Two of the original founder members, bassist Tom Hill, and drummer Brian Gibson relaunched Geordie with a new line-up that included Mark Wright on vocals and Steve Dawson of Animals II on guitar. January 2022 saw Terry Slesser of Paul Kossoff ‘s post Free band, Back Street Crawler take over…
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Perry filed a lawsuit against Schon and Cain regarding song trademark registrations on September 21, 2022, although he would drop the lawsuit on January 7, 2023. Two months later, Schon filed a lawsuit against Cain over a credit card dispute.
On February 10, 2022, the band announced a new digital-only album: Deconstructed . The album includes 19 alternate takes on the band’s biggest hits, including the lead singles “Wasteland” and “The Unknown”. It was released on March 4, 2022.
In January 2022, Judas Priest announced the departure of Andy Sneap as he would shift his focus on his production work while the band continued as a quartet; however, the decision was retracted and he was reinstated. In regards to the album’s musical direction, Faulkner and Halford said that it…
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On October 27, 2022, Journey announced its fifth live album, Live in Concert at Lollapalooza , which was released on December 9, 2022.
On February 25, 2022, the Foo Fighters released a comedy horror film, Studio 666 , directed by BJ McDonnell. It stars the band members as themselves, alongside Will Forte , Whitney Cummings , Jeff Garlin , and Jenna Ortega . In the film, Grohl is possessed by a demonic spirit…
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The following year, the Brewster brothers joined Dune Rats in the ABC studios to record a cover of “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again” for triple j ‘s Like a Version segment.
In 2022 the band released a new single, “Release” and toured with REO Speedwagon and Styx .
On March 25, 2022, Hawkins died in his room at the Casa Medina hotel in Bogotá , Colombia. No cause of death was given. Hawkins had suffered chest pain, and had ten substances in his system at the time of his death, including opioids , benzodiazepines , tricyclic antidepressants ,…
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On February 8, 2022, bassist Share Ross announced she was taking a hiatus from the band and announced Julia Lage as her replacement, who is married to guitarist Richie Kotzen . Lage, a Brazilian, is Vixen’s first member not from the United States. On October 2, 2023, the band released…
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