May 10th – 16th, 2026

Shinedown

5/11 Shinedown On American Idol

Shinedown and former “American Idol” contestant Philmon Lee perform “Searchlight” and “Second Chance” during the season finale of the singing competition.

Hannah Harper is crowned the Season 24 “American Idol” winner.

5/11 Idol Finale Also Features Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe and Country-Pop’s Carrie Underwood, who won American Idol in 2005, deliver Crüe classics” “Home Sweet Home” and “Kickstart My Heart.”

Underwood previously performed both songs throughout her career. Notably, she sang “Kickstart My Heart” in ’07 with Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil on stage in Nashville.

Her cover of “Home Sweet Home” was available for download on iTunes in ’09. A portion of the proceeds went the Humane Society Of The United States. “I’ve always loved this song, and besides being very fitting for ‘Idol’, to me, the title is also very fitting with animal rescue and finding animals their own homes,” Underwood stated.

5/11 Oli Sykes Takes A Phone Hit

Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes is struck by a phone thrown by an audience member during the band’s show in St. Louis.

The phone hit Sykes before landing on the ground in front of him. “Who the f–k just threw a phone?” Sykes asks while picking it up and tossing it to security. “Cheers, though, that was sick.”

5/11 Legendary Rock Producer Jack Douglas Dies

With 40 gold and platinum records and several lifetime achievement awards to his credit, Douglas played an integral role in the creation of John Lennon’s “Imagine” and “Double Fantasy” albums., as well as his work with Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Cheap Trick.

“He lived an incredible life and was an amazing storyteller,” writes the family in a statement. “He was very, very funny and goofy and loved to tell jokes. He loved what he did, and he worked til the very end. We will miss him a lot.”

Zakk Wylde

5/12 Zakk Wylde Offers Advice To Musicians

“Dedicate your life to it, ’cause you don’t wanna have some crummy job that you hate. Who does? Who wants that? Nobody,” says Wylde on the debut edition of Gnarly Origin Stories. “And regardless, whether it’s music or whether me and you wanna be chefs and start our own restaurant or whatever, a food truck business, we’re doing what we love. If you treat everything like a mom-and-pop shop, and then you’re your own boss, that’s where you’re gonna thrive and you’ll find happiness.”

5/12 Geezer Butler Supports Beagles

The Black Sabbath bassist announces his support for the removal of 500 beagles from a Wisconsin laboratory animal supplier; the placement of the dogs into qualified rescue organizations and loving homes’ and the movement advancing human-relevant, non-animal research methods.

5/12 Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo Returns To Social Media

He makes his first social media post since deleting his account a few months ago after the video for Beartooth’s latest song “Free,” received extensive online criticism from fans and some other musicians.

Shomo shares a carousel of photos from his personal life, from shows and behind-the-scenes moments on his Instagram. 

Beartooth also share a photo on social media of someone’s feet standing behind a shovel with the caption, “I’m not the battle. I am the war.”

5/13 Motörhead Guitarist Laid To Rest

Having passed away a month earlier at age 64, a funeral for former Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell is held at an undisclosed cemetery in Wales.

“We will never tire of hearing stories about him and how he touched so many people,” writes the family.

Pete Townshend

5/14 Pete Townshend Catches The Wave

Primary Wave Music, an independent publisher of iconic and legendary music reveals a partnership with Pete Townshend of The Who.

As a solo artist and as co-founder and principal songwriter of The Who, Townshend has written and performed the iconic Rock anthems “My Generation,” “Baba O’Riley,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” “Pinball Wizard” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

The relationship will see Primary Wave partner with Townshend on the exploitation of his name, image, and likeness and the development of future creative projects. 

Financial terms aren’t disclosed.

Weezer

5/14 Library of Congress Selects Weezer And Stevie Ray

The Library of Congress adds recordings to its National Recording Registry, including Weezer’s debut album (commonly known as “The Blue Album”) and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood.”

“Beauty And The Beat” – The Go-Go’s (1981 – album) and “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” – The Byrds (1965 – single) are also inducted.

The Library annually selects music for inclusion based on cultural, historical or aesthetic importance.

Ozzy Watch

5/14 “The Ozzy” Is Available

Split Watches exclusively presents the official Ozzy Osbourne tribute watch, “The Ozzy.” The 50-piece limited-edition run celebrating the Prince of Darkness is priced at $2,960 (U.S.) with 100% of the proceeds being donated to MusiCares, the nonprofit partner of the Recording Academy.

Wings

5/15 Rock Hall Opens Wings Exhibit

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland opens “Paul McCartney & Wings.” the first major museum exhibit dedicated to McCartney’s post-Beatles band.

The exhibit charts the formation of Wings in 1971 to their breakup in 1981. Instruments used in studio recordings and live performances, handwritten lyrics, tour memorabilia and previously unseen photography are on display.

“After the breakup of The Beatles, Paul McCartney was no longer just the musician who had been known around the world since his teenage years, but a husband and father of a young family. What he built with Wings reflected that new stage of life,” says Andy Leach, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s senior director of museum and archival collections.

5/16 “Drag Me” Is A First

“Drag Me” is the first song From Ashes To New to reach #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

It displaces Dayseeker’s “Crawl Back To My Coffin” after one week.

The song is From Ashes To New’s 13th entry on the survey. They first reached Mainstream Rock Airplay in ’16 with “Through It All,” which peaked at #6, marking the band’s first of seven Top 10s: a list that includes “Barely Breathing,” which reached #2 in ’24.

“Drag Me” is on “Reflections,” the band’s fifth studio album which dropped in April. The set also contains the singles “New Disease” and “Villain.”