A live album and DVD, Memories in Rock , was released in late 2016.
In 2016 the band was reformed with a new line-up to record a new album, based on recordings the band made in 1975. It was released in 2017.
In 2016, the band released two new singles, “Hurtin’” and “Some Like It Hot”, the latter is described by Paul Dean as “the first and only shuffle Loverboy has ever done”, comes from the same late 1970s period as several of the songs found on their previous album, 2014’s Unfinished…
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The band’s sixth studio album, DNA was released on August 19, 2016. It was the band’s poorest charting album to date, debuting and peaking at number 148 on the Billboard 200 chart. Two of its singles, “Passenger” and “It’s Over”, were able to make it into the top 50 on…
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In 2016, the group embarked across Europe and Asia on the Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour .
Vocalist Jizzy Pearl departed the band at the end of 2016 to concentrate on his solo career, and was replaced by former Adler’s Appetite and Icon vocalist Seann Nicols, formerly known as Sheldon Tarsha . On February 13, 2017, the band announced that they would release a new album Road…
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In 2016, a commercial and digital short for National Car Rental started airing that features the band and major fan Patrick Warburton , best known for his role as David Puddy in Seinfeld . After Warburton touts that four out of five National rentals result in a free upgrade, the…
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Prior to their Christmas tour in 2016, Ginger stated in an interview that the band would be recording a new album in 2017. Proceeds from the album went towards assisting McCormack’s recuperation after the amputation of his lower right leg.
The Who embarked on the Back to the Who Tour 51! in 2016
On November 29, 2016, Pearcy, Croucier and DeMartini announced that they had expelled Blotzer from the Ratt partnership and announced their own Back for More Tour.