On October 28, 2016, Helmet released their eighth studio album, Dead to the World after the release of the single Bad News .
On March 18, 2016 during their performance at SXSW, Wiebe suffered a collapsed lung and broken ribs after a failed trust fall. The band continued the show and cancelled further performances until Wiebe recovered in the hospital.
In late 2016, Zac Baird left the live band after 10 years.
On November 13, 2016, NHK ( Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai , a Japan Broadcasting Corporation) held ONE OK ROCK 18 Festival (18 FES) where One Ok Rock and 1,000 youths (17 – 19 years old from the whole country) sang together on one stage. On November 18, 2016, One Ok Rock…
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The founding Beastie Boys guitarist John Berry died on May 19, 2016, aged 52, as a result of frontotemporal dementia , following several years of ill health. He was credited with naming the band and played guitar on the first EP. The first Beastie Boys show took place at Berry’s…
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Arkells began teasing new material from their forthcoming album on tour in the spring of 2016. The fourth album, Morning Report , was released on August 5, 2016. The first single, “Private School”, debuted on May 6, 2016, and charted at number 1 that summer. The video features cameos from…
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The band’s Who You Selling For Tour started in October 3, 2016 with a show in Paris, France, followed by Berlin, Germany on October 6 and London, England on October 10. The band then played various shows in North America from October 20 to December 6, 2016. The official music…
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In 2016, the band released three singles that used as theme song for movie and anime. ” Right Now ” for theme song 2016 film, Pink and Gray , while the re-recording of ” Re:Re: ” and ” Blood Circulator ” used as opening theme song for Erased and Naruto…
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On August 18, 2016, the band’s Facebook page linked to a 14-second video of instrumental music to the image of a country road, with the words “Stay tuned …”, further hinting at an upcoming release of the band’s ninth album. On August 21, 2016, the band released a new song…
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In the following April, the band announced that their latest single “Massive Fraud” would be released on June 24, 2016 as the last part of their single series on End Sounds along with a B-side cover of The Dicks ‘ “Hate the Police.”