Day in Rock Report for 02/23/2022

Organizers of Creatures Fest 2022 have announced that original lineup Peter Criss has been added to the special three day event taking place over Memorial Day Weekend

Criss joins a line-up that includes former KISS alumni, Ace Frehley, Vinnie Vincent, and Bruce Kulick. Organizers state, "Three days and nights of live music, an Expo, panel discussions, Meet & Greets and more!! For the first time EVER, Ace Frehley, Vinnie Vincent and Bruce Kulick will be performing at the same event, along with other amazing bands!" (read more)

Former Screaming Trees frontman and Queens Of The Stone Age member, Mark Lanegan, passed away on Tuesday morning (February 22nd) at the age of 57.

The news was broken to fans via Mark's official Twitter account with the following tweet, "Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney, Ireland. (read more)

Tool have announced that they are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their first commercially-available release, "Opiate," with a re-imagined and extended version of the EP's title track and an accompanying short film.

"Opiate2" will be available via DSPs on March 1, with the Blu-ray only visual companion available on March 18. Visual artist Dominic Hailstone ("Alien: Covenant", "The Eel") worked with Jones on the 10-plus minute film, which is the band's first new video in 15 years. (read more)

(hennemusic) Duff McKagan joined Eddie Vedder for a version of the Pretenders classic, "Precious", during a February 21 show at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA and fan filmed video has been shared online.

The tune - which appeared on the Pretenders' self-titled 1979 debut - saw McKagan take the stage for his second guest appearance at a show in his hometown in two weeks, following a February 9 jam at the Paramount Theatre with Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators for a version of the Guns N' Roses track, "Nightrain." (read more)

Senses Fail have confirmed the rumors that they have canceled their U.S. tour with We Came As Romans, Counterparts, and SeeYouSpaceCowboy this spring.

Frontman Buddy Nielsen shared this explanation, "We're sorry to announce that we must cancel the Hell is in Bloom tour. This was a very fast-moving situation, and it was our intention to notify all relevant promoters, bands, and personnel first before taking something to the public. Unfortunately, some information leaked, and news and rumors began to swirl. This is a tough situation, and we respect everyone's anger and feelings towards the cancellation of the tour. (read more)

(hennemusic) The Foo Fighters were guests on a recent episode of ABC-TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live, and the late night program is sharing video of the February 16 appearance.

The full band was on hand to promote the February 25 release of their forthcoming horror-comedy film, "Studio 666." Directed by BJ McDonnell ("Hatchet III"), the project sees the Foos move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much-anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself dealing with supernatural forces that (read more)

(hennemusic) The Scorpions are streaming a lyric video for their new single, "Shining Of Your Soul", as the latest preview to their forthcoming album "Rock Believer."

"When someone enters the room and you sense an aura that makes everything else fade into the background," explains Klzus Meine about the song's meaning. "When the atmosphere changes inexplicably, and one is enveloped in a warm glow. The shining of a soul." (read more)

Halestorm have released a music video for their single "The Steeple". The track comes from the band's forthcoming album, "Back From The Dead", which will be hitting stores on May 6th.

Frontwoman Lzzy Hale had this to say about the new album, "We started writing this album about three months B.C. (Before COVID). Once we went into lockdown and were unable to perform and tour, I fell into a dark place and something of an identity crisis. (read more)

Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash was the special guest of Conan O'Brien on his award-winning podcast "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" on Monday (February 21st).

Slash took a break from his The River Is Rising US Tour with Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators to discuss a variety of topics with the former late night TV icon. (read more)

Sum 41 and Simple Plan have announced that they will be teaming up for the very first time to launch Blame Canada Tour, a two-part coheadlining trek of the U.S.

The bands will be celebrating their debut album on the tour, with Sum 41 performing "All Killer No Filler" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the record and Simple Plan performing "No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls". (read more)

The Black Crowes have just announced a new North American leg of their Shake Your Money Maker tour that sees the reunited band playing the classic album in full.

The trek is set to kick off on June 9th in Fort Lauderdale, FL and will wrap up on August 27th in Miami, OK. Drivin N Cryin will be joining them for their June 19th show in Alpharetta, GA and The Trews will be along for the Canadian dates in Windsor and Toronto. (read more)

Misery Index have announced that they will be releasing their brand new studio album, which will be entitled "Complete Control," on May 13th via Century Media Records .

Bassist/vocalist Jason Netherton had this to say about the effort, "We are super stoked to present our new album 'Complete Control' - a pandemic-spawned 9-track opus of vitriolic death metal which draws heavily on our enduring brutal hardcore and grindcore influences. (read more)

Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Dua Lipa, and Halsey will be headlining this year's Firefly Music Festival that will taking place at The Woodlands in Dover, Delaware on September 22nd through 25th.

They will be joined by All Time Low, Weezer, Zedd, Big Sean, Porter Robinson, Gunna, Bleachers, Avril Lavigne, Jamie xx, The Head And The Heart, Charli XCX, Little Simz, Conan Gray, Wolf Alice, Cordae, and more. (read more)

Alt-rockers Remedy Drive's song "Lovely" just won the Golden Microphone Award from Human Freedom Music Awards (HFMA) and to celebrate we asked vocalist David Zach to tell us about the song. Here is the story:

The inspiration for Lovely comes from the memory of a teenage girl in Latin America, a refugee child that was being coerced by traffickers to sell her body for their profit. I met her on the streets of a crowded public square selling coffee to tourists; she also offered cocaine and sex if you asked the right questions. (continue)