Rock News Weekly

Check our interview with Free Throw at Aftershock Festival 2026! https://youtu.be/T0YXswdrCUA #aftershock #aftershockfestival #aftershockfestival2026 #freethrowband #rocknewsweekly https://freethrowband.com https://aftershockfestival.com https://rocknewsweekly.com

Guns And Roses will now join Aersomith and tons of special guests for their special comeback concerts at the Hollywood Bowl at the end of October, Queen’s Brian May reveals that he’s done touring after an incident 18 months ago in which a close family friend died & he was unable to leave their tour for personal reasons, Roger Waters and his son Harry have set a massive 58-date tour titled “Leg...

Our Aftershock 2026 Interview with Nothing More! www.nothingmore.net www.aftershockfestival.com www.rocknewsweekly.com

Our Aftershock 2026 Interview with The Word Alive! www.thewordalive.us www.aftershockfestival.com www.rocknewsweekly.com

Our Aftershock 2026 interview with Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage. www.killswitchengage.com www.aftershockfestival.com www.rocknewsweekly.com

Apple’s new live music hall venue opens at the historic Battersea Power Station in London, the same iconic building that was immortalized on the 1977 Pink Floyd album ‘Animals’, Dragonforce announce their 10th studio album and two new vocalists for the band, Rush have raised over $1 million to put up a permanent bronze memorial in honor of Neil Peart in his Ontario hometown, U2 announce a new stud...

Week of 9/28/26 - Ozzfest will be making its triumphant return to the United States in 2027 marking almost 10 years since the last U.S. show in Los Angeles back in 2018, Keith Richards is among the many artists featured on the anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 soundtrack, covering one of his favorite blues classics from Jimmy Reed, The Heartbreakers performed together with Chris Stapleton at the Amer...

Some big tours were announced last week including Metallica’s new 12-date US and Canadian tour that will start after their Las Vegas Sphere residency ends in March of 2027 and Oasis announces a massive 38-date global “Oasis Live ‘27” Tour that will have the majority of the dates in Europe but will also include a few US dates in Boston and Las Vegas, Def Leppard have authorized the first official f...

Mastodon are being sued by the estate of their late guitarist Brent Hinds regarding unauthorized use of his image, rights to merchandise and leaking private information about his substance abuse to the press, A previously unreleased 1974 Van Halen demo will be packaged with Alex Van Halen's upcoming memoir, simply titled Van Halen, David Byrne’s recent “Who Is The Sky?” tour is getting a speci...

Bonnaroo voluntarily cancels their 2027 festival dates for the first time in its 25 year history, Foo Fighters will open for AC/DC in a special one-off show in St. Louis next week and former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade announces his retirement from drumming after suffering a stroke, the Allman-Betts band announce a 20-date US tour featuring Robert Randolph on the pedal steel and the sons of founding...

Ex-late night host Conan O’Brien is the front man for a new band called The Vigodas that just played their debut show at the Permanent Records Roadhouse in Los Angeles last week, Slipknot finally confirms the long-standing rumours that after nearly 30 years turntablist Sid Wilson is no longer with the band, Aftershock Festival single day schedules are out months ahead of the festival date giving t...

Rod Stewart cancels his remaining tour dates including his upcoming Las Vegas residency after recovering from an emergency heart surgery operation, Travis Barker’s new documentary ‘Louder Than Fear’ on Hulu just came out on August 13th and confirms on his press tour that Blink 182 is currently recording their 10th studio album, Stone Temple Pilot’s current lead singer Jeff Gutt says he’s fine if h...

Ozzy Osbourne will get his own haunted house at Universal Studios for their Halloween Horror Nights this fall, the supergroup BEAT that features Tony Levin, Adrian Belew & Steve Vai tackling the 80’s era King Crimson catalog announce another North American tour, this time with Terry Bozzio behind the kit in place of Danny Carey as he has upcoming Tool obligations this fall, Alice In Chains wil...

Tony Iommi announces a new solo album ‘From The Dark’ his first in over 21 years coming out this October, Faith No More officially announce that they will tour Australia and New Zealand with System Of A Down in 2027, Sammy Hagar invited David Lee Roth to perform at his Las Vegas Residency after David canceled his entire tour, Queen’s legendary 1986 concert in Budapest has been restored in 4K and w...

A new independent live music venue owned by Nekrogoblikon’s Alex Alereza is coming to Sacramento in 2027, Parlophone Records will release the ‘Shel Talmy Recordings’ this September that were pulled from a 1965 session featuring a very young David Bowie and Jimmy Page, Trivium will be hitting the road this fall for a 32-date North American headline tour and is expected to kick off a "new era&q...

Iron Maiden sell their publishing rights to Pophouse Entertainment, the same company that has struck similar deals with ABBA and KISS, Candlebox continues an annoying industry trend with touring bands as they announce a 2026 tour after telling fans their farewell tour in 2023 would be their last, Alice Cooper announces 2026 North American fall tour that will feature all the elaborate stage props a...

Elton John announces two farewell concerts in Mexico City that will take place in October later this year, Metallica donates $100k and Rush creates a unique shirt for charity to support the latest Venezuela earthquake relief efforts, the first ever official Black Sabbath book ‘Masters Of Reality: Why Black Sabbath Matters’ will be coming out this fall, and Ramones will have an official 50th annive...

Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy will celebrate his 90th birthday with a huge concert event at Radio City Music Hall in New York this October, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers ventures into new musical territory as he announces his new country western solo album will feature seasoned musicians from Nashville including 85-year old harmonica player Charlie McCoy, Neil Young releases a totally free, h...

Paul Simonon’s smashed bass from the iconic Clash album cover for ‘London Calling’ will return home to the new London Museum Smithfield location this fall, Rolling Stones seem to disagree on the touring future of the band as Mick Jagger wants to do a traditional tour, but Keith Richards suggests residencies instead, Ozzy Osbourne’s massive tribute statue was set up at the entrance for Hellfest in...

Faith No More’s bassist Bill Gould confirms that the band is planning a massive reunion tour covering 4 continents in 2027, Jon Bon Jovi announced that he has fully recovered from his vocal chord surgery and is ready to hit the road later this year, Queen’s Roger Taylor announces a new solo album ‘Violence Insane In A Beautiful World’ coming out on September 18th, ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Man...

Cruise To The Edge announces their 2027 dates and prog-rock focused lineup including Kansas, Steve Hackett, Asia & many more, ex-Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant announces more solo dates including a free concert at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Soul Asylum announces a new live album and ambitious world tour for this summer; covering four continents in just...

Sepultura announces their final show will take place at the Sao Paolo Arena in November later this year, Metallica set a new attendance record in Germany with over 94,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, a long-lost Guns N Roses documentary from their turbulent Use Your Illusion Tour surfaced online for the first time in over 30 years, a new drinking establishment called ‘Shane MacGowen’s Pu...

Riot Fest announced their 2026 lineup featuring Tool, Angine De Poitrine, Iggy Pop & many more, taking place September 18th - 20th at Douglas Park in Chicago, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil announces his new book and gives an update on the status of the band and how they are currently working with decade-old demos featuring late vocalist Chris Cornell for their upcoming release, a new public Jimi He...

Static-X cancel the remainder of their 2026 tour due to serious undisclosed medical issues within the band, Anthrax will release ‘Cursum Perficio’ on September 18th, their 12th studio album and first new release in over 10 years, Gene Simmons announces the Rock Legends Expo in Las Vegas featuring Stewart Copeland, Geezer Butler & more special guests, Jack Osbourne confirms that a script has be...

The Black Keys describe their falling out with Live Nation, having to fire their manager and road crew and how that fueled their stripped down rootsy approach on their latest album, Ex-Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert claims self defense as he faces life in prison as his charges were upgraded to first-degree attempted murder after driving his car into his ex-vocalists father, 79-year old William Ya...