Eddie Vedder 9/13 Eddie Vedder Is “Terrified” Vedder, a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, is on hand as the hometown Cubs celebrated the retirement of returning veteran first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Vedder is among those singing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame, with Rizzo and others, including model Cindy Crawford, during the 7th inning stretch.“Oh, I was terrified,” says Vedder. When asked why, he comments, “Cause I didn’t want them to fuck up,” which earns laughs from Rizzo and Crawford and a bemused grin from the reporter. Foo Fighters 9/13 Foo Fighters New Drummer Makes Live Debut Ilan Rubin plays his first concert with the Foo Fighters in San Luis Obispo, CA. Rubin, the former Nine Inch Nails drummer, joined the Foo Fighters in early ’25. Candlemass 9/13 Candlemass Concert Features Former Vocalist Messiah Marcolin’s ‘one-off’ performance at the Rock Hard Festival Greece in Athens, marks his first performance with the band in nearly 20 years. Candlemass is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Disturbed 9/14 Disturbed Inducted Disturbed is inducted into the Illinois Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. The band formed in Chicago. “We’ve come a long way from playing in a public storage unit back in the ’90s and playing all the great bars — anyone who’d let us play, from Champs to Sidetracked to J.J. Kelley’s,” says Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan in his acceptance speech. Bruce Dickenson 9/14 Dickinson Sings National Anthem Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson sings an a cappella version of the U.S. national anthem prior to the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers’ home opener against the Seattle Seahawks (the eventual winner) at Acrisure Stadium. “As long as you start at the right place, you’re good to go,” says Dickinson. Ozzy Osbourne 9/14 Ozzy Osbourne ‘In Memoriam’ At the 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in L.A. the Black Sabbath frontman, who along with his family, starred in the early 2000s reality series “The Osbournes,” is featured in the annual ‘In Memoriam’ segment. Ozzy’s tribute is met with audible cheers and clapping from audience members. Kid Rock 9/15 Kid Rock Calls Out Mainstream Media Kid Rock, criticizes mainstream media as “nuthouses” for continuing to fuel division following Charlie Kirk’s assassination during a segment on “Jesse Watters Primetime.” “The mainstream media is fricking public enemy number one right now,” Rock argues. Kirk, a conservative activist and founder of Turing Point USA, was shot during an appearance at a Utah college campus. Tomas Lindberg 9/16 Tomas Lindberg’s Passing Revealed Lindberg’s family confirms his death to Swedish public service television company SVT Nyheter.  The frontman for the Swedish Melodic Death Metal pioneers At The Gates dies after a battle with cancer at the age 52 years old. Steven Tyler 9/17 Stephen Tyler Joins Joe Perry In Hollywood Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler joins his longtime bandmate Joe Perry on stage during The Joe Perry Project’s opening set for The Who at the Hollywood Bowl. Tyler, a surprise special guest, sings two songs with Perry’s band – Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” and “The Train Kept A-Rollin’.” Also, Slash (Guns N’ Roses) in on hand for a rendition of Aerosmith’s “Mama Kin.” The Joe Perry Project features Aerosmith guitarists Perry and Brad Whitford. Shinedown 9/20 Shinedown Are #1… Again Shinedown are atop Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, for the twenty-first time, with “Killing Fields.” “The song is meant to push you, to inspire you to think for yourself, and ask questions,” offered Shinedown frontman Brent Smith. It was written by Smith with the band’s longtime bassist/producer Eric Bass, alongside frequent collaborator Dave Bassett. Sublime 9/20 Sublime Scores First Alternative Airplay #1 In Decades Sublime has its first #1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart (dated September 20th) in nearly three decades with “Ensenada.” The Ska/Punk band led the Alternative Airplay chart in 1996 with “What I Got,” Twenty-eight years and ten months later, “Ensenada,” with vocalist Jakob Nowell, Bradley’s son, is at the top. ### The post September 13th – 20th appeared first on RockinTown.