Rock News Weekly

Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was attacked outside his hotel by a 19-year-old stranger, Robert Smith is pissed at Ticketmaster for their crazy ticket fees for The Cure’s upcoming tour, Vinyl outsells CD’s for the first time since 1987, Aftershock & Louder Than Life’s HUGE lineups for 2023 could be their best yet & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so...

Roger Waters re-releasing and re-recording alternate versions of tracks for Dark Side Of the Moon’s 50th anniversary, Outside Lands 2023 lineup is out and also major tour announcements from The Cure and The Violent Femmes, Dave Grohl teams up with Feed The Streets to feed the homeless in Downtown Los Angeles & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much mor...

Blink 182 Cancels South American & Mexico tour this month due to Travis Barkers recent surgery,  Avenged Sevenfold’s social media account were hacked this week and made false statements about cancelling festival appearances, Foo Fighters announce their very own custom Stern pinball machine, Record Store Day releases announced for Van Halen, Rush, Pearl Jam & more coming out April 28th...

A Marilyn Manson sexual assault accuser was apparently lying and recants her accusations this week, Travis Barker injures the same finger again during Blink-182 rehearsals, Who won the award for “Best Rock Tour” of 2022?  We’ll let you know about all of the Pollstar Touring awards & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! Direct episode link...

Metallica donates 250k for Turkey and Syria earthquake relief, Machine Gun Kelly’s guitarist denies rumors that they are having an affair, Lots of rockers & musicians are featured in Moby’s new documentary: Punk Rock Vegan Movie & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsweekly.com For $3.99 a month, you g...

Travis Barker injures himself during rehearsals for Blink 182’s upcoming world tour, rumors are swirling that the Foo Fighters may be releasing a new album in March, Linkin Park announces Meteora 20th anniversary with a Super Deluxe Box Set & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsweekly.com For $3.99 a mont...

RRHOF nominees for 2023 are announced, and we’ll go through them all including the ones we don’t think should be nominated, OZZY announces his retirement from touring by cancelling his upcoming tour dates with Judas Priest, and new sexual assault accusations are filed against Marilyn Manson & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our link...

Foo Fighters replace Pantera at 2 German music festivals due to Phil Anselmo’s past controversies regarding race and culture, Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger sell off their rights to The Doors music catalog, Billy Corgan, Axl Rose & more perform and honor the late Lisa Marie Presley & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links a...

Fall Out Boy’s founding guitarist Joe Trohman leaves the band to focus on his mental health, Dave Grohl has his very own comic book & it’s out now, Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland is suing his ex-wife for defamation, TONS of festival and tour announcements for 2023 & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsweek...

The passing of guitar legend Jeff Beck at the age of 78, It’s festival announcement season! We’ll go through all our favorites from Sonic Temple, Bottlerock, Boston Calling, Coachella, Bonnaroo & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsweekly.com For $3.99 a month, you get access to our exclusive interviews w...

Morrissey leaves Capitol Records & calls out Miley Cyrus on Christmas Eve, Pink Floyd raises over 500,000 pounds for Ukrainian charity with their first new music since 1994, Modest Mouse’s Jerimiah Green passes away from stage 4 cancer, and Courtney Love battles with Brad Pitt over details about Fight Club & Kurt Cobain’s Biopic & more …PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia,...

S4 E50 - Surprise Special Episode!  Exclusive interview & Performance from Jared James Nichols!  Gibson Ambassador, an amazing Blues & Rock guitarist plays a couple tracks in the 105.7 The Bear Studios!  Tune in for this one-of-a-kind performance & interview! Check out his upcoming album release party at Strummers in Fresno on January 22nd!  https://www.jaredjamesni...

The Exploited’s lead singer suffers 2nd heart attack on stage in Columbia, Ozzy Osbourne, Nick Mason & other musicians collaborate on a Christmas track for Charity, Tim Commerford reveals his private battle with prostate cancer, Welcome To Rockville & Hellfest announce their huge lineups for 2023 PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our li...

Dolly Parton is making good on her promise of a rock album & announces some collaborators, Devildriver parts ways with drummer Austin D’Amond & announces his replacement, Spencer Elden is back with an appeal after Nirvana & Judge dismiss his lawsuit for the 3rd time PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsw...

Mongolian rockers The HU makes history as the first rock artist to receive UNESCO’s Artist For Peace Award, Metallica announces their first new album in 7 years & huge world tours for 2023 & 2024, David Gilmour is on the new Donovan record coming out December 15th, Shaky Knees festival announces its 10 year anniversary lineup for 2023, PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Week...

Metallica will be live streaming their upcoming All Within My Hands Foundation concert in Los Angeles, Ghost wins big at the American Music Awards but they call Tobias Forge “Mr. Ghost” and use the wrong band photo on their seating chart, Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes uses his guitar to subdue a fan that rushes the stage at a recent show & more… PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Tr...

The 2023 Rock & Alternative Grammy nominees were announced this week, Jason Newstead reveals the main truth behind his departure from Metallica, Motley Crue in hot water after fans find a shirt for sale on their website with a design resembling Iron Maiden’s Number Of the Beast, RIP to Scott Dachroeden, longtime guitar tech & photographer for Alice In Chains, Tool, Rob Zombie & more… P...

Why is a thrash metal drummer suing Elon Musk for 56 Billion? Sick New World festival announces its inaugural lineup for Las Vegas in 2023 & we’ll go over our favorites, Major tours announced for Jerry Cantrell and Paramore in 2023, Iggy Pop gives an update on his new album with a title & release date PLUS This week in Rock & Roll History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of o...

Nikki Sixx confirms John 5 will join Motley Crue on tour next year, Iggy Pop has a new album on the way with Duff McKagan, Chad Smith & producer Andrew Watt, Tom Delonge is making a sci-fi adventure movie called ‘Monsters Of California’, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony is happening in Los Angeles PLUS this week in R&R History Trivia, Weekly WTF & so much more! All of our links...

Motley Crue’s Mick Mars announces his retirement from touring, Matt Skiba says there’s a whole album worth of Blink 182 songs he recorded with the band before he left, When We Were Young festival cancels their first day due to extreme winds in Las Vegas, and Brian Johnson sets the record straight on who really wrote the lyrics for AC/DC’s Back In Black album PLUS weekly wtf & so much more! All...

Blink 182 massive reunion tour & new album details, The Strokes are working on a new album with producer Rick Rubin, Incubus sells off the publishing rights to their entire catalog, a new documentary is coming out November 1st on Big Audio Dynamite’s Don Letts PLUS weekly wtf & so much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsweekly.com For $3.99 a month, you get access to our exclusiv...

Part 2 of our AFTERSHOCK 2022 RECAP!   We go over our top 3 bands from each day we attended, our favorite things as well as the worst things we experienced at the festival, and stories of meeting some band members, celebrities & our experiences in Sacramento throughout Aftershock weekend this year!  PLUS This week in Rock N Roll History Trivia & so much more! All of our link...

Original members of Nine Inch Nails reunite on stage at their show in Cleveland this past week, we’ll go through our favorites for each day for the upcoming Aftershock Festival & share some details on our media coverage starting October 6th, we also recap the set list & musical guests at the recent Taylor Hawkins tribute show in Los Angeles… PLUS This Week in Rock History Trivia: this musi...

Smashing Pumpkins announce the sequel to Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness to be released in 3 parts starting in November, A massive boxset for Guns N Roses Use Your Illusions Parts 1&2 is on the way and Gene Simmons explains why he doesn’t have any friends, This week we’ll answer questions from Middle Schoolers on Podcasting PLUS This Week in Rock History Trivia: find out what band bro...

Johnny Rotten Distancing Himself From Sex Pistols Activity Aimed to ‘Cash In’ on Queen’s Death, David Lee Roth continues to re-record Van Halen songs in the studio, LA District attorney provides rare update on the Marilyn Manson case, Megadeth’s new album is the highest charting album of their career, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee joins OnlyFans PLUS This Week in Rock History Trivia: find out what band...