Rock Day: See five artists keeping the genre fresh in 2024

In honor of the historic show of Live Aid in 1985 the world of rock fans celebrates, this Saturday (13), the World Rock Day . At the time, the event simultaneously brought more than 150,000 people to Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to watch Queen , David Bowie , Phil Collins , Mick Jagger , Tina Turner and more.

Phil Collins was the only artist to have performed on both continents — taking a plane from the UK to the US. He was also the one who, during the festival, suggested the idea of ​​July 13th becoming a landmark to celebrate rock ‘n’ roll. Despite being a global date, the date has special relevance in Brazil thanks to Brazilian rock radio stations, which embraced the celebration.

The genre, which has dictated the direction of world music since Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, has gone through moments of questioning in recent decades and has found strength in some names that, mixing youth and experience, manage to keep rock fresh in 2024.

To keep you up to date with the latest news on the scene, CNN brought together five artists who released relevant new releases on the rock scene.

Discover artists with relevant releases in the world of rock:

• Maneskin

In 2021, Måneskin – consisting of vocalist Damiano the bass player Victoria De Angelis the guitarist Thomas Raggi and the drummer Ethan Torchio – won Europe’s biggest music competition, Eurovision, and hasn’t looked back since.

They scored three top hits on the Billboard rock charts: their viral cover of Frankie Vallie’s “Beggin’,” as well as “I Wanna be Your Slave” and “Supermodel.” At the awards show, the Italians were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and took home a Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Song for “Beggin’.”

In 2022 they will perform on the Palco Mundo Rock in Rio opening for the headliner Armas e Rosas . At the end of 2023, a deluxe version of the album “Rush!” was released and, since then, the band has not announced any news.

• Lenny Kravitz

A veteran and one of the main exponents of the mix between rock and soul, Lenny Kravitz stood out in 2024 for two great achievements.

The first is the release of “Blue Electric Light”, his twelfth studio album, which hit music platforms on May 24. The artist behind hits like “Again” and “American Woman” recorded the album at his home in the Bahamas, playing all the instruments practically alone, and has already released three singles: “TK421”, “Human” and “Paralyzed”.

The second feat was the performance he made at the Champions League final, on the Wembley pitch in England, where he sang “Fly Away”, “Human” and “Are You Gonna Go My Way”. In addition, the singer from New York has a unique show scheduled for November 23 in São Paulo as part of the tour that will promote his new album.

• Boygenious

This year’s Grammy Awards darlings, the trio featuring singer Phoebe Bridgers, were nominated for Album of the Year for their debut album, “The Record.” They had already released an EP in 2018 and are back in 2023 following the indie trend with a full-length album.

The album debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Best Albums of 2023 list and is a testament to the heartbreak and personal growth of the trio of established songwriters and close friends. Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus join Phoebe Bridgers on the project.

In total, there are seven Grammy nominations: Album of the Year, Alternative Music Album, Engineered Album (Non-Classical), Record of the Year (“Not Strong Enough”), Rock Song (“Not Strong Enogh”), Rock Performance (“Not Strong Enogh”) and Alternative Music Performance (“Cool About It”).

• imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons also released an album in 2024, releasing “Loom,” their sixth studio album, on music platforms on June 28. The American band that lives on the border between indie pop and pop rock delivered ten tracks, one of which is a collaboration with the singer J Balvin voice of hits like “Mi Gente” and “Downtown”

In April, when announcing the release, the vocalist Dan Reynolds shared a long text that talks about the construction of the album. As the album cover reveals, the songs fluctuate between sunny and somber feelings, helping to increase the confusion between sunrise and sunset proposed by the concept created by the band from Las Vegas.

It is the first album by Imagine Dragons, which boasts hits such as “Radioactive” and “Demons”, without drummer Daniel Platzman, who went on hiatus from the band in March 2023.

• green Day

Breaking a four-year hiatus without new albums or EPs, Green Day released their fourteenth studio album on January 19. “Savior” was classified by the British magazine New Musical Express as the best album by the North American band since “American Idiot”, their biggest hit, released in 2004.

The album already has five singles: “The American Dream Is Killing Me”, “Look Ma, No Brains!”, “Dilemma”, “One Eyed Bastard” and “Bobby Sox”.

*With information from Léo Lopes and Maria Santana, from CNN

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