On June 14, 2015, Hetfield and Hammett performed ” The Star-Spangled Banner ” live via electric guitars prior to game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California .
They also played in the Cardiff Castle on 5 June 2015 with 10,000 fans attending the gig, it was broadcast nationwide by BBC Two Wales.
On 5 June 2015, prior to the band’s performance at the South Park festival in Tampere , Finland, bassist Peter Baltes told Kaaos TV that Accept planned to begin work on a new album after the conclusion of the Blind Rage tour. Asked in a July 2015 interview about the…
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In June 2015, Blotzer formed a band called Bobby Blotzer’s Ratt Experience. In August 2015, Croucier formed a touring band that played Ratt’s deep cuts, with the band debuting in September. Within days, Blotzer criticized Croucier for using the band’s logo, arguing trademark infringement.
As of June 2015 Johns recruited two former Blackfeather members, Harry Brus on bass guitar and Stuart Fraser on guitar, along with Gary Steel on keyboards and Paul Wheeler on drums (ex- Icehouse ).
In June 2015, Deen Castronovo was arrested following a domestic altercation. He was fired by Journey in August and was ultimately replaced by Omar Hakim on the band’s 2015 tour. In 2016, Steve Smith again returned as Journey’s drummer, reuniting all of the members of the Escape-Frontiers-Trial by Fire lineup…
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In late June, the band began to promote pictures of an umbrella symbol being used as a tattoo, and on stickers, and posters across England, the United States, Australia, and Europe; it was later used for a promotional cover for the band’s first single.
In June 2015, the band announced a two-day concert under the name of L’ArCasino, held at Yumeshima Outdoor Special Stage, Osaka, on September 21 and 22.
The Who headlined 2015’s Hyde Park Festival in June,
and two days later, the Glastonbury Festival .