On 11 November 2022, a month before the 20th anniversary of Strummer’s death, founding member Keith Levene died in Norfolk , England.
The band performed at the Wacken Open Air festival in August of 2022. On 5 November 2022, Judas Priest were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Alice Cooper as they received the Musical Excellence Award. The other inductees included were former members K.K. Downing, Les Binks,…
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as well as their North American tour as announced the following month.
The reunion was officially confirmed on 28 October 2022, with dates announced at Finsbury Park , TRNSMT , Latitude Festival as well as two homecoming shows at Sheffield Arena . Steve Mackey announced on his Instagram that he would not be taking part in the tour but stated; “Wishing Candy,…
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Former drummer Steve Roberts, AKA Steve ZeSuicide, died on 13 October 2022.
A previously unheard Queen song with Mercury’s vocals, ” Face It Alone “, recorded over thirty years previously and originally thought “unsalvageable” by May and Taylor, was released on 13 October 2022;
The band also reunited to play a one-off gig at the Camden Underworld on the day of release of the reissue of Flood , where they played the album in its entirety.
that they would release a deluxe version of Flood on 7 October 2022
On 4 October 2022, Depeche Mode announced their fifteenth studio album Memento Mori and a tour to support the album
In October 2022, the band announced the single “How 2 Dance”, the first for V2 Records