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Metallica is bringing their M72 tour into 2025 with a handful of North American dates across April through June. M72 2025 will see Metallica continue their No Repeat Weekend tradition, with each stop featuring two dates and no repeat songs in the setlist. In addition to playing football stadiums across […]

Well this sucks – Veil Of Maya has cancelled all their upcoming live shows and gone on hiatus. Veil Of Maya hasn’t commented on what caused the hiatus, and has only issued the following statement. Veil Of Maya promises they’ll be back at some point. “We have made the difficult […]

French post-black metal/shoegaze outfit has announced a North American leg of their upcoming Les Chants de l’Aurore North American Tour 2025 which will feature Icelandic post-punk band Kælan Mikla. Alcest will be supporting the group’s seventh album, Les Chants de l’Aurore, which was released in June through Nuclear Blast Records. […]

Shadows Fall have announced the openers for their 20th anniversary show celebrating their fourth album, The War Within. The event will take place on December 21st at The Palladium in Worcester, MA. Joining the lineup are Unearth, celebrating 20 years of The Oncoming Storm, alongside E.Town Concrete, Jasta, Within The […]

Multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning Sacramento band DEFTONES has announce a 2025 North American tour, marking the group’s first headline run since 2022. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will canvas the country with stops at legendary arenas from coast to coast. The tour kicks off at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon […]

JANE’S ADDICTION has canceled the remainder of its U.S. tour after the onstage altercation in Boston that abruptly ended the band’s concert. The September 13 show at Leader Bank Pavilion came to a sudden end after singer Perry Farrell bumped Dave Navarro‘s shoulder with his own before seemingly yelling at […]

In a new interview with Billboard‘s “Behind The Setlist” podcast, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley spoke about the band’s decision to sell its entire music catalog, likeness and brand name to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment, which is behind “ABBA Voyage”. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The Pophouse deal is revolutionary, […]

Bret Michaels expressed his desire for a Poison 40th-anniversary tour in 2026 following days of back-and-forth between the singer’s various bandmates about their 2025 plans — or lack thereof. “It’s no secret, I have stated previously that in 2025 I’m planning to perform limited shows to focus primarily on health, […]