In support for the album, Deep Purple embarked on 13 May 2017 in Bucharest, Romania on The Long Goodbye Tour .
The band released a 10th Anniversary Edition of Send Away the Tigers on 12 May 2017, with the Manics saying it was “a very important album” in their career. The special edition featured a remastered album as well as B-sides and rarities spread over two discs, plus a DVD which…
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The Global Spirit Tour officially kicked off on 5 May 2017 with a performance in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Friends Arena.
In May 2017, Joe Hasselvander suffered a heart attack two days before a string of US/European dates. In order to fulfill these obligations, the Gallagher brothers had a number of drummers to assist. Jimmy Mess did the Chicago show, Mike Heller ( Fear Factory , Malignancy ) performed on three…
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as well as announcing in May 2017 that they would be playing a five-date UK tour at seaside venues, starting on 4 September 2017.
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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In May 2017, the No Filter Tour was announced, with fourteen shows in twelve venues in Europe in September and October of that year.
A week later, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was reissued with new stereo mixes and unreleased material for the album’s 50th anniversary.
The documentary aired on Sky Arts on 15 April.
On 11 April 2017, The King Blues released their fifth studio album The Gospel Truth on Cooking Vinyl Records. Their first album since 2012, it attained a number 1 spot on the cassette chart, a top 20 placing on the vinyl chart and a top 40 placing on the overall…
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