Category Archives: Music News From ABC News Radio – Active Rock

Credit: LeahSteiger/AXS TVIf you're tired of 2020, Lzzy Hale is here to guide you through a different year. The Halestorm frontwoman is the host of the new season of A Year in Music, the AXS TV series...

Credit: Steven Lyon Chris Cornell has earned a posthumous number-one single with his cover of Guns N' Roses' "Patience." The track has taken the top spot on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart, ma...

Artwork by Shepard FaireyUnreleased recordings by Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire are featured on a second edition of Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, a compilation series supporting ...

Neil Lupin/RedfernsAtreyu has parted ways with founding vocalist Alex Varkatzas. Rumors of Varkatzas' departure first surfaced in August, when the metal site Lambgoat reported that he had left the gro...

Bad Boy/Interscope RecordsMachine Gun Kelly just dropped his new, pop punk-influenced, Travis Barker-produced album Tickets to My Downfall last Friday, and he's already shared more music. The rapper-t...

Jason Squires/WireImageAfter many months of rumor and speculation, AC/DC is officially back in black. In an Instagram post, the rock legends have confirmed that the surviving members of the Back in Bl...

Credit: Jeremy SafferMegadeth has been working on a new album to follow 2016's Dystopia. Speaking to ABC Audio, frontman Dave Mustaine uses all the words metalheads want to hear when describing the fo...

Courtesy Roadrunner RecordsFinally, a story that involves both Trivium and Drew Barrymore. Frontman Matt Heafy teamed up with the actress to give a special surprise to gift a guitar to UPS driver Hect...

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival Bonnaroo 2021 has already been pushed back. The festival was set to return to its usual location of Manchester, Tennessee, in June 2021 afte...

BMGThe Jaded Hearts Club has shared a version of the oft-covered Screamin' Jay Hawkins song "I Put a Spell on You." The all-star group -- which is made up of Muse's Matt Bellamy, Blur's Graham Coxon, ...