Fan-filmed video of STEEL PANTHER’s March 13 concert at Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral, Florida can be seen below.

The first leg of STEEL PANTHER’s “Res-Erections” 2022 tour kicked off on March 10 in St. Petersburg, Florida and will wrap up on March 26 in Dubuque, Iowa.

As 2021 brought the shocking news of the departure of their original bassist Lexxi Foxx, STEEL PANTHER announced the “Road To The Road” tournament to help them narrow the choices for their new bass player. Vocalist Michael Starr, guitarist Satchel and drummer Stix Zadinia, along with the public, whittled down the list of contestants to a manageable number out of the 1669 submissions. An announcement will be made public once the band finalizes their decision.

STEEL PANTHER has been hard at work at new material that will be released throughout 2022.

Five months ago, Lexxi — whose real name is Travis Haley — told Rocking With Jam Man that he hadn’t spoken with his former bandmates since his exit. “I still talk to the singer a little bit; I have in the past,” he said. “But I think that those scars and I think that the departure, the way that it went down, I think there’s some sore spots. But that’s tough for me to talk about.

“That was something that I’m very proud of — to be that character for such a long period of time, and to play with those cats,” he continued. “They’re all amazing musicians. And I just think that it is different to not have that [in my life] — I’d been in character for so long — but I have to say it’s a little refreshing as well.”

When STEEL PANTHER first announced Lexxi’s exit in July, the band jokingly said that Foxx “started his side business, ‘Sexy Lexxi’s Prettiest Pets,’ to bring in money for Botox during the lockdown.” After realizing that “his love for making pets pretty was greater than his love for being pretty himself,” he chose “to hang up his mirror and focus on his newfound passion: making ugly dogs pretty,” the group wrote in a statement.

Back in December 2018, Lexxi sat out a STEEL PANTHER tour after being admitted to “sex rehab.” The real reason for his absence was never officially disclosed.

During an appearance on a recent episode of the “2020’d” podcast, Satchel stated about Lexxi’s departure: “We didn’t want him to quit. Nobody wanted him to quit, including a lot of fans. I’m sure a lot of fans are very sad that he left. But he’s the guy who left the band. I think he’s got his own things he’s dealing with, and he just wanted to go and do that. So, I don’t know… I can’t answer for Lexxi Foxx. But we will all miss Lexxi Foxx, and we all wish him the best in everything that he does. But we didn’t fire him; he quit the band. So we’re gonna have to move on and get somebody else who’s younger and foxier and doesn’t need as much Botox,” referencing the drug doctors have been using for years to treat wrinkles and facial creases.

Formed in 2000, STEEL PANTHER specializes in imitating and exaggerating the less flattering aspects of 1980s hair metal, with unrepentantly crude, non-PC sexual content as a favorite lyrical theme.

The group’s music has been described as “VAN HALEN meets MÖTLEY CRÜE meets RATT meets ‘Wayne’s World’, complete with operatic shrieks, misogyny, shredding guitar solos and libidinal overdrive.”

Fourteen years ago, STEEL PANTHER changed its name from METAL SKOOL to its current moniker and shifted the focus of its act from ’80s metal covers to originals.

Haley, who was an original member of STEEL PANTHER, recently announced the formation of his new band HOLLYWOOD GODS N’ MONSTERS with longtime friend and television celebrity from MTV’s “Pimp My Ride”, Diggity Dave.

Swedish metallers SABATON have announced “The Tour To End All Tours – North America 2022”, a 25-date U.S. trek that will include a special headline show at Montreal’s Place Bell, the band’s first-ever arena headline concert in Canada. The tour, produced by FPC Live, kicks off on Thursday, September 15 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington, and will wrap up at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on October 23. Supporting SABATON on all dates will be special guest EPICA, the renowned Dutch symphonic metal band.

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Thursday, March 17 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, March 17 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code “BLABBERMOUTH” to access tickets before the general public. General on-sale will be Friday, March 18 at 10 a.m. local time. Check back here on Thursday for presale ticketing links to individual shows.

Known for its high-energy and electrifying live shows, each song in SABATON’s repertoire is an epic tale of real-life military encounters and the men and women who lived them. Despite the thousands of shows SABATON has performed, the lineup — Joakim Brodén (vocals, keys), Pär Sundström (bass), Chris Rörland (guitar), Tommy Johansson (guitar) and Hannes Van Dahl (drums) — not only sets a potent tone of power and velocity while having so much fun on stage, but a communal one, not just interacting with each other, but engaging those in the audience and playing every show with the intensity of their first.

“We’re all looking forward to this tour,” said Pär Sundström. “It will have been three years since we’ve brought our headline show to America, so we are more ready than ever. And, with the release of our new album, we now have a vault full of new songs to play.”

“The Tour To End All Tours” is in support of SABATON’s tenth album, “The War To End All Wars”, which was released March 4 (Nuclear Blast) and is receiving glowing reviews: BraveWords called the album “a work of art,” The Metal Voice described it as “a masterpiece… SABATON’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’,” and Metal Injection dubbed it “epic in scope and attitude.”

“With our last album, ‘The Great War’,” added Brodén, “we found that we had only scratched the surface in terms of the powerful stories of courage and bravery and also the horrors that took place during the first World War. Fans would contact us and tell us these amazing stories from World War One that none of us had ever heard of before. Incredible stories about everyday people who were willing to give their lives for something bigger than themselves. These were stories of a frightening and liberating time in history that had to be told.”

SABATON’s “The Tour To End All Tours – North America 2022” dates:

Sep. 15 – Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Sep. 16 – Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Sep. 17 – Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Sep. 19 – Revolution Concert House, Boise, ID
Sep. 21 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
Sep. 23 – Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Sep. 24 – Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Sep. 25 – Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, NV
Sep. 27 – The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
Sep. 28 – Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
Sep. 30 – South Side Ballroom, Dallas, TX
Oct. 01 – Bayou Music Center, Houston, TX
Oct. 03 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Oct. 04 – Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Oct. 06 – The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD
Oct. 08 – The Andrew J Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
Oct. 10 – The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
Oct. 11 – GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids, MI
Oct. 13 – The Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 15 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Oct. 17 – Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct. 18 – The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 21 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, MA
Oct. 22 – Place Bell, Montreal, QC
Oct. 23 – Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY

SABATON is considered to be one the most important bands to emerge from the Swedish modern metal scene, having been honored with five Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards (including “Best Live Band” three different years) and nominated several times for the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards, the Grammis. In 2016, SABATON’s “The Last Stand” album debuted at No. 1 in three different European countries and cracked the Top 3 in four others. Brodén, Sundström, Rörland, Van Dahl and Johansson curate a festival of their own, Sabaton Open Air, that started back in 2008, as well as their own forward-thinking Sabaton Cruise which has been held since 2009.

THE ROLLING STONES have announced a run of fourteen shows in ten countries across Europe this summer and reveal the title of the new tour, “Sixty”, in celebration of their 60th anniversary. THE STONES just keep on rolling and are back where they belong, out on the road in Europe playing to packed stadiums, staging a new show and a brand new “Sixty” production starting in Madrid on June 1.

“Sixty” will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make their long-awaited return to their home turf of the U.K., kicking off with a special concert at the home of Liverpool FC – Anfield, the first-ever stadium show in this city by THE STONES and their first in Liverpool for over fifty years, followed by two shows in London’s Hyde Park. See the full European tour dates below.

As you would expect on the band’s 60th anniversary, THE STONES, once again joined by Steve Jordan on drums, will be treating fans to a setlist like no other, packed full of classics such as “Gimme Shelter”, “Paint It Black”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Tumbling Dice”, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, “Start Me Up” and many more. However, it wouldn’t be a ROLLING STONES gig without some surprises each night, and a selection of unexpected tracks from their formidable arsenal of songs will also be popping up in the set list. As always with THE STONES, there will be a spectacular new “Sixty” production, including a massive stage, cutting-edge lighting and state-of-the-art video design, all to be unveiled for this long-awaited European tour.

The eagerly anticipated tour, produced by Concerts West/AEG Presents, kicks off at Wanda Stadium in Madrid (Spain) on June 1, then Munich (Germany), Liverpool (UK), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bern (Switzerland), Milan (Italy), London (UK), Brussels (Belgium), Vienna (Austria), Lyon (France), Paris (France), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), finishing in Stockholm (Sweden).

THE ROLLING STONES’ “Sixty” follows the huge success of the critically acclaimed and highest-grossing USA “No Filter” tour, which saw the band play to sold-out stadiums across the States, selling over half a million tickets in the autumn of 2021.

Today, a brand-new ROLLING STONES tongue for the tour, created by award-winning British designer Mark Norton, has also been unveiled. Find the new “Sixty” tongue below.

Tour dates:

Jun. 01 – Madrid, Spain @ Wanda Metropolitano Stadium
Jun. 05 – Munich, Germany @ Olympic Stadium
Jun. 09 – Liverpool, U.K. @ Anfield Stadium
Jun. 13 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Johan Cruijff Arena
Jun. 17 – Bern, Switzerland @ Wankdorf Stadium
Jun. 21 – Milan, Italy @ San Siro Stadium
Jun. 25 – London, U.K. @ American Express Presents BST Hyde Park
Jul. 03 – London, U.K. @ American Express Presents BST Hyde Park
Jul. 11 – Brussels, Belgium @ King Baudouin Stadium
Jul. 15 – Vienna, Austria @ Ernst Happel Stadium
Jul. 19 – Lyon, France @ Groupama Stadium
Jul. 23 – Paris, France @ Hippodrome Paris
Jul. 27 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins Arena
Jul. 31 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Friends Arena

THE THREE TREMORS, the project featuring acclaimed heavy metal singers Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin (JAG PANZER) and Sean “The Hell Destroyer” Peck (CAGE, DEATH DEALER, DENNER/SHERMANN), has released “Kryptonian Steel”, the final video from its second album, “Guardians Of The Void”. The song is an homage to the “Man Of Steel”, Superman, and is the brainchild of Peck, well known for his comic book collecting. The track drops a lot of Superman lore and the animation on the video keeps the intense level of violence rocking with the speed metal nature of the music.

“I try to keep writing songs about comic book characters with all the bands I am in and now here we have my first DC character song,” Peck said. “I am probably the number one comic book song guy on Earth, come to think of it. [Laughs] When I sent the lyrics to Ripper, I was laughing to myself because I thought he would absolutely hate singing these lyrics.”

Ripper added: “We had been doing this intro live to the song where I talk about how I was dreading singing these lyrics, and it ended up being one of my favorites on the album. We have a great time playing this one live.”

Harry stated: “This song kicks ass I am glad we did a video on it so people who have not supported us by buying the physical copy can hear what they are missing. So I say support heavy metal and pick up the record because you need to hear the other eight songs that are not being released to the free streaming platforms.”

“Guardians Of The Void” arrived in November via Steel Cartel Records.

Coming off the successful release of their self-titled debut album, several North American and European tours, release of the solo versions of the first album, and some festival performances, THE THREE TREMORS shot out of a cannon at a frantic pace. They were pursuing an aggressive pace of live performances when the shutdown forced them to cut short their North American tour in the middle of their run in early 2020. They wasted no time, however, and got to work on another new album. Now their sophomore effort “Guardians Of The Void” is ready for blast-off.

Twelve songs are found on this wicked rocker of an album and once again they cover all the bases of heavy metal. As with all Steel Cartel releases, only the songs that receive video releases are on the streaming platforms, so the physical medium and the fans that support and collect them are the bands priority and focus.

And speaking of great physical product, THE THREE TREMORS has once again hired Marc Sasso to do the cover artwork once again. Sasso is best known for his work with such companies as Marvel, the WWE and HALFORD, DIO, CAGE and many others. He has hit it out of the park once again with this haunting, otherworldly painting that captures the mysterious essence of the album title perfectly.

Owens described how the recording process went down: “We had just started our second North American tour promoting the solo versions that we had just released when everything started to shut down. It was a shame, because we had some really good momentum and the shows were selling well, including a few that were sold out in advance. When we realized that we could be sitting home for a while, we all started putting these new songs together and recording them.”

Harry said: “I had moved to Greece during this whole time and the guys started sending me song after song at a furious pace. The songs were kickass, and I found it easier and more natural to collaborate and add my ideas and nuances this second time around. We have toured and done so many shows together now, the comfort level was there and they came together really quick. The end result is amazing, I think.”

Sean added: “Everyone in the band has a lot of other projects going on, so it was good we could all pull together and make this follow-up album. Now Sean [Elg], our drummer, is also in KK’S PRIEST with Ripper, so we are stoked that we could not only put out another record but also get a tour in before everyone gets busy. We have spent so much time together, we are like a heavy metal street gang and have a blast performing these songs and going on the road.”

JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band’s headlining concert Sunday night (March 13) at Zappos Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As he has done a number of other times over the course of the last four years, Tipton appeared with PRIEST for the encore, performing “Metal Gods”, “Breaking The Law” and “Living After Midnight”.

Video of the performance can be seen below.

Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier — but announced in early 2018 he was going to sit out touring activities in support of JUDAS PRIEST’s latest studio album, “Firepower”. He was replaced by “Firepower” album producer Andy Sneap, who is also known for his work in NWOBHM revivalists HELL and cult thrash outfit SABBAT.

PRIEST singer Rob Halford recently told Metal Pilgrim that Glenn is “still actively involved with JUDAS PRIEST, a hundred percent. Andy is still standing in that spot for Glenn with Glenn’s blessing… And my gratitude to Andy. It couldn’t have happened in a better way, if you wanna try and make something good out of it. It was a really important day when Glenn said, ‘I think it’s probably best if I step to the side and maybe we should let Andy come in.’ That was just a really beautiful act of selflessness. That’s Glenn treasuring PRIEST and PRIEST’s reputation, particularly in live concert more than anything else. So bless Glenn for that. And as a result, Andy stepped in and did amazing work on the ‘Firepower’ tour, and we’re looking forward to doing the same thing with him on this 50th-anniversary [tour]. And don’t discount the fact that Glenn can show up. He plays the guitar differently, but there’s no reason why Glenn can’t show up and do some work. I mean, I’ve said to Glenn, ‘Just walk out on stage and do that to everybody [flashes devil horns], and the people will just go fucking crazy, ’cause you are loved so much.’ But I’ve got a feeling that Glenn’s gonna be making the occasional appearance on this 50th-anniversary [tour].”

Bassist Ian Hill is the sole remaining original member of PRIEST, which formed in 1969. Halford joined the group in 1973 and Tipton signed on in 1974. Rob left PRIEST in the early 1990s to form his own band, then came back to PRIEST in 2003. Founding guitarist K.K. Downing parted ways with the band in 2011, and was replaced by Richie Faulkner.

PRIEST’s current North American tour kicked off on March 4 at Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois and will conclude on April 13 at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Support on the trek is coming from QUEENSRŸCHE.

JUDAS PRIEST was forced to postpone around two dozen North American shows on its rescheduled 50th-anniversary tour in late September after Faulkner suffered an acute cardiac aortic dissection during a performance at the Louder Than Life festival. He ended up undergoing a 10-hour life-saving surgery a short distance away at Rudd Heart and Lung Center at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.

Judas Priest
50 Heavy Metal Years Tour
Metal Gods

I first saw this band here on their World Wide Blitz Tour in 1981 – back when it was still the Alladin Theater. Las Vegas was the first date on the leg of the tour opened by Iron Maiden – who had never played in the US before
Rob Halford sounds great at 70 years old , and although there are new guitarists playing now , he brought out Glenn Tipton for the last three songs – including this classic

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Judas Priest Concert 03-14-2022. Thanks to my Brother Marshall Wendell ?❤️??At Zappos Theater. Inside Planet Hollywood. Judas Priest has been performing for 50 years ?❤️???

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Judas Priest was Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

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ACCEPT singer Mark Tornillo spoke to the “Nothing Shocking” podcast about GOTHAM, his cover band with Scott Metaxas (PROPHET) on bass, Paul Crook (MEAT LOAF, ANTHRAX) on guitar, and Craig Scoppa on drums. Regarding how he got involved with the project, Mark said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, GOTHAM was actually a band that they had in the ’90s. I’m guessing it was Paul and Scott Metaxas from PROPHET. And I don’t remember who the singer was at that point; I’m not sure of his name. Craig Scoppa was the drummer [and] still is. And it was just an industrial thing that they did; it was all [covers of MARILYN] MANSON and ROB ZOMBIE and KORN — you name it; really, really, really heavy stuff. And they hadn’t played for years. And Scott and I were hanging out one day, and Paul came over. They were talking about putting GOTHAM back together, and I just said, ‘Hell, I’ll sing.’ They were, like, ‘What?’ [And I said,] ‘Yeah. Why not?’ [I get to] step out of my comfort zone a little bit. Why not? But I’ve also injected a bunch of AC/DC into it, some AEROSMITH and stuff like that, but we heavy it up.”

He continued: “We do mash-ups. So there’s… we call it ‘Led Zombie’ — it’s [LED ZEPPELIN’s] ‘Immigrant Song’ to [WHITE] ZOMBIE’s [‘Thunder Kiss ’65’]. It works. But we do some other mash-ups like that. We do a cover version of ‘Twilight Zone’ that we mashed up. We do a lot of cool stuff. It’s just a lot of fun. We go out and have fun, make a few dollars, have some drinks. And Paul Crook is just an amazing musician. You remember him from ANTHRAX and Meat Loaf. He’s been Meat’s music director for the last 15 years.”

Mark Tornillo joined ACCEPT in 2009 as the replacement for the band’s original lead singer, Udo Dirkscheider. He can be heard on ACCEPT’s last five studio albums: “Blood Of The Nations” (2010), “Stalingrad” (2012), “Blind Rage” (2014), “The Rise Of Chaos” (2017) and “Too Mean To Die” (2021).

In a 2018 interview with Metal Shock Finland, Tornillo stated about what it was like to first join ACCEPT: “It was frightening. When we first announced what was going to happen, there was really not many people on board with it. Online, there was a lot of naysayers, a lot of badmouthing. It was very disheartening. We all sat down and said, ‘Look, we have to make an amazing record, or else we’re gonna die here. This is going to be a swansong. We have to make an amazing record.’ And that’s what we did. We spent a lot of time writing ‘Blood Of The Nations’ and a lot of time recording it, and I think in retrospect, it paid off. If that album wasn’t what it was, we wouldn’t be here.”

Asked about fans who have yet to “accept” him, Mark said: “Everybody is entitled to their opinion. I’m a purist too with certain things. I get it. But I think we’ve moved on. We’re almost a different band at this point. We really are a different band at this point. We still pay tribute to the old ACCEPT by playing the old songs — I mean, we have the two people that wrote most of the songs, [so] we have to. That’s always going to be part of ACCEPT’s history. You can’t change it. All we can change is the future. But everyone’s entitled to their opinion, and I get it. I wish them all well, and I wish Udo well, and his band, you know. No hard feelings on my part, that’s for sure.”

In a new interview with Terrie Carr of the Morristown, New Jersey radio station 105.5 WDHA, KORN guitarist Brian “Head” Welch spoke about the personal chemistry between him and his bandmates, a little over a month after the release of their fourteenth studio album, “Requiem”.

“It really is a good time [for KORN right now],” Welch said. “You can feel the energy. Everything’s synchronizing really well. Everyone’s done with the B.S. with the music industry. If there’s a hiccup and disagreement, and there is problems, everyone’s been humbled enough to know that we’re not gonna end up like — no judgment — but one of these… like a QUEENSRŸCHE or a RATT and all this ugliness. We’ve had our share of lawsuits and stuff like that, but, yes, we’re gonna overcome them and we’re not gonna let them run KORN into the ground. It’s too special; the fans are too important to us.”

He continued: “[We’re] living our dream. We’re just overflowing with gratefulness to do this all these years later… It really is a crazy cool story ’cause Lord knows that KORN has had our share, with me leaving the band [and coming back], with David’s [Silveria, former KORN drummer] situation. Fieldy [bassist Reginald Arvizu] is on hiatus right now and whatnot, but it’s all positive vibes. And Fieldy played on the [‘Requiem’] record. And we’re just gonna overcome that too.”

Fieldy announced last June that he would sit out KORN’s recent tours in order to “heal” after “falling back” on some of his “bad habits.” He is being temporarily replaced by Roberto “Ra” Díaz (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES).

Welch left KORN in early 2005, at the same time announcing that he kicked his addictions to drugs and alcohol by becoming a born-again Christian. He officially returned to KORN in 2013, one year after joining the band onstage at the Carolina Rebellion festival in Rockingham, North Carolina to perform “Blind”.

Since his conversion to Christ 17 years ago, Welch has been very open about how God changed his lifestyle and restored his relationship with his daughter.

In recent years, Brian has been preaching that people don’t have to wait until they die to see if having an encounter with the presence of God is real.

Both Welch and Arvizu have had highly public, though separate, conversion experiences, ones that have been greeted with a certain amount of skepticism.

Fieldy’s 2009 memoir, “Got The Life: My Journey Of Addiction, Faith, Recovery And Korn”, detailed his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction during KORN’s early years and how he became a born-again Christian to help get his life together and get sober.

“Requiem” was released on February 4 via Loma Vista Recordings.