On 20 January 2009, the band announced they were planning to release a full-length documentary film in select cinemas on 21 April 2009. Entitled Iron Maiden: Flight 666 , it documented the first part of the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour (between February and March 2008). Flight 666 was…
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and in Europe on January 19, 2009.
On January 15, 2009, the band arrived in Hong Kong for their January 16 and 17 shows.
On January 14, 2009, it was announced that Metallica would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, 2009, and that former bassist Jason Newsted—who left the band in 2001—would perform with the band at the ceremony.
The album’s final song, “15”, was completed on Manson’s January 5 birthday – hence the name.
Korn members Brian “Head” Welch and Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu , along with members of Sevendust , Slipknot and other alternative metal bands, recorded and released ” A Song for Chi “, with proceeds benefiting Cheng and his family. To aid in the fundraising for the Cheng family, the band announced…
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In 2009, Joe Lynn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli, Greg Smith and Tony Carey created the touring tribute band Over the Rainbow with Jürgen Blackmore (Ritchie’s son) as the guitarist.
they were not nominated until 2009
In the same year, Andreas Kisser contributed his recipe for ” Churrasco in Soy Sauce ” to Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook , stating that he prefers his meat “medium-rare”.
Jones and Page reportedly looked for a replacement for Plant; candidates including Steven Tyler of Aerosmith , and Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge . However, in January 2009, it was confirmed that the project had been abandoned. “Getting the opportunity to play with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason…
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