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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour With NITA STRAUSS

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will embark on a U.S. headlining tour in the spring. Support on the trek, which will kick off on April 30 in San Diego, California and end on May 21 in Inwood, West Virginia, will come from Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, and Jared J...

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Watch: BAD WOLVES Play First Show With New Singer DANIEL 'DL' LASKIEWICZ

BAD WOLVES played their first show with new singer Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz last night (Tuesday, March 1) at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California as the support act for PAPA ROACH and HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. Laskiewicz has carved out an impressive care...

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THE OFFSPRING Announces 'Let The Bad Times Roll' Spring 2022 U.S. Tour

THE OFFSPRING has announced the "Let The Bad Times Roll" U.S. tour with special guests RADKEY and BLAME MY YOUTH. Produced by Live Nation, the 18-city trek kicks off on April 26 at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego, California, making stops across the U.S. in Salt Lake City, Houst...

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311 Announces Leg 2 Of 2022 'Spring Tour'

311 has added a second leg to its "Spring Tour" 2022. The trek will kick off with leg one consisting of 20 shows scheduled between March 6 and April 6. Leg two will run from May 12 to June 5 and include 17 shows. "Spring Tour" marks the exciting return of one of rock's most entertaining and dynamic...

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RISE AGAINST Announces Summer 2022 U.S. Tour With THE USED And SENSES FAIL

RISE AGAINST has announced a summer 2022 U.S. headline tour, including shows at The Forum in Los Angeles (July 19) and The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City (August 9),with support from THE USED and SENSES FAIL. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, March 4. RISE AGAINST tour dates: Apr. 01 - Vill...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Discusses His Role In Creation Of Heavy Metal Genre

In a new interview with Kylie Olsson's YouTube show "Life In Six Strings", former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing discussed his role with one of the oldest and most famous bands synonymous with the creation of heavy metal, along with BLACK SABBATH. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "...

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SAXON Releases Documentary About Making Of 'Carpe Diem' Album

British heavy metal legends SAXON have released a 14-minute documentary about the making of the band's latest album, "Carpe Diem", and "the struggle and the strife that went into it." Check it out below. Produced by Andy Sneap (JUDAS PRIEST, EXODUS, ACCEPT) at Backstage Recording Studios in Derbyshi...

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SUM 41 And SIMPLE PLAN Announce 'Blame Canada' Spring/Summer 2022 U.S. Tour

Grammy-nominated band SUM 41 will join forces with SIMPLE PLAN for the "Blame Canada" tour, their upcoming two-part, full U.S. co-headline run. This sure-to-be-epic trek marks the first time both bands will be touring together. Fans will be able to join in as the bands commemorate their debut record...

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PROCOL HARUM Frontman GARY BROOKER Dead At 76

PROCOL HARUM frontman Gary Brooker has died at the age of 76. He passed away at his home on Saturday, February 19 after a battle with cancer. PROCOL HARUM announced Brooker's death in a group statement, writing: "From his earliest onstage duets with his musician father, through his youthful recordin...

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ROB HALFORD Is 'Stoked' About Working On His Upcoming Blues Solo Album

Rob Halford says that he is "stoked" about the possibility of working on his debut blues solo album. The JUDAS PRIEST singer is collaborating with the same team that assisted him during the making of his 2019 Christmas LP "Celestial", including his brother Nigel and his nephew Alex (son of PRIEST ba...

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SLASH: Hearing AEROSMITH's 'Rocks' Album 'Had A Lot To Do With How I Ended Up Where I Am'

In a new interview with the WMSC radio station, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash paid tribute to classic AEROSMITH, saying: "There's an AEROSMITH song called 'Nobody's Fault' off the 'Rocks' record… It was one of the songs that when I first picked up the guitar, that was the record, that particular alb...

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Music Assets Of Blues Icon JOHN LEE HOOKER Acquired By BMG

BMG has announced it has acquired the music interests of iconic American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker from his estate. The agreement includes his entire publishing catalog ("Boom Boom", "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", "Boogie Chillen", among others),co-acquired with BM...

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Pike Vs. The Automaton

It is a certified Heavy Metal Fact that Matt Pike is a badass. From inciting a doom metal revolution that resounds to this day with SLEEP or taking people's scalps off at a more destructive pace with HIGH ON FIRE, the Californian's mastery of The Riff and utmost dedication to rocking out harder than...

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WHITESNAKE: 'Story Of Their Songs' To Premiere On REELZ This Weekend

Reelz will premiere "Whitesnake: Story Of Their Songs" on Saturday, February 19 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. The official synopsis for the episode reads as follows: "Spawned from the mind of former DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale, the British rock band WHITESNAKE first appeared on the English music...

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PUSCIFER Announces Spring/Summer 2022 U.S. Tour

PUSCIFER will bring its unique theater-meets-concert experience to stages nationwide this summer as the Arizona-born outfit featuring Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell and Carina Round tours in support of its highly regarded 2020 album "Existential Reckoning" (Alchemy Recordings/Puscifer Entertainm...