In an Instagram statement on Monday (September 16), REO Speedwagon made the surprising announcement that the band will stop touring due to infighting within the group. The disagreement stems from bassist Bruce Hall’s extended absence from the group following his recent back surgery, with frontman Kevin Cronin continuing to tour as Speedwagon in Hall’s absence…… read more »
Styx has announced that they will be playing a week-long residency at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas that will take place in early 2025. As part of those series of shows, the Chicago rock veterans will be performing their multi-platinum, Billboard Top 10-charting 1977 album, The Grand Illusion, in its entirety, along with other…… read more »
Jane’s Addiction announced on Monday (September 16) that they were canceling all remaining dates on their current North American tour. The move follows an onstage altercation in Boston on Friday (Sept. 13) where frontman Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro. The group’s Instagram statement reads, “The band have made the difficult decision to take some…… read more »
Blink-182 bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus has announced that his new memoir, Fahrenheit-182, will be released on April 8, 2025. The book was co-authored by Dan Ozzi, and according to the press release, “This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents’ bitter divorce,…… read more »
During the first show of the Killers two-night stand at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, on Saturday night (September 14), the Vegas group honored another famous band that played the same venue almost exactly 60 years earlier. “Some of you might know the history of the place,” frontman Brandon Flowers told the crowd.…… read more »
During the past week, the Cure sent out mysterious postcards to fans that seem to indicate that their long-awaited new album, Songs of a Lost World, will finally get released on November 1st, 2024. The release date perfectly suits the band’s goth aesthetic, coinciding with both All Saints’ Day and Day of the Dead. The…… read more »
Billy Joel is currently touring the country performing co-headlining stadium gigs with fellow music legends like Sting and Stevie Nicks. On Friday night in Cleveland, the Piano Man was sharing the bill with Rod Stewart, and the two icons joined forces to perform a classic Faces’ song together. Stewart joined Joel and his band for…… read more »
Jane’s Addiction’s concert in Boston ended early on Friday (September 13) after frontman Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro in an onstage altercation. The group took to social media on Saturday to issue a public apology for the incident while also announcing the cancellation of their Sunday show in Connecticut. In an Instagram story, the…… read more »
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet notches its third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Short n’ Sweet is only the second album to spend its first three weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart in 2024, joining Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, which also spent its first three weeks at…… read more »
After finishing up a co-headlining tour together, Mastodon and Lamb Of God have just shared a new studio collaboration, “Floods of Triton.” Mastodon and Lamb Of God’s recent run of shows were joint celebrations of the 20th anniversaries of their respective breakthrough albums, Leviathan and Ashes of the Wake. And to mark the success of…… read more »