hard rock

2018
Manic Street Preachers 20th Anniversary Edition announced

The band announced a 20th Anniversary Edition of This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours in October 2018.

Soundgarden Cameron on continuing

A month later, Cameron told Rolling Stone that the surviving members of Soundgarden “would certainly love to try to continue to do something, figure out something to do together.” Bassist Ben Shepherd added, “We haven’t even gotten a chance to hang out, just us three, yet. We’re going through natural…
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Soundgarden band name would be retired

In an October 2018 interview with Seattle Times , Thayil stated that the Soundgarden band name would be retired. He explained, “I don’t know really what kind of thing is possible or what we would consider in the future. It’s likely nothing. The four of us were that. There were…
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ZZ Top announced a six-day Las Vegas run

In October, they announced a six-day Las Vegas run of shows to be held at the Venetian , starting from April 20, 2019.

Kiss (band) reunited with Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick

In October 2018, the band reunited with Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick on the Kiss Kruise. It performed “2,000 Man”, “New York Groove”, “Nothin’ to Lose”, and “Rock and Roll All Nite”. This was the first time Frehley and the band had performed together since 2002 for the closing ceremonies…
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Shinedown In October 2018, Shinedown announced plans to headline a U.S. tour

In October 2018, Shinedown announced plans to headline a U.S. tour beginning February 20, 2019, in Estero, Florida . Supporting acts for the trek included Papa Roach and Asking Alexandria . The tour concluded on March 20, 2019, in Loveland, CO .

Mr. Big (American band) In October 2018, Eric Martin said in interview with Friday NI Rocks

In October 2018, Eric Martin said in interview with Friday NI Rocks that the band was in the process of planning their at-that-time possible next and final album. According to Martin, once the band was done with its commitments, they would subsequently disband: “Yeah, that’s the last hurrah – that’s…
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Kiss (band) End of the Road World Tour

On September 19, 2018, following a performance on America’s Got Talent , Kiss announced that it would be ending its career with the End of the Road World Tour in 2019. Stanley commented:

Accept (band) In a September 2018 interview with The Foundry, guitarist Wolf

In a September 2018 interview with The Foundry, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann confirmed that Accept had begun the songwriting process for the follow-up to The Rise of Chaos . He stated, “We started putting down some riffs here and there, but the majority of the stuff will happen after we stop…
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Soundgarden Thayil unsure of future

In September 2018, guitarist Kim Thayil told Billboard that he and the other surviving members of Soundgarden were still unsure about the future of the band. He clarified, “We often reference rock history and we’ve often commented on what other bands in similar situations have done, not as a plan…
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