#HistoryOfAlternative

11.24.2024 History Of Alternative

November 24, 2024 | bphillips

Beck, The Smiths, Alanis and Oingo Boingo in this set along with Radiohead, The Gaslight Anthem, Belly and The Breeders, album anniversaries for U2, Bad Religion and Pearl Jam, plus New Order, The Stone Roses, Buffalo Tom, Jimmy Eat World and PJ Harvey

11.17.2024 History Of Alternative

November 17, 2024 | bphillips

Green Day, Depeche Mode, The Pretenders and Sonic Youth in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, The Offspring, Beck, Bush, U2 and Natalie Imbruglia, plus Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Ben Folds Five and “3 Strange Days” from School Of Fish.

My Chemical Romance will play The Black Parade in full on their 2025 stadium tour

November 12, 2024 | bphillips

Tickets go on-sale this Friday for “Long Live: The Black Parade” at Soldier Field with special guests Devo opening the show on August 29th. .

11.10.2024 History Of Alternative

November 10, 2024 | bphillips

Weezer, Depeche Mode, STP and Blondie in this set along with Morrissey, Matthew Sweet, The Smithereens and Mazzy Star, plus Pearl Jam, XTC, Urge Overkill, The Pixies, Paramore and Material Issue.

WATCH The Cure’s full record release show here.

November 4, 2024 | bphillips

The London concert featured 31 songs from both The Cure’s new album Songs Of A Lost World and other classic Cure tunes. It is free to watch here.

11.3.2024 History Of Alternative

November 3, 2024 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Weezer and The Pretenders in this set, album anniversaries for Foo Fighters, Alanis, Alice In Chains, Rage Against The Machine, Fiona Apple and R.E.M., plus Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Blur and Siouxsie And The Banshees

The When We Were Young 2025 lineup features Blink-182, Weezer, The Offspring and a Panic! At The Disco reunion

October 29, 2024 | bphillips

The pre-sale for the Oct. 2025 Las Vegas festival begins this Friday. Check the full lineup here.

10.27.2024 History Of Alternative

October 27, 2024 | bphillips

A Halloween themed show featuring Ministry, Oingo Boingo, The Ramones, Bauhaus and The Cure, album anniversaries for Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins and Dinosaur Jr., plus Beck, L7, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Madness and Siouxsie And The Banshees.

The official When We Were Young festival T-shirt rocks a few band name typos

October 23, 2024 | bphillips

New Found Glory are taking it in stride and offering their “New AND Glory” merch available, maybe a proofreader should be hired next time. (check out the typo t-shirt here.)

10.20.2024 History Of Alternative

October 20, 2024 | bphillips

Beck, Veruca Salt, Depeche Mode and Peter Murphy in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters and Incubus, plus Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Good Charlotte.

Talking Heads introduce their own category on Jeopardy!

October 16, 2024 | bphillips

WATCH: David, Tina, Jerry and Chris introduce answers for the Talking Heads category on a recent episode.

Liam Gallagher mocks SNL’s Oasis sketch

October 15, 2024 | bphillips

“Are they meant to be comedians?” Liam replied to SNL’s take on the upcoming Oasis reunion tour. WATCH the video here.

10.13.2024 History Of Alternative

October 13, 2024 | bphillips

The Clash. Morrissey, Juliana Hatfield and Faith No More in this set, album anniversaries for Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, U2, INXS and Depeche Mode, plus Pearl Jam, Paramore, The Cure, Letters To Cleo and Reel Big Fish.

The Cure’s only live show of 2024 will stream for free on YouTube

October 11, 2024 | bphillips

The “Songs Of A Lost World” album launch show, live from London on November 1st, will stream for free. Check the info here.

10.6.2024 History Of Alternative

October 6, 2024 | bphillips

Beastie Boys, Weezer, STP and Siouxsie And The Banshees in this set, album anniversaries for Green Day, Soundgarden, No Doubt, The Lemonheads, Hot Hot Heat, Rise Against, The Afghan Whigs, Death Cab For Cutie and Cake, plus Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Alkaline Trio and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.

9.29.2024 History Of Alternative

September 29, 2024 | bphillips

The Cure, Bad Religion, Alice In Chains and PJ Harvey in this set, album anniversaries for U2, STP, Beck, Green Day, Oasis and Radiohead, plus Depeche Mode, Rancid, cool covers from Blondie and Social D along with Blink-182, The Smiths and The Dandy Warhols.

9.22.2024 History Of Alternative

September 22, 2024 | bphillips

Oasis, XTC, The Breeders and Bjork in this set, album anniversaries for Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, They Might Be Giants, Weezer, Blind Melon and Nada Surf, plus Nine Inch Nails, 311 and artists playing Riot Fest today: Sublime, Something Corporate, Pennywise, Oliver Tree and Rob Zombie.

Sponge celebrating the 30th anniversary of their “Rotting Pinata” album with an album of covers of other artists’ songs from 1994

September 18, 2024 | bphillips

The 1994 tracklist includes covers of STP, Mazzy Star, Sonic Youth and Morrissey’s “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get”. (LISTEN to the Moz cover here)

Johnny Marr responds to Morrissey’s claims about The Smiths reunion offer and band trademark issues

September 17, 2024 | bphillips

Read his full statement here.

Jane’s Addiction cancel the remainder of their 2024 reunion tour

September 16, 2024 | bphillips

“We have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to discontinue the current US tour,” Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins said in a joint statement. Read more here.