In December 2014, the band announced a 13-date Canadian tour in April and May 2015.
Def Leppard contributed one song, ” Helen Wheels “, to the Paul McCartney tribute album The Art of McCartney released on 18 November 2014. Joe Elliott also contributed another track, ” Hi, Hi, Hi “.
In November 2014 the band played a historic nine-show run at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas .
They played several gigs in 2014 in the U.S., Spain, and Canada. In October 2014, drummer Roxy Petrucci said in an interview that Vixen was working on a new album, featuring one song dedicated to Jan Kuehnemund.
From 23 June 2014 to 31 August 2014, Def Leppard and Kiss toured 42 cities, with one dollar per ticket donated to such military charities as Wounded Warrior Project .
A Quiet Riot documentary movie, titled ” Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back ” (named after a lyric in the band’s hit song “Bang Your Head (Metal Health)”) and directed and produced by Banali’s fiancee Regina Russell , was completed around this time. It premiered at the Newport…
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The new album was originally planned to be an EP, but the set-list increased to 15 songs by June 2014.
In June 2014, Sambora told a reporter “I love Jon and I certainly still foresee the possibility of a return. There is no bad blood with me now. I’m just taking the steps that I want, no, have to take.” In November 2014, Jon Bon Jovi told a reporter that…
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Asked in May 2014 if Aerosmith would release a sixteenth studio album anytime soon, bassist Tom Hamilton replied, “I hope soon. But I really don’t know what we are doing because we no longer have a record contract. We are finished with Columbia. So, there is nothing written in stone.…
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For the first time in the band’s 41-year history, Kiss was featured on the cover of the April 10, 2014 (Issue 1206) edition of Rolling Stone magazine.