Pulse – Rock Music News

During a concert in Washington, D.C.'s Capital One Arena, Tool stopped their show to make sure a fan in the audience was able to receive medical attention. According to Rock Feed, Maynard James Keenan noticed that a fan had collapsed and he asked the audience to clear a patch for the medics to reach the fan.

He said, "Hang on we've got a little situation down here. We're going to make sure this person's OK before we continue. Make way for the EMTs, please." EMTs made their way to the fan and were able to take the fan out of the venue.

Def Leppard's Rick Allen, says that without Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, he would have never become a drummer. He said that when Watts died, it was the end of an era and that meeting him was truly an honor.

Allen recently created an art piece dedicated to his musical hero called Saint Charlie. It's part of a collection all dedicated to legendary musicians such as Eddie Van Halen, Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash.

He's planning on making a number of appearances at Florida Galleries next month to show off and sell his art. The events are free and open to the public.

A portion of the sales from his work will benefit an organization that he and his wife work with called Project Resiliency, it helps U.S. war veterans.

Def Leppard will kick off a stadium tour in June with Motley Crue, Poison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

TL;DR:

• Def Leppard's Rick Allen says when Watts died, it was the end of an era and that meeting him was truly an honor.
• Allen recently created an art piece dedicated to his musical hero called Saint Charlie.
• He'll make appearances at Florida Galleries next month to show off and sell his art.
• The events are free and open to the public.

After decades spent rocking out on stage, night after night, Dave Grohl says that he's lost some of his hearing because of it.

Foo Fighters frontman, told Howard Stern, half joking, that he has a hard time talking to people wearing masks because he's been reading lips for the past 29 years.

He says he doesn't wear ear monitors on stage, instead relies on the speaker monitor that's always to his left. And because of that, his hearing in his left ear is worse than his right. .

Grohl's main problem with hearing comes with situations such as a crowded restaurant.

In the interview he surprisingly admitted that he hasn't had his ears tested in several years and claims he knows exactly what it is and that he has hearing damage tinnitus.

Oddly enough, he says that while recording and mixing, he still hears every little thing.

TL;DR:

• He says he doesn't wear ear monitors on stage, instead relies on the left speaker monitor
• Because of that his hearing in his left ear is worse than his right.
• He says that while recording mixing he still hears every little thing.

Yesterday (Wednesday, February 23rd), Coldplay released their first Spotify Singles two-track recording. Side A is a stripped-down acoustic version of the band's current single, "Let Somebody Go," with Selena Gomez, while Side B is the band's cover of Kid Cudi's 2008 hit "Day ‘N' Nite." Both songs were recorded at Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles.

Chris Martin said, "I have always loved Selena's voice and when 'Let Somebody Go' arrived it felt like she was the only person to sing it with. I'm so happy she said yes. She is wonderful to work with and the kind of artist whose work sounds even better after you get to meet them."

Of "Day 'N' Nite," Martin said, "I loved when it came out, and I still love love love it This is the first time I think that we've really taken proper time to record a cover, because in my head I could hear a version of it quite different from the original, that hopefully just reinforces what a brilliant song it is. One way or another I hope that anyone listening will just think, 'Wow, Kid Cudi is amazing.'"

"Let Somebody Go" is the third single from Coldplay's 2021 Music Of The Spheres album, which has already surpassed more than a billion total streams.

Coldplay kicks off their 2022 global stadium tour next month in Costa Rica.

The Offspring's Dexter Holland will deliver the commencement speech for USC's Keck School of Medicine on May 14th. It may seem like an odd choice, however Holland has earned three degrees from USC including his PhD in molecular biology, according to Loudwire.com.

He said, "We live in an incredibly exciting time at the crossroads of advanced medical technology and breakthroughs in research. Recent innovations such as CRISPR gene editing and mRNA technologies have blown the doors open to the possibilities that medical intervention can provide. I am excited to applaud the Keck School of Medicine class of 2022 as they begin their careers during this amazing time."

Other little known facts about Holland include that he is a licensed pilot and he created the Gringo Bandito hot sauce.

Green Day posted a snip of new music on their social media pages.

The short video is the latest in a series of teasers from the band in recent months.

This new 10-second clip features the logo of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's defunct Adeline Records, some footage of graffiti being sprayed, a studio, and the band driving around in a convertible car.

At one point in the clip, the numbers "1972" flash up on screen yet again, just like in the previous teases.

Fans online pointed out that all three members of the band… Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, were born in 1972, and that it could be a 50^th birthday album.

In the meantime, Green Day continues on the road with stops in the UK and Europe later this summer.

TL;DR:

• Green Day posted a snip of new music on their social media pages.
• The short video is the latest in a series of teasers from the band in recent months.
• At one point in the clip, the numbers "1972" flash up on screen yet again, just like in the previous teases.

Florence Welch teased what could be new music via a social media post yesterday (Tuesday, February 22nd). It was a picture of Welch dressed elaborately with the work "King" written across the bottom in all caps. She simply captioned it, “Did you miss me….” followed by a black heart emoji.

Billboard reports that Welch shared another mysterious post on TikTok in which her "gold-laden, tattooed hands are seen turning over a playing card to reveal the same portrait next to a pink envelope with an ornate seal." That clip is captioned “Something’s coming."

Florence and the Machine‘s last full-length studio album, High as Hope, was released in 2018.

Smashing Pumpkins have announced their spring Rock Invasion 2 Tour, which will kick off at Memphis' Beale Street Music Festival on April 29th. The run will make 18 stops before wrapping up on May 29th at the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL.

The tour will feature special guests Bones.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale on Friday (February 25th) at 10 a.m. local time.

Coheed & Cambria has debuted their new video for "The Liars Club." The song is off of their new album Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, which is due out on May 27th.

Meanwhile, the band has announced the dates for their upcoming North American headlining tour, entitled ‘A Window Of The Waking Mind Tour.‘  Dance Gavin Dance and Mothica will support the band throughout the trek.

Check out the tour dates below:

02/22 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
02/23 Memphis, TN – The Soundstage at Graceland
02/25 Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall
02/26 New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore
02/28 Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
03/01 Chattanooga, TN – The Signal
03/02 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
03/04 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
03/05 Richmond, VA – The National
03/06 Newport, KY – PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation
03/08 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
03/09 Madison, WI – The Sylvee
03/11 Fort Wayne, IN – Clyde Theatre
03/13 Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
03/14 Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory
03/15 Albany, NY – Empire Live
03/17 Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
03/18 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
03/10 Harrisburg, PA – Xl Live

With Dance Gavin Dance & Mothica:

07/12 Miami, FL – FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park
07/13 Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/15 Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
07/16 New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Amphitheater
07/18 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
07/19 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
07/23 Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
07/24 Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/26 Washington, DC – The Anthem
07/27 Philadelphia, PA – The Liacouras Center
07/29 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
07/30 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors
08/02 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Festival Grounds
08/03 Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach
08/05 Minneapolis, MN – Armory
08/06 Bridgeview, IL – SeatGeek Stadium
08/07 St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park
08/09 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
08/10 Salt Lake City, UT – The Lot at The Complex
08/12 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine LA Outdoors
08/13 San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
08/14 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
08/16 Seattle, WA – Marymoor Park
08/17 Troutdale, OR – Edgefield

My Chemical Romance and Green Day will be heading the 2022 Firefly festival together. 

According to Loudwire, the bands are headlining the four-day event, which will take place from September 22nd to September 25th at The Woodlands in Dover, Delaware. 

Pop stars Halsey and Dua Lipa are scheduled as the headliners bookending the event.

Pre-sale tickets for the festival will be available on Friday (February 25th) and general tickets go on sale on Monday (February 28th).

Papa Roach and hard rock group Highly Suspect have announced a trio of shows for May.

The bands will be in Springfield, MO on May 22nd, Tulsa, OK on the 24th and San Antonio on the 26th.

Tickets for the general public will go on sale this Friday, February 25th.

Prior to that, Papa Roach will be on the road with Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves from March 1st through March 30th. 

Daft Punk announced Tuesday (Feb. 22nd) that they are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Homework by releasing a special deluxe edition of the album.

According to NME, the special edition of their debut album will feature new remixes, nine of which were previously unavailable on streaming services.

The electro-pop duo is also sharing a one-time only livestream on Twitch of a 1997 performance in which the pair can be seen without their signature helmets.

Slash's new song, "Fill My World" was inspired by Myles Kennedy's dog, Mozart.

The idea came when Kennedy couldn't get home to his dog during a storm, but was watching him through a security camera. Although Mozart was secure, he was freaking out with the sounds of the storm.

Kennedy says that the song is based on the perspective of… "When are you coming to save me?

Kennedy said when he recorded it, if you listen close you can hear his voice break at one point because the song meant so much to him. Admitting… "I'm a softie; I'll admit that. I'm a guy, if I'm in a chick flick, I will cry during the movie."

"Fill My World" is on Slash's fifth solo album called 4. It was released earlier this month.

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators recently kicked off a North American headlining tour. They'll hit 28 cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and Nashville.

TL;DR:

• Slash's new song, "Fill My World" was inspired by Myles Kennedy's dog, Mozart.
• Kennedy says that the song is based on the perspective of… "When are you coming to save me?
• It's on Slash's fifth solo album called 4.

Tool's fans aren't happy with the band at the moment. On Sunday (February 20th) night, the band posted on Instagram about news of an Ultra Deluxe vinyl version of their 2019 album Fear Inoculum which will be only sold at live shows, but it's gonna cost big money. To begin with, it's strictly available to fans who bought the Toolarmy VIP tickets to current concert dates. On top of that, the autographed set, which includes five discs of 180-gram vinyl with music on one side and etched art on the other, costs $810.

Via a Reddit thread, fans reacted with comments like "Seems like a great way to let your fans know that you have absolutely no respect for them, whatsoever," and "Tool's pretentiousness knows no bounds."

Bring Me the Horizon adopted a more eco-friendly approach which reduced emissions by 38% during their U.K. arena tour last year. According to Loudwire, during their brief 2021 fall tour, the group used renewable fuel for trucks, ate plant based meals, reducing food waste, using energy efficient equipment and, provided water coolers on the tour bus and through back of house at shows.

The band's efforts avoided contributing 27.97 metric tonnes of CO2e -- which is carbon dioxide equivalent. This figure does not count for audience travel.

Billie Eilish is continuing to keep fans safe on her Happier Than Ever tour.

The singer was performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday (Feb. 19th) when she encouraged fans to take a breather. Footage obtained by TMZ also showed the "Bad Guy" singer asking fans near the stage to step back and give each other room.

Eilish drew the ire of Kanye "Ye" West for allegedly throwing shade at Travis Scott during the Atlanta stop on her tour earlier this month.

When the singer paused the show to help a fan who had trouble breathing, she told fans, "I wait for people to be OK before I keep going." The comment prompted Ye to threaten to pull out of Coachella if the 20-year-old star doesn't apologize.

Twitter dragged Machine Gun Kelly for trying to crack an Avengers joke during intros at the NBA All-Star game Sunday (Feb. 20th).

The rocker, who was wearing a sparkly rhinestone sweater and pansuit, brought on Team Durant before making a self-deprecating joke. MGK said, "All right look, I'm not a great basketball...OK, I'm not even a good basketball player, but I did steal all of the Infinity Stones from Thanos, so LeBron, if you need me, I can probably sink something from half-court while I'm wearing this tonight. Just let me know, I'll be happy to step out."

Twitter users immediately called the joke "corny," said it was causing them "physical pain" and requested that he be taken off the stage.

In other botched All-Star intros, Meghan Fox was mistakenly referred to as MGK's wife on the jumbotron. The two have not yet wed and only confirmed their engagement a month ago.

Foo Fighters have released a new trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy film, Studio 666.

The story is about a metal rock band moving into a demon-obsessed house to record their next album. Dave Grohl's character, at first is inspired, but then, as the recording continues, he's overtaken by the demons and spirits.

Because of the blood and gore content, the promotional video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube.

As for the music from the fictional band in the movie, Grohl is planning on releasing an entire metal album.

The movie is based on a story by Grohl and will be in theatres on February 25.
TL;DR:

• Foo Fighters have released a new trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy film, Studio 666.
• The movie is based on a story by Grohl.
• In theatres on February 25.

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale says that things are very different playing shows post-Covid. She recently told Detroit's WRIF, "I feel like it's different now in a strange way. Everything is a little elevated. No one's chatting on their phone. Everyone's going to a show like it's gonna be their last show. It's pretty incredible."

Hale admits she was super nervous about playing her first live show after so many months in Nashville last summer. She explained, "It had been the longest I've ever gone without doing a live show, and my panic mode started at soundcheck. It wasn't just, like, 10 minutes before we go on, 'Oh, God.' It was just all day of, like, 'Oh my Gosh. We're really doing this.'"

Halestorm's fifth studio album, Back From The Dead, will be released on May 6th.

For the 8^th time, Metallica Night has been scheduled for Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants.

The event, which has previously seen Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield perform the national anthem and drummer Lars Ulrich throw out the ceremonial first pitch, has been on hold due to the pandemic.

Through a press release, the band said, "It's a tradition that we've missed the last two seasons, so we're really excited for the return of Metallica Night at Oracle Park with our hometown baseball team, the San Francisco Giants.

Metallica will take over the field as the Giants play the New York Mets on May 24.

TL;DR:

• For the 8^th time, Metallica Night has been scheduled for Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants.
• The band will perform the national anthem and throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
• Metallica will take over the field as the Giants play the New York Mets on May 24.

A collection of Vinnie Paul videos has been posted online in one location for easy fan access. The 44 minute of Vinnie talking covers 7 years of online messages.

The YouTube channel, Aaros Compilations created the tribute and it's now available for viewing.

Co-founder of Pantera and a member of Hellyeah for 12 years, he died in 2018 at age 54 from a heart condition.

TL;DR:

• A collection of Vinnie Paul videos has been posted online.
• The YouTube channel, Aaros Compilations created the tribute and it's now available for viewing.

As Scorpions gear up for an album release, they have dropped a new single. "Shining of Your Soul," is a more mid-tempo paced song with singer, Klaus Meine opening up about the uncertainties of love and how his heart is overpowered once a certain someone is near.

Meine said, "The new material sees us return to our roots. We simply wanted to reactivate the original Scorpions' DNA … great riffs, strong melodies."

The band has now released four songs from their next album, Rock Believer, which comes out on February 25.

TL;DR:

• Scorpions dropped a new single. "Shining of Your Soul"
• The band has now released four songs from their next album.
• Rock Believer, comes out on February 25.

Buckcherry will head out on their second headlining U.S. tour this year beginning on April 29th in Des Plaines, IL. They will be joined on the 18-date run by Blacktop Mojo and Sumo Cyco.

Buckcherry recently wrapped up a co-headlining runs with The Lacs which launched in early January.

The band recently released a music video for their latest single, "54321."