On January 17, 2019, B’z was announced as the first, and so far only, Japanese headliner for Japan’s Summer Sonic festival in its twenty-year history. The band previously played the festival in 2007, 2009, and with Aerosmith during a special event, dubbed “Aerosonic”, in 2013. On April 10, the band…
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By 2019, the band had begun working on new material for the follow-up to Rock & Roll Submarine .
On May 24, 2019, Black Oak Arkansas released Underdog Heroes , their first album consisting of all new recordings in 30 years. The album featured founding members Jim Dandy Mangrum and Rickie Lee Reynolds, and Sammy B Seauphine as an additional vocalist. On September 22, 2023, the band released The…
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On February 19, 2019, the band announced an upcoming album called Trauma and asked fans to share the announcement on social media 100,000 times before they released the first single. On February 26, 2019, the band released the lead single from the album, “Bow Down”. Later that same day the…
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On March 19, 2019, Johnny Van Zant announced that the band intended to go into the studio to record one last album after completing the tour with several songs ready or “in the can”. They appeared at the Kaaboo Texas festival on May 11, 2019.
In January 2019, Joe Perry stated that he and Steven Tyler were due to start recording new material together for a new Aerosmith album. The next month, on February 14, 2019, Aerosmith was scheduled to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , but the ceremony and installation…
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In late 2019 the band reinforced their presence on social media, opening an official account on Instagram, as well as an official channel in YouTube. They also released most of their music albums across different music streaming services, including Apple Music and Spotify .
On November 1, Badflower announced their debut album OK, I’m Sick , would be released on February 22, 2019.
Peterson died on October 12, 2009, in Germany from prostate cancer . Peterson was actually 63 at the time of his death despite some initial confusion, as exemplified here, immediately following the announcement of his death. After Peterson’s death, long-time Blue Cheer guitarist Andrew MacDonald wrote on the group’s website…
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In January 2019, the band announced the Moving On! Tour , followed by their first studio album in thirteen years, Who , to critical and commercial success.