The band’s debut EP, Temper dropped on November 4, 2016 and Badflower was named Apple Music’s Artist of the week. “Good, Old-Fashioned Rock n’ Roll May Have Just Made a Modern Comeback,” declares Nylon Magazine Active and Alternative rock radio began spinning “Animal” regularly and was added by stations such…
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In March 2017, the band entered the studio to begin the recording process, with support from long time producer Tom Allom , along with former Sabbat guitarist and producer Andy Sneap and engineer Mike Exeter, who worked with the band on the previous album. This marked the first time since…
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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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Matt Barranti substituted on guitar for Bryan Bassett for a gig at Palace Theater in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 11 February 2017.
On 10 February 2017, the band released And There Will be a Next Time … Live from Detroit , a double live album and concert video.
The band played their final concert on 4 February 2017 in Birmingham.
On 3 February 2017, Deep Purple released a video version of “Time for Bedlam”, the first track taken from the new album and the first new Deep Purple track for almost four years.
The final shows of The End tour took place at the Genting Arena in their home city of Birmingham , England on 2 and 4 February 2017.
In February 2017, the band revealed a teaser trailer for a documentary entitled Escape from History .