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Goo Goo Dolls have just rolled out a 32-date summer tour with O.A.R. serving as their opening act. The band will be on the road in support of its latest album, Chaos In Bloom. The summer run kicks off on June 24th at Tampa, Florida's Coachman Park and eventually winds down on September 7th at Highland, California's Yaamava' Theater.

Frontman John Rzeznik said in a statement, "I'm so proud to finally be able to announce our summer tour with a great band and our friends O.A.R. It's going to be an amazing night of great music for everyone so be there!!!"

Rolling Stone reported, "With the new tour, Goo Goo Dolls will partner with Joe Torre Safe At Home, a nonprofit that provides healing and education services for children who've survived domestic violence and child abuse."

John Rzeznik told us that one of the highlights of any show is the chance to connect with the band's original fans: "Everybody that came up with us came just as slow. So, it was no big shock. The people that were with us in the beginning, a lot of times, if they still show up, I mean we'll still talk to them and that just because they've realized that we haven't changed that much, maybe a little more sober. That's about it."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Goo Goo Dolls tour dates (subject to change):

July 24 - Tampa, FL - Coachman Park
July 26 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheater
July 27 - Saint Augustine, FL - The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
July 29 - Albertville, AL - Sand Mountain Park & Amphitheater
July 30 - Atlanta, GA - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
August 1 - Simpsonville, SC - CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
August 2 - Greensboro, NC - White Oak Amphitheatre
August 4 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 5 - Wantagh, NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 6 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts – The Pavilion
August 8 - Saratoga Springs, NY - SPAC
August 9 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest
August 11 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata
August 12 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
August 13 - Bridgeport, CT - Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
August 15 - Boston, MA - Leader Bank Pavilion
August 16 - Syracuse, NY - St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater
August 18 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion
August 19 - Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
August 20 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
August 22 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
August 23 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
August 25 - Franklin, TN - FirstBank Amphitheater
August 26 - Maryland Heights, MO - Saint Louis Music Park
August 27 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
August 30 - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 31 - Sandy, UT - Sandy Amphitheater
September 2, 3 - Seattle, WA - TBD
September 4 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater
September 6 - Irvine, CA - FivePoint Amphitheatre
September 7 - Highland, CA - Yaamava' Theater (Goo Goo Dolls only)

Multiple rock acts announced North American tours and major festival dates on Tuesday (December 5th).

Skid Row and Buckcherry are teaming up for The Gang's All Here 2023 tour next spring.

Papa Roach and Falling In Reverse will be on the road together in February and March of 2023.

Bush will continue to tour in support of The Art of Survival in 2023, adding a winter run that will feature support from Jerry Cantrell Candlebox and Silversun during select dates.

Slipknot has announced their first-ever Knotfest Italy. They will be joined by Architects, Amon Amarth, I Prevail, Lorna Shore, Nothing More and Destrage for the June 25th, 2023 show.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have rolled out their 2023 global tour dates in support of the two new albums -- Unlimited Love and Return Of The Dream Canteen. The North American run kicks off in Vancouver at BC Place on March 29th with the final date on this side of the Atlantic set for May 25th at Houston's Minute Maid Park. The band will be on the road on Europe throughout June and July.

Supporting the Chili Peppers at assorted gigs will be such heavyweights as Iggy Pop, the Strokes, the Roots, St. Vincent, Thundercat, the Mars Volta, and City and Colour.

No matter how exotic the locale, bassist Flea told us not long ago that the band approaches each show the same way: "Y'know, with gigs, it's always the same for me -- some are fun, some aren't fun, but that doesn't really matter. Actually, serving the mighty tradition of performing for people is just something that I and we as a band care about deeply. So, no matter what the scene is, we're just in to go out there and tap in the source and reach into the most hardcore depths of who we are, to get what we can."

Singer Anthony Kiedis told us not long ago that the Chili Peppers have found a way to avoid burning out when touring for a long time: "We've got it fairly dialed in. You have to hope for the best, but we tour for a couple of weeks, we take a break for 10 days, we tour for a couple of weeks, take a break for eight days. . . I think we're in a better mental state to avoid burning out."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Red Hot Chili Peppers tour dates (subject to change):

March 29 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place *~
April 1 - Las Vegas, NV - Allegiant Stadium #~
April 6 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome ^~
April 8 - Minneapolis, MN US Bank Stadium ^~
April 14 - Syracuse, NY - JMA Wireless Dome ^~
May 12 - San Diego, CA - Snap Dragon Stadium >+
May 14 - Phoenix, AZ - State Farm Stadium ^+
May 17 - San Antonio, TX - Alamodome ^+
May 19 - Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Festival =
May 25 - Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park ^+
June 18 - Landgraaf, The Netherlands - Pinkpop =
June 21 - Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy <
June 24 - Odense, Denmark - Tinderbox =
June 26 - Mannheim, Germany - Maimarktgelände <
June 30 - Leuven, Belgium - Rock Wercther =
July 2 - Milan, Italy - I-Days =
July 6 - Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Live =
July 8 - Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool =
July 11 - Lyon, France - Groupama Stadium <~
July 14 - Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel Stadion <~
July 17 - Carhaix, France - Les Vieilles Charrues =
July 21 - London, England - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium %~
July 23 - Glasgow, Scotland - Hampden Park %~

^ The Strokes
< Iggy Pop
% The Roots
# St. Vincent
> The Mars Volta
* City and Colour
+ Thundercat
~ King Princess
= Festival Date

Coldplay is in the studio working on new music.

The band Tweeted Monday (December 5th), "Hello Everybody. I hope you're all doing really well. Here are some things I Love at the moment," before announcing, "We are in the studio."

According to the list, the band is currently into music from RM, Erykah Badu, Bakya, The 1975, Inhaler, Kyoka, and Stormyz.

On November 30th, Evanescence's Fallen album was certified diamond by the RIAA for sales and streams of ten million units in the United States.

When asked if there were any plans for the band to commemorate Fallen's 20th anniversary in 2023, singer Amy Lee told Rock Sound via Blabbermouth, "I do have an idea. It's gonna take a little bit of work. But I think it probably won't be what everybody expects. I think everybody just is, 'Oh, why don't you do a show that's, like, playing the album front to back?' We've been playing so many shows, I would rather do something that, to me… I don't know."

She added, "I don't wanna give it away, in case it doesn't work out. Maybe I'll do nothing. Expect nothing, and then if I do something, you'll be really, really grateful. Laughs"

Ghost's 2019 b-side track "Mary On A Cross" has officially been certified gold due to major success on TikTok. A fan-made edit of the song made its way on the social media app earlier this year and as a result, the band released their own "slowed+reverb" version of the track.

As of September 22nd, the song was the band's most streamed song, with 204,793,983 streams.

Paramore is planning a special album release show in Nashville to celebrate their latest offering, This Is Why. According to the band's Instagram, the trio will perform at the historic Grand Ole Opry on February 6th, 2023 with support from Louis Prince.

Two hours before show time, Aerosmith canceled their concert Friday night (December 2) in Las Vegas due to Steven Tyler "feeling unwell." According to a statement from the band, he was "unable to perform," but is expected to make a full recovery for tonight's show (Monday 12-5). Specifics of his illness were not revealed.

Aerosmith apologized for the last minute notice and offered refunds, but many fans posted their dismay as they had planned expensive trips to Vegas to see the show.

In June, the band canceled dates after Tyler entered a treatment program and stated that he had relapsed on pain medication following foot surgery.

Most recently, Aerosmith celebrated their 50^th anniversary with a concert at Boston's Fenway Park.

TL;DR:

• Two hours before show time, Aerosmith canceled their concert due to Steven Tyler "feeling unwell."
• According to a statement from the band, he was "unable to perform," but is expected to make a full recovery.

Axl Rose took to social media on Friday (December 2nd) to announced that he's done throwing his mic into the audience after a woman was reportedly seriously injured.

Billboard reported that during Guns N' Roses' November 29th concert in Adelaide, Australia at the Adelaide Oval, a concertgoer named Rebecca Howe suffered two blackened eyes and a "busted nose."

Axl Rose tweeted a message to fans, which reads in full:

It's come to my attention that a fan may have been hurt at our show in Adelaide, Australia, possibly being hit by the microphone at the end of the show when I traditionally toss the mic to the fans. If true, obviously we don't want anyone getting hurt or to somehow in any way hurt anyone at our shows anywhere.

Having tossed the mic at the end of r shows for over 30 years we always felt it was a known part of the very end of r performance that fans wanted and were aware of to have an opportunity to catch the mic.

Regardless in the interest of public safety from now we'll refrain from tossing the mic or anything to the fans during or at r performances.

Unfortunately there are those that for their own reasons chose to frame their reporting regarding this subject in a more negative n' irresponsible out of nowhere light which couldn't be farther from reality. We hope the public and of course fans get that sometimes happens.

A BIG THANKS to everyone for understanding.

IN OTHER GNR NEWS

Guns N' Roses have taken legal action against an online weapon store named Texas Guns and Roses. The band filed suit on December 1st in Los Angeles Federal Court citing the website is attempting to "con" fans into thinking the band is associated with the business and is suing for an undisclosed sum.

CNS reported, "The lawsuit alleges that Texas company Jersey Village Florist operates the online store texasgunsandroses.com -- selling firearms, ammunition, scopes and body armor through the mail -- 'without GNR's approval, license or consent.' The plaintiffs allege that Jersey Village Florist 'selected and adopted defendant's marks for the purpose of confusing consumers into believing that it was connected or associated with, or licensed by, GNR.'"

The legal brief, which cites the band's partners as Axl Rose, Saul "Slash" Hudson, and Michael "Duff" McKagan, goes on to explain: "This is particularly damaging to GNR given the nature of defendant's business. GNR, quite reasonably, does not want to be associated with defendant, a firearms and weapons retailer. Furthermore, defendant espouses political views related to the regulation and control of firearms and weapons on the website that may be polarizing to many U.S. consumers." (CNS)

Jack White took to Instagram to throw a shot at Elon Musk after Kanye West was suspended for tweeting a photo of a swastika merged with the Star of David. He wrote, "So Elon, how's that ‘free speech' thing working out? Oh, I see, so you have to CHOOSE who gets free speech and who doesn't then? What kind of crybaby liberal suspends someone's free speech? Hmm…."

He continued," Conspiracy liar alex jones doesn't get "free speech" either? I see. So you're learning that these folks incite violence and hatred but trump...DOESN'T? Hmmm."

He added, "Or is it that liar jones, and anti-Semite egomaniac kanye can't provide tax breaks for billionaires the way the former president could? Or that maybe the controller of this "free speech" is insulted personally? Or that just maybe, there needs to be, oh I don't know, RULES and REGULATIONS or else you breed chaos?"

The Strokes have announced The Singles - Volume 01, a new vinyl box set collecting 7" singles of material from 2001-2006. The collection will include singles from the group's first three albums, along with B-sides, demos, and rarities.

Check out the tracklisting below:

The Singles - Volume 01:

01 The Modern Age (Rough Trade Version)
02 Last Nite (Rough Trade Version)
03 Hard to Explain
04 New York City Cops
05 Last Nite
06 When It Started
07 Someday
08 Alone, Together (Home Recording)
09 Is This It (Home Recording)
10 12:51
11 The Way It Is (Home Recording)
12 Reptilia
13 Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men
14 The End Has No End
15 Clampdown (Live at Alexandria Palace)
16 Juicebox
17 Hawaii
18 Heart in a Cage
19 I'll Try Anything Once ("You Only Live Once" Demo)
20 You Only Live Once
21 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

In the new video from Weezer, Rivers Cuomo takes on the part of every single bandmember. As the camera circles around the room, you quickly realize he's not only singing lead, but he's also on guitar and bass, as well as sitting at the piano. As he sings about "Deja vu," it all starts to make sense.

The new release, "What Happens After You," is a track from the band's series of EPs named for each season. Currently, they're celebrating music from SZNZ: (pronounced seasons) Autumn.

Weezer touts that each album is being created in real time and part four, the Winter EP will be out on December 21.

TL;DR:

Lars Ulrich considers his Metallica bandmates the brothers he never had. Ulrich appeared on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show and discussed his relationship with James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo. Blabbermouth transcribed Ulrich as saying, "When I came to America (in the late-1970's), when I met James, when I met the other guys in the early years of the band and some of my friends when I landed here, there was that kind of rebellious thing. It was a big part of everybody who was 16 or 17; you were sort of rebelling against your parents. I never had that. I thought my parents were the coolest people in the world. Now, obviously, I've done therapy, and there were some issues, as you do a deeper dive into it. Denmark is a very liberal country, very safe country, so I'd say the flipside of my issues was I often was left alone and may still carry some issues of abandonment."

Ulrich went on to explain, "I think part of the reason that I love being in a band and feel so safe with James, Kirk, and Rob and the rest of the Metallica organization is I love being in a collective. They are the brothers I never had. And that safety in numbers."

Lars Ulrich told us a while back that the members of Metallica have gotten along consistently well ever since getting through the turbulent days of the early 2000's: "I mean, look, we don't wake up in the morning and call and see how the others slept. I mean, we don't spend 24-7 together. But the time that we share is definitely, to me, feels as solid and as mutually respectful as it's ever been."

Vinnie Paul's estate has issued a statement, saying that there can never be a Pantera reunion but supports the upcoming tour. This past summer, news broke that the surviving members of Pantera, including singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, were joining forces with guitarist Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante to tour as Pantera.

The statement said, "There can never be a Pantera reunion without Vinnie and Dime. However, there is no better way to celebrate and honor Vinnie and Dime's legacy, than to bring the music of Pantera directly to the fans. We are honored that Charlie and Zakk, their very close friends and musical brothers, will share the stage with Philip and Rex, to unleash the power of Pantera live around the world."

Former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall has criticized the music industry, saying there's "a lot of self-censorship going on." In a new interview with Tucker Carlson, he said, "The music industry is a small industry, and it's not entirely clear to me whether there is a chokehold by progressives on the industry or whether there is a minority of progressives that have a chokehold on the majority.

He continued, "But there's certainly a lot of self-censorship going on. People who are too scared to say the truth and I think that's because there is a professional and social repercussions if you do speak the truth and that's a serious issue."

He added, "People who are too scared to say the truth and I think that's because there is a professional and social repercussions if you do speak the truth and that's a serious issue."

In her annual Vanity Fair interview, Billie Eilish talked about how she's never smoked weed and didn't give any indication that she intends to start.

She says she's never smoked anything, never done drugs, and never gotten high. She explained, "It's just not interesting to me. I have other s*** to do."

Her answer goes along with a 2019 song she wrote called "Xanny," where she sings about how her peers are obsessed with drugs and alcohol while she remains unimpressed with it all.

TL;DR:

• Vanity Fair interview: Billie Eilish talked about how she's never smoked weed.

The Killers, Muse and The Lumineers are headlining the 2023 Shaky Knees Festival. According to Spin, the festival will take place on May 5th-7th in Central Park. Other performers include Greta Van Fleet, Tenacious D, Hozier, the Mars Volta, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The Flaming Lips are one of four acts playing one of their albums in its entirety. The lineup also includes the first festival appearance by the newly reunited Walkmen, Father John Misty, Future Islands, Grouplove, Manchester Orchestra, the Gaslight Anthem, Pond, and Suki Waterhouse.

Wolfgang Van Halen says that Intervals guitarist Aaron Marshall is his favorite guitarist today. The massive endorsement form the son of Eddie Van Halen came during a chat with Guitar World, where Wolf declared, "Aaron Marshall is my favorite guitar player of today. An important thing my dad always said: when it comes to soloing, you should be able to hum the solo. On top of Aaron's ridiculous chops, he manages to work in the catchiest melodies. His melodic sensibility is one of my favorite things about his playing."

He went on to say, "On top of that, he's a wonderful man, a very kind dude. I feel like I have become a better guitar player because I've tried to learn all the songs on that album. . . He has such a wonderful melodic sensibility that is so different from people in his genre of the heavier, progressive, metal-y rock sort of thing. It really separates him from everyone else. I can't speak enough of how wonderful a guitar player and songwriter he is."

When pressed for his most-listened to album of the year, Wolf said: "Intervals' Circadian been my most-listened-to album for the past two years, so it's my pick for 2021 and 2022."

U2 is gearing up for one of their most high-profile weeks in recent years -- with their December 4th salute in Washington, D.C., when they'll receive the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. An edited version of the event will air later this month on CBS.

During a new chat with The Washington Post, Bono revealed some frank truths about the band, admitting, "We come close to breaking up much more often than you'd think. Usually after the really good albums, because they cost you in personal relationships because you're pushing each other and get really at your elastic limit."

Old friend, Boomtowm Rats founder and Live Aid organizer,m Bob Geldof explained how the Irish foursome has grown into their own skin over the past 45 years together: "It's a band, so there have been arguments, hard arguments, not-talking-to-each-other arguments, of course there are. But for them, they realized that the band is worth more than any individual idea."

Drummer Larry Mullen explained, "You only do this if you're having the best time. And not everyone is going to make it because the price is so high. So I think the challenge is for more generosity. More openness to the process. I am autonomous and I value my autonomy. I don't sing from the same hymn sheet. I don't pray to the same version of God. So everyone has their limits. And you only do this if it is a great time you're having, y'know?"

Regarding the future for U2, Bono said, "The country's changed for a group like U2. But I have a feeling that we have something. That if we can distill it on these next sessions, this unreasonable guitar record that we all want to make actually, I just feel there's a moment. . . I don't know if you can capture people for a whole album. But what if it was just an EP or just one song that could burst through? We don't need it on the pop charts. We don't. But we need people to pass it around. I think we do want that."

Bono feels that unlike many of their contemporaries, U2 has continued to grow with each new era, and has never felt their collective love for the band's work diminishing: "There's a certain contour that's expected of a band or an artist -- y'know, you do your best work very early on in your life, and then you kind of burn out. With our band, it doesn't feel like we're burning out. And if you were a photographer, or a screenwriter, or a poet, or a filmmaker, you might just be, y'know, getting the hang of it. But a lot of rock n' roll bands have burned out by our age. And I'm not buying into that."