Rock Daypop Archives

Queen guitarist Brian May shared via social media that he underwent surgery on his leg on December 2nd, reporting that he is “feeling good.” On his Instagram page, May posted a picture with the following message, “I’m done! After a snip to my calf muscle, I’m feeling good! The theory is that it will release the excess tension in my Achilles’ tendon and get me out of a painful heel situation I’ve been in for many months. I had the problem all through our last tour of the USA – and although adrenaline got me through, my running around was severely curtailed, and there were a couple of nights when I really couldn’t move at all around the stage (nobody noticed, it seems! =).

Shinedown, 311 and Weezer have been announced as the headlining acts for next year’s installment of SandJam. The third annual event will be taking place on April 24th through 26th at Panama City Beach, Florida’s M.B. Miller Pier featuring over 20 artists performing on two stages on the beach.

Slayer played the very last show of their “The Final Campaign” farewell tour on November 30th at the Forum in Inglewood, Ca. The concert was the second of their hometown farewell shows in the Los Angeles area, with the band ending their tour career with a performance of “Angel Of Death” and Tom Araya saying goodbye to fans.

Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil went under the knife last week, undergoing surgery to correct a condition commonly known as “Viking disease.” Neil shared a photo of himself in a Nashville hospital just prior to surgery saying: “Hand surgery today!!” adding the hashtags #vikingdisease #Dupuytrenscontracture and #nashville.

Pink Floyd are streaming live video of their 1987 track, “Sorrow”, taken from the 2019 remix of their 1988 album, “Delicate Sound Of Thunder.” The video is of the band during a sold-out, five-night stand as part of the “A Momentary Lapse Of Reason” world tour at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, NY, where they played before more than 71,000 fans while earning almost 1.8 million at the box office.