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Former member Neil Carter will join UFO on guitars, keyboards and vocals on the ‘Last Orders’ Tour.

The musician had just finished a tour leg with the band.

British rock and metal legends UFO and Saxon will be hitting the U.S. for a nearly month long tour in the spring of 2017.

Metal fans will be spotting a UFO soon -- not in the sky but on venue stages, as the British hard rockers will return to North America this fall for a short but undoubtedly high impact tour. The band, which has been rocking consistently since 1969, has booked dates for October, from the 10th through the 22nd, with more dates on the horizon and to be announced imminently.

Robbie France, a respected drummer and music teacher best known for his stint with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal group Diamond Head, died on Saturday (Jan. 14), Metalinsider.net reports. He was 53 years old. While few details have emerged, Diamond Head confirmed the sad news with a post on their Facebook page...

"Along with the TiVo, the iPod is the greatest invention of the 21st century," Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy told Noisecreep. "I remember a time not too long ago that when I'd leave to go on tour, I'd have to pack giant CD folders with 100s of CDs to keep me company on the road ...