Category: Alternative Rock

Babymetal to Play With Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica

Babymetal is rolling out on tour in 2017 and they’ll be doing it joining some really big names in rock. They have plenty of 2017 tour dates and all of them will be including Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N’ Roses. These dates span the globe and obviously will include some dates in […]

Parent Company of Grammys Buys Manhattan Property

Many may not know this, but the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is the parent company of the Grammys. This typically is never brought up that is not until now. The rumors of the Grammys being held in New York in 2018 are starting to become more than that with the news that […]

Twenty One Pilots at Top of Vinyl Sales

The 2016 numbers have come in and the number one album for vinyl records sales comes from Twenty One Pilots. The band’s latest album, “Blurryface,” took the number one spot with over 49,000 in sales. Another one of the band’s albums came in at number nine. “Vessel” finished with just over 31,000 in vinyl record […]

Rockers Fare Quite Well on Year-End UK Chart

Recently we have discussed the year-end charts from Mediabase, which covers the United States, but what about how all of the hits have been received in the UK? Official Charts Company released their year-end album chart and there are plenty of big names on it. Coldplay’s “A Head Full of Dreams” did amazing in the […]

Festivals to Check Out This March

When we think festivals we typically think of beer, the sun and the summer. This isn’t always the case though. There are plenty of festivals that are worth checking out this March where some parts of the country are still freezing cold… Head to Okeechobee, Florida for the Okeechobee Music Festival March 2-5. There you […]

Forecastle Festival 2017 Coming Faster Than You Think

We can’t believe it’s already 2017 and before you know it’ll be summertime again. One festival we’re really looking forward to this summer is the Forecastle Festival 2017. It all goes down in Louisville, Kentucky and is a three-day event taking place July 14-16. Some of the best rockers on the planet will be in […]

Kings of Leon and Others Pay Tribute to the Eagles

Earlier this month Kings of Leon joined Vince Gill, Bob Seger and Juanes to pay tribute to the classic band, the Eagles. The event was held at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC and the footage in video form is now something you can check out for yourself. Stephen Colbert was the host of […]