Today's Day in Rock Stories

Ritchie Blackmore Streams First New Rainbow Song In 22 Years

When the event's sound system was shut down during a natural pause in the band's classic 1997 hit, Dave Grohl and company kept playing and, as the audience realized what was happening, they joined in to help finish the song.

The Foo Fighters closed out the Memorial Day weekend event on a bill that also saw a headline set by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. Following a planned hiatus after the completion of extensive touring in support of 2014's "Sonic Highways", the group will next appear at the Secret Solstice Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland on June 16 before a series of festival dates across Europe this summer.

During the performance Keenan told the crowd, "As artists, we interpret and report, that's our job. We are merchants of emotion. We have the privilege to do that because of active and former law enforcement and military defending our right to do so.

"Those of you who are law enforcement and military, your job is to defend our right to act like whining, entitled snowflake a--holes, myself being one. Snowflakes, your job is to respect them f---king doing that for you. Divided we fall. Don't believe the hype dumb-dumbs, we're all in this together."

Though not mentioning Cornell by name, he adjusted the line in the Pearl Jam song, "Long Road," from "But still / Something is missing" to "Without you / Something is missing," according to World Gone Crazy.

Additionally, he played "I'm So Tired" by Fugazi, which is regarded to be a song about suicide, featuring the lyrics, "No more struggle / No more energy / No more patience / You can write that down / It's all too crazy / I'm not sticking round."

Ozzy will be headlining the first night of the two day event on September 30th at Champions Park in Louisville, KY. Wylde is playing with Osbourne for the first time in over a decade during the Sabbath legends' 2017 live appearances.

The official TSO website issued the following update on Monday (May 30th) "Paul's family has been inspired and thankful for the outpouring of support, well-wishes, and prayers, and we thank you for your ongoing respect for their personal privacy.

During the show's encore, the fans got even more than they paid for when Springsteen appeared on stage to perform "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" with the E Street Band guitarist.

The band reunited with frontman Danny Worsnop last year and this past week Matt Good shared two posts via Instagram from the studio with the group.

He first posted a photo of recording gear with the caption "So stoked to use all these beautiful babies for Asking Alexandria drum tracking tomorrow. Day 1 of who knows ? Maybe James just kills the whole record first day!? Lol"

The tour is scheduled to kick off on July 6th in Brooklyn, NY at the Saint Vitus Bar and will be concluding on July 30th in Montreal, QC, Canada at L'Esco.

"Your wish is our command!" guitarist Chad Gilbert wrote. "We are bringing our 20 Year Anniversary Tour to all the cities we missed the first time! More albums, more cities, more fun! You only turn 20 once � might as well tour like it! Thank you for being the best fans any band could dream to have. This is for you!"

The band filmed the Aaron McLoughlin produced video at the Alte Liebe pub in Frankfurt, Germany back in February. Andreas "Gerre" Geremia had the following comments about the clip, "As Aaron was also already responsible for the comic clip of 'Fooled By Your Guts', we have spared neither cost nor effort to fly him in from Australia for recording this new clip with us.

Fredrik Nordstrom explains, "We had a heavy metal jury, which are fans we invited, to pick the 12 songs that we're going to have on the album. And we have a rule; if you're going to be part of the jury you can't be able to play a musical instrument. You just have to be a heavy metal fan.

The song features special guest vocals. Duncan reveals, "Heart In Delay came together when my friend and tour buddy Nicole Yun joined on vocals, a song that is about being let down and a breakdown in trust. We recorded it driven and raw to suit the sentiment." Stream the track here.

The band had the following to say about the new clip, "It is inspired by the lyrics of the song which in itself is a play on the word 'worship.' The protagonist takes a symbolic journey from the natural human condition to the trappings of the dogmas of society, religion etc.

The dynamic "Supercharge" was penned last Summer when Reynolds and Big Narstie were introduced by mutual photographer friend Jordan Curtis Hughes. Reynolds then went on to produce the track, assisted by the bands live engineer Tim Morris and it was then mixed by David Kosten (Everything Everything / Bat For Lashes).

Rou Reynolds shared this background on the new track, "I started writing a lot of new music at the start of 2016. 'Supercharge' emerged after a pretty vicious cull, and we began getting excited about it as touring started to quiet down later in 2016.

Jen Nyx : It's a bit hard to explain this in just a few sentences. The title is a double entendre that explains the song well. The track has a punk rock spirit - "Obey!" as in we have to obey to what society dictates to us, and "Obey!" as in we have to obey our natural instincts.

Everywhere we go - at work, in life, at play - we have to follow some rules. Most of the time, without even being conscious of them. Sometimes they cage us, sometimes they permit us to not fall into madness and anarchy. For some people it's hard to find a middle ground. Some need rules more than others - like people who follow religion. They cannot live without rules. Another example would be the constitutional laws that guide people of this planet. Many people don't hesitate to follow laws without question. Are we more free when we decide to not follow these rules? "Like a dog destroying it's chains�"

Freedom can mean finding purpose in our choices - to be or not to be, to live or die. We make a multitude of choices in our lives. That's what individualizes us. But are we really free to be who we want to be inside, or is it just an illusion? This question can lead us to use our primal instincts. To just not lose control. These are the questions I asked myself when writing this track.

We chose to make a video out of this track because we felt there were a lot of visual ideas to bring this song to live. You can see me chained to a throne feeding a dog - this imagery is portraying us at the top of the "animal reign", but really, we are chained. The humans. You can also see my eating fresh meat - this is linked to the theme of primal instinct. It's also a provocative jab at veganism, although I do respect vegans� the punk spirit means provoking thought.

We're not claiming Volker is a punk band, we just kept that mentality when writing this track and planning the video.

To end, I want to quote "Together, to bite the dust". That means, whatever you do, whatever you fight for, whatever your convictions, whatever you are.... we will all turn to dust.

Ulrich Wegrich (the tracks songwriter and lyricist): I don't remember what inspired me in the very beginning of working on "Obey!", but the first version of this track was really rock n' roll and hard rock... almost maybe a bit too much... that's why you can hear a big change in ambience in the middle of the track. I added something dark and heavier with a touch of black metal inspiration.

Most of the time I avoid those kind of riffs and guitar leads in Volker but here it sounded very cool, so I kept it. I really love the way Jen absorbed, felt, and grabbed the music.

I compose alone, isolated, at home. When I have a new song ready, I send it to Jen and totally let her take the reins with the lyrics. We don't have the same brain� she feels the songs in a completely different way. Sometimes it's really funny to hear what she sees and imagines when coming up with lyrics to the songs I write. Of course, each time the vocals she send me are completely different than what I ever imagined. It's cool.

"Obey!" and Volker is the result of this combination of songwriting and creative lyricism!