Godsmack, Papa Roach, Slayer To Headline Rocklahoma 2026
Godsmack, Papa Roach, and Slayer are being confirmed as the headliners for Rocklahoma 2026. The 20th Anniversary of Rocklahoma is set to take place from September 4th through the 6th in Pryor, Oklahoma. Other performers include Stone Temple Pilots, Cypress Hill, Black Label Society and more. Weekend passes, VIP packages and camping passes are currently available. Rock Music Festival | Rocklahoma | Pryor, OK
When We Were Young Festival In Las Vegas Announces 2026 Hiatus
When We Were Young Festival won't be back this year. On Friday, the organizers of the Las Vegas festival announced that this year's event is being paused, but it'll be back next year. In a statement on Instagram, the organizers wrote "after an unforgettable run in Las Vegas, we've decided to take 2026 off to give this festival the care it deserves and to make sure what comes next feels just as special as what came before." They didn't give a specific reason for the festival's hiatus.
Dave Grohl took inspiration from daughter Violet's music on new Foo Fighters album
Dave Grohl and his daughter Violet are both preparing to release new albums. Dave's band, Foo Fighters, will release "Your Favorite Toy" on April 24, while Violet is working on her debut album after signing with Republic Records. Dave credits Violet's music for inspiring him during the making of his album, saying he was "totally uninvolved" in her project. Despite his bias, Dave describes Violet's album as "an amazing record."
Nine Inch Nails drop 20-song TRON: Ares companion album
Nine Inch Nails have released a 20-song companion album to their TRON: Ares soundtrack, titled TRON Ares: Divergence. The album features previously-unheard material and remixes by artists like ARCA, Mark Pritchard, Boys Noize, and more. NIN recently won a GRAMMY for Best Rock Song and are working on new music. The album showcases a blend of digital firestorm and alienation themes that fit into the NIN canon. Fans can stream TRON Ares: Divergence and check out the full tracklist for the album.
OZZY: An All-Star Brits Tribute
The Brit Awards, the U.K.'s version of the Grammys, paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne Saturday night in Manchester, England. Ozzy was given a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award that was accepted by Sharon, Jack and Kelly Osbourne. Sharon said in her acceptance speech, "I wish he was here to accept it himself. I know Ozzy is looking down on us all now and I know what he's thinking. He'll be saying, 'Hey Missus, shut the [eff] up.'" That was followed by British star Robbie Williams covering "No More Tears" backed by group of musicans that all spent lengthy stints on Ozzy's solo band -- guitarist Zakk Wylde, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, keyboardist Adam Wakeman and drummer Tommy Clufetos. In other Ozzy tribute news, Wednesday night's episode of The Masked Singer is titled "Ozzfest Night."
JOURNEY: The Final Frontier Begins
Journey kicked off their Final Frontier tour Saturday in Hershey, Pennsylvania with a two-hour-and-15-minute set of hits and deep cuts -- and a bunch of songs not sung by vocalist Arnel Pineda. Pineda sang the first four songs, which included hits like "Only the Young" and "Stone in Love," and then keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who says this is his last Journey tour, stepped up to sing "Just the Same Way" from Evolution. Then drummer Deen Castronovo sang lead on "Lights." Castronovo also sang lead on "Mother, Father," and shared lead vocals with Cain on "Feeling That Way" and "Anytime." Multi-instrumentalist Jason Derlatka sang "Suzanne" and "I'll Be Alright Without You." And in change of pace from a normal concert, the band didn't do an encore. They did their final song, "Don't Stop Believin'," and were done for the night. The
Final Frontier tour continues tonight (Monday) in Pittsburgh.
RUSH: Ultimatum
Geddy Lee gave Alex Lifeson an ultimatum when it came to deciding whether to reunite as Rush. Lee tells The Guardian, "I told Al: ‘Look, we’re either doing this or we’re not doing it. I can’t talk about it every two years. Because time marches on and I don’t how much time we have. So if we’re going to do it, we do it now. If we don’t, fine, let’s just not talk about it.”
And Lifeson says, “True story.” Of course, with drummer Neil Peart passing away in 2020 from brain cancer, they questioned whether or not they could find someone to fill his seat. With that they reached out to Anika Nilles, whose resume includes a stint in Jeff Beck's band. Lee
says while they were impressed with her drumming skills, he adds that "something felt wrong" when they started rehearsing with her.
"I was, of course ‘This is not gonna work.’ Those seemingly impossible fills were not a problem for her at all. What was difficult was understanding a relationship between snare, bass drum and hi-hat that’s different from her training. “The first four days were up and down, and she was nervous, and she was jet lagged, and we were unsure. We had a little chat before the last day – ‘I don’t know, Al, is this going to work?’ We talked about all the things we liked about her, and what a work ethic she has, nice person, and deep knowledge, deep technical ability. So, there’s a lot of positives. So, let’s not be hasty. And we went into that last day and she just nailed it.” Lifeson adds, "She suddenly understood what we were talking about that whole week. Not about the technical aspect, but about the stuff in between the big stuff, that Neil was just so amazing at and those internal dynamics that only another drummer can understand, and it clicked in her.” And as for her fitting in with Lee and Lifeson off stage, Lee says, "Anika is very quiet, and she’s sliding into our friendship.”
Rush will begin their Fifty Something tour on June 7th at The Forum in Inglewood, California, which is where they did their last show on August 1st, 2015.
Sammy Hagar Speaks Out On New Van Halen Project
We told you last month that Alex Van Halen was working on a new Van Halen project featuring unreleased music from the vaults. We also told you that the project was still in search of a vocalist. Speaking on the "Rock of Nations" show late last week, Sammy Hagar and bassist / vocalist Michael Anthony were asked if they are participating in the project. "No. We haven't been asked, number one," Hagar replied. "I can tell you, Mike and I, the day I walked in the studio, in 5150, to basically, if you wanna call it, an audition, but to meet the guys and to play music, we played for about eight hours at least. And we recorded everything. Everything that I ever did, and every time we made a record, we recorded hundreds of hours of jams and music, and then we'd cut 'em up, made songs," he explained, adding "But I'm disappointed that Mike and I wouldn't be invited. It's, like, what? Are you kidding me? We're still alive. We're out here doing it. We're playing those songs. We can still do it, you know?"
R.E.M.: Buck, Berry Show Up for Touring Tribute
Peter Buck and Bill Berry joined Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and their band that's celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s Lifes Rich Pageant Thursday night in Athens, Georgia. Berry joined the group during their album set to play drums on "Underneath the Bunker." Buck joined during the encore to play on "Radio Free Europe" and "Star 69." The
appearances come a year after all four members joined Shannon and Narducy to perform "Pretty Persuasion" over two shows in Athens, while Buck, Berry and Mike Mills played on various songs. The night also saw R.E.M. touring member Scott McCaughey join the group for three songs, and Pylon singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay sing on "Fretless" and "E-Bow the Letter." She also led the group through her own "Crazy," which was one of R.E.M.'s most popular B-sides.
New Book Highlighting George Harrison's Personal Photos Coming In October
Fans of the Beatles are getting a new look at the group from George Harrison's point-of-view. Random House will soon release the new book "The Third Eye: Early Photographs" later this year. It's described as "the first ever collection of George Harrison's personal photos taken between 1963 and 1970."It'll feature over 200 images capturing the rise of The Beatles, essays, and never-before-seen-quotes from mHarrison."The Third Eye: Early photographs" will be released on October 6th.
KISS: Playing With Patches
KISS are going old school with the latest merch item that members of the KISS Army fan club can get. It's a series of patches -- digital icons and actual ones -- that can be won by winning KISS trivia. (And sewn onto your KISS black jean jacket, which you can buy through their online store, of course.) Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley sat down to unveil the patches and to see if they knew some of the answers from the trivia contest. Watch the video on YouTube.
New Deadhead Documentary "Summer Tour" To Screen This Summer
A movie about The Grateful Dead is heading to theaters this summer."Summer Tour" focuses on the band's fan base, the "Deadhead," following Dead and Company on their final tour in 2023. The film debuted at the 2025 Telluride Film Festival and was recently acquired by the company Utopia. They plan to roll out the film this summer with a multi-city tour across America that will feature screenings and performances by Dead-inspired bands.More information will be announced at a later date.
Godsmack, Papa Roach, Slayer To Headline Rocklahoma 2026
Godsmack, Papa Roach, and Slayer are being confirmed as the headliners for Rocklahoma 2026. The 20th Anniversary of Rocklahoma is set to take place from September 4th through the 6th in Pryor, Oklahoma. Other performers include Stone Temple Pilots, Cypress Hill, Black Label Society and more.Weekend passes, VIP packages and camping passes are currently available.
Radiohead Latest To Denounce Use Of Their Music In ICE Videos
Radiohead is demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement take down a social media video that used the band's song "Let Down" without permission. ICE posted the video on February 18th as part of its "This is our why" campaign, pairing the 1997 song from "OK Computer" with images of Americans the administration says were victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. The band responded bluntly, saying the song was used without their consent and ending their statement with a sharp message telling ICE to go after themselves. The Department of Homeland Security did not directly say whether they would comply.
IN OTHER NEWS
The Upper Deck card company has released a new set of Grateful Dead trading cards. Each box of The Grateful Dead – 60 Years So Far… A Visual Trip contains the full 50-card base set plus five special bonus cards that Deadheads can trade and collect.
Rod Stewart welcomed a couple of special guest singers on stage Friday in Hollywood, Florida — his daughter Ruby and his two-year-old grandson Otis. The pair sang with him on “Forever Young.”
The 10th annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, this Thursday at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, featuring Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Goo Goo Dolls and others, will stream on Veeps.com.
Elvis Costello has joined the lineup of the Tibet House U.S. benefit concert Tuesday at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Elijah Blue Allman, the son of Cher and the late Gregg Allman, was arrested Friday in Concord, New Hampshire after an incident at a private school there. He was charged with two counts of simple assault, criminal trespassing, criminal threatening and disorderly conduct. It’s not clear why Allman had shown up at the school.
The Zombies will release a mono remastered version of their 1965 debut album, Begin Here, which features "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No," on April 17th. This reissue assembles all 17 tracks featured on the U.S. and UK versions of the album.
Ringo Starr is teasing either the official announcement of his new country album, the first single, or both. He’s posted three photos on Instagram, which are captioned, “It’s been too long since we’ve seen each other. It’s been too long since we’ve listened to one another. It’s been too long since we dreamed mighty dreams. It’s been too long since we floated down stream, Together, Together, It’s been too long.” And, in the third photo is a gas canister on which it says, “For the Long Long Road.” Lastly, in an email to fans, he writes, “Something’s coming real soon.” His last country album was 2025’s Look Up.