KOMP 92.3 is among the Las Vegas, Nevada stations to fire back at Billie Joe Armstrong by pulling Green Day's music. In a Facebook post, KOMP morning host Brandon “Gooch” Hahn called Armstrong, 52, “old and bitter.” He went on to insult the Bay Area, California group's "four or five" most recent albums.  The handful of bans came in response to Armstrong's comments regarding the Oakland A's move to Las Vegas during a recent San Francisco performance.  “I f------ hate Las Vegas," he reportedly said. "It’s the worst s---hole in America.” Beasley Media’s Alternative KXTE (X1075 Xtreme Radio) also pulled

The Goat expands into Hornell, New York.  97.1 WZHD Canaseraga/Hornell flipped from a simulcast of Classic Hits “My Cool Radio” 98.7 WPHD Corning/Elmira to Classic Rock. The Goat  is now simulcasting 1380 WOEN/96.3 W242CT Olean and 98.3 WQRS Salamanca/98.7 W254BQ Limstone. Compass Media Networks’ Dave & Mahoney are on The Goat in the mornings. Jimmy The Mick hosts middays, PD Casey Smith anchors afternoons, and Ultimate Classic Rock with Matt Wardlaw plays at night. 

This week's Active Rock Top 40, according to Mediabase:  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” (Warner)  Halestorm & I Prevail “can u see me in the dark?” (Atlantic)  Bring Me The Horizon “Top 10 Statues…” (Columbia)  A Day To Remember “Feedback” (FBR/Elektra/Atlantic)  Seether “Judas Mind” (Fantasy/Concord)  The Funeral Portrait “Suffocate City” ft. Spencer Charnas (Better Noise)  Tim Montana “Savage” (Music Knox/BMG)  Dorothy “MUD” (Roc Nation)  Badflower “Detroit” (Big Machine Rock)  Jelly Roll “Liar” (BMG/Republic/Stoney Creek)  HARDY “PSYCHO” (Big Loud Rock)  NOTHING MORE “Angel Song” ft. David Draiman (Better Noise)  Black Veil Brides “Bleeders” (Spinefarm)  Jerry Cantrell “Villified” (Jerry Cantrell)  Pop Evil

HALESTORM and I PREVAIL's collaborative "can u see me in the dark?" is No. 1 at Active Rock this week.  Interestingly, in light of the recent layoffs, the song was released by Atlantic Records. (A Day To Remember's "Feedback," No. 5 this week, arrived via Fueled By Ramen / Elektra / Atlantic.)  Here's how the rest of the Top 10 looks:  Halestorm & I Prevail “can u see me in the dark?” (Atlantic)  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” (Warner)  Seether “Judas Mind” (Fantasy/Concord)  Bring Me The Horizon “Top 10 Statues…” (Columbia)  A Day To Remember “Feedback” (FBR/Elektra/Atlantic)  The Funeral Portrait

LINKIN PARK — Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong, and Colin Brittain — released another new single, "Heavy is the Crown."  The song is the 2024 League Of Legends World Championship anthem.   They announced three additional stadium shows for 2024 in Paris, Dallas, and São Paulo.  The band's first album without the late Chester Bennington, From Zero, arrives November 15.  From Zero World Tour 2024: Sep. 24 - The O2 - London, UK Sep. 28 - INSPIRE Arena - Seoul, South Korea Nov. 3 - La Defense Arena - Paris, France Nov. 8 -

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is No. 1 for a second week on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, which measures airplay, streaming, and sales activity. Several of the reconstituted band’s songs continue to dominate the chart.    Falling In Reverse is all over the chart, too. (2019’s “Popular Monster” was the chart’s first-ever No. 1 when Billboard debuted it in 2020).)    Skillet’s “All That Matters” is the only new entry this week at No. 19.    Spiritbox’s “Circle With Me” reenters the chart at No. 25.  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”  Linkin Park “Numb”  Linkin Park “In the End” 

Chris Brown was among the massive layoffs at Atlantic Music Group, owned by Warner Music Group. Brown served as executive vice president at Elektra Entertainment and co-head of Roadrunner Records.  Cees Wessels formed Roadrunner in The Netherlands in 1980.  The label grew to international prominence (with offices in New York, among other cities) in the hard rock and metal underground with seminal releases from King Diamond, Obituary, Sepultura, and Machine Head. Type O Negative gave the label its first gold album; Slipknot was the first to go platinum. The label was also the longtime home to Nickelback (except in Canada).  In

BEARTOOTH can now add "platinum" to their list of accomplishments.  This week, the RIAA certified "In Between" platinum for sales and equivalent streams of over 1 million units. The 2014 single, released by Red Bull Music, went gold four years ago. It appears on the band's debut album, Disgusting.  "It's no secret it's been an insane ride for the gang since this release, and it's not over by a long shot!" longtime manager Thomas Gutches wrote in an email to those closest to Beartooth, including yours truly. "It's so wild to think that some of you saw the band in