Rock News

Festival Announce: Eminem, Foo Fighters, Muse, Coldplay To Play Lollapalooza 2011

The Lollapalooza 2011 lineup dropped today, and many are saying this is the best collection of performers to ever play the fest. Good job, Perry Ferrell. “As excited as I am to watch this year’s legends perform at Lolla, I am also feeling the enthusiasm for the younger groups who are just now breaking,” festival founder Farrell said, in a statement.
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U2 Oust the Rolling Stones with Highest-Grossing Rock Tour of All Time

U2’s 360° tour, the most pricey touring production in rock ‘n’ roll history, has succeeded the Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang tour as the highest-grossing rock tour of all time.
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Interview [PODCAST]: Death Cab for Cutie’s Jason McGerr

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re well aware alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie has a new album, “Codes and Keys,” slated to drop May 31. Death Cab for Cutie drummer Jason McGerr checked in with Anne Erickson via alternative station 94.1-FM The EDGE. Listen to the whole thing, here.
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Skillet Scores First-Ever No. 1 Active Rock Hit with Female Vocals

Memphis-based hard rock band Skillet are celebrating their first-ever #1 Active Rock song with “Awake and Alive,” which went from #4 to #1 this week.
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Nirvana Re-Releases Rare EP for National Record Store Day

Rock News: Grunge rock great Nirvana’s, Hormoaning, EP is set to be re-released on National Record Store Day, April 16. Originally only available during the band’s 1992 Australian tour, the EP features two original songs (“Aneurysm” and “Even In His Youth”), as well as covers taped during a 1990 BBC Peel Session.
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Interview [Podcast]: A Perfect Circle

Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel-fronted hard rock band A Perfect Circle has unveiled a full list of summer tour dates, including gigs at Toronto’s Edgefest, Colorado’s Red Rocks and more. Howerdel says the group will be “playing some of the new songs,” on this tour, “so that’s always an exciting prospect.”
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Soundgarden Stream Songs from Live Album

Grunge rock band Soundgarden are streaming tracks from their first-ever live concert album, Live on I5, at the group’s Facebook page. You have to “like” the page to have access to the songs. The collection of rock songs, out March 22, consists of live performances from a 1996 West Coast Soundgarden tour.
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Death Cab for Cutie Unveil Album Art, Tracklisting, Release Date

Alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie has set May 31 as the US release date (May 30 in the UK) for their new album, Codes and Keys.
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[Watch]: Foo Fighters’, ‘Rope,’ Video

Dave Grohl and his rock band The Foo Fighters drop their seventh studio album, Wasting Light, April 12, and the guys just debuted the video via MTV. The high-energy rock video shows tons of live footage. The Foo Fighters also plan to release a collection of rock songs on National Record Store Day, April 16.
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Former Alice in Chains bass player dead at 44

Rock news: Former Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr was found dead in a Salt Lake City home on Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Police Department has reported. He was 44 years old.
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