Rock News

Slipknot has canceled all its remaining tour dates in August and September following the hospitalization on Saturday night (August 22nd) of drummer Joey Jordison, according to Blabbermouth.net. Jordison was taken to a hospital for undisclosed "health reasons" on Saturday, forcing the band to cancel that night's show in Seattle. Although the group hoped to resume touring on Sunday (August 23rd), they've now made the decision to call off all live dates for at least the next month.

Fans posted footage on YouTube of an emotional Corey Taylor, singer for Slipknot, telling the crowd the bad news: ["We did everything we could to try and make this show happen, and we couldn't. It took right up until the last hour. I'm really sorry. I'm really, really sorry. The good news is, hold on to your ticket stubs because we are coming back to do this."]


Kings Of Leon received their first platinum album award this month for sales of more than one million copies of the band's fourth and latest effort, Only By The Night, according to FMQB.com. The group was also given gold and platinum certifications for the digital versions of their singles "Sex On Fire" and "Use Somebody," both of which were taken from the record. After six years, four albums and constant touring and work, drummer Nathan Followill told us that success has been sweet: ["If anything, it's opened our eyes to how much more work you have to do if your record's, you know, successful. But you know man, it's great. We feel like it's been a long time coming. It's so funny, we'd almost given up on the idea of ever, you know, being big, you know, especially in America. Then this record comes along and a song with the words 'sex' and 'fire' in it turns everything around. So who woulda knew.


The dates and venues for Buckcherry's 41-date fall tour as openers for Kiss have been unveiled, with the band adding a few headlining dates to its schedule to warm up before hitting the trail with the masked rock legends. Buckcherry will play five shows on its own, beginning on September 18th in Des Moines, Iowa, before linking up with Kiss on September 25th for the first of two nights at Detroit's Cobo Arena, where Kiss recorded its breakthrough concert album Alive! nearly 35 years ago.

The Kiss Alive 35 Tour will feature Kiss performing Alive! in its entirety along with other classics. The trek will tie in with the band' first new studio album in over a decade, called Sonic Boom, which will be available as an exclusive Wal-Mart release on October 6th. The three-disc set will retail for $12 and include a re-recorded greatest his CD and a live DVD in addition to the new effort.
Buckcherry continues to support its fourth studio album, Black Butterfly, which arrived last fall. The set's latest single is called "Talk To Me."
Newly announced Buckcherry tour dates (with Kiss unless noted):
September 18 - Des Moines, IA - Val-Air Ballroom (Buckcherry only)
September 19 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club (Buckcherry only)
September 20 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium (Buckcherry only)
September 22 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center (Buckcherry only)
September 23 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall (Buckcherry only)
September 25 - Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena
September 26 - Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena
September 28 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
September 29 - London, ON - The John Labatt Centre
October 1 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
October 2 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
October 3 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
October 5 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
October 9 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena
October 12 - Philadelphia, PA - The Wachovia Center
October 13 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
October 16 - Hampton, VA - Hampton Coliseum
October 17 - Greenville, SC - Bi-Lo Center
October 19 - Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Civic Center
October 21 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
October 22 - Sunrise, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
October 24 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena
October 26 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
October 28 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
October 29 - North Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena
October 31 - New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Festival
November 6 - Chicago, IL - United Center
November 7 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
November 9 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
November 10 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
November 12 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
November 14 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
November 15 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena At Seattle Center
November 17 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
November 20 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
November 21 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
November 24 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
November 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
November 27 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Sports Arena
November 28 - Las Vegas, NV - TBA
December 1 - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena
December 2 - El Paso, TX - University Of Texas
December 4 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
December 5 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
December 6 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center