In June 2019, it was announced that Jeremy Spencer has continued the band’s support of first responders and was sworn in as a reserve police officer in Indiana.
The official music video for “Rainier Fog” was released on YouTube on May 15, 2019, and was co-directed by Alice in Chains and Peter Darley Miller, who also directed the band’s 2013 mockumentary, AIC 23 .
On May 9, 2019, the band released a video announcing a “new record in the making”.
In August 2018, the band announced it would be touring to celebrate 25 years of the Earth vs the Wildhearts album, in which the album would be played in full at each shows. The lineup for this tour included Ginger, CJ, Danny McCormack, and Ritch Battersby. In early January 2019,…
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On January 16, 2019, Gardner confirmed in a Facebook post that she had definitely left Vixen, to devote more time to family and prioritize her solo career. The band later released a statement on their official Facebook page stating they plan to continue without Gardner and that a new studio…
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Rainbow released another single, “The Storm”, in May 2019, which was “a rocked-up remake” of Blackmore’s Night ‘s 2001 song with the same title, and the band resumed touring in Europe that summer.
Baltes was filled in on bass by Danny Silvestri for the band’s performance at the 2019 edition of the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise. On 16 April 2019, former Uli Jon Roth sideman Martin Motnik was announced as Baltes’ permanent replacement. Three days later, Accept released a special seven-inch single…
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In April 2019, the group performed multiple shows with Messer and Memphis May Fire .
In April 2019, drummer Joey Kramer suffered minor injuries to his shoulder following an unspecified accident, and was forced to stand down from several concerts of the band’s Las Vegas residency. His drum technician John Douglas substituted for him. In November of that same year, Kramer told several news sites…
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with the dates sold out in April.