My Chemical Romance Announce 2025 Stadium Tour In Celebration Of The Black Parade Album
My Chemical Romance will play The Black Parade Tour in 10 cities in Summer 2025. The tour, produced by Live Nation, features a different hand-selected artist as the opening act in each city. Opening for MCR will be Violent Femmes in Seattle at T-Mobile Park (7/11), 100 gecs in San Francisco at Oracle Park (7/19), Wallows in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium (7/26), Garbage in Arlington, TX at Globe Life Field (8/2), Death Cab For Cutie & Thursday in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Satdium (8/9), Alice Cooper in Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park (8/15), Pixies in Toronto at Rogers Centre
Papa Roach And Rise Against Celebrate 25 Year Anniversaries On Rise Of The Roach Tour In 2025
Papa Roach announces they will join forces with Rise Against and special guest Underoath to embark on the first North American legs of the Rise Of The Roach Tour in the spring and fall of 2025. In the tour announcement parody video, comedian Bert Kreischer dropped the ‘big news’ that he’ll be hitting the road with Papa Roach next year. In fact, he even let fans in on a little secret—he’s totally been in the band all along. Watch the full video HERE. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will hit over 30 major cities across two legs, kicking off
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! It’s Veterans Day! We kickoff the first day of the week with Matt Miguez, the new PD from KYMK/Lafayette, LA sharing his Famous Firsts. Fun stuff! 311 “Full Bloom” is buzzing at Alternative! It’s this week’s #1 Most Picked song on Alternative Picks and debuts on the Mediabase Alternative chart this week! WGBJ (ALT 99.5/102.3)/Ft. Wayne is taking a trip down the nostalgia lane with an “A-Z Of The 90’s” all this week from 10am-6pm. WEQX/Albany celebrates 40 Years on-air this Thursday 11/14. Find the scoop in Alternative News. The nominations for 2025 Grammy Awards were announced last
Week of 11/11
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to WEND (106.5 The End)Charlotte PD Chris Crowley (11/11), BMG’s Amit Kumar (11/11), Silva Artist Management’s Gaby Skolnek (11/12), Sub Pop's Scott Perlewitz (11/13), KROQ/Los Angeles Middayer Nicole Alvarez (11/13), Monotone GM Matt Pollack (11/14), Epitaph Head Of Radio Promotion Edie Lundeen (11/16), INgrooves VP/Commercial Strategy Gabriella Ianni (11/17).
WEQX Celebrates 40 Years On-Air On November 14
This Thursday, November 14th marks 40 years on-air for Northshire Communications Alternative WEQX/Manchester, VT-Albany, NY. The station had its first broadcast on November 14th, 1984 and will celebrate with former DJs returning to share stories with its loyal audience. “If these walls could talk is a common expression thrown around regarding establishments that have been around for a while. Especially one as unique as EQX,” said WEQX PD Jeff Morad. "Thankfully, these walls sort of can talk via the DJs that currently grace the studio. And that is what we’ve been doing, reliving the memories while we make new ones.
2025 Grammy Awards Nominations For Alternative
The nominations for 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced. The Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2, 2025. Here are the nominations in the two Alternative categories: Best Alternative Music Performance "Neon Pill" — Cage The Elephant "Song Of The Lake" — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Starburster" — Fontaines D.C. "BYE BYE" — Kim Gordon "Flea" — St. Vincent Best Alternative Music Album Wild God — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Charm — Clairo The Collective — Kim Gordon What Now — Brittany Howard All Born Screaming —
