Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed and Shinedown lead this year’s Rocklahoma annual three-day music festival. Now in its 13th year, Rocklahoma will take place over Memorial Day weekend — May 24-26 — at the “Catch the Fever” festival grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma.. ...Read Full Story
After months of speculation and rumors, the NFL announced that Maroon 5 will be headlining the Super Bowl LIII halftime show in Atlanta. Maroon 5 had been the widely reported halftime show act since September, but the NFL didn’t confirm the band as its headliner until Sunday.. ...Read Full Story
The Who are coming together to record their first new album in 13 years.. ...Read Full Story
Patty Griffin has announced the release of her self-titled new album. The singer-songwriter’s 10th studio recording, called PATTY GRIFFIN arrives Friday, March 8. . ...Read Full Story
Metallica frontman James Hetfield is starring opposite Zac Efron in the upcoming biopic on serial killer Ted Bundy, titled Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile.. ...Read Full Story
Last year, California rock band Buckcherry spoke about some of their 2019 plans, revealing their next album, Warpaint, would be released on March 8. The also released the video for a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like a Hole. ...Read Full Story
Def Leppard have announced they will tour this July for 11-dates in Canada, with support from Tesla. Def Leppard previously announced a European festival tour from June 6 to July 5, while Tesla plans to launch their U.S. tour on February 1st-through April. . ...Read Full Story
Greta Van Fleet will perform January 19 on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as the shows musical guest. The episode will be “SNL’s” first live show of the new year, and will be hosted by Golden Globe Award-winning Rachel Brosnahan of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”. ...Read Full Story
Three years ago, Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton surprised fans with his solo song “SnowBound,” and he later broke news that he was in the studio with Linkin Park‘s Chester Bennington,. ...Read Full Story
Rockers Amon Amarth are confirming they just finished recording their new album. Lead singer Johan Hegg has offered some information on the new music, saying the band worked with producer Jay Ruston. . ...Read Full Story
The lineup for the 2019 Governors Ball Music Festival was just announced. The 9th annual edition of the New York City festival will be held from May 31 to June 2 on Randall’s Island Park, and this year’s lineup includes Florence + The Machine, Tyler, The Creator, The Strokes, Lil Wayne, SZA, NAS, The 1975, Kacey Musgraves, Major Lazer, Brockhampton, Louis The Child, Mitski and more.. ...Read Full Story
BottleRock has just released their lineup for 2019, announcing that rockers Imagine Dragons are headlining the first night of the May 24-26 festival at the Napa Valley Expo. BottleRock will be headlined Saturday night by Pharrell Williams and Neil Young and his frequent collaborators Promise of the Real, backed by Lukas Nelson, son of country star Willie Nelson. Sunday night will close with Mumford and Sons. This year’s lineup also features two of the greatest living guitarists, Gary Clark Jr. and Carlos Santana.. ...Read Full Story
Earlier this week Pegi Young, the ex-wife of Neil Young, died at the age of 66 following a battle with cancer. Neil, her husband of 36 years prior to their divorce in 2014, shared a touching tribute on his website to his ex-wife and mother of their two children – Ben and Amber. Young posted the following poem on the Neil Young Archives site:. ...Read Full Story
Megadeth is teasing a special announcement that will be delivered on Friday, January 11 via the band’s official web site and social media. A 25-second video featuring Megadeth’s classic track “Take No Prisoners” has been uploaded to the band’s YouTube channel, leading some fans to speculate about the nature of the announcement. Back in November, Mustaine posted footage of drummer Dirk Verbeuren running through a new song, so the debut of the song on the 11th is a possibility.. ...Read Full Story
Ann Wilson has released a music video with her take on Audioslave’s 2002 track I Am The Highway. The song is off Wilson’s new solo album Immortal, which launched in September last year. Immortal also features covers of songs by artists including David Bowie, Tom Petty, Leonard Cohen, Amy Winehouse and George Michael.. ...Read Full Story
Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris recently met up with three of his old Iron Maiden bandmates for the first time in more than four decades. Harris formed the band on Christmas Day 1975, and was pictured with original vocalist Paul Mario Day along with guitarists Dave Sullivan and Terry Rance. The only missing member from the early lineup was drummer Ron ‘Rebel’ Matthews. The picture was taken by Steve ‘Loopy’ Newhouse, and both he and Day uploaded the shot to their Facebook accounts.. ...Read Full Story
All-American Rejects may be back with new music in 2019. The band have been since their 2012 full-length Kids in the Streets, but there is hope for an album thanks to a New Year’s social media posting from the group.. ...Read Full Story
Robert Plant will make a guest appearance on the upcoming album from legendary producer/musician Nile Rodgers. Nile and Robert first worked together more than 30 years ago in “The Honeydrippers,” alongside Jeff Beck and others.. ...Read Full Story
A social media post from New Year’s Eve suggests that rock legends Motley Crue have some sort of trick up their sleeve for Super Bowl Sunday. The unknown surprise — perhaps related to the upcoming film adaptation of The Dirt — will turn up the same day as the SuperBowl next month.. ...Read Full Story
On New Year’s Eve, Ozzy Osbourne hosted a special New Year’s Eve Ozzfest event at Los Angeles venue “The Forum.” . ...Read Full Story
Ex-Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm announced onstage in Schenectady, NY over the weekend that it was time to “walk away” from his solo career. . ...Read Full Story
Members of The Ghost Inside teased a previously unreleased song and hinted at their return on social media recently. . ...Read Full Story
This past November, Dave Mustaine shared a short teaser clip of new Megadeth music — and he’s been giving small updates on the band’s progress (though a targeted release date of their new album hasn’t been determined.) Now Mustaine revealed he’s taking a social media break to focus on the band’s follow-up to their 2016 album Dystopia, which brought them their first Grammy award.. ...Read Full Story
The Dave Matthews Band has donated $5 million dollars to Charlottesville, Virginia, the band’s origin. Singer-songwriter Dave Matthews announced that they will be donating $5 million to help revitalize public housing in Charlottesville, as well as bring assistance to people in need in the community there.. ...Read Full Story
Earlier this week, Axl Rose turned up in animated form on an episode of the Boomerang show New Looney Tunes, and he debuted a new song.. ...Read Full Story
Rumors have been circulating in recent weeks about Van Halen’s return in 2019 after singer David Lee Roth hinted the group might be playing Yankee Stadium in 2019. Now industry sources are saying that former bassist Michael Anthony would be agreeable to join a proposed tour. . ...Read Full Story
Bret Michaels says that Poison will return in 2020 “with some new songs.”. ...Read Full Story
Slipknot’s frontman Corey Taylor has shard a tease of his new mask for Slipknot‘s impending album, via his Instagram account. The post showed the ask he’ll be wearing on the band’s upcoming tour dates in support of their next album, due in 2019.. ...Read Full Story
Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch has given an update on Korn‘s next album, teasing that “fans are going to be pleasantly surprised”.. ...Read Full Story
Queen’s Brian May announced that he’ll release a brand new solo single titled New Horizons on January 1, 2019. The single will mark the guitarist’s first solo work since the single Why Don’t We Try Again from his 1998 album Another World, and will premiere from NASA control headquarters in Maryland at 12.02am ET (5.02am GMT) to be broadcast live.. ...Read Full Story
