On May 1, 2018, Babymetal announced they were launching their own record label, named Babymetal Records.
That same month, Deftones embarked on a South American tour with support from Quicksand and Deadly Apples .
The album, When Legends Rise , was released on April 27, 2018.
On 26 April 2018, the song “Piece of Me” was released.
Fortus and Borland also joined X Japan on stage for their first performance at the Coachella festival on April 14 and 21. At the second weekend of the festival, Marilyn Manson joined the band on stage and performed ” Sweet Dreams ” with Yoshiki on piano.
On April 10 and 11 the band performed at Zepp Divercity in Tokyo for a limited audience, and the concert was broadcast live across Asia in selected theaters. Richard Fortus , Wes Borland , and Miya appeared as guest musicians.
The band played five dates in April 2018, at Moscow , St Petersburg , Helsinki , Berlin , and Prague . The shows were well-attended, with Helsinki a sell-out. The set-list again varied from night-to-night, with an almost 50/50 selection of Rainbow and Deep Purple songs.
In April 2018, founder member and original drummer Ray Phillips published his autobiography.
On 1 April 2018, the band debuted a new song, “Over It”, on BBC Radio 1. The song was the first single off their sixth studio album, Gravity , which was confirmed for release on 29 June 2018.
In 2015, the band announced they would be reforming with members Tim Baker, Robert Garven, Jim Barraza, and Greg Lindstrom. Their first performance would be on October 8, 2016, at the second annual Frost and Fire Festival in Ventura, California. Throughout 2017, the band had set out to headline and…
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