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Earth Crisis Tap Fall Out Boy Drummer for Spring Tour
While no one knows for sure what's going on with Fall Out Boy, and whether the band is still active or sedentary, the members of the group are keeping busy. Frontman Patrick Stump has gone solo, Joseph Trohman and Andy Hurley have started a metal band with Scott Ian of Anthrax called the Damned Things, and Pete Wentz is busy being a dad and husband to Ashlee Simpson...
Soilwork Tour Dates With Death Angel, Mutiny Within
With their new album, 'The Panic Broadcast,' scheduled to land in stores June 25, Swedish metallers Soilwork have a lot of promotional work to do. Part of that push will be the band's North American headlining tour, the details for which were announced this week...
Killswitch Engage Reunites With Jesse Leach During New York Gig — Video
On Thursday night, months of rumors were finally confirmed as original Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach rejoined his former bandmates during a gig at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on March 18, according to Blabbermouth. Leach, who left the band in 2002, was replaced by Howard Jones, who left the band's tour with The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquility; Phil Labonte of All That Rem
Murdered Metallica Fan Morgan Harrington’s Bones Shattered, Broken
Five months after their daughter Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington disappeared from a Metallica concert in Charlottesville, Va., Gil and Dan Harrington met with reporters outside the concert venue where she was last seen, to speak with the media about the ongoing investigation into what happened to Morgan and who is responsible for her grisly death...
Megadeth End Concert Early in Baltimore
Three songs into their set Tuesday (March 16) night, Megadeth pulled the plug on their performance at Rams Head Live in Baltimore because of the venue's shoddy P.A. system. According to Blabbermouth, Mustaine took to his audioblog soon after the gig ended to explain why the band cut its set short...
Korn Announce Some Details for 2010 Ballroom Blitz Tour
They've been working on a new record for months now, one the band claims will be an old school return to their signature sound. So, it stands to reason that Korn would tour this spring to drum up some interest in the album they've nicknamed 'Korn III: Remember Who You Are...
Linkin Park File Suit Against London Insurance Firm
When you're a super huge band like Linkin Park and you go out on huge arena tours, very often, you secure insurance in case something goes awry and the band is forced to cancel a spate of shows. The insurance provides the band with a safety blanket, if you will, enabling them to recover profits lost as a result of the gig cancellations...
Metallica Tour Dates to Rival Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’
For more than a year now, Metallica have been trotting the globe, traveling from continent to continent, promoting their latest album, 'Death Magnetic.' And the band's still at it, playing a recent show in Colombia that, needless to say, didn't go so well...
Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy Criticized for Chile Earthquake Comments
Dream Theater will be performing in Santiago, Chile this evening at the Movistar Arena, not even two weeks after the area was ravaged by an earthquake -- the fifth strongest since 1900 -- that killed 497 identified victims and potentially hundreds of others...
Metallica’s Colombian Concert Sparks Violence, Chaos
When Metallica rolls into town, expect the unexpected. This is the lesson learned by officials in Bogota, Colombia Wednesday night, when the Californian thrash legends invaded the city's Simon Bolivar Park as part of the band's World Magnetic Tour...