The Week In Rock: July 13th – July 20th
7/13 Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson (pictured) finally meets the singer he replaced, Paul Di’Anno, for the first time in Croatia. Dickinson, promoting his solo album, “The Mandrake Project,” performs in Zagreb, where Di’Anno is receiving physiotherapy treatments after undergoing major knee surgery nearly two years ago. A fan brings them together.
7/15 Billboard reports that Metallica’s self-titled set, commonly referred to as the “Black Album” (due to the cover art), has spent 750 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, sitting at #178. Only Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” (990 weeks). Bob Marley’s “Legend” (843 weeks) and Journey’s “Greatest Hits” (813 weeks) have been on the chart longer.
7/17 Former Great White singer Jack Russell announces his retirement from touring following a recent diagnosis of Lewy body dementia (LBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). “I am unable to perform at the level I desire and at the level you (the audience) deserve,” Russell states.
7/17 Following cruise appearances, Creed kick off the “Summer Of ’99,” its first tour in 12 years. The band’s 16-song set at the Resch Center in Green Bay, WI, includes seven songs off the band’s diamond-certified second album, ’99’s “Human Clay.”
7/17 Foo Fighters are forced to cut short their concert at Citi Field in Queens, New York, due to severe weather in the area. “When it was determined that there was no safe way to continue the show in this dangerous weather, we had no choice but to call it a night,” explains frontman Dave Grohl (pictured).
7/19 Highly Suspect release “As Above, So Below.” “If my life is a book, then this album is the first chapter that truly addresses the central conflict. The recognition of an ego, the problems it caused, “explained singer/guitarist Johnny Stevens. “‘Summertime Voodoo‘ is the introductory paragraph to this chapter.”
7/19 Deep Purple unfurl “=1.” Containing the tracks “Portable Door” and “Pictures Of You,” it’s Deep Purple’s first studio effort featuring guitarist Simon McBride, who joined two years ago following Steve Morse’s departure.
7/20 “All My Life,” a Country-Rock collaboration between Falling In Reverse (frontman Ronnie Radke pictured) and Jelly Roll is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The song has a brisk five-week trip to the top.
7/20 The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, returns to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in over 15 years singing with Country’s Zach Bryan on “Sandpiper.” The song debuts at #71 on the chart and marks Springsteen’s 27th Hot 100 showing that began in ’75 with “Born To Run.”
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