Rock Daypop Archives

Alanis Morissette has debuted her cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).”

Van Morrison and Eric Clapton will be releasing a new “anti-lockdown” song to support Morrison’s “Save Live Music” campaign. The track, titled “Stand and Deliver,” was written by Clapton. Morrison also previously released three “anti-lockdown” songs earlier this fall, including “Born to Be Free,” “As I Walked Out,” and “No More Lockdown.” Proceeds from the new single, set to drop on December 4, will go to Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund to benefit musicians.

Slipknot have announced the inaugural Knotfest Brazil festival, to take place on December 19, 2021 at the Sambódromo do Anhembi in São Paulo. Slipknot will headline the event alongside nine other bands, for a total of 12 hours of music.

Wolfgang Van Halen recently debuted his first solo song “Distance” which claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. Van Halen released the track under the band name of Mammoth WVH and accompanied it with a video paying tribute to his late father, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen.

The Foo Fighters are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the release of a special video stream entitled “Times Like Those”, in which the band takes a visual look back at their history.