In March 2020, the band began a series on YouTube and Facebook called #MetallicaMondays , where they streamed full archived shows every Monday to relieve boredom while staying home and social distancing amid the pandemic.
In March 2020, Soundgarden asked court to dismiss the lawsuit.
The box set The Early Years 79-81 was released in March 2020, featuring remastered versions of the band’s first two albums plus a variety of live recordings, B-sides, and studio outtakes from the 1979 to 1981 period.
On 29 February 2020, a new track, “Throw My Bones” was released online, with a new album Whoosh! planned for release in June.
The album, F8 was released on February 28, 2020.
The album, titled These Grey Men , was released on February 28, 2020. It consists of covers/reimaginations of other songs by artists such as Radiohead, AFI, Madonna, and Talking Heads, among others.
Kiss appeared again as special guests on America’s Got Talent on February 17, 2020, with a televised performance of “Rock and Roll All Nite”.
On 16 February the band reprised their Live Aid set for the first time in 35 years at the Fire Fight Australia concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney to raise money for the 2019–20 Australian bushfire crisis .
On February 4, 2020, it was announced that guitarist Jason Hook was forced to miss the remaining shows of the European tour due to health issues. Andy James was named as substitute for the rest of the tour.
In late February 2020, Idol starred in a public service campaign with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police titled “Billy Never Idles”, intended to fight the unnecessary idling of automobile engines in New York City, to reduce air pollution. Idol teamed with New York Mayor Bill de…
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