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Mammoth WVH and Dirty Honey have been forced to postpone the kick-off of their co-headlining Young Guns tour by a month due to the pandemic.  The tour was originally scheduled to kick off on January 21st at the House Of Blues in Chicago, but is now set to launch on February 20th in Denver, CO at the Ogden Theatre.

A statement reads: “To all present ticket-holders and future ticket-buyers for the Young Guns Tour: We take the health and safety of the bands, road crews, local venue staff and especially our fans very seriously. Due to an abundance of caution regarding the recent COVID surge, we have decided to postpone the start of the Young Guns Tour to February 20, 2022, in Denver Colorado. Any performance that was scheduled prior to February 20th in Denver has been rescheduled until after March 5th. The shows scheduled from February 20th through March 5th will remain as previously announced. The show in Portland, ME originally scheduled for January 28th is canceled and all ticket holders for that event can receive a refund at point of purchase.”

The revised tour schedule has the bands adding additional shows to the itinerary, with tickets on sale now at the link here.

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Foo Fighters have released a trailer for their upcoming horror-comedy film titled Studio 666. In the Studio 666 trailer, the band hunkers down in a San Fernando Valley house to record a new album, where Grohl battles supernatural forces that threaten to derail the project (and becomes possessed in the process).  Studio 666 stars the Foo Fighters (Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel and Rami Jaffee) as well as Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin.

Grohl said of the film: “After decades of ridiculous music videos and numerous music documentaries under our collective belts, it was finally time to take it to the next level…like most things Foo, Studio 666 began with a far fetched idea that blossomed into something bigger than we ever imagined possible.”

Studio 666 will be released on February 25 in theaters.  Take a look at the trailer – here.

Foo Fighters Share ‘Studio 666’ Trailer with Lionel Ritchie, Slayer Cameos

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Less than a week after announcing they would be touring as a four-piece band, Judas Priest have announced that they have changed their minds and will include touring guitarist Andy Sneap in the lineup of their upcoming tour.

Judas Priest had shared earlier this week, “Hello maniacs! We are chomping at the British Steel bit to return to world touring… celebrating 50 years of Judas Priest as an even more powerful, relentless four piece heavy metal band – with Glenn coming out on stage with us here and there as before. Big thanks to Andy for all you’ve done and continuing to be in the production team for our new album… See you all soon headbangers!”  Sneap released a statement after learning the band would be returning to the road as a four-piece, stating that he was “disappointed, but respects their decision.”  He added:  “This always was a temporary situation, and like I’ve said before, I’ll always help the band any way I can, and that applies going forward also.”

However, a more recent update had the band sharing the following: “Hello metal maniacs…given all that has recently evolved and transpired we have decided unanimously as a band to continue our live shows unchanged with Rob, Ian, Richie, Scott, Andy and Glenn joining us whenever he’s able…so see you all soon as we forge ahead celebrating 50 massive heavy metal years of Judas Priest together!”

The band’s 50 Heavy Metal Years North American Tour will feature support from Queensryche on most dates. The tour kicks-off on March 4th in Peoria, IL at the Peoria Civic Theatre and will conclude on April 13th at the First Ontario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.  The entire tour itinerary can be viewed – here.

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Jack White has shared his new single, “Love is Selfish,” the latest track from his upcoming LP, Entering Heaven Alive, — which is the second of two albums that will drop this year from White.  White’s Third Man Records tweeted the announcement, saying, “Watch the Jack White-directed video for new single “Love Is Selfish”. https://orcd.co/loveisselfishvideo“

White’s first LP, Fear of the Dawn, is set to drop on April 8; while Entering Heaven Alive is set to arrive on July 22. Fans can pre-order Fear of the Dawn HERE and Entering Heaven Alive HERE.

The 46-year-old White has already released one single — “Taking Me Back” — from the upcoming album Fear of the Dawn album. In addition, White has announced a massive tour for 2022 to celebrate the two forthcoming LPs.  Tickets for the shows can now be purchased at the artist’s website.

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Corey Taylor has confirmed that Slipknot will release a new album in 2022. The Slipknot singer took to Twitter to share that the new Slipknot album and a few other projects are on tap for 2022: “Big Sh*t Coming, 2022 edition: ZvN updates, SK album, secret ‘homecoming’ plans, etc. Stay Tuned! ‘Hold On To Your Butts’ – Franklin D. Roosevelt.”  The new album will serve as the follow-up to 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind.

The band released the single, “The Chapeltown Rag,” back in November.  In addition to “SK album” referring to the new Slipknot LP, “ZvN updates” touches on Taylor’s feature film, Zombie vs. Ninja, for which he wrote the script.

Slipknot completed their Knotfest Roadshow tour in support of We Are Not Your Kind this past fall. Currently, the band has a series of European dates scheduled for this summer. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.

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Megadeth and Lamb Of God have announced the second US run of their Metal Tour of the Year, along with special guests Trivium and In Flames. Tickets for the second leg of Metal Tour of the Year, produced by Live Nation, are on sale now.

The Metal Tour of the Year was originally announced and planned for 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic; the tour then launched 2021 and saw co-headliners Megadeth and Lamb Of God hit 29 cities across North America with special guests Trivium and Hatebreed.

Visit The Metal Tour of the Year’s official website for more information – here.

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Trivium vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy has teamed up with Testament frontman Chuck Billy for the brand new single called “Behold Our Power.” The song was created and released a theme for the upcoming Mythic Festival that will be taking place on June 2nd through 4th at the Gdansk Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland.

Heafy says of the song: “Having had the privilege of playing the incredible Mystic Fest, I knew exactly what the theme of this festival needed to be. Mystic Festival’s energy is electric; its fans some of the best on the planet; its lineup uncanny; and the venue/ backstage/ food/ drinks… everything is perfect. Mystic took incredible care of Trivium and I – so it was easy to craft this behemoth of a song for Mystic. It is our pleasure to present ‘Behold Our Power’ for Mystic Festival.”

The festival will be headlined by Opeth, Judas Priest, and Mercyful Fate and will also feature performance from Killing Joke, Mastodon, Heilung, Saxon Katatonia, Mayhem, Mgła, Solstafir, Igorrr, Obituary, Baroness, Vader and Kvelertak. There will also be a special ‘Warm Up Day’ on June 1st. Warm Up Day acts include Carcass, Decapitated, Heathen, Gaerea, Urne, Lik, Skeletal Remains and Spectral Wound.

Check out the new song from Heafy and Billy – here.

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BeachLife Festival has announced its 2022 lineup, featuring headlining acts Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Steve Miller Band. The concerts will run May 13th -15th in Redondo Beach, California. The fest will also see performances by Sheryl Crow, Black Pumas, 311, Lord Huron, the current version of Stone Temple Pilots, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Allman Betts Band, Capital Cities, Cold War Kids, Vance Joy, and more.  For more information on the BeachLife Festival, head to their official website here.

BeachLife, launched in 2019, took a COVID-19 break in 2020, and returned in September 2021. Tickets start at $159 for single-day general admission and $419 for three-day GA.  For ticket information, head here.

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The lineup for Bonnaroo 2022 has been revealed. The festival, taking place from June 16–19 in Manchester, Tennessee, will feature Tool, Stevie Nicks, Machine Gun Kelly, J. Cole, The Chicks, Flume, 21 Savage, Illenium, and Roddy Ricch.

The full lineup, which you can see here, also includes acts such as: Bleachers, Lord Huron, Disclosure, Porter Robinson, Indigo De Souza, The Weather Station, Kenny Mason, Disclosure, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The War On Drugs, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Isaiah Rashad, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast, Arlo Parks, Claud, $uicideboy$, Porter Robinson, 100 gecs, slowthai, Herbie Hancock, Tinashe, and Tierra Whack.

This year’s Bonnaroo is the first installment in two years, after the 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Tickets go on sale Thursday, January 13 at 1 PM EST.  For information, head here.

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Actress Megan Fox and musician Machine Gun Kelly are engaged.

On Wednesday, Fox wrote in the caption of an Instagram post announcing the engagement:  “In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree. We asked for magic. We were oblivious to the pain we would face together in such a short, frenetic period of time. Unaware of the work and sacrifices the relationship would require from us but intoxicated off of the love. And the karma.  Somehow a year and a half later, having walked through hell together, and having laughed more than I ever imagined possible, he asked me to marry him.  And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes … and then we drank each other’s blood.”

Kelly wrote on his Instagram along with a picture of the couple’s ring: “Beneath the same branches we fell in love under, I brought her back to ask her to marry me. I know tradition is one ring, but I designed it with Stephen Webster to be two: the emerald (her birth stone) and the diamond (my birth stone) set on two magnetic bands of thorns that draw together as two halves of the same soul forming the obscure heart that is our love. 1-11-2022.”

The pair met in March of 2020 while filming “Midnight in the Switchgrass,” and the couple confirmed their relationship in June 2020. This will be MGK’s first marriage, and Fox’s second.  Fox was married to ‘90210’ actor Brian Austin Green for 10 years, with whom she shares three sons.

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