As part of the 2018 hennemusic Rock News Awards, the daily news site is counting down the Top 10 Rock News Artists of the past year.
Finalists for the 9th annual hennemusic Rock News Awards are chosen by readers: the Rock News Story Of The Year is determined by page views, while the Rock News Artist Of The Year is based on the combined total page views of the top 50 hennemusic rock news stories of the past twelve months.
The 2018 hennemusic Rock News Awards winners will be announced on Thursday, December 27.
2018 Rock News Artist Of The Year – Top 10
10 – VAN HALEN
09 – SAMMY HAGAR
Rock News Artist Of The Year No. 8 – FOO FIGHTERS
The Foo Fighters continued a world tour in support of their ninth album, “Concrete And Gold”, in January with live dates in New Zealand and Australia, where they were joined by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo for a classic KISS cover in Melbourne.
During the shows down under, the Foos’ 2017 single, “Run”, was named the winner in the Best Rock Song category at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in New York on January 28, and the following month they added “International Group Of The Year” honors to their collection during an appearance at the 2018 Brit Awards in London, UK.
More live shows followed across South and North America in the spring before the Foo Fighters hit Europe during summer festival season for some high-profile gigs; the group were joined by Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan for a performance of the 1987 Guns N’ Roses classic, "It’s So Easy", during the Foos headlining set at the Firenze Rocks Festival in Florence, Italy on June 14.
The band returned to North America in July for the final leg of the Concrete And Gold tour, where they mixed arena and amphitheater dates with stadium gigs, including multiple nights at Boston’s Fenway Park and Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
The shows delivered some more surprise guest appearances for fans, including Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith in Wantagh, NY, Joe Walsh at Fenway Park, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen at Wrigley Field, and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic at Seattle’s Safeco Field.
In August, Dave Grohl released a film project and recording called “Play” that saw the rocker perform seven instruments during the live recording of a solo 23-minute composition.
Grohl teamed up with music gear site Reverb to launch a charity auction in October inspired by “Play”, where fans could bid on brand-new instruments that mirror the ones used in the recording, with funds going to benefit several organizations that make it possible for young musicians to learn and grow.
After the Foos wrapped up the world tour in October, Grohl would go on to deliver the debut live performance of “Play” at Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam 30 benefit concert in Asheville, NC on December 8.
The band will return to action next month as part of an all-star lineup of rockers set to honor late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell at the concert event “I Am The Highway: A Tribute To Chris Cornell”, set to take place at The Forum in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 16.
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