Today's Day in Rock Stories

Stone Temple Pilots, The Cult and Bush Announce Summer Tour

The music industry magazine reports the project sold 124,000 equivalent album units - with 121,000 in traditional album sales - according to Nielsen Music to enter atop the prestigious chart while also scoring the largest sales week for a rock album in 2018.

In the country for a tour with The Sensational Space Shifters in support of his latest album, "Carry Fire", Plant sat down with presenter Ryan Fitzgerald to discuss a variety of topics, including early performances of the iconic song following its 1971 release on "Led Zeppelin IV."

"I know it's a long song, and I also know that I had a little bit of trouble remembering lyrics, back in '72, '73," explains Plant. "Our manager [Peter Grant], who was quite a formidable personality � he'd come to the front of the stage in the middle of it all and he'd have the lyrics, like that Bob Dylan thing [in his video for 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'] Anyway, it was very funny. "I can't remember what verse goes where. I know there's something about 'bustle in the hedgerow' and then all that stuff.

Frontman Matt Tuck recently spoke with NME about the new studio effort and says that the group is "very happy with it" but he also predicted that it will "take a lot of people by surprise by the way it sounds and the instrumentation that we've incorporated into it this time.

Blackmore sat down for an interview with Billboard and was asked "You're a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer now, with Deep Purple. How do you feel about it now that it's happened? Any regrets about not attending the ceremony?"

He responded, "I have no interest in that type of thing. I don't believe in people being in the position where they can say who is in and who is out in the music business.

Papa Emeritis Zero replaces outgoing singer Papa Emeritus III following his work on their third album, 2015's "Meliora", and 2016's "Popestar" EP. Ghost introduced their new frontman in a dramatic fashion at the finale of their 2017 tour in Gothenburg, Sweden last fall, where he told the crowd: "The party is over and now a new era begins. The Middle Ages begin now."

The singer will be featured on the group's upcoming fourth studio record, which was recorded last year at Artery Studios in Stockholm, Sweden with producer Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Opeth).

The new season will be kicking off with the Lynyrd Skynyrd episode at 8PM eastern this Sunday, April 8th. It will be followed at 9PM by fellow southern rock icons The Allman Brothers.

The actor and band leader has hit the road to promote the release of the group's forthcoming album "America", which is set to be released this Friday, April 6th.

Leto set out yesterday (April 2nd) from New York City and plans to cross the U.S. by using any possible transportation including "trains, planes, automobiles, hitchhiking, Greyhound bus, Lyft rides, NASCAR pit stops, bicycles and more," according to the announcement.

The new film was directed by drummer Jon Sortland and according the announcement it "depicts James Mercer's quest to solve the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart."

The show at the city's Jyske Bank Boxen saw the band deliver an 18-song performance that featured the tour's debut of their 1991 track, "Holier Than Thou", which also made its first appearance in the set since 2012.

The Herning gig marked Metallica's return to live action following a 6-week break from the road as they continue a spring trek across Europe that runs into early May.

The dates will be interrupted when Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants host the 6th annual Metallica Night AT &T Park on April 23. "We'll take a quick break from the European tour to head back to the Bay Area and celebrate one of our favorite hometown traditions," says Metallica. "Members of the band will be on hand to start things off right with the National Anthem and first pitch, sticking around all night to cheer on the team against the Washington Nationals.

Dubbed the 25 Years And Counting Tour, the trek will be kicking off on June 27th in Boise, ID at the Taco Bell Arena and will finish on Sept 22nd in Nashville at the Pilgrimage Festival.

Frontman Adam Duritz had this to say,"The nice thing about having 25 years of music to celebrate and seven studio albums we absolutely love to choose from is that we can play a different show every night.

Frontman Chris Robertson recently revealed that the new album will mark a change of sound for the group. He told Classic Rock, "This album's not as heavy. In truth, there was some anger and aggression that came out on some of the Kentucky songs, just from changing record labels and stuff like that.

The new visual is for the song "Council of Wolves And Snakes" which is one of the tracks that will be featured on the band's new studio effort "Eonian", which is set to be released on May 4th. Watch the clip here.

Frontman Shagrath had this to say,: "It's a song that sticks out from the rest of the album, it's Dimmu Borgir going into an experimental direction, but you can also find a lot of black metal inspiration in the middle section of the song. We are a band that has never been afraid of trying out new directions and artistically this is surely a very interesting and different track."

Kerswill had this to say, "We consciously sat on the record for the last few years due to a lot of scheduling issues and we had all talked about the idea that back then. Everything was about content, and we wanted the days of Soundgarden and Tool-style mystery."

Fair added, "When I was first approached by Derek about getting involved with the Downpour, ?Shadows Fall was starting to come to an end and I wasn't sure I was ready to start working with another band

Preorders are currently available here and the band had this to say, "It's worth noting that the compositions appearing on the album are not only based on theoretical concepts and ideas Edgar had outlined, but also on a large number of actual musical sketches that he luckily had already prepared during the initial phase of the band's reformation process.

Luke (aka Miracle) shared, "Dan and I excel and struggle on similar levels. We have so much passion and we are so ambitious. That song came from a time when we were beginning the band and we needed something deep. I wanted to build a gang - like a gang of the future. We want the band to be for the common man, the underdog, the homeless, the person who shows love to his neighbour."

frontman Beau Bokan had this to say about the new clip, "It was pretty awesome filming this video about Phoenix while we were actually in Phoenix. The whole concept is about a dude who buys a possessed TV and he can't get rid of it! We wanted sort of a Black Mirror/Twilight Zone vibe.

The band will be launching the new tour leg on May 31st in Detroit, MI at the El Club and will be wrapping up the trek on June 15th in Memphis, TN at Growler's.

Mario Rubalcaba had this to say, "Our new album, Black Heaven, is out now and we're super excited to get out on the road again to play the Nelsonville Music Festival plus a bunch of U.S. headline shows in spots we haven't hit yet.

The band recruited Vince Lundi to direct the new visual which was filed at the Ohio State Reformatory ('The Shawshank Redemption') and guitarist Justin Olmstead had the following to say, "Everything came together perfectly for the War Is Killing Us All video.

"The song is dark and aggressive, so we wanted to go at it in a unique way that would actually capture the attitude. Capture the mentality of twisted distress and borderline insanity, while portraying that most battles are created and sustained in our own minds, ultimately attacking ourselves.

Directed by Daryl Hannah, the project is a fantasy western that sees a band of cowboys and outlaws pass the days hiding out in the mountains, digging for treasure while they wait for the full moon to bring its magic; Young plays the "Man In The Black Hat" alongside Promise Of The Real members Micah Nelson "The "Particle Kid") and Lukas Nelson ("Jail Time").

Young and the group are featured on the soundtrack, which was issued on double vinyl and digital in sync with the film's exclusive March 23 debut on Netflix, with the CD edition to follow on April 20.

Produced by Young and John Hanlon, the record presents music from the singer in multiple configurations: with the band; with an Orchestra recorded on the MGM Soundstage; backed by Jim Keltner, Paul Bushnell and Joe Yankee; and, performing several solo electric guitar passages.