Meanwhile, Tate, along with his wife, moved forward with the lawsuit they had filed against his former bandmates, claiming unlawful termination and seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent both himself and the remaining bandmembers from using the Queensrÿche name until the issue was resolved. While the Washington state superior court…
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They also performed at the Metaltown Festival and Download Festival in June 2012.
with a music video, directed by Nick Peterson, following in June 2012.
The band’s only concert in 2012 was a five-song acoustic set on May 31 at the eighth annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert honoring Jerry Cantrell.
On 21 May 2012, at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, Black Sabbath played their first concert since 2005, with Tommy Clufetos playing the drums.
Godsmack released their new live album Live & Inspired on May 15, 2012.
On May 5, 2012, guitarist Brian “Head” Welch joined Korn on stage at the Carolina Rebellion festival to play “Blind” for the first time since his departure.
In an interview published in May 2012, Cantrell explained, “The thing that set me back is I had some bone spurs [and] cartilage issues in my shoulders. I had the same issue in the other shoulder about six years ago so I’ve had them both done now. It’s a repetitive…
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In May 2012, guitarist Andreas Kisser told Metal Underground that Sepultura would soon “start working on something new with Eloy” and see if they could “get ready for new music early next year.”
In May 2012, it was announced that Bullet for My Valentine would be playing at the South African music festival Oppikoppi , as well as a once-off gig in Cape Town alongside Seether and Enter Shikari .