The Week In Rock: April 12th – 19th

4/12 Neil Young And Joan Baez Perform At “Fighting Oligarchy”

Young and Baez share the stage at political rally hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in L.A.’s Grand Park.

The event centers on anti-corporate messaging and grassroots political reform.

4/12 Green Day Play Coachella For The First Time

The band makes their Coachella debut performing “American Idiot,” “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams:” and “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” with an audience member on guitar. The night before, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joined the Go-Go’s for their Coachella set.

4/13 The Who Sack Zak Starkey

“The band made a collective decision to part ways with Zak after this round of shows at the Royal Albert Hall,” offers The Who’s representative ’in a statement.

Starkey, son of Ringo Starr, was The Who’s touring drummer for 29 years. He says he was surprised and saddened by the decision.

4/13 “Coheed And Cambria Day” In Nyack, New York

Coheed And Cambria return to Nyack, New York, the community that supported the band and gave them their earliest notoriety, to accept the key to Nyack and perform a short acoustic set.

The band formed in Nyack in ’95.

4/14 Former Judas Priest Drummer Passes Away

Les Binks played on Priest’s “Stained Class,” “Hell Bent For Leather” (released as “Killing Machine” in the U.K.) and “Unleashed In The East” albums.

He was 73.

4/16 Aerosmith Delivers For The NBA

Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” is played during the NBA play-offs to highlight how fans and celebrities. around the world are seeing playoff history unfold.

“We have a long history with the NBA, cheering for our hometown Celtics throughout the years,” says Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.

4/17 AC/DC Launch Pop-Up Store

The High Voltage Pop Up Store in Los Angeles, marks the band’s return to the city for a concert on their PWR UP World Tour.

4/19 The Who’s Pete Townshend Says Zak Is Back

Just days after news broke that Zak Starkey had been dismissed from the band he’d toured with for nearly three decades (see above), The Who’s legendary guitarist reports that “there have been some communication issues … and these have been aired happily” adding that Starkey is “not being asked to step down.”

4/19 Dave Grohl Plays Coachella With Special Backing

Dave Grohl makes a surprise appearance performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. They play “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” and “Everlong.”

Later in the evening, actress/singer Cynthia Erivo (Wicked”) leads the philharmonic for a cover Prince’s “Purple Rain.”