The Week In Rock: September 30th – October 5th
9/30 Oasis Returning To North America
Oasis (pictured above) announces North American dates on their “Oasis Live ’25” world tour.
“America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along,” states the band.
10/2 Coal Chamber cancel Aftershock Festival Appearance
Frontman Dez Fafara’s health force the band to skip the October 10th-13th festival in Sacramento. After becoming ill Fafara was to the hospital five days earlier.
10/2 System Of A Down Drummer Ends Endorsement Deal
John Dolmayan ends his endorsement deal with Tama drums. “It’s time to make a change,” posts Dolmayan. He had been “part of the Tama family” since ’99.
10/2 Original Vocalist Returns
Three Days Grace announce the return of original frontman Adam Gontier. He shares lead vocals with Matt Walst, who has fronted Three Days Grace for over decade.
10/3 Mötley Crüe Announce A Return to Vegas
Next spring “The Las Vegas Residency,” an exclusive limited stand of eleven shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM, will run from March 28nd through April 19th.
10/3 Pink Floyd Catalog Sold
Reports surface that Pink Floyd have sold the rights to their recorded music, name and likeness to Sony for $400 million.
A number of parties, including Warner Music and BMG, were interested in doing a deal that would expand the use of Floyd’s catalog through licensing agreements.
10/4 Mötley Crüe Release “Cancelled”
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.
10/4 Fever 333 Issue Darker White
The set features “No Hostages” and “Higher Power.”
“(The set) is the intersection we will all find ourselves in at some point in our lives,” noted frontman Jason Aalon Butler. “It is the struggle we will inevitably face when identifying our metric for good or bad. Wrong or right. Dark and light. All based on our environment, social construction and cultural/psychological conditioning.”
10/5 Linkin Park” is #1 On Rock Charts
With the single “The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on Alternative Airplay. The song is also the band’s eleventh #1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay.
It’s Linkin Park’s first release with co-singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain.
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