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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On March 11, 2019, guitarist Tony Fennell announced his departure from the band in a statement that was posted on the band’s Facebook page.
Later in the year, Holding Absence announced their debut, self-titled record would be released on 8 March 2019. They released 3 more singles before the album release, “Perish”, “You Are Everything” and “Monochrome”.
Holding Absence was finally released via Sharptone Records on 8 March and was instantly received well critically and commercially.
Episodes 1 and 2, “The One You Know” and “Rainier Fog”, respectively, were released on March 7, 2019.
In March 2019, both sisters reunited on stage for the first time since the band went on hiatus, at the Love Rock NYC benefit concert . Although Ann and Nancy were reuniting, the former Heart members who had joined Nancy’s solo effort were not invited back, and the new lineup…
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In an interview with Australian magazine The Music ‘ s official podcast in March 2019, Trujillo said that Metallica had begun jamming on new material for its next studio album.
In March 2019, Metallica announced that its WorldWired Tour would continue into Australia and New Zealand in October with Slipknot in support.
Later that month, the band announced that it would perform at the grand opening of San Francisco’s new Chase Center with the San Francisco Symphony in September to celebrate the twenty-year anniversary of S&M .
In March 2019, it was announced that the band would undertake a second Las Vegas residency titled Def Leppard Hits Vegas—The Sin City Residency.