JJO's featured Sound Lounge stay open for entries, Def Leppard book Milwaukee with the Goo Goo Dolls, and A Perfect Circle holds No. 1. Every item links to where we read it.
The Rock Hall act's North American arena run opens March 2 in Allentown, PA and wraps July 2 in Indianapolis, with Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on June 5, 2027. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct 16 at 10 AM local; $1 per ticket benefits City of Hope. Fan-club / Rock Brigade access started Oct 12.
The album lands Oct 30 via Virgin; the 2027 world tour covers North America, UK/Europe and Australia with Don Broco. Local date: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Mar 27, 2027. Radio presale Thu Oct 15, 10 AM–10 PM CT; general on sale Oct 16, 10 AM CT.
Fresh off Palace for the People (out Oct 9), the band hits Green Bay's Resch Center on Sun, July 25, 2027 with Arc De Soleil and Edgehill. General on sale Thu Oct 15 at 10 AM CT.
The clip for the self-titled-album cut lands about a month before the final What Lies Within leg with Big Wreck and Tim Montana, opening Nov 5 in Philadelphia and closing Dec 5 in Reno.
Source: RTTNews, Oct 11Produced by Josh Wilbur; first full-length with drummer Alex Rüdinger. The North American run with In Flames, Orbit Culture, Fit for an Autopsy and Frozen Soul plays The Sylvee, Madison, Nov 22.
Source: Louder / Metal Hammer, Oct 8After a medical emergency stopped Journey's Tulsa show Oct 8 (drum tech Steve Toomey finished the set), Castronovo returned Oct 10 in San Antonio and played a full concert. Neal Schon posted that Deen "crushed" and was "back in rare form."
Source: Blabbermouth, Oct 11Jack White's band played together for the first time in seven years at his Nashville venue the Truth on Oct 10, as Third Man teased Broken Boy Soldiers XX with demos, outtakes and the group's first concert recording.
Source: Attune Magazine, Oct 12On Oct 10 in Las Vegas, the band played the Load deep cut during the Life Burns Faster residency (setlist.fm pegs it at only about 30 plays since 2000). Sphere visuals nodded to the Andres Serrano album art.
Source: The Rock Revival, Oct 12M72 World Tour with Limp Bizkit and Avatar hits Madison's Camp Randall Stadium. Details and trusted ticket links live on the station event page.
Andy Biersack on the new album Vindicate, co-producing with Jake Pitts, and the single "Cut" featuring Lilith Czar.
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Bobby Amaru on Breaking Through, honoring the late Wayne Swinny, and collabs with Trevor McNevan, Austin John Winkler and Johnny Van Zant.
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Robert Mailhouse, Keanu Reeves and Bret Domrose on All In Now, their second album since ending a nearly 20-year hiatus.
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Billy Idol's longtime guitarist on the guest-packed new record Hollow — still 100% Billy Morrison.
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Galbadrakh "Gala" Tsendbaatar on mixing Mongolian instruments and throat singing with Western rock, and carving paths for Mongolian artists.
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Still the latest After Dark on the site: Our Lady Peace with The Verve Pipe (The Sylvee, Oct 5), Beck in Milwaukee (Oct 6), and Weezer with The Shins and Silversun Pickups at Fiserv Forum (Oct 7).
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JJO's Active Rock desk on No. 1 runs, fresh singles and a Friday stack of new releases — still the newest Active Rock News post on the homepage.
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Load with fresh squeakers. Fire into the front row. Watch security file an incident report about dairy.
"I proposed mid-encore. She said yes. Then she slipped on a curd." —Todd M., Waunakee
*Range shrinks when humidity hits "lake effect." **Do not aim at the drummer. Curds may fuse into a single bowling-ball of Colby by set three.
THE FROZEN LAKE RECORD CLUB • SHIPS ON ICE • NO THAWING ALLOWED*
*Records arrive frozen into a single cake of ice. You agree to buy 61 more at "club price" ($44.99 + $18 auger fee) before the next thaw. Club not liable if a muskie eats side B.
Filled with balsam needles and one (1) mysterious guitar pick.
Wear it on the ride up from Madison. Arrive at the cabin able to shred and complain about the weather.
"I woke up smelling like a Christmas tree and knowing every note of 'Free Bird.'" —Karen L., Stoughton
May attract deer. May attract your uncle's stories about '82. Not a flotation device for the Yahara.
Are you TIRED of arguing about which song to play when school is cancelled? There's GOT to be a better way!
Order now and get the Salting-Truck Cowbell and a Black-Ice Capo ABSOLUTELY FREE!
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY (they're sanding the driveway)
Cage rated to 11 and to −28°. Do not use during a real blizzard unless the gig is "probably fine." Will only land on Freebird.
WANTED: Rhythm guitarist who owns a snowblower and can play the quiet part of "November Rain" while plowing.
FOR SALE: Half a PA system. Other half is under the ice on Lake Mendota until April. $150 or best offer of brats.
LOST: Our merch table. Last seen chasing a gust of wind toward the Capitol. Reward: one State Street slice.
SERVICES: Will explain the local football team's defensive scheme between songs. Flat rate. Weddings extra.
PERSONALS: SWF, 41, owns a van that starts on the third try, seeks someone who will share a cheese curd AND a monitor mix.
Classifieds are 100% fictional. If this describes your band, please hydrate and call your mom.
JUST ADD SODA WATER! WATCH THEM SOUNDCHECK!
Hatch a tiny support band in 24 hours! They play 3 songs, thank the headliner, and vanish into the loading dock!
Opening act will demand a rider of gas-station pizza. Opening act will NOT share a drum riser. "Encores" are a myth.
Front-row armor that doubles as a conversation starter at the gas station.
"Caught a water bottle, a setlist, and a brat. The shirt underneath lived." —Miguel R., DeForest
Not OSHA-rated. Not licensed by anybody (we asked; they hung up). Do not use as a sled on Bascom Hill.