Day in Rock Report for 02/21/2022

Paul McCartney has announced that they will be hitting the road this spring for his Got Back Tour that will feature the Beatles legend's first live shows since 2019.

McCartney had this to say about the 13-city trek, "I said at the end of the last tour that I'd see you next time. I said I was going to get back to you. Well, I got back!" (read more)

Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti has revealed via social media that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but has a high probability of survival since it was detected early.

Meniketti shared the news on Friday, February 18th, with the following details, "First of all, I wanted to thank everyone who have sent nice thoughts my way after hearing I had to move shows for a hospital procedure. I very much appreciate that. (read more)

Iron Maiden will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark "Number Of The Beast" album will special commemorative cassette release.

The cassette will include the 2015 remastered recordings of the original eight songs on the album, which was the band's first to feature frontman Bruce Dickinson. (read more)

(hennemusic) Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators have debuted their new album, "4", in the UK Top 5. According to the Official Charts Company, the project enters the UK Top 100 album chart at No. 5.

Slash and the group recorded the set with producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile) at the historic RCA Studio A to Nashville, TN, capturing the new material with a series of full band performances live in the studio. (read more)

(hennemusic) The Scorpions are sharing audio of their brand new single, "Shining Of Your Soul", as the latest preview to their forthcoming album, "Rock Believer."

Due February 25, the band's 19th studio set marks the first appearance of ex-Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee on record with the group since his addition in 2016. (read more)

(hennemusic) Pink Floyd are streaming video of their 1995 concert film, "Pulse", in sync with its reissue on February 18. Headed by director David Mallet, the project captures the group on the European leg of the 1994 "Division Bell" tour and, among other highlights, it presents the only filmed version of a full performance of the UK outfit's seminal 1973 record, "The Dark Side Of The Moon."

The 2022 package is now available as 2x Blu-ray and 2x DVD deluxe box sets, with the video footage having been expertly re-edited by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis from the original tape masters especially for "The Later Years" release in 2019. (read more)

(hennemusic) Judas Priest are streaming pro-shot video of a performance of their 1980 classic, "Living After Midnight", featuring Glenn Tipton at the 2021 edition of the UK's Bloodstock Open Air festival last summer.

The lead single from "British Steel" is the third song shared from the event recently, following "Metal Gods" and "Breaking The Law"; all three include a rare appearance from Tipton, who retired from extensive a few years ago due to the effects of Parkinson's Disease. (read more)

Memphis May Fire have premiered a music video for their new single "Make Believe." The track comes from the band's forthcoming album, "Remade In Misery", which will be released on June 3rd.

Matty Mullins had this to say about the new single, "Our seventh single has arrived and it's one of my favorite MMF tunes of all time. 'Make Believe' feels significantly different from the rest of the singles and it offers a whole new flavor that our fans haven't heard from us before. (read more)

(hennemusic) Queen revisit the 2002 concert at Buckingham Palace in honor of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee on the latest episode of the band's 50th anniversary video series The Greatest.

In 1975, Brian May's arrangement of the British National Anthem, "God Save The Queen", appeared as the closing track on their "A Night At The Opera" album, and from that point onwards, a recording of the track has brought the curtain down on every Queen concert. (read more)

Brett Young has released a music video for his latest single "You Didn't," which was directed by Seth Kupersmith (Mercy," "Catch, "Lady" and "Not Yet).

Young had this to say about the new visual, "The cool thing about this video is that it lets you in on how the narrator is actually feeling, as opposed to how he's presented in the song. (read more)

Joe Satriani has released a visualizer for his brand new single "Faceless". The track comes from the guitar icon's forthcoming 19th studio album.

The record will be "The Elephants of Mars" and it scheduled to hit stores on April 8th. Satriani had this to say about the new single, "It's about when the person you want to see you for who you really are, doesn't seem to recognize you. (read more)

Edgar Winter has shared "Mean Town Blues", which features a guest appearance from Joe Bonamassa and is the second single from the forhtocming "Brother Johnny" album,

The all-star album was organized by Edgar to pay tribute to his brother Johhny Winter and is set to be released on April 15th (read more)

Caliban have premiered the music video for their brand new single "Dystopia", which features a guest appearance from Christoph Wieczorek of Annisokay.

The song is the title track to the German rocker's forthcoming album that is set to hit stores on April 22nd and was produced by Benjamin Richter (Moonspell, Emil Bulls) and guitarist Marc Görtz as well as co-produced by Callan Orr (Dream On, Dreamer). (read more)

Robin Trower is streaming his new single "No More World To Conquer". The song is also the title track to his forthcoming studio album, which will be hitting stores on April 29th.

Trower says of the upcoming record, "With every album, it's the best I can do at that particular time. I think that's what it's about. I set myself goals and each song has to live up to them. (read more)

Arizona rockers Archetypes Collide are celebrating their brand new deal with Fearless Records with the release of a music video for their new single "Undertow".

The band had this to say about the track, "The song leans on the idea of letting past failures (read more)

Ohio rockers South Of Eden have shared a music video for their new single "Lone Riders". The track is the follow-up to the band's cover of the Van Halen classic "Drop Dead Legs".

Vocalist Ehab Omran had this to say, "We chose 'Lone Riders' as our first single because we felt the high-energy music and down to earth lyrics encapsulate everything about this band. It's about being broke, overlooked, and over being on the outside looking in. You deal with it by getting high and watching life go by because you can't afford to keep up with it. (read more)

WHOKILLEDXIX (Karm The Tool and Yung Skayda) have released a visualizer video for their brand new single "DATAMOSHBLOODDROP," which was just released via Masked Records / Warner Records.

They sent over the following details: Drenched in dissonance, the track's glitchy and distorted vocals echo through a hazy soundscape punctuated by intense rapping and screams. A barrage of synths and guitars propels the digitized catharsis as the hook rings out. It's the punk rock of the future and the future is now. Be on the lookout for the premiere of the music video very soon. (read more)

New Jersey rockers Rigbi recently released their new single "I'm A Mess In Winter" featuring a guitar solo from Dave Depper (Death Cab for Cutie) and to celebrate we asked Jon Irizarry to tell us about the track, which will appear on their new EP "Find Your Light" (out April 8th). Here is the story:

Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) is something I think many people are familiar with, even if they don't realize it. It's the instance where your mood is altered by the change in seasons, commonly seen as depression or a feeling of gloominess in the Winter. It's often tied to a deficiency in Vitamin D we get from sunlight. "I'm a Mess In Winter" was written in one of those winters. Being a redhead, the Sun and I don't really get along (I burn in about 10 minutes). So with the cold New Jersey Winter driving us inside, I tend to miss the already little sunlight I get! When writing the lyrics, I wanted to lay out that feeling honestly without clouding it in too many metaphors, almost like a self-reflection or my own therapy session. "It's starting to snow, I don't know where to go but I'll get there" was the first lyric I wrote, and it just felt right, so it ended up being the opening line to the tune. The idea was to touch on not only that feeling that comes with S.A.D. but the guilt you can feel externally to others for not feeling "normal." It can become this endless feedback loop of feeling depressed, feeling bad about feeling depressed, and then being depressed that you feel bad, and so on. It's the ouroboros of anxiety. (continue)