2018 in rock music

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This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2018.

Contents

Notable events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Year end

Deaths

Band breakups

References

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  2. "Fall Out Boy Earns Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Mania'". Billboard .
  3. "Papa Roach Lands Two Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1s From the Same Album for the First Time". Billboard .
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  5. Nevins, Jake (15 February 2018). "Smashing Pumpkins announce first tour since 2000". the Guardian.
  6. Beaumont, Mark (9 March 2018). "Siamese nightmare: how sour grapes scuppered the Pumpkins' reunion". the Guardian.
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  9. "Pop Evil Hits No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs, Godsmack & Shinedown Break Into Top 10". Billboard .
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  11. "Jack White's 'Boarding House Reach' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard .
  12. "Jason Aldean Scores Fourth No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Rearview Town'". Billboard .
  13. 1 2 "J. Cole Claims Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2018 With 'KOD'". Billboard .
  14. "Bad Wolves' Cover of The Cranberries' 'Zombie' Hits No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart". Billboard .
  15. "Hot 100 Chart Moves: Bad Wolves Bring Back The Cranberries' 'Zombie' & Taylor Swift Hits a Milestone". Billboard .
  16. "Godsmack Lands First No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs in Four Years With 'Bulletproof'". Billboard .
  17. "Godsmack's Sully Erna Talks Fear of Selling Out, Success of 'Bulletproof'". Billboard .
  18. "Shinedown Scores 12th Mainstream Rock Songs Chart No. 1 With 'Devil'". www.msn.com.
  19. "Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' Breaks Streaming Record, Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard .
  20. "Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard .
  21. "BTS Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Love Yourself: Tear'". Billboard .
  22. "Arctic Monkeys Land Sixth Straight U.K. No. 1 Album". Billboard.
  23. "Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' Nets Third Straight Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
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  25. "Weezer Returns to Hot 100 With Fan-Inspired Cover of Toto's 'Africa'". Billboard .
  26. "Kanye West Earns Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Ye'". Billboard .
  27. "Dave Matthews Band Scores Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Come Tomorrow'". Billboard .
  28. "Panic! at the Disco's 'Pray for the Wicked' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard .
  29. "Hey Man, Original Filter Duo Call Their Next 'Shot'". Loudwire. 7 June 2018.
  30. "Ghost's 'Rats' Hits No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart". Billboard .
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  32. "Twenty One Pilots Return With "Jumpsuit" & "Nico & The Niners"". 11 July 2018.
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  34. "Drake's 'Scorpion' Spends Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard .
  35. "Five Finger Death Punch Earns Fifth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 With 'Sham Pain'". Billboard.
  36. Childers, Chad (10 September 2018). "Three Days Grace Set Billboard Record With 14th Chart-Topper". Loudwire.
  37. "Breaking Benjamin Chart History". Billboard.
  38. "Disturbed Ties Mainstream Rock Songs Chart Record With Fifth Straight No. 1". Billboard.
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  40. 1 2 "'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Earns Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, Future & Juice WRLD Debut at No. 2". Billboard.
  41. Sharp, Tyler (23 October 2018). "Original Static-X Lineup to Release Wayne Static Tribute Album". Loudwire.
  42. "Greta Van Fleet Chart History". Billboard.
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  45. DiVita, Joe (7 December 2018). "Ghost, Greta Van Fleet + More Nominated for 61st Annual Grammys". Loudwire.
  46. Fernandez, Matt (January 5, 2018). "'Star Trek' Actor Jon Paul Steuer Dies at 33". Variety . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  47. "A Hill To Die Upon - Bassist Dies". Metalstorm.net. January 7, 2018. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  48. Payne, Chris (2018-01-09). "Babymetal Guitarist Mikio Fujioka Dies at 36". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  49. Kreps, Daniel (15 January 2018). "Dolores O'Riordan, the Cranberries Singer, Dead at 46". Rolling Stone .
  50. Pareles, Jon (25 January 2018). "Mark E. Smith, Uncompromising Leader of The Fall, Dies at 60". The New York Times . p. B14.
  51. Valentin, Michel (7 February 2018). "Disparition du guitariste Zeno Roth". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  52. "Charlie Quintana, Drummer for Cracker, Social Distortion Dies at 56". Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  53. Shteamer, Daniel Kreps,Hank (23 June 2018). "Vinnie Paul, Pantera Drummer and Co-Founder, Dead at 54". Rolling Stone .{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  54. "Huntress singer Jill Janus dies at 43". BBC News. 17 August 2018.
  55. 知名摇滚歌手臧天朔因肝癌去世 享年54岁 (in Chinese). 163.com. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  56. Minsker, Evan (4 November 2018). "Former Deerhunter Bassist Josh Fauver Dead at 39". Pitchfork.
  57. "Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63". BBC News. December 6, 2018.
  58. "Members of Indonesian Pop Band Seventeen Killed After Tsunami Hits Concert". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 December 2018. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  59. "Brand New confirm yet again that they're breaking up in 2018". 27 October 2017.
  60. "Alex Lifeson confirms RUSH's breakup: "After 41 years, we felt it was enough"". 21 January 2018.
  61. "Say Anything Have Announced Their Break Up - News - Rock Sound Magazine".