Day in Rock Report for 10/18/2022

Ozzy Osbourne has teamed with online fundraising platform Omaze and SpeedKore Performance Group to give away a custom Dodge Demon to one lucky customer, while supporting Save The Music Foundation.

Now through December 23, participants can donate to Save The Music Foundation and enter for the chance to win this coveted one-of-one custom Dodge Demon upgraded by the experts at SpeedKore, the team behind a number of famous movie franchise supercars. (read more)

(hennemusic) The Red Hot Chili Peppers are debuting a video for "The Drummer", the latest single from their newly-released album, "Return Of The Dream Canteen."

The song follows "Tippa My Tongue" and the Eddie Van Halen tribute, "Eddie", as the third clip issued from the project, which follows "Unlimited Love" as both the group's second record of 2022 and a reunion with returning guitarist John Frusciante for the first time since his departure in 2009. (read more)

(hennemusic) David Bowie camp will release "Divine Symmetry", an expansive box set featuring unreleased material from the year leading up the release of his late 1971 album, "Hunky Dory."

Due November 25, the 4-CD/Blu-Ray and digital equivalent package - subtitled "An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory" - contains home demos, BBC radio sessions and live and studio recordings, including 48 previously unreleased tracks/demos from the period, and new alternative mixes by original co-producer Ken Scott. (read more)

Miss May I broke the bad news to fans that they have been forced to drop of their upcoming European tour with Bury Tomorrow and August Burns Red due to changing logistics.

The band shared, "It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we must announce that Miss May I will no longer be joining the upcoming fall tour with Bury Tomorrow and August Burns Red, due to unforeseen logistical changes since the tour was originally booked in 2019. (read more)

Iron Maiden's Legacy of the Beast free-to-play mobile game have announced another major in-game collaboration, this time with Avenged Sevenfold's Deathbats Club.

Following several successful collaborations last year and several this year (in 2022 Legacy of the Beast have teamed up with Disturbed, Powerwolf, Arch Enemy, Five Finger Death Punch and Within Temptation), Legacy of the Beast is very excited to immortalize Avenged Sevenfold's iconic logo and NFT project, the Deathbats into the free to play game! This exciting collaboration has culminated in a dungeon event called Nightmare Carnival. (read more)

(hennemusic) Heart's Nancy Wilson, one of the first prominent female guitar players in hard rock, is preparing to sell her used music gear on Reverb.

In partnership with Definitive Authentic, she's now passing on the gear she's used while making her mark in music history with The Official Nancy Wilson Of Heart Reverb Shop, which opens October 19. (read more)

The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' music video has surpassed 1 billion streams on YouTube making it the 225th video to achieve this huge milestone.

Among a plethora of the band's global hits, "Every Breath You Take" is one of their best-known tracks. Released in 1983 but uploaded just 12 years ago, this is the seventh music video from the 1980's to have reached a billion views. The video, shot in black and white, revolves around the trio performing the song, with Sting singing and playing the double bass, Andy Summers on guitar, and Stewart Copeland drumming, joined by a four-piece string section and grand piano highlighting the underlying musical parts of this classic Police track. (read more)

5 Seconds of Summer have premiered a music video for their new ballad "Older," which features vocals from lead singer Luke Hemmings' fiancee, Sierra Deaton.

"If you knew the world was ending tomorrow, who would you want to spend it with? Would you be with a lover? Your children? Your best friends? Would you want to be alone?" asks 5 Seconds of Summer. (read more)

Greta Van Fleet have been forced to postpone three concerts this week after frontman Josh Kiszka ruptured his eardrum during a concert in Bangor on Sunday (October 17th).

The vocalist broke the news to fans via social media. He wrote, "To our fans in Raleigh, Greenville and Jacksonville, it's with a heavy heart that we must reschedule our shows this upcoming week. (read more)

(hennemusic) Judas Priest performed their 1976 classic, "Genocide", for the first time in 40 years during the opening night of their fall US tour in Wallingford, CT on October 13, and fan-filmed video from the event is available online.

According to setlist.fm, the show at the city's Toyota Oakdale Theatre saw fans treated to the "Sad Wings Of Destiny" track among a number of rarities and tour debuts of "Steeler" from 1980's "British Steel", "Heading Out To The Highway" from 1981's "Point Of Entry", "Judas Rising" from 2005's "Angel Of Retribution", and "Never The Heroes" and the title track from 2018's "Firepower." (read more)

The Day In Rock is excited to premiere the brand new music video for Deb Morrison's new single "Jaded - Live", which arrives ahead of her album release show at the famed Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles this weekend.

The song comes from the acclaimed Americana/alt-country star's brand-new studio album, The North Fork. The video was recorded and filmed by Nic Capelle of Rockton Road studios during lockdown with Morrison on bass, Matt Littell on guitar, and Natalie Capelle on harmony vocals. (read more)

August Burns Red have announced the third annual Christmas Burns Red that will be taking place December 16th and 17th at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, PA.

Both nights will be headlined by August Burns Red and it will mark the band's first time performing two nights at Freedom Hall. Previous years found the band playing a smaller kick-off show in a club setting and following with a show at Freedom Hall. (read more)

We Came As Romans have announced that they will be hitting the road early next year for the Darkbloom US Headline Tour that will feature support from Erra and Brand of Sacrifice.

They are launching the 24-date tour in support of their new album, "Darkbloom", and the trek will kick off on January 19th in Pittsburgh at Mr. Smalls. (read more)

Joe Galante, Jerry Lee Lewis and Keith Whitley became the 147th, 148th and 149th members of the Country Music Hall of Fame as they were formally inducted during a star-studded Medallion Ceremony in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's CMA Theater on Sunday night (October 16th).

Galante, Lewis and Whitley received country music's highest distinction and were honored with heartfelt remarks and inspired performances of songs associated with their careers. (read more)

The 45th anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Street Survivors album is being celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands.

The show's host Redbeard had this to say, "The tale of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Street Survivors would seem to have been hatched in the vivid imagination of Tennessee Williams, Harper Lee, or William Faulkner, but the real-life characters are so colorful, the childhood bonds so strong, the struggles so personal, the victories so inspiring, and the heartbreak so deep that there is simply no need for hyperbole in telling it. The modifiers 'legendary' and 'iconic' are thrown around probably too loosely in rock journalism, but in the case of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Street Survivors, these adjectives are completely warranted, simply because the album was so good, and what happened to the band, just days after its release, was so bad. Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist/songwriter Gary Rossington sets the table for the songs 'What's Your Name', 'That Smell', 'I Know a Little', 'You Got That Right', and reveals what really happened on that fateful night flight 'One More Time'. (read more)

A new episode of Live At The Print Shop has premiered featuring an intimate performance and in-depth interview with Men At Work icon Colin Hay.

Hay performed a selection of classic Men At Work hits and songs from his solo albums, including his latest, Now And The Evermore (released March 18, 2022 on Lazy Eye/Compass Records). (read more)

German rockers The New Roses have premiered a music video for their new single, "My Kinda Crazy". The track comes from their new album "Sweet Poison", which arrives this Friday, October 21sth.

Timmy Rough (vocals/guitar) had the following to say about the brand new single, "'My Kinda Crazy' is a good mix of positive energy and badass Rock & Roll attitude. (read more)

George Shingleton just released his brand single, "Alive," and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the track. Here is the story:

The story of the song "Alive" is really very organic in the way that it came about. My friend and co-writer of the song, Bruce Wallace, and I were just chatting during our writing appointment about life in general, and the subject ended up being how much trouble I'd really be in if it weren't for my wife. I said, "She keeps me alive." (continue)