In April 2016, during the week leading up to Record Store Day , for which the band was its ambassador for 2016, Ulrich told Billboard that the band’s expanded role within the music industry had played a part in the amount of time that it had taken to write and…
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3 Doors Down performed their song “The Broken” at the presidential inauguration concert of US President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. Arnold told TMZ that he was “proud” to perform and that he thought it would be a “good experience”. Fans of the band expressed positive feedback about it…
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The band continued touring in 2016, headlining U.S. dates with The Virginmarys . The group appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in April 2016, and, the following month, they performed at several festivals including the Fort Rock Festival and Rock’N Derby. The band also headlined the 2016 version of the Carnival…
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In April 2016, Metal Sludge confirmed via an interview with Johnny Monaco that he is no longer in the band.
On March 29, 2016, Lucas announced on WKQX that the band would celebrate the 20th anniversary of As Good As Dead by playing shows where they perform the entire AGAD album with original drummer Joe Daniels in addition to other songs with Harding on drums.
A music video for the single, ” Follow You “, was released on 16 March 2016.
On 7 March 2016, the band announced that the final ten dates of the Rock or Bust World Tour would be rescheduled as Johnson’s doctors had ordered him to stop touring immediately; he risked complete deafness if he persisted. The ten cancelled dates were to be rescheduled, “likely with a…
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On 4 March 2016, Iommi discussed future re-releases of the Tony Martin -era catalogue:
On 3 March 2016, former guitarist John Thomas died at the age of 63 after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. The news of his death was confirmed by drummer Steve Williams on Facebook: “My friend and fellow BUDGIE band member John Thomas sadly passed away last night. My thoughts…
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In March, 2016, Lee Aaron released her first all-rock album in 20 years. Self-financed and released on her own Big Sister Records, the new album was entitled Fire And Gasoline .