Rainbow embarked on a four-date UK tour in June 2017. It kicked off with the band’s first show in London since 1995 at the second annual Stone Free Festival at The O2 , followed by shows in Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham; the Manchester show was cancelled following the Manchester Arena…
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On 1 June, Northlane took part in a Twitter Blueroom session, where their new music video for “Solar” was premiered. The music video was released shortly before the band began their Mesmer World Tour, with the first leg featuring performances on the main stage at Download Festival , several other…
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In June 2017, Babymetal performed at the KISW Pain in the Grass music event in Auburn , Washington .
In June 2017, judgment was finally entered in the Croucier case, and Blotzer’s WBS filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In May 2018, the Ratt partnership filed suit against Blotzer and WBS for trademark infringement for continuing to perform as Ratt after February 2016, when it…
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In a June 2017 interview with No Brown M&Ms, Mustaine said that Megadeth would enter the studio at the end of the year to begin working on their sixteenth studio album.
On May 26, 2017, the band released their first ever single, “In the Wake”. This was followed with the release of To Kill a King , Manilla Road’s final studio album.
They performed with him at the Whisky A Go Go on May 24, 2017, his first show with the band in six years.
The album was not released in February 2017, and instead a long series of cryptic videos were posted to Marilyn Manson’s personal Instagram account over the course of just under 2 months, before Manson revealed on May 9 that the album had been named Heaven Upside Down .
On May 9, 2017, Yoshiki’s management announced that the drummer would undergo urgent surgery on May 16, where an artificial disc would be inserted between his vertebrae .
Despite an earlier decision not to release new music, Blackmore revealed in a May 2017 interview with Burrn! magazine that Rainbow were in the studio recording two new tracks. Blackmore stated, “I wrote one new song, and also recorded one of the old ones. Ronnie, who is in Madrid now,…
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