In January 2016, Ward stated that Sturmpanzer was finished and would be finally released in early 2016. However, it was later delayed, and finally released in November 2018.
In 2016, the group embarked across Europe and Asia on the Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour .
Crawte and Martin left the band in January 2016. A new drummer Jason Roberts and lead guitarist Joe Fawcett joined Mark Sutcliffe and Danny B, signalling a return to the original Trespass twin lead guitar sound. An album of new material, entitled Footprints in the Rock was released in late…
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In 2016, Bullet for My Valentine announced that drummer Michael Thomas would sit out for a few months to be with his wife as they were expecting their first child. Jason Bowld, former drummer of Pitchshifter and Tuck’s bandmate from AxeWound, became Thomas’ replacement.
2016 also saw the group play a few Japanese dates and the Legends Rock Cruise.
Later in the year, the band released a new single titled “Don’t Need You”. A music video was released with the video as well.
In 2016, it was announced that Ward had joined the band Counting Days.
The Who embarked on the Back to the Who Tour 51! in 2016
Later in 2016, the band released the standalone single ‘Stunt Queen’ to mark their performance at the Hollywood Bowl , which Okereke claimed was a “significant milestone” for the band. It marks some of the first new material that featured Harris and Bartle as co-writers.
In 2016, Zac left the band and formed Parting Gift , leaving the door open to Lucas Woodland of defunct outfit, Falling With Style.