#HAPPENS And Ryan J. Downey Partner To Super Serve ROCK Music Community
#HAPPENS taps longtime journalist and rock manager Ryan J. Downey to lead new ROCK division. Downey will curate a New Music Discovery experience for the Active Rock and Mainstream Rock community, bringing new content to the recently relaunched #HAPPENS website and delivering a rock-oriented #HAPPENS VIP newsletter to inboxes three times per week. These new services will operate in tandem with the #HAPPENS New Music Discovery Download Service soft-launched in January 2024. “I’m very excited to help the team at #HAPPENS expand the service they provide to the rock music community,” says Downey. “Music is a universal language, and rock,
DAUGHTRY Secures First Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 with ‘Artificial’
Daughtry achieved a significant milestone as "Artificial" ascended to the top spot on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, dated February 17. It's been 17 years since the Chris Daughtry-led band first broke into the chart with "It's Not Over," which peaked at No. 5 in March 2007. Chris Daughtry began his career in earnest as a contestant on American Idol, where he placed fourth during the competition show's fifth season in 2006. Though "Artificial" is Daughtry's first Mainstream Rock No. 1, the band has previously topped other Billboard airplay charts multiple times. This includes four No. 1 hits on Adult
Week of 02/12/24
ROCK Happy Birthday Wishes to Sumerian Records cofounder Jeffrey Cohen (02/12), Century Media Records A&R Mike Gitter (02/12), Silverstein vocalist Shane Told (02/13), 5B Artist Management President of Management and Touring Justin Arcangel (02/13), #HAPPENS' own Shawn Alexander (02/14), Rivers Of Nihil manager Ben Umanov (02/14), producer Gene "Machine" Freeman (02/14), former Warner Bros. Records executive Jim Baltutis (02/14), American Nightmare's Wesley Eisold (02/15), Avenged Sevenfold drummer Brooks Wackerman (02/15), former Atlantic Records executive Livia Tortella (02/17), UNIFIED Music Group's Nick Yates (02/17), UTA agent Joe Fucigna (02/18), and Blabbermouth founder Borivoj Krgin (02/18).
Red Hot Chili Peppers & The Offspring Join Harley-Davidson Homecoming
Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Offspring will perform at the Harley-Davidson Homecoming, set for July 25 - 28, 2024, at Veterans Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The confirmed lineup also includes Jelly Roll, HARDY, Warren Zeiders, Cypress Hill, and Destroy Boys, among others. Complete information is available at hdhomecoming.com.
Shinedown Lands 19th Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘A Symptom of Being Human’
Shinedown added to their record for the most No. 1 singles since the launch of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “A Symptom of Being Human.” The band hit No. 1 for the first time back in 2005 with “Save Me” and most recently with “Daylight” in August 2022. “A Symptom of Being Human” is their 19th No. 1. Written by frontman Brent Smith and bassist Eric Bass (who also produced the track), “A Symptom of Being Human” is the fourth single from the band’s seventh album, Planet Zero. The Atlantic Records set was Shinedown’s first to debut
The Monday Active Rock Music Meeting
Welcome to the first-ever #Happens Monday Active Rock Music Meeting. Corey Taylor may have canceled his upcoming tour, but it certainly isn’t all bad news for CMF, as his “We Are The Rest” (from his sophomore solo album, CMFT2) cracked the Active Rock chart this week. Corey's latest single is joined by new entries from Kobra And The Lotus frontwoman Kobra Paige, metalcore masters of horror Ice Nine Kills, and Set It Off, whose “Evil People” debuts at No. 50, just as the band’s collaboration with Point North jumps into the Top 25. Here are all of the highlights
