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British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will return to American shores this fall for the “Lustmord And Tourgasm” tour, featuring an epic full performance of the band’s classic 1998 concept album “Cruelty And The Beast” for the first time ever, as well as an encore of other CRADLE OF FILTH […]

Leading U.S. independent festival promoter and producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced that several of its festivals this fall — including Louder Than Life, Aftershock and Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival — will require full vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test to attend the events.

A DAY TO REMEMBER has announced the details for “The Re-Entry Tour”, a North American headline run set to get underway this fall. Marking the platinum-selling Fueled By Ramen band’s return to the road for the first time in two years, the six-week tour produced by Live Nation kicks off […]

Concert behemoth AEG Presents has disclosed plans to require vaccinations for all event attendees. The policy, which goes into effect on October 1, states that any venue or festival owned by AEG will require all ticketholders and event staff to show proof of vaccination for entry.

In a show of force for the band and the loud music genre overall, Knotfest, the music and counterculture experience created by the multi-platinum sonic phenomenon SLIPKNOT, has today announced the band’s biggest Los Angeles headline performance yet, Knotfest Los Angeles, at Banc of California Stadium on Friday, November 5. […]

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess has announced several solo tour dates for this summer. He says: “I am finishing up my East Coast piano tour this week in NY and PA and starting a West Coast tour on Sep. 1. It’s great to be performing again at really excellent venues. […]

Last October, Armored Saint released their eighth full-length, Punching The Sky, via Metal Blade Records. Today, the band has announced their first tour dates in support of this record: a short run of shows with Black Label Society and Prong in December.

Danish/American rock and rollers VOLBEAT have announced their first headlining shows in nearly two years. Puncutated by festival appearances at Rebel Rock (Orlando, Florida: September 23, 2021) and Aftershock festival (Sacramento, California: October 8, 2021), the eight-date headline run will see the band coming to cities including Atlanta, San Diego, […]

WEEDEATER have added a second round of dates to their upcoming summer tour. The newly announced shows will feature support from THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX, JOE BUCK YOURSELF and REBELMATIC.

If you were as excited as we were to see Deftones and Gojira tour together later this year — and you were — then we’ve got some very bad news for you. The bands’ highly anticipated joint trek, which had already been rescheduled from 2020 due the COVID-19 pandemic, has […]