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Breaking Benjamin has announced that their 2020 summer tour with Bush, Theory of a Deadman, Saint Asonia and Cory Marks will canceled.  The band issued a statement, including refund information:

“Our summer tour with Bush, Theory of a Deadman, Saint Asonia and Cory Marks will unfortunately no longer be taking place.

If you purchased a ticket or VIP, you will be emailed directly with refund options including a full refund, or you can request a 150% credit at Live Nation venues. They will donate the number of tickets you originally purchased to healthcare workers on the front lines. For more details, visit LiveNation.com/refund. Thank you for understanding, and keep an eye out for tour updates in 2021. We will be back as soon as it’s safe to do so! – Breaking Benjamin”

Breaking Benjamin released their album Aurora earlier this year, a compilation of their biggest hits reimagined with guest collaborators such as Lacey Sturm, Saint Asonia’s Adam Gontier, Cold’s Scooter Ward, Underoath’s Spencer Chamberlain and Red’s Michael Barnes.

Breaking Benjamin cancels tour with Bush, Theory & more

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Breaking Benjamin has canceled the band’s summer U.S. tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

05/19/2020 2:15 PM

 

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Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider is offering up the live experience by way of his For The Love of Metal Live solo album and concert film. In addition, the singer released a video for the new song “Prove Me Wrong.”

The live release is an extension of 2018’s For the Love of Metal solo record, and will be released on July 31 on Napalm Records. Pre-order info For the Love of Metal Live can be found here.

You can watch the music video for “Prove Me Wrong” at the link: here.

Dee Snider Covers AC/DC on New Live Album and Home Video

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Concert recording features “Highway to Hell” and new studio song, “Prove Me Wrong.” Continue…

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Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer have officially postponed the North American leg of their joint Hella Mega Tour. The bands had previously postponed the European shows, which were scheduled to take place in June. According to the bands’ social media pages, the North American Hella Mega Tour will now take place in summer 2021.  You can read more: here

The Hella Mega Tour had been scheduled to take place in June, July, and August 2020. Each of the three bands announced a new album on the same day as the initial tour announcement: Green Day announced Father of All…, which came out this past February; Fall Out Boy announced November 2019’s Greatest Hits; and Weezer announced Van Weezer (which has since been postponed.)

Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy postpone North American tour

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Trent Reznor revealed that Nine Inch Nails was planning to resume their Cold and Black and Infinite Tour this fall, but those dates have now been called off because of the coronavirus pandemic. The trek was supposed to kick off in San Diego in September and include stops in cities such as Los Angeles, Vancouver, Seattle, Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Toronto.

Reznor said on Instagram, “The current plan is to finish up some scoring projects, work on my limited-patience skills, deep dive into new NIN material, and hopefully be playing music live for you in 2021. In the meantime … listen to Jehnny’s record [To Love Is to Live] (comes out June 12th), continue to listen to Bowie, and don’t be too hard on yourself.”

Reznor added that Nine Inch Nails would still be selling on their website the new merch they were prepping for the run. All profits will go to local food banks in the cities the band was supposed to play.

NINE INCH NAILS Scraps Fall 2020 Tour Plans

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NINE INCH NAILS have scrapped plans to tour North America this fall due to the coronavirus…

05/19/2020 11:22 AM

 

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Metallica have just announced the limited edition “Batch 100” installment of their Blackened Whiskey, which also comes with an exclusive pair of vinyl picture discs containing the playlist used during the spirit’s aging process. The band’s signature whiskey stood out due to it being aged in barrels that were exposed to Metallica’s music, which is said to have an effect on the aging process. For the limited edition blend, a brand new playlist was used.

The box set not only includes the special bottle of American whiskey and vinyl records, but a special Blackened Zine that’s unavailable anywhere else along with other items such as a guitar pick and stickers.

Watch Ulrich unbox the limited edition set in the video: here.  For more information and to purchase the “Batch 100” box set, head to the Blackened Whiskey website.

Metallica’s New Whiskey Box Set Includes Vinyl of the Music It Aged To

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The band’s “sonic-enhanced” Blackened Whiskey comes with a compilation curated by Lars Ulrich…

05/18/2020 3:24 PM

 

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Bruce Springsteen will remotely be joining Dropkick Murphys during their Streaming Outta Fenway free live stream that will be taking place on May 29th. Dropkick Murphys will be performing a special concert at Fenway Park in Boston that will be streamed live for free on their Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch pages.

Springsteen will be doing a special “double play” jam remotely with the band during the show where they will be performing one of their songs and one of Springsteen’s. The stream will be free, and the band will be running a text-to-donate campaign that will support three non-profits: Boston Resiliency Fund, Feeding America, and Habitat for Humanity, Greater Boston.

Bruce Springsteen to Join Dropkick Murphys for Empty Fenway Show

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05/18/2020 11:37 AM

 

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Alice Cooper has released new song ‘Don’t Give Up,’ sending hope to fans during the coronavirus pandemic. Cooper teamed up with producer Bob Ezrin on his latest single, which was recorded in lockdown using remote technology, hoping to unite people during the global health crisis.

Said Cooper: “‘Don’t Give Up’ is out today! It’s a song about what we’ve all been going through right now and about keeping our heads up and fighting back together.” The song is accompanied with a special music video, which saw 20,000 fans send in their clips of themselves holding up notes with motivational messages.

‘Don’t Give Up’ is set to be released as a limited edition 7-inch picture disc on August 14. The 72-year-old star is currently hard at work on his next album, the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Paranormal’. ‘Don’t Give Up’ is out now on all major streaming services.

Alice Cooper debuts video for pandemic-inspired single Don’t Give Up

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05/15/2020 3:00 PM

 

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Judas Priest have announced rescheduled date for their 50th anniversary European tour. Originally planned for this summer, the 50 Heavy Metal Years tour has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“As you may already know, many of the European festivals are being postponed due to COVID-19,” said Judas Priest recently. “We will post a more detailed statement regarding touring when we have all the facts and information you need. Our fans health and safety will always come first.”

“We’ve been working on production for over a year, putting together this incredible show for our Priest family and for anybody that wants to come and check out the Priest on our 50th anniversary… Priest has been working hard, as I say, for quite a while now, putting together a really, really spectacular 50th-anniversary show that we hope will give some kind of justice – if justice is the right word – to the legacy of Priest as we hurtle on.” 

See the new tour dates at the link: here.

Judas Priest Announces Rescheduled Tour Dates

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Judas Priest has announced the rescheduled dates for its 50 Heavy Metal Years European tour. The…

05/15/2020 6:23 PM

 

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Rush have shared a live version of their classic hit ‘The Spirit Of Radio’ which will feature on the upcoming expanded reissue of their classic album Permanent Waves. Permanent Waves, Rush’s seventh studio album, was originally released in January 1980.

‘The Spirit Of Radio’ was recorded at the Manchester Apollo in the early summer of 1980 during the band’s UK tour.  The super deluxe box set edition will be spread across 3LP and 2CD.  Along with the Manchester Apollo set, it’ll also feature previously unreleased live material captured at London’s Hammersmith Odeon and the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. The Permanent Waves reissue will also feature a 2015 remaster of the album. The new Permanent Waves box set will come with a 20-page notepad reproduced from a newly-discovered piece of Le Studio letterhead and two tour programs: The official 1980 world tour program and the rare, unofficial ‘Words & Pictures Vol II’ UK-only tour booklet.

Permanent Waves is out May 29th and can be pre-ordered here.

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Pearl Jam has released their music video for “Retrograde” featuring climate activist Greta Thunberg. “Retrograde” appears on Pearl Jam’s eleventh studio album, Gigaton, which was released in March.

The animated video mirrors the song’s warnings about the threat of climate change and the actions we need to take to combat its effects on the planet.

 Watch the new video for “Retrograde” by Pearl Jam featuring Greta Thunberg as a psychic at the link: here.

         

Pearl Jam and Greta Thunberg warn of climate disaster in Retrograde video

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg appears in Pearl Jam’s new video as a fortune teller who predicts a series of climate change disasters

05/17/2020 1:25 AM

 

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