Monday, Monday! That moment when you first open your eyes and say, “Is it still Sunday?” Then you discover the answer is no….Posted all of the hardDrive Live Tour dates with Tremonti we have so far in Road Rage! With possibility of new ones coming. Will update as soon as we can and remind you tickets go on sale on this Friday, Aug 17. Stay tuned for killer contests you can enter and the launch of our tour site, www.harddrivelivetour.com. More on all soon!….Pulse of Radio reports Slipknot has unveiled details of the first-ever Knotfest, which is scheduled to take place this Friday (Augt 17th) in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Saturday (Aug 18th) in Somerset, Wisconsin. Both shows will be headlined by Slipknot and will also feature sets from Deftones, Lamb Of God, Machine Head, Serj Tankian, Cannibal Corpse, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Urge, Prong, Gojira and more. Both shows start around 3:00 p.m. and will end at 11:00 p.m. Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor told us the idea for Knotfest has been in the works for a long time: “We’ve been talking about the concept of Knotfest for years. That’s something that we’ve been kind of throwing around since the Iowa album cycle days. To be able to do it now, it was the time to do it. It’s obviously a passion project — we have no idea how well they’re gonna go, but at the same time, you know, this band has never shied from trying new things.” For those who can’t make it to either show, Slipknot will offer a pay-per-view online stream of the Wisconsin event. Fans will be able to watch it live as it happens, or for a full 30 days after the show. Bonus footage will include a behind-the-scenes tour of the festival grounds, pre-show interviews with many of the acts and a exclusive post-show interview with Slipknot. Knotfest will mark the end of Slipknot’s summer U.S. tour schedule, which also included a stint on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival trek. The band’s U.S. shows, as well as gigs in Australia this past spring and Europe last year, were its first since the May 2010 death of bassist Paul Gray. Visit http://www.eventviewlive.com/ for more info on the Knotfest online stream and watch a sneak preview here.…I am addicted to “Breaking Bad” right now (up to Episode 43), so I missed the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in London last night and I am sorry I did! What I saw this morning on the news looked spectacular! Brian May of Queen, Eric Idol and Pink Floyd! Muse! Damn!….Green Day will premiere the official music video for its new single, “Oh, Love,” on Wednesday (August 15th) at around 7:49 p.m. ET on MTV. The premiere of the clip will follow a 30-minute interview with the trio during which they’ll answer fan-submitted questions. “Oh, Love” is the first track taken from the band’s upcoming three albums, Uno!, Dos! and Tre!, with Uno! coming out first on Sep 25th. (FMQB)…Professionally filmed video footage of Volbeat‘s entire concert at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival, a prestigious heavy rock event that took place on Aug 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Wacken, Germany, has been posted online. The Wacken show is likely to be Volbeat’s last before going into the studio later this year to write and record the follow-up to last year’s Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. (Blabbermouth)…As mentioned last week, Stone Sour is posting snippets of music from the band’s upcoming fourth album, House of Gold & Bones – Part 1, at HouseOfGoldAndBones.com in exchange for a “share” on Facebook or Twitter. Today, you can hear a snippet of the song “Absolute Zero,” in addition to “Gone Sovereign.” There are a couple of places on the album where songs are segued into each other, and in one case, there are three songs that merge together. Reminds me of Pink Floyd!…See Road Rage for new tour dates for Nonpoint with Taproot! Love both those bands!…New on the radio this week! Three Days Grace “Chaulk Outline”!
