The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has officially certified Playlist: The Very Best of Foreigner gold, marking a major milestone for the band's enduring legacy. Released by Sony Music in 2016, the compilation features some of FOREIGNER's most iconic hits, showcasing the group's powerful songwriting, chart-topping catalog, and multi-generational resonance.
Original lead singer Lou Gramm presented the gold records to the band during the first stop of the "FOREIGNER 4 Deluxe" Tour on December 3 in Port Chester, NY. The presentation marked a meaningful reunion, highlighting the band's deep history and the timeless appeal of the songs that helped define rock and roll.
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Toronto's melodic punk lifers Wasting Time are back with their new single "Ripped Blue Jeans", out now via People of Punk Rock Records. It's a nostalgic rush of anthemic hooks and heart-on-sleeve energy that could've soundtracked any MTV's 120 Minutes marathon. The track captures that feeling of late 90s freedom, cracked sidewalks, stickered guitars, the smell of sweat and stale beer in community-hall venues, and long summer nights when the world still felt small enough to dream your way out of it.
Formed in 2017, Wasting Time has steadily built a catalog rooted in melody and sincerity: five EPs, three full-length albums, and a streak of singles that echo the honesty and grit of Alkaline Trio, No Use for a Name, MxPx, Blink-182, and Green Day. Their latest release, Hurry Up and Wait, cemented their reputation as one of Canada's most reliable carriers of melodic punk tradition, and "Ripped Blue Jeans" only deepens that lineage. Mixed and mastered by Matt Gauthier at Arc Studios, the single offers the first taste of their upcoming full-length, Are You Out Of Your God Damn Mind?, due out in the new year. (continue)
Scott Stapp is one of 2025's Top Ten most-played artists on Billboard's year-end Mainstream Rock Airplay Artists Chart, alongside Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Sleep Theory, Nothing More, Papa Roach, Shinedown, Pop Evil, Volbeat, and Ghost.
It is a career-first as a solo artist for Stapp, who has dominated charts since 1997 with Creed - one of the best-selling acts of the entire 2000's decade. The year-end ranking is the cumulative result of Stapp's three consecutive solo Top Tens ("Higher Power," "Black Butterfly," "Deadman's Trigger") from his fourth solo album, Higher Power, out now via Napalm Records. (continue)
GWAR are returning to destroy stages across the United States with the announcement of The Gor Gor Strikes Back Tour, a massive spring run featuring Soulfly as direct support and King Parrot opening every night.
The carnage kicks off March 19th in their adopted hometown of Richmond, VA, and rampages through April 29th, ending in Charlotte, NC. A complete list of dates is below. Armed with fresh atrocities, new victims, and the unstoppable might of Gor Gor himself, GWAR are promising their most crushing live spectacle yet. (continue)
Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Revolution Saints) is pleased to release his new single, "You Can Give," taken from the upcoming fourth album of his solo project, Joel Hoekstra's 13, 'From The Fade,' due out on February 27, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl.
Hoekstra comments on the new single: "'You Can Give' is a heavy, riff-driven track. Although some of the riffs could be described as metal, it still falls under the category of melodic hard rock. Vinny Appice and Tony Franklin do an amazing job laying out a strong, creative foundation. Girish Pradhan delivers a powerful, emotional vocal performance while Derek Sherinian and Jeff Scott Soto provide the perfect complimentary parts on keys and backing vocals respectively. Lyrically, the song is based on music itself singing to me and essentially highlights what can be the downside of an attempt to maintain a strong work ethic." (continue)
Big Big Train lead vocalist Alberto Bravin has today released a cover of the seasonal classic 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' and made it exclusively available via YouTube.
Originally recorded by Judy Garland for the 1944 Christmas musical film Meet Me In St. Louis, the song has since been covered by a variety of artists, most famously Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Christina Aguilera and Sam Smith. Bravin recorded his version of the song at his Green House studio in his home city of Trieste in north eastern Italy during the autumn this year, performing all the instruments himself. (continue)
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has dashed fans hopes that the band would return to the road in 2026, following their triumphant reunion this year that saw them return to the stage for a series of sold-out stadium shows across the globe.
Liam reportedly ended some of the shows on this year's tour by telling the crowd "see you next year", but he took to social media to respond to fan speculation about a 2026 tour and revealed they have no plans to perform in the new yea (continue)
Poison frontman Bret Michaels took to social media late last week to announced that he will be releasing a new book and biopic entitled Unbroken", next year.
He wrote, "UNBROKEN Then, Now and Forever - the biopic and the book officially coming 2026. If I can survive rocking out on shag mustard-colored carpet on my first guitar ('technically a ukulele'" lol) and remain as excited now as I was then, and survive the highs, the lows, good people and the downright maliciousness in the business I've chosen to be in and still get to rock with my friends with a smile on my face on the stage today. That is THE IT FACTOR - the intangible spirit that keeps me unbroken!!!" (continue)
Goose have shared their cover of Radiohead's "Burn The Witch" that was captured during night one of their sold-out Goosemas shows this past weekend at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, RI.
Big Hassle Media sent over this recap of the weekend's festivities: Goose closed out their annual holiday tradition this weekend with Goosemas XII, a two-night sold-out, fully realized spectacle at Amica Mutual Pavilion that underscored the band's continued evolution as songwriters, live performers, and curators of immersive musical events. Across December 12 and 13, Goose unveiled "Barnaby Glimpse's Show Upon Time," a narrative-driven production that fused theatrical staging, ambitious setlists, and expansive improvisation. (continue)
Gouge Away released their triumphant third LP Deep Sage in March of 2024 and later that year, the band stopped by BBC Radio 1 for a live session from Maida Vale. Today, Gouge Away have released the 4-song session digitally, available for the first time since it aired September 2, 2024.
The band comments: "Daniel P Carter had us record this live session for The Rock show on BBC Radio 1. We were on tour in the UK and always wanted to record a session at BBC so we were thrilled for the opportunity. The session was recorded live and mixed in a few hours. Then we asked the engineer to give us a tour of the whole studio which was a really special experience. When you're there you can feel so much history under one roof." (continue)
Following the enthusiastic response to ProgStorm Festival's initial 2026 announcement and headliner Car Bomb (performing Saturday August 22), Canada's premier progressive metal festival is pleased to provide a full recap of all artists revealed to date. ProgStorm Festival returns to Montreal, Quebec, from August 21 to 23, 2026 at Club Soda, marking its second year of celebrating progressive metal in all of its diverse and boundary-defying forms.
ProgStorm is honored to present legendary progressive metal innovators CYNIC as one of the 2026 headliners. As pioneers of the genre, Cynic's music has shaped generations of artists with its visionary blend of technicality, emotional depth, and philosophical exploration. Their appearance at ProgStorm promises to be a landmark moment for both the festival and fans across North America. (continue)
The 55th anniversary of Van Morrison's "His Band And The Street Choir" album is being celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands.
Redbeard shared this synopsis for the episode: Not even a quarter way into his six decade career, Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison was already stringing together a series of soon-to-be-classic albums including November 1970's His Band and Street Choir. This album followed closely on the heels of the revered Astral Weeks and Moondance, with their obvious folk and jazz influences, with a decidedly rhythm'n'blues feel on songs such as the horn-driven "Domino" and "Blue Money". (read more)
On the heels of closing out their marathon headline tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album Lovesick, indie/rock darlings The Happy Fits have announced their first round of tour dates for 2026.
The run of shows will kick off in March in Burlington and take them through Buffalo, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Boulder, San Diego, Tampa, and Baltimore among many others. Tickets are on sale this Friday, December 19th. (continue)
Armageddon was formed in 1974, and their self-titled debut, Armageddon, released in 1975, was recorded in England and released in the United States on A&M Records.
The albums' original liner notes use the term "supergroup", as their personnel were drummer Bobby Caldwell (previously a member of Captain Beyond), singer Keith Relf (who had fronted the band the Yardbirds and was a co-founder of Renaissance), guitarist Martin Pugh (from Steamhammer), and bassist Louis Cennamo (also formerly of Renaissance and Steamhammer) (continue)
New Van Halen Album Rumor Addressed By Steve Lukather was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Some reports surfaced recently that Alex Van Halen was planning to make a new Van Halen album and has recruited Steve Lukather to help him do so, the guitarist has now spoke out about the rumor.
The speculation was sparked by a brief quote from Alex in a report by De Telegraf where they quoted the drummer as saying "Ed and Steve Lukather were very good friends and they often worked together. There is no one who can do this process with me as well as he can." (continue)
Rush Stars Were Set To Play Ozzy Osbourne's Final Concert was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Rush legend Alex Lifeson revealed that he and Geddy Lee planned to take part in Ozzy Osbourne's final show, the Back To The Beginning concert, but had to pull out.
The all-star concert will be taking place in Ozzy's hometown of Birmingham, England on July 5th at Villa Park and will feature an impressive lineup of special guests including Metallica, Pantera, Sammy Hagar, Slayer, Jake E. Lee, and more, as well as Ozzy reuniting with the original lineup of Black Sabbath for one last performance. (continue)
Jason Bonham Discovered Problem With Becoming Led Zeppelin was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Jason Bonham revealed that he discovered a problem with the recording of his father's voice as he previewed material for the "Becoming Led Zeppelin" documentary.
"I got to see a version of it a few years ago and the voice was wrong," he revealed to the UCR Podcast about his father John's voice in the film. "Probably from the years of them having a tape and it being transferred, there was a slight pitch issue." (continue)
Oasis Live '25 Tour Documented For Film was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: (PPM) As this summer's wildly anticipated Oasis Live '25 tour approaches, Oasis can now confirm that a new film is being made in conjunction with the tour.
The film will be created and produced by Steven Knight, the BAFTA and Oscar-nominated writer, producer and director who is best known as the visionary behind "Peaky Blinders." Knight is also renowned as the writer of David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises," Stephen Frears' "Dirty Pretty Things" and for producing, directing and writing "Locke" starring Tom Hardy. His many recent projects have included creating and writing the series "This Town" for the BBC on the rise of ska and two-tone in 1970's Coventry and Birmingham; and writing the script for "Maria," the Oscar nominated film about Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie and "A Thousand Blows" on Disney+ starring Stephen Graham. (continue)
Iron Maiden Marking 50 Years With Feature Documentary was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: eavy metal legends Iron Maiden have revealed that they are celebrating their 50th anniversary they are partnering with Universal Pictures Content Group to produce a feature documentary that will arrive later this year.
The group shared, "Created in partnership with Universal Pictures Content Group the long-awaited documentary is an emotive journey through Iron Maiden's 50 Year history told from the perspective of both the band and some of their most devoted followers - from longstanding superfans to film and music icons such as Javier Bardem, Lars Ulrich and Gene Simmons. (continue)
Guns N' Roses Parted Ways With Frank Ferrer was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Guns N' Roses have announced that they have amicably parted ways with Frank Ferrer, the longest-serving drummer in their storied run. Their camp sent over the following:
The band thanks Frank for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence over the past 19 years, and they wish him success in the next chapter of his musical journey. (continue)
Sammy Hagar Paid Tribute To The Original Redhead John Pruner was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Sammy Hagar has paid tribute to John Pruner, the man the former Van Halen frontman calls the original "Redhead", who helped earn Sammy the moniker of the "Red Rocker".
Hagar shared via social media, "In 1976 I had just released the red album. I was playing one of my first concerts in Seattle Washington supporting that record with the song RED being the single. The next morning, I was checking out of the hotel and John Pruner the man in these photos, stopped me and asked for an autograph on the newspaper review of the concert. He asked me to sign it, 'the Red Rocker'. That was the beginning of being the Red Rocker. (continue)
Ghost's Tobias Forge Explained Ozzy's Phenomenal Impact On Him was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge will be one of the special guests at Ozzy's Osbourne's Back To The Beginning Concert in his hometown of Birmingham, England this summer and the vocalist revealed what an impact the Sabbath legend had on him as a singer.
The concert will be taking place on July 5th at Villa Park and will not only feature Ozzy Osbourne's final concert performance, it will also include a reunion of the original lineup of his legendary group Black Sabbath. (continue)
Jon Bon Jovi Addressed Retirement Speculation was a top 25 story of March 2025 in our look back at the Year In Rock. Here is the original report: Rumors of Jon Bon Jovi retiring from music seem to be premature as the Bon Jovi frontman and guitarist Phil X both addressed the rumors in new interviews that revealed that they are hoping to return to the stage soon.
Jon has been recovering from surgery to repair his damaged vocal cord and that injury has led some to believe that would be retiring from music. That doesn't appear to be the case. (continue)
(hennemusic) The countdown begins this week to the launch of the 2025 hennemusic Rock News Awards, which recognize the biggest rock news artists and stories of the past year.
In the tradition of the weekly hennemusic Hot 10, the daily rock news outlet will count down the Top 10 Rock News Artists and the Top 10 Rock News Stories of 2025 starting Monday, December 15. (continue)
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