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Bloc Party Members Reunite- Bob Dylan Pizza Prank- Steven Adler Releases New Songs- Dream Theater Says Don't Let Your Drummer Fill In For Another Band- more

12/28/2010
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The Day in Rock Digest for 12/28/10: Bloc Party have reunited over the Christmas period according to NME. The band, who have been on hiatus since mid-2009, have appeared together in a festive snap posted on their official Twitter page more

Whitesnake with special guests Mr. Big, have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-11, 2011 in S�lvesborg in southern Sweden. more

2010 was tough for the concert business as high prices kept many fans at home. Promoters now say they plan to make shows more affordable in 2011. But they'll also try to sell more T-shirts and other merchandise to make up for lost revenue more

Billboard reports: There's no denying Bob Dylan is a legend, and until recently, some Amherst, Mass. folks thought he was a pizza prankster as well. Dylan's name was used in a cruel joke involving pizza on Nov. 20, when a man ordered 178 gourmet pizzas while posing as a roadie for Bob Dylan. more

Dream Theater Guitarist John Petrucci says the biggest lesson he learned in year was "Don't let your drummer fill in for another band."

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler's group Adler�s Appetite have released two new songs digitally. These are titled Stardog and Fading. more

Former Construcdead and current Carnal Forge members have joined forces in a new band called Godsic. The group, which features Peter Tuthill (vocals), Rickard Dahlberg (guitar), Chris Barkensj� (drums) and Thomas Wallander (bass; ex-Construcdead), has spent the last month or so recording songs for its upcoming debut album more

The Jimmy Crespo Project - featuring former Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo - has decided to continue with a new singer and an announcement will be made soon. more

Mob Rules announce that they are parting ways with keyboardist Sascha Onnen and have lined up new shows for 2011 more

Jungle Rot have recruited 21-year-old Newark, Delaware native Jesse Beahler (Her Virgin Womb, Nightfire) as their new drummer. more

The Consequence Of Chaos has announced the addition of vocalist Norman Skinner (Tramontane, Utopian Trap, Machine.Called.Man, Imagika) and bassist Jim Pegram (Imagika, Nitemare, Baphomet, Harum Scarum) to the group's ranks more

On this day in 2005, Pink Floyd were voted the greatest rock stars ever in a survey of 58,000 listeners from U.K. radio station, Planet Rock. Led Zeppelin were voted into second place, third were The Rolling Stones, fourth were The Who, fifth were AC/DC, sixth were U2, seventh were Guns N� Roses, eighth were Nirvana, ninth were Bon Jovi and in tenth place was Jimi Hendrix. Listeners also named the 1970s as the golden age of rock, followed by the 1960s. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

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