, Tom’s brother, accepted the posthumous doctorate on his behalf at the university’s spring commencement ceremony (May 4th). The university also partnered with Petty’s estate for what they called the Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars & Innovation, benefitting its School…

Creed’s “Summer of ’99” cruise will sail into 2025. The band, with singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, revealed the news while on board the second “Summer of ’99” cruise – “Summer of ’99 and Beyond.” ’99 was the year the band released their sophomore album “Human Clay,” which sold over 11.5 million copies…

“Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story” is on Hulu. The four-part docuseries has the “full cooperation from all past and present members of Bon Jovi.” “Forty years of personal videos, unreleased early demos, original lyrics and never-before-seen photos that chronicle the journey from Jersey Shore clubs to the biggest stages on the planet,” reads…

Jeffrey Hatrix (also known as Jeffrey Nothing), a co-founder and former vocalist for the industrial collective Mushroomhead, has sued the band’s drummer and producer Steve “Skinny” Felton, alleging copyright infringement and failure to pay Hatrix royalties that he is owed. Hatrix (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick), who left the band in ’18, claims he wrote or helped write 148…

Foo Fighters Dave Grohl partnered with The Big Umbrella Foundation (on 12/8) to serve hundreds of meals to Melbourne’s homeless population.  The Foo Fighters are touring Australia in support of their “But Here We Are” album. Grohl “helped hand out the meals for a long shift before he was due to step onto a jet to…