"Between a new live album and summer tour, hennemusic readers followed Van Halen with intense interest all year long," says Bruce Henne, "landing the group 7 of the top 10 rock news stories of 2015, while the ongoing debate over the reuse of original makeup by non-original members delivered KISS their first hennemusic Rock News Award."

In the tradition of the weekly hennemusic Hot 10, the hennemusic Rock News Awards are determined by music fans: winners are based on the combined total page views of the top 50 hennemusic rock news stories of the past twelve months.