On September 15, 2015, the RIAA announced that the band had earned more Gold records than any other American band in the association’s 63-year history, with a total of 30 Gold album awards (including the band’s four 1978 solo albums). Cary Sherman , the RIAA CEO and chairman, commented:
On 3 September 2015, it was announced that Black Sabbath would embark on their final tour, titled The End , from January 2016 to February 2017.
Europe participated in a major cable television GEICO advertising campaign which started airing September 2015 in the US; in a television commercial, they are featured singing “The Final Countdown” to the background of an office break room, as a microwave oven cooks a burrito.
In September 2015, Blotzer took over control of WBS, a company he set up with DeMartini and Pearcy in 1997 to handle Ratt business, over the objection of DeMartini and announced that he had “taken control” of Ratt and his Ratt Experience lineup was the real Ratt and would be…
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While touring the album as the “40th anniversary Tour”, Motörhead had to cut short their Salt Lake City show on 27 August 2015 (in the Rocky Mountains) due to Lemmy’s breathing problems (the result of an altitude sickness ) and then they had to cancel completely day-off their Denver Riot…
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On August 27, Trivium premiered the music video for their third single “Until the World Goes Cold”
The compilation XXX -The Ultimate Worst- was released on August 26, 2015.
The next single, “True Friends”, was released on 24 August 2015.
During an August 15, 2015, performance at the Cathouse, Brent Muscat, Eric Stacy, and Greg Steele from the classic lineup joined Downe and his then-current incarnation of the band on stage to perform “Bathroom Wall” and “Babylon.”
Venom was set for release on 14 August 2015