Scott Stapp To Debut At The Opry

Scott Stapp To Debut At The Opry

Creed frontman Scott Stapp will perform at the Grand Ole Opry on October 23rd. He will give the first live performance of “If These Walls Could Talk,” featuring Dorothy Martin, frontwoman of Dorothy. The song is on Stapp’s fourth solo album, “Higher Power.” “I am humbled by this invitation and grateful for the Opry’s tradition of including outliers like me,”…

Sum 41 Frontman Chronicles His Life Through Heaven And Hell

Sum 41 Frontman Chronicles His Life Through Heaven And Hell

“Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven And Hell,” a memoir by Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41,” has arrived. The book covers his work with the band plus his trials and tribulations. “A decade ago, Whibley collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where doctors revealed his liver and kidneys had failed. He was placed…

Oasis Sell Out

Oasis Sell Out

Oasis sold half a million tickets in just an hour last Friday (10.4) for their North American tour. ‘Oasis Live ’25’ reunion tour tickets with shows in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City were rapidly snapped up. The band has already sold out 19 stadium shows across the U.K. and Ireland schedule…

Lacuna Coil Announces New Guitarist

Lacuna Coil Announces New Guitarist

Guitarist Daniele Salomone has confirmed that he has joined Lacuna Coil replacing the band’s longtime guitarist Diego Cavallotti, who joined the band in ’16 and exited last June. Salomone made his live debut with Lacuna Coil on August 4th at the Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Romania. Lacuna Coil will release their tenth studio effort, “Sleepless Empire” on February 14th. “‘Sleepless Empire’ captures, through our eyes, the chaos…

Bon Jovi
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Bon Jovi

The song “Runaway,” recorded in ’84 by Jon Bon Jovi, was included in radio station W-D-H-A’s compilation of un-signed acts. Technically, Bon Jovi didn’t really qualify. Less than a year earlier, Bon Jovi (the group) had been signed by Mercury Records after building a solid reputation as a live act. In the process, John Francis…

Metallica Contributes To Hurricane Relief

Metallica Contributes To Hurricane Relief

Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation has donated $100,000 for immediate Hurricane Helene disaster relief, All Within My Hands is donating $50,000 each to World Central Kitchen and Team Rubicon. World Central Kitchen has partnered with 35 food trucks across Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, and 16 restaurants across North Carolina and Tennessee, already providing tens of thousands of hot meals and sandwiches…

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” Tops Rock Charts

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” Tops Rock Charts

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts, dated October 5th. Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on Alternative Airplay, tying Green Day for the second-most in chart history. Red Hot Chili Peppers have fifteen #1s on the chart. “The Emptiness Machine” is also the band’s eleventh #1 on Mainstream Rock…

Mötley Crüe’s EP Is “Cancelled”

Mötley Crüe’s EP Is “Cancelled”

Mötley Crüe has released the “Cancelled” EP. The three-song effort features the title track, “Dogs Of War,” a Top 5 Rock Radio hit, and a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!),” which quickly became a concert favorite. “What started out as a couple demo ideas turned into this EP produced by Bob Rock,”…

U2’s Top 10
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U2’s Top 10

The Irish band formed in Dublin and has released fifteen studio albums to date. The first was “Boy” in ’80 and the most recent was “Songs Of Surrender in ’23. According to Pollstar, U2 were the second highest grossing musical act (behind the Rolling Stones) from ’80 to ’22, earning $2.127 billion in revenue from 26.178 million tickets…