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Kelly Clarkson has the uncanny ability to find the soul pocket in just about any song. Take, for instance, her rumble through Metallica‘s “Sad But True” during the Kellyoke segment on Monday’s (May 6) episode of her eponymous daytime talk show. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sure, […]
Megadeth announced the dates for a 33-show U.S. fall tour on Tuesday (April 23). The Live Nation-produced Destroy All Enemies outing will feature support from Mudvayne and All That Remains and is slated to kick off on August 2 at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, AR.
“Our ‘Crush The World’ tour has been a tremendous experience for the four of us,” said singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine in a statement. “We are all playing tight, and that has made it possible for me to really focus on solos and singing, we are playing more songs than ever before, and we are closer to each other, onstage AND off. I’m excited to see Mudvayne, and All That Remains. Join us as we DESTROY ALL ENEMIES.”
The two-month run will include shows in Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, Boston, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis, before winding down on Sept. 28 with a gig at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. Tickets for all the dates will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday (April 26), with a presale for Cyber Army/Megadeth Digital members kicking off today at noon local time here.
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According to a release, the outing will feature Mustaine and company playing classics from their beloved albums Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction and others, including their most recent studio LP, The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
Check out the dates for the 2024 Destroy All Enemies U.S. tour below.
August 2 — Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
August 3 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
August 5 — Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheatre
August 6 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
August 8 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
August 9 — Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
August 10 — Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at Concord
August 12 — Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
August 13 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater
August 16 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theatre at Planet Hollywood
August 17 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverick Arena*
August 20 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
August 21 — Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater
August 23 — Macon, GA @ Atrium Health Macon Amphitheater*
August 24 — West Palm Beach, FL @ IThink Financial Amphitheatre
Sept. 3 — Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Sept. 5 — Huntington, WV @ Marshall Health Network Arena*
Sept. 6 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
Sept. 7 — Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Sept. 9 — Reading, PA @ Santander Arena*
Sept. 10 — Albany, NY @ MVP Arena*
Sept. 11 — Boston, MA @ Leader Bank
Sept. 13 — Bethel, MY @ Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
Sept. 14 — Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Sept. 15 — Richmond, VA @ Virginia Credit Union Live!*
Sept. 17 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Sept. 18 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Sept. 20 — Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
Sept. 21 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sept. 24 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
Sept. 26 — St Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre STL
Sept. 27 — Southaven, MS @ Bankplus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove*
Sept. 28 — Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
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This summer’s edition of the Rocklahoma festival will feature headlining slots from Avenged Sevenfold (Friday night), Disturbed (Saturday night) and Slipknot (Sunday night) in what promoters are calling the event’s biggest lineup to date. The three-day hard rock fest, which will run from August 30-Sept. 1 at the Rockin Red Dirt Ranch in Pryor, Oklahoma, will also feature headlining sets from Evanesence, A Day to Remember, Lamb of God, Halestorm, Skillet, Mastodon, a reunited Anthrax, Clutch, Kerry King, Coal Chamber and others.
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Tickets for the 2024 Rocklahoma festival will go on sale on Friday (April 5) beginning at 11 a.m. ET here; weekend VIP, GA passes, as well as camping and glamping passes will all be available at that time, with passes starting at $10 or 10% down on layaway. Others acts on tap for the festival include: Badflower, Pop Evil, Giovannie & the Hired Guns, Bad Wolves, Tom Keifer, Winger, Faster Pussycat, Vixen, Set It Off, The Warning, Kim Dracula, Austin Meade, Oxymorrons, Holy Wars, Enuff Z’Nuff, Atomic Punks and many more.
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“Rocklahoma is a call to arms, a celebration of not only music but also of our differences and what makes us all the same,” Lzzy Hale of Halestorm said in a release announcing the lineup. “We are so grateful to be returning to the stage, and cannot wait to see our old friends, and welcome the new ones into our Rock ’n Roll family!”
Check out the full roster for the 2024 Rocklahoma festival in the concert poster below.
Reunited thrash metal band Slayer will headline the second night of this year’s Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY. The band join fellow headliners Slipknot, Mötley Crüe and Korn at the event slated to take place at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center on Sept. 26-29.
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The 10th anniversary of North America’s largest rock festival will also feature sets from Disturbed, Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch, Evanescence, Falling in Reverse, Breaking Benjamin, The Offspring, Staind, Till Lindemann, Chevelle, Dropkick Murphys, Halestorm, Gojira, Seether, In This Moment, Anthrax, Sum 41, Mastodon and Rage Against the Machine guitarist and solo act Tom Morello.
“We’re thrilled to announce that Slayer will be reuniting for an earth-shattering performance at Louder Than Life,” promoter Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents said of the thrash icons who retired in 2019 after what they said at the time was their final tour. ”I was at their last show at The Forum in 2019 and have been working since then to bring them back to the Louder stage! With over 140 bands on five stages, we’re celebrating our 10th Louder Than Life with the biggest lineup yet!”
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Slayer — whose final lineup included original members guitarist Kerry King and bassist/singer Tom Araya along with drummer Paul Bostaph and guitarist Gary Holt — were also announced as headliners for this year’s Riot Fest on Wednesday (Feb. 21).
The 150 acts at Louder Than Life will set up on five stages at the festival that will also include a selection of Louisville’s best spirits and local cuisine and sets from Anthrax, Mastodon, Architects, Skillet, Clutch, Highly Suspect, Lorna Shore, Body Count, Spiritbox, Grandson, Nothing More, Sevendust, Jinjer, Poppy, Badflower, Starset, Sleeping With Sirens, Filter, Eagles of Death Metal, Juliette Lewis and the Licks, Marky Ramone Plays the Ramones Classics, Black Stone Cherry, PUP, Three 6 Mafia, P.O.D., Fozzy, Fugitive, Saosin, L.S. Dunes, Biohazard, Polaris, From Ashes To New, LIT and many more.
Single day and weekend GA admission along with Park Community VIP passes and information on new Loud Lounge Suites are on sale now here; Angel’s Envy Top Shelf VIP passes, RV and car + tent camping passes are already sold out.
Check out the 2024 Louder Than Life festival poster below.
The lineup for the 2024 edition of the French hard rock festival Hellfest will featuring a quartet of heavy hitters headlining from June 27-30, including Foo Fighters, Metallica, Machine Head and Avenged Sevenfold.
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The first night — topped by A7X — will feature support from Megadeth, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Omens, Baby Metal, Enter Shakari and more. Machine Head top the Friday night lineup, with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello on the bill along with The Prodigy, Fear Factory, Steel Panther, Ice-T’s Body Count, Shaka Ponk, Biohazard, 311, Fu Manchu, Corrosion of Conformity and others.
Metallica will headline on night three, along with Mass Hysteria, Extreme, Mammoth WVH, Black Stone Cherry, The Dead Daisies, Saxon, Bruce Dickinson, Accept, Yngwie Malmsteen, Suicidal Tendencies, The Interruptors, Mr. Bungle and more. Foo Fighters do the honors on the final night, with support from Queen of the Stone Age, Royal Blood, Heart, Nova Twins, High on Fire, The Offspring, Corey Taylor, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Simple Plan, Neck Deep, Madball, Rival Sons, Therapy?, Dimmu Borgir and many more.
The 17th edition of Hellfest will take place outside the western French city of Clisson with more than 160 bands setting up on six stages. Weekend tickets are already sold out and single-day tickets slated to go on sale early next year.
Last year’s event featured sets from Kiss, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Def Leppard, Tenacious D, Sum 41, Pantera, Rancid, Black Flag and more.
Check out the full lineup and the Hellfest 2024 poster below.
Ozzy Osbourne will not go gentle into that good night. Why start now? The metal legend who has been sidelined for much of this year due to ongoing issued tied to a neck injury told Metal Hammer in a new interview that he is working on another album. And, despite canceling his oft-delayed No More […]
Machine Gun Kelly swung back into rock mode last week when he hopped on stage with Mötley Crüe for a live rendition of “The Dirt (Est. 1981),” their 2019 collaboration for the soundtrack to the film adaptation of the band’s biography of the same name. The rapper joined the metal legends during their set at […]
On the eve of the kick-off of their summer tour, Slipknot drummer Shawn “Clown” Crahan announced that he will not be joining the band for the time being in order to spend time with his wife as she deals with an undisclosed health issue. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts […]
In the midst of a week off from Metallica‘s recently launched European leg of their M72 world tour, singer/guitarist James Hetfield took some time to visit an injured Ukrainian soldier who is receiving treatment at Vail Health Hospital in the singer’s Colorado hometown. As reported by the Vail Daily, Ukrainian serviceman Roman Denysiuk was brought […]
Ozzy Osbourne had to make the heartbreaking decision to retire from touring early this year due to a series of health issues, effectively ending a half century of road dog raging. But in a new interview in Metal Hammer magazine conducted by two of his biggest fans — Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D — Ozzy revealed that he’s determined to keep rocking, even if it’s on four wheels.
“I mean, doing a live show is what I live for. I’ve had to cancel my [2023] European tour but I’m determined,” Ozzy told the pair. “I’ve gotta do more gigs if I have to get someone to wheel me out there. I mean, you can’t retire from this game. It’s not a job, it’s a f–king passion. I don’t know how to do anything else. The thought of sitting in my house all day… I’m a road dog, you know? I’ve been doing it f–king 55 years. It’s the best thing to have ever happened to me.”
In February, Osbourne posted a note to fans on social media, saying, “This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to share with my loyal fans…” In it, he announced that his touring days have come to an end and that his rescheduled European/UK tour dates have been canceled. “Believe me when I say that the thought of disappointing my fans really f—s me up, more than you will ever know. My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city or country to country.”
Ozzy previously revealed that though his voice is “fine,” after three major operations, stem cell surgeries and other procedures to deal with a spinal injury he suffered four years ago he can no longer deal with life on the road.
It didn’t take long for his team to figure out a way for the 74-year-old metal icon to get back at it, though. His name was at the top of the list in March when the lineup for the inaugural three-night Power Trip metal festival was announced. The Goldenvoice-promoted event will take place in the Coachella Valley in Indio, CA and feature three nights of killer double bills, including Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden, AC/DC sharing the stage with Ozzy on night two and Metallica and Tool closing things out on Oct. 8.
On Instagram, the D revealed that when the magazine asked them to pick their dream interview for a special edition they of course said it had to be Ozzy. “Ozzy was my introduction to heavy metal music,” singer/guitarist Jack Black said. “I bought Blizzard of Ozz back in the early 80’s and it changed my life… once I had the flavour, once I got the taste of Ozzy, it was like getting the taste of blood on your tongue. I couldn’t shake it. Then I went back to his roots and checked out Black Sabbath… Black Sabbath invented metal.”
Check out the Metal Hammer cover below.