Finalists for the 16th 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 2025 hennemusic Rock News Awards winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 24.
2025 Rock News Artist Of The Year – Top 10
10 – GUNS N’ ROSES
09 – DAVID LEE ROTH
08 – BILLY IDOL
07 – THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
06 – DAVID GILMOUR
Rock News Artist of The Year No. 5 – TRIUMPH
Details surfaced in March that Round Hill Records would release a Triumph tribute album on June 6.
“Magic Power: All Star Tribute To Triumph” would feature a variety of rockers – including Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson, Joey Belladonna, Slash, Dee Snider, Jeff Keith and more – covering classic Triumph tunes.
In sync with its release, Triumph regrouped in Edmonton to perform ahead of Game 2 of the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers.
In August, Triumph was named as one of the 2025 honorees that would be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame in October.
Triumph made more headlines in December when they announced dates for a 50th Anniversary Tour.
Set to open in late April and run into early June, the North American series marks the band’s first tour in 30 years.
"Our fans have always been the heart of Triumph,” says the band. “Their energy, their belief, and the way they embraced the positivity in our music have carried us for fifty years. We've always said these songs were meant to bring people together - and that's exactly why we're coming back now. We knew there was still a chapter left to write. This tour is our chance to do it, together with the people who made the Triumph journey possible."
Formed in Mississauga, ON as a four-piece outfit in 1975, it was the addition of guitarist Rik Emmett to the lineup alongside bassist Mike Levine and drummer Gil Moore a few months later that led to Triumph re-launching as a trio, and would see the release of a self-titled debut album in 1976 before 1977’s follow-up, “Rock & Roll Machine”, began to gain some attention from US radio.
Triumph would go on to release 9 studio albums ahead of Emmett’s departure in 1988; a tenth record, 1992’s “Edge Of Excess”, rounded out the catalogue before the group essentially disbanded the following year.
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