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Rock Music February 2012 Archive

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Top 10 Black Keys Songs

Wednesday February 29, 2012
The Black Keys are currently at the top of the Billboard Rock Songs chart with their hit single "Lonely Boy." So in their honor, I decided to put together a ... Read More

Daughtry Tour Dates

Tuesday February 28, 2012
Daughtry have never been considered a very "cool" band. Led by Chris Daughtry, who was discovered thanks to American Idol (he lost out to Taylor Hicks), these rockers have always ... Read More

Kid Rock Is Hooking Up With Symphony Orchestra for Benefit Show

Monday February 27, 2012
Over the course of Kid Rock's career, he's gone from rap to rock to country. But on May 12, he'll be branching out yet again by playing with the Detroit ... Read More

Black Keys Lodge 11th Straight Week at Top of Billboard Rock Songs Chart

Thursday February 23, 2012
For almost three months now, "Lonely Boy" has ruled the Billboard Rock Songs chart. It's getting to the point that it's hard to remember who was No. 1 before them. ... Read More

Incubus, Rob Zombie, Shinedown and Marilyn Manson Coming to Rock on the Range

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Rock on the Range first took place in May 2007, and this summer it will be celebrating six years as one of the biggest pure rock festivals in the U.S. ... Read More

Wilco and Billy Bragg Have More Woody Guthrie Songs on the Way

Tuesday February 21, 2012
Wilco and Billy Bragg teamed up at the end of the 1990s to produce two quality folk-rock albums built around Woody Guthrie lyrics that he'd never turned into songs. Those ... Read More

Marilyn Manson Tour Dates

Tuesday February 21, 2012
As we await the release of Marilyn Manson's forthcoming album, Born Villain, the shock-rocker has unveiled a series of tour dates that will take place from late April until near ... Read More

Alabama Shakes Tour Dates

Sunday February 19, 2012
Though it's still early in the new year, it seems pretty likely that 2012's biggest new rock band will be Alabama Shakes. Hailing from -- you guessed it -- Alabama, ... Read More

"Lonely Boy" Hits 10th Week at No. 1 on Rock Songs Chart

Thursday February 16, 2012
The Billboard Rock Songs chart has only seen one song in the top spot so far in 2012. That would be "Lonely Boy," the latest blockbuster smash from the Black ... Read More

Green Day Start Recording Follow-Up to '21st Century Breakdown'

Wednesday February 15, 2012
Back in May, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong indicated that the punk-rock trio were working on new material, their first since 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. But yesterday came word ... Read More

Dave Matthews Band Announce Tour Dates, New Album

Wednesday February 15, 2012
Dave Matthews Band decided to go on hiatus for 2011, promising that they were "look[ing] forward to returning to the road in 2012." The word "hiatus" always scares fan -- ... Read More

Dizzy Reed Says Entire Original Guns N' Roses Will Show Up for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

Tuesday February 14, 2012
Outside of Axl Rose, keyboardist Dizzy Reed has been with Guns N' Roses the longest. A member since the making of the Use Your Illusion albums, Reed has seen Slash, ... Read More

Slash's New Album Arriving May 22

Monday February 13, 2012
Revered guitarist Slash released his first solo album, simply called Slash, back in 2010, and the concept couldn't have been easier to grasp: Slash plays the six-string, and a bunch ... Read More

Foo Fighters Snag Five Grammys but Lose Out on Album of the Year

Monday February 13, 2012
Capping off an amazing 12-month period, Foo Fighters took home five Grammys Sunday night in Los Angeles. It was an impressive near-sweep for the band, which had been nominated for ... Read More

Black Keys Are at No. 1 for Ninth Week With "Lonely Boy"

Sunday February 12, 2012
Two guys from Ohio are the biggest rock band in the world right now. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, better known as the Black Keys, are at No. 1 on ... Read More

Marilyn Manson Getting Close to Releasing 'Born Villain'

Sunday February 12, 2012
It's been three years since Marilyn Manson put out his last album, The High End of Low. It was his final disc with his longtime label, Interscope, and since then ... Read More

Rockstar Mayhem 2012 Tour Dates

Wednesday February 8, 2012
This summer will see the fifth edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which brings together the biggest hard rock and metal bands. And this year's headliners are two ... Read More

Metallica Announce Their Own Music Festival, Orion Music + More

Tuesday February 7, 2012
It's become popular for rock artists to curate their own festivals. Linkin Park got the ball rolling years ago with their Projekt Revolution. More recently, Dave Matthews Band and Pearl ... Read More

Dave Grohl Is Making a Sitcom

Tuesday February 7, 2012
Dave Grohl is coming off an amazing year. 2011 saw the release of Wasting Light, the first Foo Fighters album to go to No. 1. Plus, two of its singles, ... Read More

Shinedown Headlining Avalanche Tour Dates

Tuesday February 7, 2012
Shinedown's latest album, Amaryllis, will hit stores on March 27, and on that same day the Florida rockers will hit the road for the latest installment of the Avalanche Tour, ... Read More

Black Keys Snag Eighth Week on Billboard Rock Songs Chart

Friday February 3, 2012
In little more than a year, the Black Keys have had two titanically successful singles on the Billboard Rock Songs chart. First was "Tighten Up," which logged 12 nonconsecutive weeks ... Read More

Guns N' Roses Tour Dates

Thursday February 2, 2012
This is shaping up to be a big year for Guns N' Roses. The veteran band will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and ... Read More

Jack White Announces First Solo Album, 'Blunderbuss'

Thursday February 2, 2012
It's been exactly a year since the White Stripes called it quits, but frontman Jack White has been a busy man since, working on Danger Mouse's Rome album, hanging out ... Read More

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