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TOOL Announces Extensive 2022 Tour Dates For U.S. And Europe

TOOL has announced a mammoth 2022 tour, with the Los Angeles-based band spending three months traversing the U.S. followed by a month of European dates. TOOL elected to kick off the highly anticipated trek in Eugene, Oregon as a nod to the abrupt halt to their 2020 "Fear Inoculum" tour. Slated to pl...

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Watch BRET MICHAELS Perform POISON Classics At Orlando Hotel Lobby

On Friday, September 24, POISON frontman Bret Michaels played an intimate concert the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal in Orlando, Florida as part of the "Velvet Sessions" series. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. As a reality TV star, Michaels has appeared in an exten...

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MINISTRY's U.S. Tour Moved To March/April 2022 Due To COVID-19 Concerns

Out of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of the band, fans and venue staff, MINISTRY's upcoming tour — most recently scheduled to kick off in October — has been moved to March and April 2022. THE MELVINS and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will now appear on all show dates as the tour's spec...

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Watch SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE Play Rooftop Concert Above The Strip In Las Vegas

Sammy Hagar played a rooftop concert on Wednesday (September 22) above the Strip at Beer Park at Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show started at 6:30 p.m. and ran about 30 minutes. 200 invited guests and contest winners were in attendance on the Beer Park deck. The show also played to the...

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NITA STRAUSS Plays JASON BECKER's Prototype 'Numbers' Guitar During ALICE COOPER Concert In Boston (Video)

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, got to play Jason Becker's prototype Peavey "Numbers" guitar for one song during Cooper's concert last night (Tuesday, September 21) at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts. Earlier today, Nita shared an Inst...

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SAMMY HAGAR Praises WOLFGANG VAN HALEN's MAMMOTH WVH: 'The Motherf**ker Can Play'

Sammy Hagar has spoken out again about his renewed friendship with Eddie Van Halen in the months leading up to the legendary guitarist's death. Hagar, who previously said he hadn't talked to Eddie since since the conclusion of VAN HALEN's 2004 reunion tour, discussed his former bandmate in a new int...

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Ex-STYX Singer DENNIS DEYOUNG Says He Would Be 'Perplexed' If Somebody Confused Him Vocally With LAWRENCE GOWAN

In a recent interview with Rock History Music, original STYX singer Dennis DeYoung was asked for his opinion on the man who replaced him, Lawrence Gowan. Gowan has been in STYX for 22 years, which is longer than DeYoung's initial run with the band. "I've said this a million times: Larry Gowan is the...

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DAVE GROHL Announces 'The Storyteller Live And In Person' Book Tour

Dave Grohl will take part in an extremely limited run of intimate evenings that will see (and hear) him bring his eagerly anticipated first-ever book to life. Tickets are on sale today at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. GMT for "Dave Grohl: The Storyteller Live And In Person". Due on October 5 via D...

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GHOST And VOLBEAT Announce 2022 U.S. Co-Headlining Arena Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

Danish/American rock and rollers VOLBEAT have announced a 26-date co-headlining arena tour with GHOST and special guests TWIN TEMPLE, coming to cities including Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix (full dates below). Said VOLBEAT: "We are so incredibly excited to get back to these cities...

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Watch JUDAS PRIEST Perform In Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's September 16 performance at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan can be seen below. The British heavy metal legends, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary, threw in several rarely played songs in their set, including "One Shot At Glory" and "Invad...

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IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN: 'We Do Not Plan To Make Long Songs'

During an appearance on a recent episode of the "Hangin' & Bangin': Artists On Lockdown" online show, Nicko McBrain discussed IRON MAIDEN's penchant for writing long, progressive intricate songs, including on the band's latest effort, "Senjutsu", which features three tracks whose running time ex...

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Former ACCEPT Members HERMAN FRANK And DAVID REECE Announce New Band IRON ALLIES

Former ACCEPT members Herman Frank and David Reece have joined forces in a new band called IRON ALLIES. Also involved with the project are bassist Donnie Van Stavern (RIOT) and drummer Francesco Jovino (U.D.O., PRIMAL FEAR, VOODOO CIRCLE, JORN). Frank, who is promoting his fifth solo album, "Two For...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Memorial Plaque In Pasadena Gets Formal Approval

A memorial honoring legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen in his former hometown of Pasadena, California has received a "formal approval" to be installed near the city Convention Center, which is next to the Civic Auditorium, where VAN HALEN played a number of times between 1975 and 1978. Th...

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Is This DAVID LEE ROTH's Caricature Of DONALD TRUMP?

Since April 2020, VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth has spent much of his time creating COVID-themed drawings — he calls them comics — and then sharing the finished works on his social media channels. His latest four pieces of artwork — called "The Don" (an apparent caricature of former president Don...

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AXL ROSE Says Probable Case Of 'Food Poisoning' Affected His Vocal Performance At GUNS N' ROSES' Chicago Concert

Axl Rose says that he is feeling "a lot better" after a probable case of "food poisoning" affected his vocal performance during GUNS N' ROSES' concert Thursday night (September 16) in Chicago. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Axl "struggled often during" the show at Wrigley Field "to tether himse...