Month: May 2022

Papa Roach and Falling In Reverse will co-headline the Rockzilla Summer Tour featuring Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves. Kicking off in East Providence, RI on Wednesday, July 27th at Bold Point Pavilion, the Rockzilla Tour will include 24 cities across the US before finishing on August 31st in Nashville at the Municipal Auditorium. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public this Friday (May 20th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales available now with the code PRROCKZILLA2022.

Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix said: “We’re thrilled to bring an absolutely packed line up – an evening of non-stop rock, to some amazing cities this summer. We haven’t been to some of these cities in a long time…Only right that we celebrate with these amazing bands, who all are bringing heat of their own!”

Falling In Reverse’s Ronnie Radke shared: “We are very glad to bring out such a phenomenal line up. Fans have asked for years for a FIR/Papa Roach tour, and now the time has finally come. Not to mention Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves are also on the bill. This will be a tour to remember.”

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Ghost have announced a North American leg of the “Imperatour” tour this summer / early fall, with support from Mastodon and Spiritbox. Carcass will also join the tour for its closing show on Sept. 23 in Green Bay, Wis.

The North American leg officially kicks-off Aug. 26 in San Diego, Calif., hitting arenas before wrapping up on Sept. 23.  The newly announced leg comes in support of Ghost’s most recent album, Impera, which features the songs “Hunter’s Moon,” “Call Me Little Sunshine” and “Twenties.”  Impera peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

For a full list of dates and venues, head to Ghost’s website. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10AM local time this Friday (May 20).

GHOST Announces Summer 2022 U.S. Tour With MASTODON And SPIRITBOX

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Eric Clapton has postponed shows in Zurich, Switzerland and Milan, Italy after contracting COVID-19.  Clapton was set to perform in Zurich on Tuesday, May 17th and Milan on Wednesday, May 18th, but those dates will be rescheduled after the legendary guitarist tested positive shortly after his second concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday, May 8th.  Rescheduled dates will be announced once they’re available, but confirms the shows are being planned within the next six months. Tickets will be valid for the newly announced dates.

A statement via Clapton’s social media pages read: “Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from Covid having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He has been told by his medical advisors that if he were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery. Eric is also anxious to avoid passing on any infection to any of his band, crew, Promoters, their staff and of course the fans. So, after intensive internal discussion, it has been decided with great regret and apologies to all those concerned to postpone the performances in Zurich on 17th May and Milan on 18th May, the present hope being to be able to resume the tour starting with the concerts in Bologna on 20th and 21st May. It is very frustrating that having avoided Covid throughout lockdown and throughout the period when travel restrictions have been in place Eric should have succumbed to Covid at this point in time, but we very much hope he will be sufficiently recovered by the end of the week to be able to perform the remainder of the planned performances. A further announcement will be made concerning the rescheduling of the postposed shows once suitable dates can be identified. The shows are due to be rescheduled within the next 6 months and tickets purchased will remain valid for the new rescheduled date.”

Clapton has also announced seven new North American dates for September 2022, which will kick off on September 8th in Columbus, OH with stops in Detroit, Pittsburgh and two nights each in Chicago and New York City. The shows will feature Jimmie Vaughan as special guest.  Tickets for the newly announced North American dates go on sale Friday, May 20th.  For a full list of tour dates and ticketing information, head to Clapton’s website.

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Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson were in attendance for Primus’s performance in Toronto, where they played the entirety of Rush’s 1977 album A Farewell to Kings at the show.

Lee shared a photo on his Instagram featuring himself, Lifeson and the members of Primus backstage describing the event, writing: “On Friday night we had the joyful experience of reuniting with our grand pals from [Primus] … Les, Ler, Herb and their gang. We sat side stage as they immaculately worked through a cool selection of classic [Primus] tunes which brought back fond memories of our touring together back in the early ’90s and then we were treated to the weird and wonderful experience of watching them perform our music: ‘A Farewell to Kings’ in its entirety. Totally nailed it! They did us proud and we thank them deeply for the tribute and the lasting friendship.”

Touring together in 1992 was a bucket-list moment for Primus frontman Les Claypool and his band members, Claypool said: “We were pretty delighted, partially because of the musical geek-out factor but mostly because the three guys whom we had admired so much from afar turned out to be truly great, down-to-earth humans, and like us, a tad eccentric.”

Primus is scheduled to tour North America until August before heading overseas to perform in Europe and the U.K.  You can find tour information and tickets – here.

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The Scorpions were forced to postpone the first three concerts of their Rock Believer European tour due to an injury suffered by guitarist Matthias Jabs. The band will reveal the rescheduled dates for the three shows, Lisbon, Portugal (May 10th), Toulouse, France (May 13th) and Lille, France (May 15th), at a later date.

Frontman Klaus Meine said: “We very much regret having to disappoint our fans in the three cities that were next on the schedule of our world tour 2022 and ask everyone who had already secured tickets for their understanding.”

The tour is now scheduled to kick off today, Tuesday, May 17th in Paris, France at the AccorHotels Arena.

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Bring Me The Horizon have announced that they will be launching a North American headlining tour this fall, featuring support from Knocked Loose, grandson, and Siiickbrain.

BMTH have also announced that they will be taking part in several music festivals throughout the tour, including Louisville’s Louder Than Life Festival, Emo Nite New Orleans Vacation, Sacramento’s Aftershock Festival and Las Vegas’s When We Were Young Festival.

The band’s headlining dates will be kicking off on September 24th in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclays Center and will wrap up on October 20th in Denver, CO at the Fillmore Auditorium. Tickets for the headlining dates will go on sale this Friday, May 20 at 10AM local time via their website. In addition, there will also be a Citi Cardmember pre-sale going on, starting this Tuesday, May 17 at 10AM ET and running through Thursday, May 19. For details visit the Citi Entertainment website.

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