In September, ahead of that year’s Global Citizen Festival , it was announced that Metallica would perform at the following year’s festival in September 2020 alongside artists such as Billie Eilish , Miley Cyrus and Coldplay , in what would be the final event of Global Poverty Project ‘s year-long…
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Banali was forced to sit out several Quiet Riot shows throughout 2019 as he was receiving treatment for stage-IV pancreatic cancer , though he did not reveal his diagnosis until October of that year. He was replaced by either former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly or former W.A.S.P. drummer…
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Fear Inoculum was launched on August 30 and became Tool’s third U.S. number one.
On August 22, Korn announced their new album by playing a concert in multiplayer game AdventureQuest 3D, complete with in-game merchandise, a virtual meet-and-greet, and performing a new song on a digital stage.
On August 21, the band announced that they would embark on their first tour since Mustaine’s illness in January and February 2020, with Five Finger Death Punch and Bad Wolves supporting on the European tour.
On August 20, 2019, the band released their music video for Atonement ‘ s third single “The Signal Fire”, the song they recorded with former frontman Howard Jones (now of Light the Torch).
These labels released the band’s eighth studio album, Atonement , on August 16, 2019.
The half-Filipino and English-fluent R!N officially joined the band as full-time vocalist on August 6.
On August 2, 2019, Tool’s discography (with the exception of Salival ) became available on music streaming platforms. Tool was one of the last major holdouts to release their music digitally, as their record deal was signed before the rise in streaming and not revisited until before Fear Inoculum .…
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On August 2, the band released a brand new song from The Nothing called ” Cold “.