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QUEENSRŸCHE Won't Cancel Nevada Concert In Wake Of Las Vegas Mass Shooting: 'We Can't Live In Fear'

Todd La Torre of Seattle-based progressive metallers QUEENSRŸCHE, who are scheduled to perform in Henderson, Nevada on Saturday (October 7),has told Tampa, Florida's WFLA-TV that he and his bandmates have not considered canceling the concert in the wake of this past weekend's mass shooting. "Hey, t...

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GUNS N' ROSES, SLIPKNOT, JOURNEY, QUEENSRŸCHE Members, Others React To Mass Shooting At Las Vegas Concert

GUNS N' ROSES, SLIPKNOT, JOURNEY, QUEENSRŸCHE and WHITESNAKE members are among the rock musicians who have reacted on social media to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history after a gunman opened fire at a country music concert Sunday night in Las Vegas, killing more than fifty people and inj...

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QUEENSRŸCHE To Begin Recording 'Eclectic' New Album In October

Shut Up & Rock On conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre prior to the band's August 5 performance at the Clearfield County Fair in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for QUEENSRŸCHE's next studio...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Has Twelve Songs Written For Next Album

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton recently spoke to Shut Up & Rock On about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's next studio album, which is tentatively due in early 2018. "After extensive touring, we've just been kind of doing sporadic touring this year," he said (hear audio b...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Is Feeling Helpless As He Watches His Home State Get Battered By Hurricane Irma

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre, who was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida and still lives in the area, has posted a video message expressing his concern for the well being of his family as Hurricane Irma approaches his hometown. La Torre, who performed with QUEENSRŸCHE Saturday night at...

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Watch GEOFF TATE Perform QUEENSRŸCHE Classics In São Paulo, Brazil

Fan-filmed video footage of former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate performing on August 19 at Tom Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Tate's backing band for the concert consisted of the following musicians: Felipe Andreoli (ANGRA, ALMAH) - Bass Leo Mancini...

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MICHAEL WILTON: Fans Are Calling TODD LA TORRE 'The Voice Of QUEENSRŸCHE'

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton spoke to NorthJersey.com about the band's 2012 decision to fire original singer Geoff Tate and replace him with former CRIMSON GLORY frontman Todd La Torre. "It's five years since Todd has come to the band and he is doing quite well with all the existing songs, t...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Vocalist TODD LA TORRE Recalls Covering 'Operation: Mindcrime' Classics As Teenage Drummer

"Lamont & Tonelli" of San Francisco radio station 107.7 The Bone recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Todd La Torre. You can listen to the full chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On his musical influences: Todd: "I grew up in the '70s an...

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Video: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs At Clearfield County Fair

Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's August 5 performance at the Clearfield County Fair in Clearfield, Pennsylvania can be seen below. QUEENSRŸCHE is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in September to begin work on the follow-up to 2015's "Condition Hüman" album, to be released in early...

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GEOFF TATE Doesn't Know If Encounter With Former Bandmates In QUEENSRŸCHE Is Beginning Of Healing Process

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to the Chicago Tribune about his recent encounter with his former bandmates at Rock Fest Barcelona in Spain where the band performed on one stage and he performed with rock opera project AVANTASIA on another stage. "We actually had kind words to say to each oth...

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GEOFF TATE Says He Had A 'Nice Little Reunion' With QUEENSRŸCHE In Spain, Calls TODD LA TORRE A 'Fantastic' Singer

Geoff Tate says that he recently had "a really nice little reunion" with his former bandmates in QUEENSRŸCHE, almost exactly five years after his acrimonious split with the group. In April 2014, Tate and QUEENSRŸCHE announced that a settlement had been reached after a nearly two-year legal battle wh...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist Says Follow-Up To 'Condition Hüman' Will Be 'A Really Fun, Killer Album'

United Rock Nations conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton at this year's Hellfest on June 16 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about QUEENSRŸCHE's planned follow-up to 2015's "Condition Hüman" album, Wilton said: "We've been writing for this. We h...

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Former QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Performs With AVANTASIA In Switzerland (Video)

Former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate just played two shows as one of the guest vocalists in EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Fan-filmed video footage of AVANTASIA's June 28 concert at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland can be seen below. Tate was one of the...

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Watch QUEENSRŸCHE Perform In Munich, Germany

Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's June 27 performance at Backstage in Munich, Germany can be seen below. QUEENSRŸCHE is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in September to begin work on the follow-up to 2015's "Condition Hüman" album, to be released in early 2018 via Century Media. Hel...

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TODD LA TORRE On GEOFF TATE Returning To QUEENSRŸCHE: 'I Don't See It In The Foreseeable Future'

Hayley Leggs conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre and guitarist Michael Wilton at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 16-18 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. When asked if they could ever envision a scenario where former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate...