The Offspring

The Detroit-area festival Chill on the Hill is back for its second year, and organizers have revealed that The Offspring and Rise Against will headline the two nights Sept. 6 and 7 at the Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in Sterling Heights, Mich.

Congrats to The Offspring, who will be saluted with the Orange County Impact and Lifetime Achievement honor at the annual OC Music Awards. The honor annually goes to a renowned local band or artist that has left a major impact on the Orange County music scene, and the Huntington Beach, Calif. natives have definitely done that.

Hard rock fans can add another great festival to their must-see list this spring when Fort Myers, Fla. hosts the inaugural Fort Rock Festival. The lineup for this year's event features such top acts as the Offspring, 3 Doors Down and Stone Sour leading the way.

In late 2012, the Offspring toured with Dead Sara. During the Offpsring's set, Emily Armstrong from Dead Sara would join the band for a stripped down version of 'Gone Away.' A video of an October performance of the song at a show at the Hollywood Palladium, as well as footage of the pair recording a studio version of the song, has been released (watch below).

The Offspring will finally return with their ‘Days Go By‘ album June 26, making it four years between records. That’s actually one year faster than the break between the last two records, but still is a long time for fans to wait.

The Offspring received generally positive reviews for the title track from their ‘Days Go By’ album, but their follow-up single, ‘Cruising California (Bumpin’ in My Trunk),’ is proving to be one of their more polarizing songs in some time.

The Offspring’s new disc ‘Days Go By’ won’t be out until later this month June 26, but fans have already had a taste of what it plans to deliver via the care-free and summer-ready first single of the same name.