Category Archives: Music News From ABC News Radio – Active Rock
Mastodon details 'Medium Rarities' compilation; listen to new song "Fallen Torches" now
Reprise RecordsMastodon will release a new compilation called Medium Rarities on September 11. As its title suggests, the collection consists of a number of rare Mastodon recordings from throughout th...
Jul 31, 2020
Halestorm announces 'Reimagined' EP; listen to "Break In" featuring Amy Lee now
Atlantic Halestorm will release a new EP called Reimagined on August 14. The six-track collection features newly recorded versions of five Halestorm songs -- "I Miss the Misery," "I Get Off," "Break I...
Jul 31, 2020
Watch Toni Cornell cover Pearl Jam's "Black" during Lollapalooza livestream
Credit: Vicky CornellChris Cornell's teenage daughter Toni performed a cover of the Pearl Jam song "Black" during her appearance on the Lollapalooza livestream Thursday. For her take on the grunge cla...
Jul 31, 2020
Gerard Way's "really pleased with everyone's version of the characters" in 'The Umbrella Academy,' says star
Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix We heard a rumor...that The Umbrella Academy has finally returned. The show, which is adaptation of the comic book series created by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Wa...
Jul 31, 2020
Corey Taylor, Jonathan Davis & more guesting on SyFy's 'Metal Crush Mondays' program
SyFyMetal artists including Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Korn's Jonathan Davis will unite to share their love of sci-fi and horror with a new SyFy series. For the first four Mondays in August, SyFy wil...
Jul 30, 2020
Billie Eilish, Twenty One Pilots, Evanescence & more nominated for 2020 MTV VMAs
MTVBillie Eilish, Twenty One Pilots and Evanescence are among the nominees for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. The "bad guy" singer is recognized in six categories, including Video of the Year and So...
Jul 30, 2020
ew Mastodon single "Fallen Torches" arriving Friday; 'Medium Rarities' collection due out in September
Miikka Skaffari/Getty ImagesMastodon is teasing new music. If you go to the site LighttheTorch.MastodonRocks.com and submit your email address, you'll find yourself faced with a dark screen and your c...
Jul 30, 2020
Listen to piano version of Weezer's "Hero"
Crush Music/Atlantic Weezer has released a new version of the band's current single, "Hero." The updated recording finds Rivers Cuomo and company swapping out electric guitar riffs for a piano, turnin...
Jul 30, 2020
The Pretty Reckless earns first platinum certification with "Heaven Knows" single
Chiaki Nozu/WireImageThe Pretty Reckless is platinum-certified for the first time in the band's career. The honor belongs to "Heaven Knows," a single off their 2014 album, Going to Hell, which officia...
Jul 30, 2020
Nickelback announces 15th anniversary 'All the Right Reasons' reissue
Atlantic/RhinoThat "Photograph" Nickelback keeps asking you to look at is 15 years older. All the Right Reasons -- the diamond-certified 2005 album that spawned hit singles in "Photograph," "Rockstar,...
Jul 30, 2020
What's the WORST part of going to a concert in Nashville now?
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