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TWISTED SISTER Announces More Fall 2026 Shows Featuring SEBASTIAN BACH On Vocals

TWISTED SISTER has announced more fall 2026 shows featuring ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach on lead vocals. A total of nine dates have been revealed so far, including the latest additions, October 18 in Gary, Indiana; November 14 in Charles Town, West Virginia; and December 11 in St. Petersburg, F...

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SKILLET To Release 'Scream' Single In July; 'Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour' To Launch This Fall

Christian rockers SKILLET have announced their explosive new single, "Scream", arriving July 10, alongside the launch of their upcoming "Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour", a major fall headline run produced by Live Nation. The new track serves as the first taste of a new era of music from th...

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IRON MAIDEN To Enforce Phone-Free Standing Area At Paris Concert For 'Run For Your Lives' Tour Film

IRON MAIDEN's June 22 concert at La Défense Arena in Paris, France will be professionally filmed and recorded for the British heavy metal legends' upcoming "Run For Your Lives" tour concert film. For this special gig, MAIDEN will enforce a phone-free standing area using Yondr pouches — the lockable...

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Watch DOWN Perform At Poland's MYSTIC FESTIVAL 2026

The MrTime2Travel channel on YouTube has uploaded video of DOWN's June 5 performance at the Mystic Festival in Gdańsk, Poland. Check it out below. DOWN, the long-running heavy metal supergroup featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and...

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SWEET Guitarist ANDY SCOTT: I 'Will Continue Until Somebody Says To Me, 'You Need To Stop Now. You Can't Play Anymore.''

In a new interview with Peter Kerr of Rock Daydream Nation, guitarist Andy Scott of the legendary rock band SWEET was asked if he still gets the "same thrill" as he always did when the curtain comes up and he sees the audience at the group's concerts. Andy responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.N...

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Ex-GODSMACK Drummer SHANNON LARKIN Defends Band's Decision To Hire 'Overqualified' MIKE MANGINI For Current Tour

Former GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin has defended the band's decision to hire ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini to sit behind the kit for GODSMACK's current tour. Mangini joined GODSMACK in early June following the abrupt departure of Wade Murff, who had played with the band for less than a mo...

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TRIUMPH's Upcoming Second Documentary Will Focus On Band's 2026 Comeback Tour: 'It's Gonna Be Totally Different Than The First Documentary'

In a recent interview with The Joel Martin Mastery Podcast, TRIUMPH drummer/vocalist Gil Moore confirmed that the band is working on a new documentary about the legendary Canadian rockers' recently completed first tour in more than 30 years. For the 2026 trek, TRIUMPH's original members Moore and si...

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BLÖTHAR THE BERSERKER Says TRUMP Supporters 'Came After GWAR' Over Satirical Killing At RIOT FEST

In a new interview with Rocking With Jam Man, GWAR frontman Mike "Blöthar The Berserker" Bishop addressed the backlash he and his bandmates received for gutting a President Donald Trump dummy while onstage at Riot Fest in Chicago last September. Footage from the concert showed a performer dressed as...

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Watch: ERIK GRÖNWALL Performs SKID ROW, BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE Covers At Finnish Rock Festival

Fan-filmed video of former SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall's June 13 performance at the Lisää Löylyä Rockfestival in Vaasa, Finland can be seen below. According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. Born To Break 02. Headless Cross (BLACK SABBATH cover) 03. Bad Bones 04. 18 An...

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COREY GLOVER On LIVING COLOUR's Long-Awaited New Studio Album: 'We've Written A Few Things And We've Recorded A Few Things'

During a June 17 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", LIVING COLOUR singer Corey Glover confirmed that he and his bandmates are continuing work on the long-awaited follow-up to 2017's "Shade" album. Asked what stage of the songwriting and recording process LIVING COLOUR is in at...

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RATT: 40th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Dancing Undercover' Due In July

BMG, in partnership with Rhino Entertainment, will release the 40th-anniversary edition of RATT's third studio album, "Dancing Undercover", on July 31, 2026. This limited-edition gatefold LP features reimagined cover artwork, and a zoetrope vinyl with moving images of the iconic band's logo and the...

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SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN Once Again Rules Out Reunion With SEBASTIAN BACH: 'It's Not Gonna Happen'

During a June 17 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan spoke about the band's recently launched first-of-its-kind partnership with USA company Sweetwater, the world's leading online retailer of musical instruments and pro-audio equipment, to search w...

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FAITH NO MORE Teases 2027 Return To Live Stage, Inks Global Touring Deal With Brazil's 30E

FAITH NO MORE is teasing a possible return to the live stage for next year. Earlier today (Tuesday, June 16),the California influential alt-metal act shared an image to its social media channels featuring the FAITH NO MORE eight-pointed star logo and "2027" super-imposed over a picture of a live cr...

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MOONSPELL Had To Do 'A Lot Of Soul Searching' Before Making 'Far From God' Album: 'I Didn't Feel I Had It In Me Anymore', Says FERNANDO RIBEIRO

In a new interview with Neeka Rogers of Metal Nation, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese dark metal pioneers MOONSPELL spoke about the band's upcoming album, "Far From God", which will be released on July 3 via Napalm Records. Regarding the lyrical and musical inspiration for the follow-up to 2...

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ANDY LA ROCQUE: 'Nobody Knows' When The Long-Awaited New KING DIAMOND Album 'Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920' Will Arrive

In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque spoke about the status of the band's forthcoming horror trilogy, part one of which is titled "Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920". Asked what is happening with "Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920" now, Andy said (a...