Tag: Rock Music

Aerosmith will return to the Hollywood Bowl for two concerts featuring an extraordinary guest lineup, including Slash, Heart, The Black Crowes, Run-DMC, Sammy Hagar and Tom Morello.

Starset’s “Transfusion” begins with unusual restraint before expanding into a heavy cinematic finale, following two new songs released earlier in 2026.

Brian May has ruled out touring with Queen again after almost 50 years on the road, while a new immersive Queen experience remains possible.

Palaye Royale will release Amsterdamage in January 2027. The first single, “Lost In Translation”, introduces an album shaped by loss, nostalgia and the brothers’ creative reconnection.

Stan Lynch has written “High Flying Bird”, a deeply personal new song about Tom Petty that imagines a conversation with his former Heartbreakers bandmate.

Van Halen’s final studio album returns on vinyl and CD, with Wolfgang Van Halen’s story of resurrecting unfinished 1970s songs adding another layer to the 2012 record.

Matchbox Twenty’s Yourself Or Someone Like You turns 30, revisiting the album’s unlikely commercial rise and the stories behind Long Day, Push and 3AM.

The Many Faces Of AC/DC puts Brian Johnson’s Geordie years alongside selected Bon Scott recordings, offering a revealing look before AC/DC while leaving important chapters unexplored.

Rod Stewart has announced The Final Encore for 2027, his final rock and roll tour after more than six decades on the road. But he says he is not retiring.

Iggy Pop’s Blah-Blah-Blah turns 40, revisiting the David Bowie collaboration, Real Wild Child (Wild One) and the album’s unexpected commercial breakthrough.

The Datsuns have released “Run From The Sun”, the second single from their forthcoming eighth studio album Moonstruck Man, due November 13, 2026.

Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s The Captain & The Kid turns 20 in September 2026, marking two decades since the songwriting partnership revisited the autobiographical story begun with Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive will make its first Australian tour in February 2027, with Randy Bachman leading the band through five capital cities.

Forty years after its release, Elvis Costello and The Attractions’ Blood & Chocolate remains a defining record of their volatile creative partnership and one of the most distinctive albums in Costello’s catalogue.

The Wallflowers will perform Bringing Down the Horse and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark in full during their first Australian shows.

Alex Van Halen has been appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion during a ceremony in Nijmegen, recognising his contribution to music and his Dutch roots.

Perth rock band Electric State have released Head In Hands, the latest single from their forthcoming album Standing On The Edge, due January 8, 2027.

Live, Stone Temple Pilots and 4 Non Blondes will headline Lookout 2027, with Magic Dirt supporting on a 10-date Australian tour in March.

Bret Michaels has cancelled all remaining 2026 performances after doctors determined he needs further recovery following kidney stone surgery.

Buckcherry have confirmed that all band members and touring crew are safe after their tour bus was involved in a fatal multi-vehicle accident in South Carolina.

Nickelback have released Leave Me Behind, the third preview from their upcoming eleventh studio album Everything Under The Sun, due October 30.

Ronnie Wood joined Hollywood Vampires in London for Brown Sugar, creating an unusual live connection to the Rolling Stones song retired from their setlist.

Frank Beard, the longtime drummer and founding member of ZZ Top, has died aged 77, leaving Billy Gibbons as the sole surviving member of the band’s classic line-up.

Ritchie Blackmore returned to Deep Purple for the first time since 1993, joining the band for Smoke On The Water at Jones Beach in New York.

Suzi Quatro talks to Paul Cashmere about her 42nd Australian tour, Freedom, working with son Richard Tuckey, Alice Cooper, The Pleasure Seekers and the five-minute bass solo that remains a centrepiece of her live show.

Heart have completed recording their first new studio album since 2016. Nancy Wilson says the album will be delivered to the label at the end of August as the band develops plans for future world touring.

Neil Young will release Second Song with The Chrome Hearts on September 18, combining newly recorded material with songs he wrote in the 1960s.

Godsmack have announced Godsmack: Awake, a new hardcover graphic novel with Sumerian Comics that transforms the band’s landmark 2000 album into a supernatural story.

The Rolling Stones have released “Bad Luck Hideaway”, a bonus track connected to the Foreign Tongues era, giving fans access to a previously unavailable recording written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Bring Me The Horizon revisit their 2006 debut album Count Your Blessings with Count Your Blessings | Repented, a complete re-recording featuring Dehumanized and anniversary performances.