MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE has added 14 shows to its previously announced summer/fall 2022 North American tour. The trek will now kick off on August 20 in Oklahoma City and conclude on October 29 at the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas. Support at select dates will come from more than a dozen acts (depending on the city and venue), including MIDTOWN, BADFLOWER, TURNSTILE, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, THE BOUNCING SOULS, THURSDAY, KIMYA DAWSON, MEG MYERS, DEVIL MASTER, DILLY DALLY, GHOSH, NOTHING, SHANNON AND THE CLAMS, SOUL GLO, SURFBORT, THE HOMELESS GOSPEL CHOIR, THE LEMON TWIGS, WATERPARKS and YOUTH CODE.

Tickets for the new dates will go on sale this Friday, March 11 at noon local time.

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 2022 North American tour dates:

Aug. 20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center (new date)
Aug. 21 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center (new date)
Aug. 23 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena (new date)
Aug. 24 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center (new date)
Aug. 26 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena (new date)
Aug. 27 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena (new date)
Aug. 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Aug. 30 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena (new date)
Sep. 01 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena (new date)
Sep. 02 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada @ Centre Bell (new date)
Sep. 04 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Scotiabank Arena (new date)
Sep. 05 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Scotiabank Arena
Sep. 07 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sep. 08 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden (new date)
Sep. 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center (new date)
Sep. 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Sep. 13 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Sep. 15 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Sep. 16 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
Sep. 20 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Sep. 21 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Sep. 23 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
Sep. 24 – Sunrise, FL @ FLA Live Arena
Sep. 27 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Sep. 28 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Sep. 30 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Oct. 02 – Portland, OR @ MODA Center (new date)
Oct. 03 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
Oct. 05 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
Oct. 07 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
Oct. 08 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
Oct. 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Oct. 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Oct. 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Oct. 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Oct. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum (new date)
Oct. 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young
Oct. 23 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young
Oct. 29 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE played its first concert in seven years in December 2019 in Los Angeles.

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE broke up in 2013, three years after the release of its fourth studio album, “Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys”. Since then, vocalist Gerard Way released his debut solo album, 2014’s “Hesitant Alien”, and several standalone singles. He also saw his award-winning comic book “The Umbrella Academy” adapted into a Netflix series.

Way’s bandmates also pursued various solo projects. Guitarist Frank Iero released a pair of solo albums, and bassist Mikey Way formed a group called ELECTRIC CENTURY. Guitarist Ray Toro briefly toured with a project called REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT, and released a solo recording in tribute to a transgender teen who committed suicide.

Reunion rumors first arose in 2016, when the group posted a cryptic video on social media. It turned out to be for a 10th anniversary reissue of the band’s 2006 album “The Black Parade”. The band stated at the time, “We are not touring and there is no reunion planned.”

New Dates. Smashing.

New Dates. Smashing.

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Posted by My Chemical Romance on Wednesday, March 9, 2022

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QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre spoke to FOX17 Rock & Review about the band’s upcoming studio album, which was recently recorded for a tentative late 2022 release. Helming the effort once again is Chris “Zeuss” Harris, who previously worked with the band on 2015’s “Condition Hüman” and 2019’s “The Verdict” LPs.

“Each song might have a little different attitude and we wanted to just use real amps and all the vintage, real stuff that was used throughout the history of QUEENSRŸCHE,” Todd said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

“We did all the drums at a place in Clearwater [Florida] — a huge home with the most amazing ceiling for a drum room,” La Torre continued. “So we did all the drums there. And then, really, at my place [in St. Petersburg, Florida], we’re able to track all the guitars, bass and vocals.

“Those days of renting thousand-dollar-a-day studios, we don’t really need that anymore. And our producer Zeuss, who did the last two QUEENSRŸCHE albums — he does all Rob Zombie’s stuff; he’s a very seasoned producer, [and] he does mixing and mastering, so he’s a one-stop shop — he’s down here from Massachusetts. So he’s handling all those duties. And things are going really well. We’re having a great time.”

Last November, La Torre told Canada’s The Metal Voice about the musical direction of the new QUEENSRŸCHE material: “It doesn’t sound like ‘The Verdict’. It’s its own new kind of thing. We really kind of just focused more on melodic hooks. I don’t think we went in thinking, like, ‘Oh, we need to sound old school or new or this.'”

He continued: “You know what we did on this record… Every other time, each guy would kind of submit their own song ideas and then we would kind of work on that. But what we did on this record was, other than Eddie [Jackson, bass] — Eddie has a couple of songs that are really cool that he wrote and then showed us kind of when they were pretty much done. And then Michael [Wilton, guitar] kind of wrote some interesting chords — still staying within the keys and everything. But we all got in a room with our here [in Florida], and we literally started from scratch. Like, ‘Michael, what do you got?’ [And he would] come up with a riff. And Casey [Grillo] would sit on the drums, or I would sit on the drums. We were all actually in a room and just tried it like the good old days. So this record was totally like that — the whole thing pretty much, minus one or two songs. And even that changed a little bit.”

In early 2021, Wilton told The Metal Voice about the new QUEENSRŸCHE material: “Our producer, Zeuss, if this is any indication, he says it sounds like QUEENSRŸCHE … I think we’re just going with our gut right now. You don’t wanna take too many drastic chances in this day and age. So I think it’s more of a continuation of ‘The Verdict’, maybe, in some sense. We’re riding that wave. It’s been good to us. [Laughs]”

In October, Wilton confirmed that returning guitarist Mike Stone would contribute guitar solos to the band’s next studio album.

Since late May 2021, Stone has been handling second-guitar duties in QUEENSRŸCHE, which announced in July that longtime guitarist Parker Lundgren was exiting the group to focus on “other business ventures.”

Stone originally joined QUEENSRŸCHE for the 2003 album “Tribe” and stayed with the band for six years before leaving the group.

For the past five years, Grillo has been filling in for QUEENSRŸCHE’s original drummer Scott Rockenfield, who stepped away from the band’s touring activities in early 2017 to spend time with his young son.

In early October, Rockenfield filed a lawsuit against the band’s fellow original members Wilton and Jackson, alleging, among other things, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and wrongful discharge.

QUEENSRŸCHE recently pulled out of SCORPIONS’ rescheduled “Sin City Nights” Las Vegas residency in order to support JUDAS PRIEST on the “50 Heavy Metal Years” North American tour dates in March-April 2022. The tour kicked off on March 4 in Peoria, Illinois and will conclude on April 13 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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When the 2021 edition of Louder Than Life concluded last September, local newspaper LEO Weekly pondered, “How will DWP top this for Louder Than Life 2022? I don’t know, but I’m looking forward to seeing you all there again for it.”

Festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have found a way to do just that with an incredible lineup for 2022, announced today, that will make Louder Than Life even larger than life this fall, September 22-25, at its home at the Highland Festival Grounds At KY Expo Center In Louisville, Kentucky.

The massive list of talent includes nearly 100 music artists across four full days, headlined by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS in one of their first shows back with all four original members, NINE INCH NAILS, SLIPKNOT and KISS, with additional must-see performances from SHINEDOWN, ROB ZOMBIE, BRING ME THE HORIZON, ALICE IN CHAINS (and a separate set from Jerry Cantrell), ALICE COOPER, INCUBUS, EVANESCENCE, LAMB OF GOD, TENACIOUS D, YUNGBLUD, CHEVELLE, PAPA ROACH, HALESTORM, MASTODON, IN THIS MOMENT, THE PRETTY RECKLESS and many more.

Passes are on sale now for $10 down (through March 31) at www.louderthanlifefestival.com.

Says Clown (M. Shawn Crahan) from SLIPKNOT: “This is how you do festivals right. Four days of incredible music with so many talented artists. SLIPKNOT is excited to share the stage with NINE INCH NAILS, KISS and so many more. Stay safe, and we’ll see you in Louisville.”

LAMB OF GOD’s Randy Blythe adds: “We look forward to returning to Louisville for Louder Than Life 2022 and this time to share the stage with KISS, SLIPKNOT, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, NINE INCH NAILS, and of course our Richmond, VA buddies in GWAR.”

The current Louder Than Life lineup is as follows (subject to change):

Thursday, September 22:

NINE INCH NAILS
BRING ME THE HORIZON
EVANESCENCE
HALESTORM
TENACIOUS D
YUNGBLUD
HIGHLY SUSPECT
MINISTRY
NOTHING MORE
BARONESS
SPIRITBOX
APOCALYPTICA
DOROTHY
DON BROCO
NEW YEARS DAY
PLUSH
LILITH CZAR
MAGGIE LINDEMANN
TAIPEI HOUSTON
THE DEAD DEADS
MOTHICA
SUPERBLOOM
EVA UNDER FIRE
OXYMORRONS

Friday, September 23:

SLIPKNOT
SHINEDOWN
LAMB OF GOD
MASTODON
IN THIS MOMENT
MESHUGGAH
CLUTCH
JINJER
GWAR
IN FLAMES
HELMET
POORSTACY
CROWN THE EMPIRE
DED
ALL GOOD THINGS
AMIGO THE DEVIL
VENDED
MIKE’S DEAD
IF I DIE FIRST
ORBIT CULTURE
THE LUKA STATE
EGO KILL TALENT
THE NATIVE HOWL
ARCHETYPES COLLIDE

Saturday, September 24:

KISS
ROB ZOMBIE
ALICE COOPER
CHEVELLE
GHOSTEMANE
JERRY CANTRELL
DANCE GAVIN DANCE
THEORY OF A DEADMAN
BODY COUNT
SEVENDUST
MAMMOTH WVH
WE CAME AS ROMANS
AIRBOURNE
CHERRY BOMBS
ILL NIÑO
TETRARCH
NITA STRAUSS
AGAINST THE CURRENT
WARGASM
TRASH BOAT
SHAMAN’S HARVEST
SOLENCE
DROPOUT KINGS
BLOODYWOOD

Sunday, September 25:

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
ALICE IN CHAINS
INCUBUS
PAPA ROACH
THE PRETTY RECKLESS
ARCHITECTS
BAD RELIGION
ACTION BRONSON
THE STRUTS
JELLY ROLL
DIRTY HONEY
ANTIFLAG
THE JOY FORMIDABLE
BAYSIDE
THE WARNING
ROYAL & THE SERPENT
CAROLESDAUGHTER
RADKEY
THE MYSTERINES
CROWN LANDS
AEIR
THE ALIVE
AS YOU WERE

Known as the world’s largest rock ‘n’ roll whiskey festival, in addition to music, festivalgoers will also be able to enjoy four days of award-winning whiskey, bourbons, spirits, craft beer, and the best food Louisville has to offer, as well as sponsor activations that celebrate the bourbon culture and culinary heritage of this unique American city.

Louder Than Life Weekend General Admission passes start at $249.50 plus fees and Weekend VIP passes start at $629.50 plus fees. There are also a very limited number of Weekend Top Shelf VIP Passes remaining, beginning at $1,329.50 plus fees. For Single Day passes, GA starts at $99.50 plus fees while VIP starts at $219.50 plus fees. Layaway options are available for only $10 down through March 31, with payments amortized through July.

Tent and RV camping options are also available and include in and out festival privileges. The Louder Than Life campgrounds are adjacent to the festival grounds. Advance parking passes can also be purchased for single days and the full weekend.

Louder Than Life VIP passes offers fans the opportunity for the ultimate festival experience. VIP pass-holders will enter the festival through the express, VIP-Only Entrance lanes, using a commemorative Louder Than Life VIP laminate and wristband, which also provide full access to the Louder Than Life VIP grounds. VIPs will relax in the covered VIP Lounge, including a dedicated bar, comfortable lounge seating, and live audio/video streams of the main stages. VIPs are offered a main stage viewing area, dedicated bars and specialty food vendors throughout, a festival merchandise booth, private locker rentals with charging capabilities (for additional purchase), and air-conditioned, premium restroom facilities.

Angel’s Envy Top Shelf VIP purchasers will receive the full rock star experience. In addition to VIP area access and the amazing details outlined above, Top Shelf VIPs will have exclusive access to an enclosed, air-conditioned lounge with a private, hosted bar, comfortable seating, and live audio/video streams of the main stages, plus, a bird’s eye view of the main stage from the elevated, shaded viewing platform. Pass holders will enjoy all-inclusive beer, cocktails, and wine at dedicated bars throughout the Top Shelf area, exclusive ultra-premium, single-barrel bourbon offerings (for additional purchase), plus complimentary hors d’oeuvres and curated bites from Anthony Lamas of Seviche. In addition, Top Shelf VIPs will have access to free Wi-Fi, a main stage viewing area, dedicated locker rentals with charging capabilities (for additional purchase), private, premium restrooms, and a dedicated guest services team.

Louder Than Life is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, one of America’s largest independent producers of destination music festivals. Since debuting in 2014, Louder Than Life has continued to develop and grow. For 2021, festival organizers added a fourth day, with the festival kicking off on Thursday.

The Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center is located at 937 Phillips Lane in Louisville, Kentucky.

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PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, the band featuring MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell alongside his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla, will embark on a U.K. tour which will see them play a set of MOTÖRHEAD classics.

The group, which is rounded out by vocalist Joel Peters, will play 11 U.K. shows starting on May 7 at Merthyr Tydfil Redhouse Cymru and ending on May 21 at Bradford Nightrain.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m.

Phil Campbell says: “Looking forward to SLAMMING out some MOTÖRHEAD classics to make your ears bleed one more time.”

Tour dates:

May 07 – Merthyr, UK @ Tydfil Redhouse Cymru
May 08 – Blackpool, UK @ Waterloo Music Bar
May 10 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
May 11 – Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
May 12 – Leeds, UK @ Key Club
May 13 – Stoke, UK @ Sugarmill
May 16 – Derby, UK @ Hairy Dog
May 17 – Manchester, UK @ Club Academy
May 18 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Islington
May 20 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy 2
May 21 – Bradford, UK @ Nightrain

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS’ latest album, “We’re The Bastards”, came out in November 2020 via Nuclear Blast.

Formed in the aftermath of MOTÖRHEAD’s dissolution, following the death of Lemmy Kilmister in 2016, PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS were always going to draw a crowd at any discerning rock or metal festival. Led by one of the genre’s most respected guitarists, the band emerged onto the 2017 touring circuit powered by a huge amount of good will, a smattering of MOTÖRHEAD covers and a handful of new songs that crackled with passion and swagger. Landing themselves a prestigious support slot on GUNS N’ ROSES 2017 summer stadium run, the BASTARD SONS hit the ground running.

Fast forward to 2020 and, just like everyone else, PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS had to cancel a lot of carefully laid plans when the global pandemic descended on us all. But as if to confirm their absolute dedication to blowing people’s heads off with thunderous rock ‘n’ roll, the band refused to cancel plans to record a follow-up to their widely lauded debut. Recorded and engineered during lockdown by guitarist Todd Campbell, the second BASTARD SONS album is called “We’re The Bastards” and it was described in a press release as “bigger, better and even more raucously uplifting than its predecessor.”

In October 2019, Phil Campbell released his first-ever solo record, “Old Lions Still Roar”. The album, which had been in the works for more than five years, included guest appearances by Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER) and Alice Cooper, among others.

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