"Catch a Wave" single artwork. (Villains for Good/Many Hats Distribution)
AWOLNATION and surfer/musician Makua have premiered the video for their collaborative single, "Catch a Wave."
The clip, now on YouTube, features AWOLNATION frontman Aaron Bruno as a giant cyclops chasing Makua down the streets of Los Angeles.
"I wrote the song about a fellow surfer passing away in the water," Bruno says in a statement. "It never felt appropriate to release on my own. Then I met Makua, and given the big wave champion that he is, the timing felt right."
The song "Catch a Wave" was released in February.
AWOLNATION's most recent album is 2024's The Phantom Five. Bruno's also been releasing music with his hardcore side project, The Barbarians of California.
Jack White at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
Jack White has added two more dates to his upcoming U.S. tour.
The newly announced shows will take place July 18 in New Haven, Connecticut, and July 19 in Port Chester, New York.
Members of the Third Man Records Vault will have access to a presale beginning Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time. An artist presale will follow on Wednesday at noon local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Jason Newsted, former bassist of Metallica, performs on stage with the Chophouse Band during The Art of Rawk Private Unveiling at Sagamore Hotel on December 5, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has announced his first North American headlining tour with his project The Chophouse Band.
The dates span from July 1 in Northampton, Massachusetts, to July 22 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
"I've realized that this is where I can place my energy effectively now," Newsted says in a statement. "The Chophouse is the continuation of my ambassadorship of American music."
"TCB plays everything from bluegrass to f****** slabs of metal," he continues. "We're covering a lot of ground; There could be country flavor to a song, but it'll still have sharp teeth. We are looking forward to an exciting summer!"
The Chophouse Band's upcoming touring plans also include dates opening for the country rock band Blackberry Smoke.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit ChophouseBand.com.
Newsted joined Metallica following the death of Cliff Burton in 1986. He played on 1988's ...And Justice for All and Metallica's massive 1991 self-titled record aka The Black Album, as well as 1996's Load and 1997's Reload, before leaving the band in 2001.
Newsted was replaced by bassist Robert Trujillo, who remains Metallica's bassist to this day.
A new vinyl reissue of the Audioslave album Out of Exile has been announced.
The record will be available on June 12 on standard 180g black vinyl, as well as limited-edition D2C black liquid vinyl inspired by the original album cover artwork.
Out of Exile, originally released in 2005, marked the sophomore album from Audioslave, made up of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. It spawned the singles "Be Yourself," "Your Time Has Come" and "Doesn't Remind Me."
Audioslave put out one more album, 2006's Revelations, before breaking up in 2007. They reunited for a one-off show in January 2017. Cornell died just months later in May 2017.
"FIX UR FACE" single artwork. (EST 19XX/Interscope Records)
Mgk has premiered a new song called "FIX UR FACE" featuring Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit.
A press release describes the collaboration as bridging "the generational gap between early 2000s nu metal and contemporary alternative."
"Been limping with the bizkit for years, time to do it again," mgk says.
Mgk previously previewed the song live during a show in Australia. Maybe mgk and Durst can perform it together if the "Break Stuff" rocker's festival idea for "the uninvited" with Lil Wayne gets off the ground.
In the meantime, you can watch the video for "FIX UR FACE" on YouTube.
"FIX UR FACE" follows mgk's 2025 album, lost americana. The "bloody valentine" artist will launch a U.S. tour in support of lost americana in May.
'Location Lost' album artwork. (Failure Records/Arduous Records/Virgin Music Group)
Failure has released a new song called "The Rising Skyline" featuring Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams.
Williams has been a longtime Failure fan, having covered their song "Stuck on You" on Paramore's 2006 Summer Tic EP. She also appears in the 2025 Failure documentary, Every Time You Lose Your Mind.
"Failure doesn't do a lot of collaborations, but my friendship with Hayley, and her long standing support of the band, turned this song into a very satisfying duet," says Failure frontman Ken Andrews. "It's probably the most delicate song we’ve ever done and her vocal approach really brought that out."
You can watch the video for "The Rising Skyline" on YouTube.
"The Rising Skyline" will appear on Failure's upcoming album, Location Lost, due out Friday. Failure has also announced a U.S. fall tour in support of Location Lost, spanning from Sept. 30 in San Francisco to Oct. 30 in Los Angeles.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FailureBand.com.
Williams, meanwhile, is currently touring the U.S. in support of her 2025 solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.
'Reign in Blood' album artwork. (American Recordings)
Slayer has announced a pair of U.S. concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of the band's beloved 1986 album, Reign in Blood.
The shows will take place Sept. 4 in Shakopee, Minnesota, and Nov. 13 in Los Angeles, and will both feature full-album performances of Reign in Blood.
The bill for Shakopee will also include Down, Suicidal Tendencies and Hatebreed, while openers for the LA show are Cannibal Corpse, Cavalera and Crowbar.
Presales begin Tuesday at noon local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Reign in Blood, Slayer's third album, is considered a seminal release in the thrash metal canon and spawned the classic track "Raining Blood."
Slayer previously announced headlining sets at the 2026 Rocklahoma and Sick New World Texas festivals, which are also billed as Reign in Blood performances.
Slayer concluded what they called their final tour in 2019. They reunited in 2024 and have since played a number of one-off shows.
David Draiman of Disturbed performs onstage during a concert at The O2 Arena on October 26, 2025 in London, England. (Jo Hale/Redferns)
Sounds like a whole lot of people are getting down with Disturbed on Spotify.
Both the band's signature single "Down with the Sickness" and their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" have joined Spotify's Billions Club, which recognizes songs with at least 1 billion streams.
"Down with the Sickness" appears on Disturbed's 2000 debut album, The Sickness, while the cover of "The Sound of Silence" was recorded for their 2015 effort, Immortalized.
"Eternal gratitude goes out to all of our fans for hitting play," Disturbed writes in an Instagram post. "Thank you, Disturbed Ones."
The most recent Disturbed album is 2022's Divisive. They also put out a single called "I Will Not Break" in 2025.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Any time a musician suffers an injury that makes them unable to stand onstage, the go-to joke has been to suggest that they contact Dave Grohl to borrow his throne, which the Foo Fighters frontman famously had built so he could continue touring after breaking his leg in 2015. For bluegrass artist Billy Strings, though, that suggestion was very real.
Strings says that Grohl offered to send him the throne after he broke his leg attempting a skateboard trick during a recent show in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"I had every intention of carrying on with the tour and Dave Grohling it," Strings writes in a Facebook post. "He even texted me and offered me the throne!"
Even still, Strings has decided to stay off the road for a bit and "let this thing heal." He's postponed the remainder of his April dates to August.
Grohl has previously lent his throne to Axl Rose and Matthew Ramsey of the country band Old Dominion.
Meanwhile, someone in Grohl's own band could've used the throne recently: Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, who injured his foot in January in what the band called a "bizarre gardening accident." Instead, Smear simply opted to drop off a run of shows and was temporarily replaced by guitarist Jason Falkner.
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performs with Sombr at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2026 in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has announced a new TV deal for his National Wrestling Alliance wrestling league, or NWA.
The NWA flagship program, NWA Powerrr, will air on Comet TV beginning May 1.
"Wrestling was meant to bring fans closer to the action," Corgan says in a statement. "The NWA has always been about storytelling, personality, and passion. This partnership with Sinclair's Comet TV is the first step in NWA's push into free television and allows us to reconnect with audiences the way I experienced wrestling growing up, when it was accessible to everyone."
Corgan, an avid wrestling fan, purchased NWA in 2017. His work with the company was the subject of the 2024 reality show Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland, which aired via The CW app and CWTV.com.
As for Corgan's music career, you can catch him and the Pumpkins play the upcoming Lollapalooza and Darker Waves festivals.
A Gold record award given to the late Steve Albini for his work on Nirvana's 1993 album In Utero is going up for auction.
Notably, the certification is not from the RIAA, but in recognition of In Utero going Gold in Indonesia.
"Basic story is that when Steve was sent his RIAA Gold Record Award for In Utero, he returned it to the band's management, as part of his philosophical stance against major labels and how they operate," reads a description of the item. "Later, perhaps at the behest of others, he requested that the award be returned. Alas, it was no longer available, although what exactly happened to it is unclear."
"In its stead, and presumably as a slap-back of sorts, Steve was sent this INDONESIAN Gold Record Award for In Utero," the description reads. "That was the sole souvenir of the multi-platinum record in his archives. So, no, it is not the RIAA version, whose current whereabouts are unknown, but it IS the one Steve had and kept. Now, it could be a key piece for any world-class Nirvana collection out there."
The Gold record award is being auctioned by the site SteveAlbinisCloset.com, which launched following the engineer's death in 2024. It will be sold via a blind auction; anyone interested can email auction@stevealbiniscloset.com with the word "NIRVANA" and the bid amount in the subject line.
The auction ends on May 3 at 4:30 p.m. ET, after which the winning bidder will be notified. The minimum bid is $5,000.
Brendan Yates of Turnstile performs at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 17, 2026 in Indio, California. (Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Coachella)
Turnstile is performing at the 2026 Form festival, taking place Oct. 9-11 in Arcosanti, Arizona.
The lineup also includes Lorde and Geese.
A post on the Form Instagram describes the festival as "2,500 people. No overlapping sets. No VIP sections. And plenty of surprises in store."
Turnstile is coming off their two performances at Coachella. Their upcoming live schedule includes sets at Welcome to Rockville, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, among other festivals.
Violet Grohl attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala at The Beverly Hilton on January 31, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Violet Grohl played her first official solo concert on Saturday in celebration of Record Store Day.
The daughter of Dave Grohl took the stage at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach, California, to perform songs off her upcoming debut solo album, Be Sweet to Me.
"We just know that this event will become one of those brags like, 'I was there when Violet Grohl played her first live show…,'" reads a post on the Fingerprints Music Instagram.
It seemed that Violet's dad attended the show — the Foo Fighters Instagram posted a photo of Dave outside Fingerprints alongside famed DJ and "Weird Al" Yankovic mentor Dr. Demento.
Be Sweet to Me is due out May 29. Violet's upcoming tour plans also include sets at the U.K.'s Reading & Leeds and Atlanta's Shaky Knees festivals.
Dave, meanwhile, is set to release a new Foo Fighters album, Your Favorite Toy, on Friday. The Foos will play a one-off show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 28, followed by headlining sets at the Welcome to Rockville and BottleRock Napa festivals in May. They'll launch a full North American stadium tour in August.
Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit performs onstage during Leeds Festival at Bramham Park on August 24, 2025 in Leeds, England. (Matthew Baker/Getty Images)
If Coachella is not your scene, perhaps you'd be interested in a festival from the minds of Fred Durst and Lil Wayne?
The Limp Bizkit frontman pitched the "A Milli" rapper on creating their own festival in response to Wayne's recent comments about Coachella.
"It's truly a humbling experience when events like Coachella & the Grammys come around & like clockwork, I'm uninvited & uninvolved," Wayne initially posted to social media. "I appreciate my position or space I hold in ya heart & mind if so bc you're the humbling experience that's timeless & 4dat I thk u."
Durst then responded, "Let's start our own experience gathering and our own acknowledgment event to welcome all of the uninvited."
"I've got a couple ideas i've been working on for quite some while now," Durst added. "Happy to elaborate if ever interested."
Durst previously collaborated with Wayne on the 2013 Limp Bizkit single "Ready to Go." We'll see if this latest interaction leads to the creation of Lil Bizkit-palooza.
In the meantime, Durst is set to release a new single with mgk called "fix ur face" on Tuesday.
Duff McKagan and Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip)
Guns N' Roses performed the live debut of their cover of The Runaways song "Black Leather" during a show in Brazil over the weekend.
The rendition, which featured bassist Duff McKagan on lead vocals, comes 33 years after GN'R originally released "Black Leather" for their 1993 covers album, "The Spaghetti Incident?"
"Black Leather" was originally written by Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, before The Runaways recorded the song for their 1978 album, And Now... The Runaways.
"The Spaghetti Incident?" marked the final Guns N' Roses album to feature McKagan and Slash, who left the band in 1997 and 1996, respectively. They later reunited with Axl Rose in 2016, and GN'R has since put out a number of one-off singles, including 2025's "Nothin'" and "Atlas."
Guns N' Roses will play two more shows in Brazil before returning to the U.S. for a show in Hollywood, Florida, on April 30. They'll launch a full U.S. stadium tour in July.
Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro performs at Alcatraz on February 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)
Biffy Clyro will launch a U.S. tour Monday in Los Angeles. In addition to supporting the Scottish rockers' new album, 2025's Futique, the outing will give stateside fans an opportunity to hear the band's beloved song "Many of Horror" live.
As frontman Simon Neil tells ABC Audio, he can't help but get emotional when performing "Many of Horror" in concert.
"Everyone's singing that song at the top of their lungs," Neil says. "I just step away from the microphone, and almost every night I have a tear in my eye because I can't believe it."
"It's all I've ever dreamed of as someone that's lived their life through music, who grew up when music was all that mattered," he continues. "To have this song that's now, like, 15, 16 years old, that still seems to have this life about it, I'm very grateful for the song, and I'm grateful it matters to people."
As for why "Many of Horror" has connected so strongly, Neil feels it's an example of music being "unknowable."
"There's songs I've written in my life where I've thought, 'Oh, that's a brilliant song,' and no one gives a s***," Neil says. "But that's the beauty of music, I still think I'm gonna write my best song next week."
Moreover, Neil believes that "Many of Horror" represents the power of music as a shared experience.
"You catch eyes with someone and you sing a line together, and you just have this moment of understanding each other," Neil says. "It might be the only three seconds that you look at each other at a gig, and I love that that's maybe a song that can bring that out in people."
Iron Maiden, 'The Number of the Beast' album (Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd./BMG)
Now that Iron Maiden is finally getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, wouldn't it be a shame if the studio where they recorded one of their best-known albums was demolished?
An online petition has been started by the studio's owners to stop the destruction of London's Battery Studios, which is currently facing redevelopment into an apartment building. The studio is where Iron Maiden recorded their 1982 album, The Number of the Beast, their first to feature singer Bruce Dickinson and top the U.K. charts. The album features the classic title track and the hit "Run to the Hills."
Other albums recorded at the studio in northwest London included Def Leppard's 1981 album High 'n' Dry and the 1983 smash Pyromania, Black Sabbath's 1975 release Sabotage, and albums by Whitesnake, Krokus, The Cars, The Stone Roses, Paul McCartney and more.
"We are calling on the music industry, artists, and the public to stand together to protect this irreplaceable cultural landmark," the petition reads, adding, "The music created within its walls has shaped global culture and helped define the UK as a world leader in music."
From Ashes to New has released a new video for the track “Forever,” from their just released new album, Reflections.
The clip has the band performing on a dark soundstage lit only by flashing lasers, cut with footage of a woman who appears to be walking toward something, only to end up looking down at what appears to be her own lifeless body.
Reflections is From Ashes To New’s fifth studio album, the follow-up to 2023’s Blackout.
The rockers are set to hit the road with Black Veil Brides starting April 25 in Riverside, California. They will also spend this summer on tour with Shinedown.
The fifth installment of cruise will get underway April 17 and will travel from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, on the Norwegian Joy. Special guests joining them for this sailing include Breaking Benjamin, Hoobastank, Fuel, Our Lady Peace, Zach Myers of Shinedown, Sevendust, Fastball, Sponge and Drowning Pool.
During the cruise, Creed will do two headlining sets on the ship's pool deck. In addition to the music, fans will enjoy all the usual cruise activities, plus "signature artist experiences." The first 850 people to book a cabin will also receive their choice of attending an exclusive 30-minute Creed acoustic set, a 30-minute Q&A with Breaking Benjamin or a photo op with Creed.
First-round presale signups are available now through May 4 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The final round presale signups end May 11 at 11:59 p.m. ET, with bookings going on sale to the general public May 13 at 2 p.m. ET at Summerof99Cruise.com. You can save $100 per booking during the presale; prices increase when the public sale begins.
The previous four Summer of 99 & Beyond cruises completely sold out.
