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CARLOS SANTANA To Celebrate 'Supernatural' Album And WOODSTOCK Performance On 'Supernatural Now' Tour

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana has announced he will hit the road with his band across North America this summer for the "Supernatural Now" tour. The three-month, 29-date celebration will commemorate two of the most important milestones in the iconic guitarist's career: the 20th...

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KANSAS Announces Addition Of Keyboardist TOM BRISLIN

KANSAS has announced the addition of keyboardist Tom Brislin to the group's ranks. Brislin is replacing departing keyboardist David Manion. An internationally acclaimed musician, Brislin has performed and toured with a variety of artists, including YES (appearing on "Symphonic Live"),Meat Loaf, Deb...

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Drummer JEREMY SPENCER Exits FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

Drummer Jeremy Spencer has announced his departure from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. After sitting out the fall leg of the group's recent co-headlining tour with BREAKING BENJAMIN, Jeremy underwent a second back surgery and will need a significant amount of time to recover; the band fully supports his d...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE And PARKWAY DRIVE Announce U.S. Co-Headline Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and PARKWAY DRIVE have announced a massive co-headline tour, dubbed "Collapse The World". The trek will take place in spring 2019, kicking off on April 18 in San Francisco and running through May 16 in Milwaukee. AFTER THE BURIAL will appear in the lineup as a support act. A speci...

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METALLICA's 'All Within My Hands Foundation' Launches 'Metallica Scholars' Initiative

METALLICA's All Within My Hands Foundation (AWMH) has launched a major workforce education initiative that provides direct support to community colleges to enhance their career and technical education programs. These programs provide skills and services to students who are looking to enter a traditi...

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CARLOS CAVAZO: 'It Didn't Seem Right' To Keep Playing With RATT If WARREN DEMARTINI Is Not Involved

Carlos Cavazo says that he left RATT because "it didn't seem right" for him to keep playing with the band without Warren DeMartini. Back in March, it was reported by Metal Sludge that DeMartini was fired by singer Stephen Pearcy and bassist Juan Croucier, with undisclosed sources telling the site th...

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SHINEDOWN To Play Intimate Run Of Shows In May

SHINEDOWN has announced "An Evening With Shinedown" live dates — an intimate, limited run of shows kicking off May 6 in New Orleans. These nine special shows will offer fans an exclusive, up-close-and-personal live experience amidst the 2019 "Attention Attention" world tour, which will see SHINEDOWN...

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Watch YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Sing DEEP PURPLE's 'Burn' At Bethlehem Stop Of 'Generation Axe' Tour

Fan-filmed video footage of Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi performing the DEEP PURPLE classic "Burn" on November 27 at the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania stop of the "Generation Axe" tour can be seen below. Vai recently told the Wichita, Kansas radio station 89.1...

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STEVE VAI Says 'Generation Axe' Tour 'Turned Out So Much Better Than We Could Have Ever Expected'

Guitarist Steve Vai recently spoke with Jedd Beaudoin of the Wichita, Kansas radio station 89.1 KMUW. The full conversation can be streamed at this location. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET and KMUW). On the inaugural "Generation Axe" tours — which also feature Yngwie Malms...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's Fill-In Drummer Identified As SCALE THE SUMMIT's CHARLIE ENGEN

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has tapped Charlie Engen to play drums for the group on the fall leg of its tour with BREAKING BENJAMIN. Engen is filling in for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's founding drummer Jeremy Spencer, who is sitting out the trek to undergo a second back surgery for an undisclosed conditio...

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NITA STRAUSS Kicks Off 'The Guitar Collective' Tour (Video)

ALICE COOPER axemaiden Nita Strauss kicked off "The Guitar Collective" U.S. tour with renowned soloist Angel Vivaldi on November 19 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Fan-filmed video footage of the second concert of the trek, which took place November 20 in Philadelphia, can be seen below. "The Guitar...

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Former MUSHROOMHEAD Singer JEFFREY NOTHING Releases 'Dead Space / Dead Inside' Video

Jeffrey Nothing, also known as Jeff Hatrix (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick),formerly the haunting voice and co-founder behind Cleveland's pioneering alterna-metal and industrial collective MUSHROOMHEAD, has resurfaced with his solo project JEFFREY NOTHING (also known as NOTHING). Newly released is a br...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE And MORBID ANGEL To Headline 2019 'Decibel Magazine Tour'

CANNIBAL CORPSE and MORBID ANGEL will join forces for the first time ever in America to co-headline the 2019 Decibel Magazine Tour. Rising Bay Area brutalizers NECROT and space-obsessed Denver death dealers BLOOD INCANTATION round out the bill. New York death metal icons IMMOLATION will join the fin...

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HYPOCRISY And FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE To Join Forces For Early 2019 North American Tour

Legendary Swedish deathsters HYPOCRISY and Italian symphonic death metallers FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE will return to North America for the "Death...Is Just The Beginning" co-headlining tour in March/April 2019. Joining them will be the progressive extreme metal band AENIMUS. Tickets go on-sale everywhere...

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Watch FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Perform With Stand-In Drummer THE ENGINE In Colorado Springs

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer is sitting out the fall leg of the band's tour with BREAKING BENJAMIN to undergo a second back surgery for an undisclosed condition. A drum prodigy known as "The Engine" is filling in for him on all dates beginning this past Tuesday (November 6) in Wich...