On December 17, 2010, Another “big four” Sonisphere performance that would take place in France on July 9 was announced.
On December 13, 2010, the band announced it would again play as part of the “big four” during the Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth House , Hertfordshire, on July 8, 2011.
and subsequently released on December 8, 2010, as a concert film titled Creed Live , the band’s first live recording.
Judas Priest announced on 7 December 2010, that their Epitaph World Tour would be the band’s farewell tour and would run up until 2012. In a January 2011 interview, Halford said about the band’s impending retirement: “I think it’s time, you know. We’re not the first band to say farewell,…
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Matt Nicholls describes the lyrical themes of There Is a Hell … as being “repercussions of everything we were singing about on our last CD [Suicide Season],” calling the music and lyrics a lot moodier and darker. Five singles were released from the album including: ” It Never Ends “,…
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In December 2010, Ginger stated that he was unsure if the Wildhearts would ever reform. It would appear that the departure of Scott Sorry and retirement of Ritch Battersby led to the hiatus. Following this particularly with his renewed solo career, Ginger publicly stated a number of times on Formspring…
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In December Moss confirmed that Cold Chisel were working on new material for an album.
Bassist Matt Snell departed from the band in December 2010
On November 29, 2010, following several weeks of Internet rumors, System of a Down officially announced that they would be reuniting for a string of large European festival dates in June 2011. Among the announced tour dates included UK’s Download Festival , Switzerland’s Greenfield Festival , Germany’s Rock am Ring/Rock…
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To coincide with the release of their upcoming album, Motörhead embarked on a 35th Anniversary UK tour, from 8–28 November 2010, and a European tour from 30 November 2010 – 19 December 2010. They also took their tour to the Americas in 2011. In October, the band recorded a slow…
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