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This Day in Top 40 History: June 4

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Progressive metalcore outfit Silent Planet took a bold, confrontational stance against venue-imposed merchandise fees during their Tuesday night performance in Milan, Italy. Confronted with steep financial demands from the local venue, Alcatraz, the band opted to bypass the traditional vending booth entirely. Instead of selling their apparel, the band brought their inventory straight to the stage, throwing free T-shirts directly into the audience during their live set as a calculated act of protest.

The immediate decision to give away their inventory was sparked by what the band described as a highly exploitative venue policy. In an official statement shared to social media ahead of the June 9th concert, Silent Planet laid out the exact financial barriers they were facing on the ground: “Tonight’s venue in Milan is not allowing us to sell our own merch, and demanding a 25% gross vendor fee (merch rate) and an additional 22% tax. We believe this business model is predatory and cannot afford to lose money on our own merch, especially so far from home." Knowing that international fans had already traveled long distances to attend the gig, frontman Garrett Russell decided to pivot: "So we will be throwing out shirts during the set, and will also provide a discount code for those who wish to purchase our merch online.” Video footage subsequently posted to the band's Instagram highlights Russell tossing clusters of shirts deep into the packed crowd to massive cheers.

The contentious issue of aggressive venue merch cuts—where music halls demand anywhere from 15% to 25% of an artist's gross souvenir sales—has remained a fierce battleground in the modern touring economy, where independent acts heavily rely on physical merchandise to stay financially afloat on the road. While industry giants like Live Nation previously made waves by temporarily pausing merchandise cuts and offering traveling stipends for developing bands at select club-level venues, the practice remains highly widespread globally.

Silent Planet is currently trekking across Europe as the primary support act for The Plot In You. Upon returning to the United States later this summer, the band is schedule…

Grammy-nominated Connecticut hardcore heavyweights Hatebreed have officially announced a worldwide signing with BLKIIBLK Records, a prominent heavy music imprint under Frontiers Records. The newly minted partnership will shepherd the release of the band's highly anticipated tenth studio album, slated to drop this fall. Marking the legendary outfit's first full-length effort since 2020's Weight of the False Self, the upcoming record was steered by acclaimed producer and longtime technical collaborator Zeuss, whose extensive history with the band spans career-defining anthems like "I Will Be Heard" and "Destroy Everything." Frontman Jamey Jasta expressed immense enthusiasm for the new chapter, stating, “BLKIIBLK put together a dream team to get behind the new Hatebreed record and we couldn’t be happier — new label, new horizons, crushing new songs."

The studio reunion with Zeuss allowed the band—consisting of Jasta, drummer Matt Byrne, bassist Chris Beattie, and guitarists Wayne Lozinak and Frank Novinec—to capture an elevated, timeless energy in the live room, with Jasta even teasing an intense new track titled "Decisions Become Destinies." Mike Gitter, Global Head of A&R for Frontiers and Label Head of BLKIIBLK, praised the band's enduring legacy and modern relevance, noting, "Jasta and Hatebreed aren't merely about perseverance — they're about bringing the sound of the extreme to a new level. We're honored to be working together."

The major album announcement lands right as the band prepares for an incredibly demanding summer touring slate. On top of a string of massive European festival appearances and headlining dates, Hatebreed is booked to anchor two separate, highly anticipated U.S. legs of the resurrected Summer Slaughter Tour. "2026 is the year of Hatebreed," drummer Matt Byrne declared. "This juggernaut as we know it is picking up the pace rapidly and is taking no prisoners... We can't wait to see everyone on the road!" While a concrete street date and tracklist have yet to be revealed, the band is encouraging fans to lock into their official social media channels for impending album teasers and launch details.

#Hatebreed #JameyJasta #BLKIIBLKRecord…

Canadian rock powerhouses Three Days Grace have officially released the striking new music video for "Don't Wanna Go Home Tonight," the latest standalone single from their hit album Alienation. Directed by prominent filmmaker Matt Barnes, the visual treatment showcases the band's groundbreaking new five-piece lineup. The record, which initially arrived in August 2025 via RCA Records, made global rock headlines by welcoming back original frontman Adam Gontier to share lead vocal duties alongside Matt Walst—marking Gontier's first studio work with the band in over a decade.

The nostalgic theme of the single hits a deeply personal chord for the band's dual frontmen. "It just brings me back to when I was younger and didn't have so much worry or responsibility, and not caring what tomorrow brought," co-vocalist Matt Walst shared regarding the track's inspiration. "We write about all sorts of things that we’re going through or what we see around us, and it's all from a real place... that's why people love Three Days Grace — they can apply themselves to a song. And it's kind of like therapy for them." Drummer Neil Sanderson echoed that emotional weight, describing the overarching architecture of the 12-track album as "a journey through inner collapse and outward defiance."

Navigating a rare two-singer format within the active rock world has proven to be a seamless transition for the tight-knit camp, given that Matt Walst is the younger brother of founding bassist Brad Walst. Reflecting on the delegation of vocal duties in the studio, Gontier noted that their voices naturally blended far better than they could have anticipated. "We're all sort of writing the new stuff together, so we've been sitting in a room together," Gontier explained. "The recording of vocals, who's gonna sing what and where, it's come pretty natural... and working with a couple of different producers on stuff, we did get some guys that would have some good input and just a good idea of what to do with two singers."

The grand reunion cycle originally sparked back in early 2025, when Gontier joined the band on stage full-time for the first time in 12 years as the primary support act for Disturbed…

Sublime frontman Jakob Nowell has revealed that the band's highly anticipated new album, Until the Sun Explodes, will likely be his first and last studio record with the legendary California ska-punk outfit. Speaking candidly in a new interview with Billboard, the 30-year-old musician—who stepped into the role originally held by his late father, Bradley Nowell—addressed his long-term recording plans, framing the upcoming release as a definitive full circle moment. “Unless a child of mine wants to make another one one day, this is the last one I’m gonna make," Nowell shared. "I think you have to know your goals, set out to achieve them and, if you do, you must then create new goals... I wish to carry the flag forward in different ways now."

The 22-track album, which officially arrives tomorrow, June 12th, via Atlantic Records, marks Sublime's first full-length collection of new, original material in three decades. It features original founding members Eric Wilson (bass) and Bud Gaugh (drums) alongside notable guests like Pennywise, G. Love, and H.R. of Bad Brains. While Nowell initially never expected to record a full studio album after joining forces with his father's former bandmates, the creative chemistry organically sparked behind the scenes. "Truth be told, we just kept playing together at rehearsals and soundchecks," he explained. "We’re all very jam-oriented musicians, so we’d have these little parts we’d return to that started to sound like they could be new songs, and it seemed natural to move forward with that.”

Produced alongside Jon Joseph at Harbor Martyr Studios, the album's rollout has already achieved massive success, with both the opening track "Ensenada" and the poignant title track hitting No. 1 on the Alternative Airplay charts. Despite the incredibly warm reception, Nowell remains firm that his primary creative focus will stay with his own independent musical project, Jakobs Castle. While he intends to keep the legacy alive on stage by playing a select handful of legacy Sublime shows every year, he wants this new record to stand as a sacred monument. "I’ve done what I thought was impossible and I’m very proud with the results," Nowell sta…

Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo shared a hilarious family betrayal during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, revealing that her own mother chose to skip her massive festival headlining performance in order to catch nu-metal titans Korn. Reflecting on her landmark festival run, Rodrigo explained that while topping the bill was an absolute milestone, it came with an unexpected scheduling conflict. "My mom likes so many crazy metal bands, which you would never guess just looking at her," the singer laughed. "I headlined Lollapalooza last year, which was so awesome and such a dream of mine. But they have headliners go at the same time. So on this specific day, it was me and Korn headlining at the same time on like opposite stages."

Festival promoters typically schedule wildly contrasting genres against one another to split massive crowds and prevent stage overcrowding, assuming the respective fanbases have completely different musical tastes. As Rodrigo noted, everyone behind the scenes expected a clean split: "Everyone's like, 'Oh, that's perfect. You know, the Olivia fans will go see Olivia, the Korn fans will go see Korn. You know, there's really no overlap.'" However, the pop sensation quickly found out that her family household defied conventional demographic logic. "But there was one overlap," Rodrigo joked to Kimmel's audience, "and it was my mom."

The lighthearted late-night TV anecdote quickly went viral across both pop and heavy metal circles, highlighting her mother's dedication to old-school heavy music over family obligations when great riffs are on the line. While Rodrigo continued to captivate tens of thousands of screaming fans on the main stage with hits from Sour and Guts, her mother was firmly planted on the opposite end of the festival grounds, rocking out to classic heavy anthems like "Blind" and "Freak on a Leash."

#OliviaRodrigoLollapalooza #Korn #JimmyKimmelLive #NuMetal #PopMusic #LiveMusic #FestivalHeadliner #MusicNews2026

For the first time ever, Mötley Crüe fans across the United States will have the opportunity to experience the band's acclaimed 2019 biopic, The Dirt, on the big screen. Regal has partnered with Live Nation, Netflix, and Submarine Deluxe to host a special, one-night-only nationwide theatrical event on Saturday, June 27th. Screenings will take place across 98 select Regal locations, offering a stadium-sized cinematic experience as part of the band's ongoing 45th-anniversary celebrations. To sweeten the night for die-hard fans, the feature film will be preceded by an exclusive, never-before-seen pre-show question-and-answer video created by the band members specifically for this event.

Based on the legendary quartet's 2001 New York Times bestselling autobiography, The Dirt: Confessions Of The World's Most Notorious Rock Band, the film provides an all-access, alternating-perspective look at the chaotic on-and-off-stage lives of Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars as they climbed from the Sunset Strip to global stadium stardom. Immediately following the conclusion of the biopic, the event will segue into the first-ever theatrical screening of the rare 1986 documentary, Mötley Crüe: Uncensored. The documentary feature follows the band around Los Angeles during their mid-80s prime and boasts 25 uncensored minutes of behind-the-scenes footage alongside excerpts from two unearthed vintage music videos for "Take Me To The Top" and "Public Enemy #1."

The special theatrical evening lands exactly three weeks before the heavy metal icons launch their highly anticipated,33-date "The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins" North American summer tour,which officially kicks off on July 17th. The massive Live Nation-promoted trek commemorates the 20th anniversary of their historic 2005-2006 tour and follows hot on the heels of their 10-night Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM last year. In addition to the theater event and summer tour,the group is celebrating their legacy on the physical charts; a limited-edition picture disc box set titled Crücial Crüe 1981-1989 is scheduled to drop via BMG on July 10th. Advance tickets for the June 27th screenings are officia…

Evanescence are officially kicking off their highly anticipated tour tonight in West Palm Beach, Florida, in celebration of their newly released studio album, Sanctuary. Speaking about what lies ahead on the road, frontwoman Amy Lee promised that fans are in for an unprecedented live experience, calling it “the biggest show we’ve ever had.” To fully do justice to the new material, the band has meticulously prepared a massive, career-spanning setlist. “It’s a lot of fun, it’s a lot of work,” Lee shared. “We have a lot of new songs to learn. We’re playing pretty much the whole new album, along with lots of other songs. It’s gonna be probably our longest set.”

While the production scale is at an all-time high, Lee emphasized that her core mission remains focused on creating a deep, emotional connection with the audience. “I wanna bring some good to this time,” Lee explained. “Give people a place of release, to fill up, to charge up, spiritually, emotionally, and feel empowered when they walk away. We’re just trying to make something really good. I think we are. I’m very excited.”

To amplify that energy, the band has invited some heavy-hitting friends along for the ride. Alt-metal breakout Spiritbox is slated to open the North American leg of the tour, while genre-fluid artist Poppy will take over opening duties for the subsequent European run. The pairing is a natural extension of the trio's massive 2025 collaborative hit, “End of You,” which featured vocals from both Poppy and Spiritbox frontwoman Courtney LaPlante alongside Lee. Because the two openers are splitting duties across different continents, the trio won't share the same stage on this run, but Lee teased that collaborative magic is still on the horizon. “I wish I had Courtney and Poppy on the same show so we could do, like, an epic ‘End of You’ moment,” Lee laughed. “That hasn’t quite worked out, but we’ll definitely be doing something together.”

The tour arrives on the heels of the official release of Sanctuary, which features the hit rock singles “Who Will You Follow” and “Afterlife.”

#Evanescence #AmyLee #Sanctuary #Spiritbox #CourtneyLaPlante #Poppy #EndOfYou #SymphonicRock #AltMetal #TourKicko…

Genre-defying New Jersey duo Ho99o9 have officially unleashed their latest standalone single, “Power In Numbers,” delivering a fierce, politically charged anthem rooted in unity and collective action. The track arrives via 999 Deathkult/Last Gang as the band's first new music since their acclaimed 2025 full-length studio album, Tomorrow We Escape. While the pair opted not to issue direct commentary on the song, an accompanying press release frames the piece as an urgent reflection of modern societal unrest: “‘Power In Numbers’ is a cultural statement that channels the chaos of the current moment and emphasizes the strength of solidarity and shared resistance. The track draws from the lineage of protest music, balancing chaos and control to reinforce its central message of collective power.”

Musically, the song leans heavily into Ho99o9's signature abrasive formula, seamlessly welding the structures of industrial hip-hop with the raw, confrontational energy of hardcore punk. To elevate the track's driving, rhythmic foundation, the duo enlisted world-class studio drumming from Thomas Pridgen—recognized for his explosive stints with Fever 333 and The Mars Volta. Additional production, instrumentation, and sonic engineering duties were handled by rock veteran Piggy D, who currently handles bass duties in Marilyn Manson's touring lineup.

The standalone drop is coupled with a visually striking, high-octane music video directed by creative collective NINENINE. The video perfectly captures the sheer angst and onstage explosiveness of the duo's revered live performances, while treating eagle-eyed metal fans to a cameo from a familiar face within the heavy music landscape. The single arrives at a pivotal moment for the group, landing just as Ho99o9 kicks off an extensive European and UK headlining summer tour, featuring highly anticipated festival appearances at Jera On Air in the Netherlands, Fusion Festival in Germany, and 2000Trees in the United Kingdom.

#Ho99o9 #PowerInNumbers #ThomasPridgen #PiggyD #NINENINE #IndustrialPunk #RapMetal #HardcorePunk #NewMusic #RockNews2026

Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo has spoken out candidly about the intense struggles he faced regarding his sexuality, detailing how a deeply evangelical religious upbringing delayed his path to coming out last month. Appearing as a guest on the Disrespectfully podcast with hosts Katie Maloney and Dayna Kathan, the 33-year-old vocalist took a deep dive into his childhood in Ohio as the son and grandson of preachers. Shomo explained that the strict tenets of his family's faith instilled a severe lack of self-worth, teaching him to view his sexuality as an evil "sickness that you can cure with prayer." He recalled a particularly traumatizing core memory from his teenage years when, at just 16 years old, he witnessed a group of peers attempting to "pray the gay out" of a crew member, a terrifying experience that forced him to heavily compartmentalize and suppress his own feminine side and true identity out of fear.

The pressure only intensified when Shomo entered the heavy music scene at age 14, finding himself surrounded by older, highly devout musicians during the peak of the mid-to-late 2000s evangelical Christian metalcore era, which was heavily influenced by bands like Underoath. To cope with the constant internal conflict and the overwhelming pressure to conform to traditional expectations, the singer painfully revealed that he battled severe suicidal ideation and later developed a heavy dependence on alcohol throughout his 20s. Shomo emphasized that while he loves his parents and knows they were doing the best they could with the tools they had, the rigid religious framework left him with decades of internalized self-hatred to unravel.

Ultimately, breaking through those barriers has paved the way for profound creative and personal liberation. Shomo revealed that fans will get to experience his unfiltered, authentic self on Beartooth's highly anticipated upcoming studio album, Pure Ecstasy. He credited prominent rock producer Jordan Fish for pushing him out of his comfort zone during the writing sessions, encouraging him to stop hiding behind vague metaphors and to write explicitly honest lyrics about his journey. Shomo notes that he is finally looking forwa…

Green Day have officially shared the first trailer for their highly anticipated coming-of-age road-trip comedy, NIMRODS, ahead of its theatrical release this summer. Soundtracked by the band’s multi-platinum 1994 anthem “Basket Case,” the newly released teaser lays out the premise for a rowdy, mischievous jaunt across America. The film follows three teenage bandmates—played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust—who are tricked by an older brother's elaborate prank into believing their group has landed an impossible, life-changing slot opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. Convinced fame is just a highway drive away, the trio steals a car and embarks on a frantic three-day journey from Kansas City to Los Angeles.

Directed and written by filmmaker Lee Kirk, the movie’s chaotic spirit is deeply rooted in rock folklore, pulling inspiration from the raw, DIY van-touring experiences Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool navigated years before their diamond-certified breakout record Dookie propelled them to global stardom. “It’s about the experience that Green Day had on the road in the early days... We played anywhere and everywhere,” Armstrong previously shared, noting that Kirk perfectly incorporated classic band milestones into the script, including spontaneous police shutdowns and their famous Woodstock mud fight. In addition to serving as producers alongside Live Nation Studios, the Green Day trio will appear on screen alongside a star-studded ensemble cast that includes Mckenna Grace, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee, and Sean Gunn.

The movie’s path to the big screen has been an evolving one for fans keeping score. The project was initially announced in 2025 under the working title New Years Rev and celebrated its initial festival premiere circuits last year before the band officially updated the moniker to NIMRODS this past April—a nod to their hit 1997 studio album. Partnering with fan-owned entertainment company Legion M to help drive localized grassroots distribution, Inaugural Entertainment has locked in an official, wide theatrical premiere date for August 14th. The full trailer is currently streaming across …

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