C101 HITMAN ROCK REPORT

The show airs March 26th live on Fox at 8PM Eastern, and will also be heard on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app. The show celebrates the most-played artists and songs of 2025. 

Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke is calling on former "Catfish" host Nev Schulman to help clear his name.  Radke has been caught up in drama with Brittany Furlan, who claims she had a past relationship with him . 

Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear will miss a few shows because he broke his left foot.  The band is joking that it's from a, quote, "bizarre gardening accident", which is a reference to  "This Is Spinal Tap" .

With or without Freddie Mercury in attendance, you know this is going to be a huge party. Queen  has announced  they are marking what would have been the singer's 80th birthday with "The Official Freddie Mercury Birthday Party 2026 – The Great Pretender’s Gala" on September 5.

This Saturday will mark the 10th anniversary of David Bowie's passing. A whole generation has come up since his death, but they'll soon have the opportunity to learn about him  in an upcoming children's book . 

Gillette once offered Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill from ZZ Top $1 million each to shave their beards during a Super Bowl commercial, and they declined.  Gibbons says when their fans found out, they loved it.

The music supervisor on  "Stranger Things"  considered Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd for the finale, but went with Prince because the Duffers had a weird rule about how the songs had to be placed on an album.

David Lee Roth is moving further away from the retirement he first talked about years ago. A new 30-date tour  was announced yesterday , with the trek kicking off April 16th in Spokane

Ted Nugent had some mixed feelings about Jack White's Thanksgiving halftime performance with Eminem at the Detroit Lions game.

 Jelly Roll just appeared on the cover of  "Men's Health"  and showed off his new physique.  At his heaviest, Jelly weighed 540 pounds.  Now he's down to 265.

It seems Alex Van Halen will be stepping behind the drum kit once again. On the "Metal Sticks" podcast with host (and Iron Maiden drummer) Nicko McBrain, Alex broke the news that  a new album is on the way . 

CBGB is an integral part of rock history. The ratty New York City club played host to the birth and growth of the punk and New Wave scenes after its opening in 1973. Bands that called CBGB home include the Ramones, the Patti Smith Group, Blondie, Talking Heads and literally hundreds more.

Jack Black broke into a wild version of Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" while promoting his new movie "Anaconda" with co-star Paul Rudd.

Perry Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboard player for The Cure, has  passed away  at 65-years-old after a short illness.

Less than two weeks after  issuing a joint statement  saying they'd resolved their differences, it's been revealed that Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction  have reached a settlement . 

Funny enough,  Kurt Cobain  didn't actually come up with the phrase that became the name of the song — which was ultimately the song that took grunge from a fledgling genre to the biggest in the world in just a matter of a few months.

Hey, Peter Criss fans! Been saving up for his new solo album? We hope so, because it may set you back a pretty penny. When it first went on sale Friday, the album was priced reasonably - for the most part. 

A voting bracket for Rock's Best Christmas Song includes Elton John's  "Step Into Christmas" ,  "Last Christmas"  by Wham!, and Bruce Springsteen's  "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" .

Spotify  has taken action after following reports that a group scraped its library with plans to make it publicly available as a "preservation archive."

Both  Perry Farrell  and the other members of  Jane's Addiction  have both issued new public statements about their split with each admitting fault, but it doesn't appear that the band will be reuniting.

Taylor Momsen  has opened up on why she finally stopped shunning her role as Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 film  How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

On Wednesday (Dec. 17),  Tom Morello  joined  Loudwire Nights  to celebrate the release of his latest song, " Everything Burns ," featuring  Beartooth .

The release of Rob Reiner's final film, "Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale,"  has been put on pause  in the wake of the director's death on Sunday.

The Rolling Stones have stopped rolling, at least for the present. A 2026 U.K./European tour which was in the planning stages (but never officially announced) now won't be happening.

Italian metal band Lacuna Coil announced a spring 2026 U.S. tour with Escape the Fate and alternating openers VOWWS and AXTY.