On 13 January 2021, the band announced that they would reissue both Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules as expanded deluxe editions on 5 March 2021, with unreleased material included.
While hosting a Masterclass “Front Row Live” for fans via Zoom on January 9, 2021, Mustaine announced the title of the band’s sixteenth album would be called The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! ; however, he indicated that the title might be subject to change.
In 2019, Duran Duran were working on a new album with Ronson, Erol Alkan and Giorgio Moroder handling production duties, and Graham Coxon and Lykke Li being confirmed as collaborators. Rhodes described the content and sound of a possible first single to be “very different for us.” Initially planned for…
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In 2021, the State Library of Queensland named its copy of “(I’m) Stranded” as one of the treasures from its John Oxley Library collection, citing the 7” vinyl single represented a piece of Australian and Queensland music history, influencing generations of bands around the world.
On September 21, 2021, it was announced that the 14th Eels album would be called Extreme Witchcraft and would be released on January 28, 2022. The album was produced by E and John Parish in their first collaboration since 2001’s Souljacker . Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007–2020)…
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Just hours before the band was set to begin their annual three-night Labor Day weekend run at The Gorge Amphitheatre on September 3, 2021, the band’s Twitter account tweeted that due to COVID-19 protocols, the weekend’s shows would take place in an “alternate format”. Later that evening, Matthews announced onstage…
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Tankian released his first ever EP titled Elasticity on March 19, 2021. He announced the release of his EP, and released the title track “Elasticity”, along with a music video for it, on February 5, 2021. In his announcement, Tankian stated “When I conceived possibly doing another record with the…
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In 2021, Queen received the Japan Gold Disc Award for the fourth time (having previously won it in 2005, 2019 and 2020) as the most popular Western act in Japan.
In 2021, Sweet released Catspaw , his 15th studio album, and the first to feature Sweet playing all lead guitar parts.
On February 4, 2021, the band released a music video for their new song “Black Nova,” the announcement came with a release of their new EP titled “Grim Value” and release date of June 25, 2021, through Velocity Records. The band released “You Were Right” a collaboration with Bass Drum…
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