an April 2017 article in Rolling Stone reported that they had not spoken to one another since the 2016 tour ended and only sporadically contacted one another through text messaging.
1 April featured Tommy in full
In April 2017, Local H was announced as the winner of the ‘Hit the Stage’ contest, gaining the opportunity to open for Metallica on five dates of the WorldWired Tour .
By 2017, Scholz had begun writing new material for the seventh Boston album. He told the Sun Herald in April of that year, “I find that I’m in a position that I really need to write things that we can play at the shows. We play basically everything that people…
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On March 22, 2017, I Prevail’s participation in the 2017 Vans Warped Tour was confirmed. In late March/early April 2017, the band had their first major overseas headline tour, which included sold-out shows across Australia. On May 30, 2017, I Prevail announced the departures of Lee Runestad and that he…
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Two preliminary concerts at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust on 30 March
On March 22, 2017, former drummer Sib Hashian died after collapsing on a Legends of Rock cruise ship.
On 7 March 2017, Black Sabbath announced their disbandment through posts made on their official social media accounts.
In March 2017, Vixen parted ways with lead guitarist Gina Stile and chose Britt Lightning to succeed her. Lightning had previously played in Jaded, another all-female band that is defunct. Initially, in a June 2018 interview, Petrucci said that the band’s new album was to come out in 2019. During…
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In March 2017, three-fifths of the original lineup (Bonnet, Waldo and Shea) reunited for three shows in Japan, which also included Conrado Pesinato and Mark Benquechea on guitar and drums respectively. The performances were recorded for the live album/DVD Parole Denied – Tokyo 2017 , which was released on December…
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