A public memorial was held for Starr at the Seattle Center’s International Fountain on March 20, 2011.
Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, the band decided to postpone the release of “Jade” until June 28. Yoshiki also decided to auction off one of his used signature Kawai crystal grand pianos, of which all proceeds were sent to help…
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On March 8, 2011, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead at his home in Salt Lake City.
X Japan performed on March 6 at Asia Girls Explosion, a fashion event and music concert that Yoshiki created with Jay FR.
On March 2, 2011, another “big four” concert, which took place in Gothenburg on July 3, 2011, was announced.
Their second album, also produced by Elephant Music, was titled Addicted to Metal and had twelve tracks. The title track, “Addicted to Metal” features vocals by Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. for whom Kissin’ Dynamite frequently opened. In March 2011, Kissin’ Dynamite announced that they had started working on their third…
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Megadeth and Slayer again shared the stage for the European Carnage Tour in March and April 2011.
On March 1, 2011, Sepultura completed recording the album, titled Kairos
On February 24, longtime drummer Ginger Fish announced his resignation from the group.
After taking a year off from touring in 2010, the band announced on 22 February 2011 that they would be releasing their first live album in the summer.