In June 2012, the band announced its album Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival would be released by Frontiers Records . The band was on tour with Journey and Pat Benatar / Neil Giraldo from July 24 to November 16, 2012. It finished up 2012 on the same tour when Night Ranger…
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June 1, the latter being for the group’s fan club members only.
In June, they performed at the Download Festival at the Donington Park motorsports circuit in Leicestershire, England, followed by the last concert of the short tour at Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago.
The band’s only concert in 2012 was a five-song acoustic set on May 31 at the eighth annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert honoring Jerry Cantrell.
At the first day, the mayor of Honolulu Peter Carlisle made a surprise appearance and declared May 31 “L’Arc~en~Ciel Day”, saying he felt the band “made a great contribution to cultural activities, and built a bridge of friendship between Hawaii and Japan”.
Honolulu on May 31
however it wasn’t released to stores until May 29, 2012.
Tokyo on May 26–27
The band released their new album Beneath the Scars on May 22, 2012, to digital retailers,
On 21 May 2012, at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, Black Sabbath played their first concert since 2005, with Tommy Clufetos playing the drums.