Rock Daypop Archives

Panic! at the Disco released their new music video of the song “High Hopes” and in the video, Brendon Urie scales a high rise building before performing on top of it. In a press release, the band said of the video: “No matter how hard your dreams seem, keep going. You might even have to climb up the side of a building in downtown LA, but it’ll all be worth it at the top. Stay up on that rise.” Panic! At The Disco are set to head out on a huge UK & European tour early next year, including a London show at The O2. Tickets for the dates will go on sale at 10am on Friday (August 31) and will be available here. Watch the ‘High Hopes’ video below.

Twenty One Pilots have released the fourth track from their upcoming album ‘Trench.’ Sharing the news on Twitter, the band posted “and here’s a new song. it’s called ‘My Blood'”. ‘My Blood’ marks the first track to be released off ‘Trench’ that isn’t a part of the three-part story made up of ‘Jumpsuit’, ‘Nico And The Niners’ and ‘Levitate’. The band did not produce an official music video, but ‘My Blood’ does come accompanied by a candid video of what appears to be Tyler Joseph playing the bass in a darkened recording studio. The new Twenty One Pilots album ‘Trench’ is set for release October 5th, and it’s available for pre-order here.

The Heartbreakers recorded and toured with Tom Petty for decades, and since Petty’s death last year from an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers, Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell have been working with Petty’s widow, Dana, his daughter, Adria, and recording engineer Ryan Ulyate to put together the upcoming four-disc box set An American Treasure. The collection includes original recordings of some of Petty and the Heartbreakers’ biggest hits, as well as demos, outtakes and live performances from throughout their career. The box also features 10 previously unreleased tracks.

The Foo Fighters performed a surprise pop-up show in the parking lot of the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles yesterday.  Dave Grohl’s band had been billed as the Holy Sh*ts, and took the stage after drummer Taylor Hawkins had performed with his covers band Chevy Metal. That set had included a guest appearance by Queen drummer Roger Taylor for a cover of that band’s “Under Pressure.” The drummer then asked the crowd, “We have one more special guest. Can you guess who it is?” The set had been announced as a warm-up for the Foo Fighters’ appearance at their Cal Jam event on Oct. 6.  The Foo Fighters’ tour in support of their latest album, Concrete and Gold, continues on Sept. 1 in Seattle, ending on Oct. 18 in St. Paul, Minn.

Legendary guitarist Dickey Betts canceled a series of three shows that were expected to begin on Tuesday in Syracuse. Betts cited “health concerns” as the cause for cancellation of the Syracuse date and stops that were scheduled for the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, Connecticut on August 30 and at the Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire on August 31. The founding Allman Brothers Band guitarist’s website explains that Dickey recently experienced what doctors called a “mild stroke.” Betts spoke with his doctors on Friday about certain symptoms he has been feeling in the wake of the stroke and he was advised to rest. The note mentions Betts’ doctors feel he will be 100 percent recovered after three to five weeks. Betts is hoping to reschedule his dates in Wallingford and Hampton Beach, and hopes to return to the road on November 1 in Augusta, Georgia.