In the beginning of 2016, the band released double best-of compilation XX . CD1 contained acoustic versions of best Emil Bulls songs while on CD2 there were original versions.
In 2016, Stapp joined Art of Anarchy .
In early 2016, Carmine Appice announced on his Twitter and Facebook pages that Cactus was coming out with a new album at the end of May that year, “Black Dawn”.
in addition to this, Campbell and Freeman’s Last in Line bandmate Jimmy Bain , former bassist of Dio died of lung cancer aboard the ship the same night, causing Last in Line to cancel their show the following day.
On 28 December 2015, Lemmy died, four days after celebrating his 70th birthday. He was the second Motörhead member to die in 2015, following Phil Taylor the previous month. The band posted the following message on Facebook:
A few days later, the band’s long-time manager Todd Singerman told the press that Lemmy had experienced chest pains two days after his 70th birthday party (held at Whisky a Go Go ) and visited into the emergency room, but was released the next day. However, Singerman was concerned because…
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On 15 December 2015, the band teased their upcoming music. They also signed on to play tours including Rock on the Range. On 8 February 2016, they revealed their new vocalist, Bryan Scott, who previously performed with Glass Intrepid and Dev Electric and briefly toured as a vocalist for Emphatic…
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Motörhead continued the ” 40th Anniversary Tour ” in Europe in November and December. They played concerts in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Their final concert was in Berlin, Germany on 11 December 2015. After Lemmy’s death, drummer Mikkey Dee spoke in an interview about him: “He was terribly gaunt.…
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On December 3, 2015, Weiland was found dead on his tour bus around 9 pm, one day before he was to perform in Minnesota with his band the Wildabouts, which ended the possible reunion.
On December 3, 2015, Scott Weiland was found dead of an accidental overdose of alcohol, pills, and cocaine on his tour bus in Minnesota.