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FOREIGNER Adds New Dates To 2020 European Tour

As recently announced, FOREIGNER and WHITESNAKE will be hitting arenas across the U.K. in 2020 alongside very special guests EUROPE starting May 31 in London at the O2 Arena. Once the U.K. trek concludes on June 8, FOREIGNER will continue on their headlining tour of Europe, which will include stops...

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CHEAP TRICK Announces North American Tour With ROD STEWART

CHEAP TRICK will team up with Rod Stewart for a North American tour this summer. According to Rolling Stone, the 21-date trek — which features Stewart as the headliner and CHEAP TRICK as the "special guest" — will launch on July 21 in Cleveland, Ohio and end on September 5 in Chicago, Illinois. Tick...

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LOU GRAMM On His 'Retirement': 'I've Lost The Desire To Be Out On The Road Performing Constantly'

In a recent interview with Daily Boom, original FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm spoke about his decision to retire from performing as a solo artist. He said: "At the end of last year, I disassembled my own band and that was that. Different variations of that band had been together for 13 or 14 years, and...

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SLASH: METALLICA's 'Garage Days' Is 'One Of The Best Cover Records Of All Time'

During a December 13 appearance on SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones's radio show, "Jonesy's Jukebox", on the 95.5 KLOS station in Los Angeles, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash spoke about the band's 1993 covers album, "The Spaghetti Incident?" The effort was recorded when the Axl Rose-fronted group wa...

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LAMB OF GOD Guitarist MARK MORTON To Release 'Ether' Acoustic EP In January

LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton returns in 2020 with his second solo offering, titled "Ether", a primarily acoustic five-song EP scheduled for release in January via Rise Records/BMG. As with Morton's solo debut, "Anesthetic", released earlier this year, the guitarist enlisted the talents of vario...

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TALISMAN Reunites For New Song In Memory Of MARCEL JACOB

TALISMAN, the band founded and created by the late Marcel Jacob in 1989, has written, produced and recorded a new song titled "Never Die (A Song for Marcel)" for their fallen brother who took his own life 10 years ago on July 21, 2009. You can view the lyric video below. Surviving members Jeff Scott...

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HATEBREED To Release New Studio Album In May 2020

Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED will tentatively release their next album in May. The follow-up to 2016's "The Concrete Confessional" is being produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with ROB ZOMBIE and QUEENSRŸCHE, among many others. The news of the HATEBREED album'...

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SEX PISTOLS Guitarist STEVE JONES Opens Up About Heart Surgery, Says Recovery Has Been 'A Bit Of A Nightmare'

SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones returned to radio last Friday (December 13),three months after undergoing a heart operation. Jones broke the news of his ailment during his show, "Jonesy's Jukebox", on the 95.5 KLOS station in Los Angeles. "Three months ago, I was going to start the one-day a week...

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HATEBREED's JAMEY JASTA Wanted To Prove He Could Do More Than Write Hardcore Music

Paulie Walnuts of HardDrive Radio recently conducted an interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how his recent JASTA solo record, "The Last Chapters – Volume 2" came about: Jamey: "I don't know if...

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ROB HALFORD Says Making New Christmas Album With Family Members Helped Him 'Decompress'

JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford recently spoke with Jackson of the Atlanta radio station Rock 100.5. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his new holiday-themed solo album, "Celestial": Rob: "This has been a real blast for me...

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TONY IOMMI And ROBERT PLANT Photographed Together At Nashville Airport

Black Sabbath Online 's Joe Siegler has shared a photo of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant hanging out together at the Nashville airport, as they were apparently coincidentally both flying home from there at the same time. The duo appear to be looking at someth...

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ADAM DUTKIEWICZ Says Next TIMES OF GRACE Studio Album Could Arrive In Late 2020

Grasser Production conducted an interview with vocalist Jesse Leach and guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE prior to their November 10 at Löwensaal in Nürnberg, Germany. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). O...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Announces HOWARD JONES's LIGHT THE TORCH As Opening Act For Spring 2020 Tour

LIGHT THE TORCH will be the opening act on KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's spring 2020 tour. As fans are well aware, LIGHT THE TORCH features frontman Howard Jones, who served as KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's singer from 2002 through 2012. "We are excited to bring out LIGHT THE TORCH, first of all, because they are a kil...

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ROB HALFORD Says JUDAS PRIEST Song 'Raw Deal' Was 'Like A Coming-Out Experience' For Him

In a recent interview with Nikki Preston of 96.7 KCAL Rocks!, JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford spoke about his involvement with the LGBTQ community. Halford came out as a homosexual during an MTV interview in 1998 and has long since been an outspoken advocate for gay rights. The legendary singer re...

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DANKO JONES: 'There Is Definitely A Place For Rock Music Today'

Danko Jones — the guitarist/vocalist of the Canadian hard rock trio DANKO JONES — recently spoke with Loud TV. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's current trajectory: Danko: "Feedback [for] the last two albums has been pr...