Radiohead announce they will only play 20 shows total in 2027, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready announces the details of his new graphic novel and rock opera about the Seattle grunge scene - Week of 3/23/26

Radiohead announce they will only play 20 shows total in 2027 while taking this entire year off from touring to prepare, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready announces the details of his new graphic novel and rock opera about the early days of the Seattle grunge scene, Metallica’s James Hetfield gets engaged on Friday the 13th while swimming underwater with whale sharks, a playwright reveals that My Chemical Romance has been secretly developing a broadway theater production based on their album ‘The Black Parade’, Jim Irsay’s legendary rock memorabilia collection sets new multi-million dollar records at auction with historic guitars from David Gilmour, Jerry Garcia and more… and an unfortunate RIP to Motorhead’s legendary guitarist Phil Campbell passing this week at the age of 64… PLUS ‘This Week in Rock & Roll History Trivia’, Rock Birthdays, ‘The Best & Worst Rock Album Artwork of the Week’ & much more! All of our links are up at www.rocknewsweekly.com every Monday, where you can check out the full episode on 8 different platforms (including Amazon Audible & Apple/Google Podcasts) Watch us LIVE, chat with us & more… Every Sunday around 2pm PST @ https://www.twitch.tv/rocknewsweekly Watch all of our videos, interviews & subscribe at Youtube.com/@rocknewsweekly Follow us online: Instagram.com/rocknewsweekly Facebook.com/rocknewsweekly Twitter.com/rocknewsweekly TikTok.com/@rocknewsweekly #MikeMcCready #JamesHetfield #MyChemicalRomance #JimIrsay #DavidGilmour #Rock #News #RockNews #RockNewsWeekly #RockNewsWeeklyPodcast #Podcast #Podcasts #Metal #HeavyMetal #Alt #Alternative #ClassicRock #70s #80s #90s #Indie #Trivia #RockTrivia #RockBirthdays #NewMusic #NewMusicReleases