KIX have had to cancel two shows on their current tour due to a member of the band contracting COVID-19. The group has released the following statement: “KIX is canceling the following live dates due to a band member’s positive COVID-19 test, despite his being vaccinated. * Friday, September 10 at Rocktember Music Fest in...
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Watch JUDAS PRIEST Kick Off North American ’50 Heavy Metal Years’ Tour In Reading, Pennsylvania
JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their rescheduled “50 Heavy Metal Years” North American tour last night (Wednesday, September 8) at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. You can watch fan-filmed footage from the show below. As was the case with JUDAS PRIEST’s appearance at the Bloodstock Open Air festival back in August, the band pulled out...
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EDDIE VAN HALEN In His Own Words: ‘Eruption: Conversations’ Book Arriving In October
Hachette Books will release the new 336-page hardcover book “Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen” by music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill on October 5th. “Eruption” offers a new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen via a groundbreaking oral history composed of more than 50 hours of interviews with Eddie, his family and...
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Check Out This 10-Year Old Kid And His Band Nailing KORN’s ‘Blind’
The O’Keefe Music Foundation has become known over the last few years for its videos of young music students covering heavy tunes. Well the latest all-kid cover song from the non-profit organization is a KILLER version of the classic KORN tune ‘Blind’ sung by a 10-year-old. You can check it out below. The video stars...
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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer Calls His Former Bandmates ‘Rude’ And ‘Greedy’
Ex-SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell has called his former bandmates “rude” and accuses them of “greed” for their apparent refusal to allow him to rejoin the group. Rarebell was a member of the SCORPIONS from 1977 to 1995 and openly spoke with Classic Rock magazine about the possibility of his return to the band. When asked...
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EVANESCENCE’s AMY LEE Suffers Hiking Accident; Twists Ankle
EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee recently spoke with FM radio station 102.9 The Buzz and revealed how she had hurt herself pretty badly while preparing for her band’s upcoming U.S. tour with HALESTORM. Amy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I hate working out. I hate it. I don’t know about you, but I hate it so...
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RED FANG Cancel Fall U.S. Tour
RED FANG have announced the cancellation of their fall U.S. tour. A statement issued by the band on the matter reads as follows: “Unfortunately, our cautious optimism has turned into stark realism and we have decided to cancel our appearance at ‘Louder Than Life‘ festival and our upcoming Fall US tour in the interest of...
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HELMET To Release Their First Official Live Album, ‘Live And Rare’
HELMET’s first official live album, “Live And Rare”, is set to arrive on November 26 via earMUSIC. It will be made available on heavyweight black vinyl as well as a CD digipak edition and digital. Frontman Page Hamilton, who formed HELMET in early 1989, recalls: “After persuading our label folks in Hamburg to bake these...
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BAD WOLVES And TOMMY VEXT Exchange Shots On Social Media
BAD WOLVES and their ex-frontman Tommy Vext went head to head with each other yesterday as their feud spilled over to their social media pages. BAD WOLVES began by posting the following: “Desperate people do desperate things. Tommy Vext quit Bad Wolves last January to pursue a solo career. Unfortunately, he quickly realized that nobody...
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THY ART IS MURDER, MALEVOLENCE And KING 810 Reschedule European/UK Tour To 2022
THY ART IS MURDER’s European/UK Tour with MALEVOLENCE, KING 810 and others has been pushed ahead to late 2022. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the new dates with JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED and ALLUVIAL opening those shows. You can find the new run of dates below. Rescheduled THY ART IS MURDER, MALEVOLENCE and...