DOJ Goes After Live Nation

DOJ Goes After Live Nation

The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment accusing the concert and ticketing giant of exerting monopolistic power through its exclusive ticketing agreements, its promotions business and its ownership of many popular amphitheaters, among other claims. The lawsuit, joined by 30 states, claims that Live Nation’s 2010 merger with Ticketmaster created a dominant…

New Rock: Babymetal/Electric Callboy, Hellacopters, Nightwish, Nonpoint & As I Lay Dying

New Rock: Babymetal/Electric Callboy, Hellacopters, Nightwish, Nonpoint & As I Lay Dying

Babymetal/Electric Callboy: Ratatata  A standalone single from two genre blending bands: Babymetal’s Japanese Dance-Pop + Heavy Metal and Electric Callboy’s Thrash-Dance. Hellacopters: Stay With You This is the band’s first new original song since the release of their ’22 comeback album “Eyes Of Oblivion.” “It was originally intended to be included on the upcoming LP but…

Nervosa On The Road This Summer

Nervosa On The Road This Summer

Following last fall’s release of “Jailbreak,” Nervosa fifth full-length album, the band will launch a North American tour beginning in late August. “We’re excited to be coming to North America with an awesome lineup of new wave Thrash Metal,” stated Nervosa’s guitarist/vocalist Prika Amaral. The tour will feature support from Lich King and Hatriot. The…

Hoobastank’s “The Reason” Joins Billions Club

Hoobastank’s “The Reason” Joins Billions Club

Hoobastank’s “The Reason” has surpassed one-billion streams on Spotify. Last year, the song passed a billion views on YouTube. Hoobastank’s most commercially successful single “expresses regret and rebirth after hurting a loved one.” “What an amazing moment,” Hoobastank guitarist, Dan Estrin shared. “Knowing how much ‘The Reason‘ means to so many people in the world…

The Struts To Headline Charity Event

The Struts To Headline Charity Event

The Struts will perform during a special June 5th edition of the Soho Sessions concert series supporting Everytown for Gun Safety. Actress Julianne Moore, a founding chair of the Everytown Creative Council, and singer Karen Elson will host to raise awareness and support for Everytown’s work combatting and preventing gun violence across the country.  The…

Top 5 Rock Acts With The Most Billion Streamed Songs on Spotify

Top 5 Rock Acts With The Most Billion Streamed Songs on Spotify

Some 600 songs have garnered more than a billion streams on Spotify. Here are the Top 5 Rock acts with the most songs that have crossed the billion threshold. 5. Guns N’ Roses Sweet Child O’ Mine Welcome To The Jungle Paradise City 4. AC/DC Back In Black Thunderstruck Highway To Hell You Shook Me…

Upcoming Tours: The Warning, Sevendust, Nothing More & Steel Panther

Upcoming Tours: The Warning, Sevendust, Nothing More & Steel Panther

The Warning: Keep Me Fed Tour Following the U.S. leg, the band will support Evanescence on a Candian trek. The tour will launch on 9/13 in Boston (following a Rocklahoma Festival appearance two weeks earlier) and will wrap up 10/30 in Toronto. Dates/Locations/Ticket Information Sevendust: “Seasons” 21st Anniversary Tour Note: “Seasons.” released in ’03, was…

Nonpoint’s New Single: “Underdog”

Nonpoint’s New Single: “Underdog”

Nonpoint has delivered, “Underdog.” “Being the underdog doesn’t mean you’re defeated; it means you have more room to surprise everyone with your resilience and determination,” explained Nonpoint frontman Elias Soriano. The band is currently working on a full-length album – following the “Ruthless” (’21) and “Heartless” (’23) EPs. Their last full-length effort was “X” (’18). “So, for…

Sevendust’s “Seasons” Anniversary Tour

Sevendust’s “Seasons” Anniversary Tour

Sevendust will return to the road this September to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their “Seasons” album. The fourth album in the band’s catalog spawned the enormously popular “Enemy“ with “Face To Face” becoming a concert staple. “Seasons” was the band’s final album with TVT Records and was dedicated to the memory to both Dave Williams (Drowning Pool’s original…