Category Archives: Rock News

Foo Fighters add new date to summer US tour

Foo Fighters add new date to summer US tour

ABC/Randy HolmesFoo Fighters have added a new date to their upcoming U.S. summer tour.The show takes place August 31 in Concord, California. Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 21, at 10 a.m. PT.For more info, visit FooFighters.com.Foo Fighters’ tour will launch in July at New York City’s Citi Field. Mammoth WVH, The Hives and Pretenders…read more »

Nickelback performing on ‘CMT Crossroads’ with HARDY

Nickelback performing on ‘CMT Crossroads’ with HARDY

ABC/Paula LoboNickelback will perform alongside country-rocker HARDY on an upcoming episode of the CMT Crossroads series.The set, airing April 6, will feature the debut mashup of Nickelback and HARDY’s respective “Rockstar” songs. HARDY’s “Rockstar” was released in February as the debut single off his upcoming rock album and even name-checks the ‘Back in the lyrics.You’ll also…read more »

Grandpa Stapp: Creed frontman’s son welcomes first child

Grandpa Stapp: Creed frontman’s son welcomes first child

Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesIn addition to releasing his new Higher Power solo album, Scott Stapp now has a new family role.The 50-year-old Creed frontman tells People that he’s become a grandfather. His son Jagger’s first kid, a boy named Cash, was born in September.”I have a beautiful, beautiful grandson,” Stapp shares. “I don’t feel like a grandpa!…read more »

Throwing purple: Stone Temple Pilots announce co-headlining tour with Live

Throwing purple: Stone Temple Pilots announce co-headlining tour with Live

Scott Legato/Getty ImagesStone Temple Pilots have announced a U.S. co-headlining tour with Live.The joint outing, dubbed the Jubilee tour, runs from August 16 in Concord, California, to September 15 in Indianapolis. It’ll celebrate the 30th anniversary of STP and Live’s respective 1994 albums, Purple and Throwing Copper.And if that’s not enough ’90s for you, the…read more »

Iron Maynard: Mike Tyson trains at Tool frontman’s martial arts studio for Jake Paul fight

Iron Maynard: Mike Tyson trains at Tool frontman’s martial arts studio for Jake Paul fight

Netflix/MVPIf Mike Tyson knocks out Jake Paul, then Maynard James Keenan may deserve some credit.The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world has chosen the Tool frontman’s Verde Valley BJJ martial arts studio in Arizona to begin training for his upcoming fight against the YouTuber-turned-boxer.”Honored to have @miketyson grace our small town academy, @verdevalleybjj,” Keenan…read more »

Twenty One Pilots making videos for every ‘Clancy’ song

Twenty One Pilots making videos for every ‘Clancy’ song

Fueled By RamenGet ready for Clancy, the visual album.Tyler Joseph has announced that every song off the upcoming Twenty One Pilots record will get its own video.”I don’t like visualizers or official audios,” Joseph writes in a social media post. “So we are shooting a music video for every song on Clancy.””Some of them lower…read more »

The Black Keys honored with SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award

The Black Keys honored with SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award

Astrida Valigorsky/Getty ImagesThe Black Keys have received the Hall of Fame Award from the music tech organization SoundExchange, which collects and distributes digital performance royalties for musicians.The prize recognizes the “Lonely Boy” duo as one the most-streamed artists in SoundExchange’s 20-year history.”Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have redefined rock music for a generation as The…read more »

Judas Priest scores new UK chart milestone with ‘Invincible Shield’

Judas Priest scores new UK chart milestone with ‘Invincible Shield’

Epic RecordsLooks like Judas Priest has a hit with their new album, Invincible Shield.The album, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ first since 2018’s Firepower, debuted at #2 on the U.K. Official Albums chart, making it their highest-charting album ever.Invincible Shield surpasses the band’s 1980 release, British Steel, which peaked at #4. Judas Priest kicked off their…read more »

Original Slipknot vocalist says rerecorded ‘Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.’ album was “released without my consent”

Original Slipknot vocalist says rerecorded ‘Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.’ album was “released without my consent”

Mick Hutson/RedfernsAnders Colsefni, the original vocalist of Slipknot, says that a rerecorded version of the band’s 1996 debut demo, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., was “released without my consent.”On Thursday, March 14, Blabbermouth reported that Colsefni had rerecorded Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., his lone release with the ‘Knot before leaving the band in 1997, alongside the…read more »