Eddie Van Halen’s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli, who is promoting her new book, “Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today”, has told USA Today in a new interview that she started writing the memoir just weeks after the legendary guitarist died on October 6, 2020, after a long battle with cancer.

“I wasn’t expecting to write a book about grief when I started it, but I was in the thick of it,” she said. “It actually ended up being very cathartic to write about it.”

Regarding her relationship with Eddie in the years after they divorced, Valerie said: “Ed and I grew even closer together. We couldn’t live with each other, but we found it impossible to live completely apart.”

“I can’t make people understand this, because it’s so personal, but I’ve never felt love like that,” she continued. “Even through all of the horrible stuff that we did to each other, there were so many more good things. I just don’t feel like I’ve ever been loved like that, in that way, from anybody else. I just feel a connection with Ed that I’ve never really felt with anyone else.

“Love isn’t a big enough word for the feeling that Ed felt for me, and that I felt for him,” she added.

Bertinelli split with Van Halen in 2002 after 21 years of marriage. They officially divorced in 2007. Eddie then went on to marry Janie Liszewski in 2009, while Valerie also remarried, tying the knot with Tom Vitale in 2011. Valerie told People magazine that both marriages were struggling before Eddie’s death. She eventually filed for separation from Vitale in November 2021.

On the day of the VAN HALEN guitarist’s passing, Valerie shared a photo of her, Eddie and their son Wolfgang, taken while Wolfgang was still a toddler, and she included the following message: “40 years ago my life changed forever when I met you. You gave me the one true light in my life, our son, Wolfgang. Through all your challenging treatments for lung cancer, you kept your gorgeous spirit and that impish grin. I’m so grateful Wolfie and I were able to hold you in your last moments. I will see you in our next life my love.”

Eddie died at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Following his death, fans left flowers at his childhood home on Las Lunas Street in Pasadena, California. Additional flowers, candles and fan mementos were placed on Allen Avenue where Eddie and his brother, VAN HALEN drummer Alex, scratched their band’s name into the wet cement of a sidewalk when they were teenagers.

“One of the many reasons that Ed and I split up is to give Wolfie a better vision of what two people who are supposedly in love treat each other like,” Valerie told Oprah.com. “Ed and I weren’t treating each other like two people that loved each other, and that’s what Wolfie was seeing. So I’m hoping that when he does get married and start a life for himself, that he takes his time and marries a friend and not just someone that he can’t keep his hands off.”

Valerie went on to say that leaving Eddie wasn’t an easy choice. “We were all very raw from 9/11, and you heard all these stories of people coming together,” she said. “They hated each other and they were back together and divorces weren’t happening anymore. And I’m, like, ‘Am I the only one in the world that wants out now because of 9/11? I’m not going to live my life if it’s that tenuous. That’s not how I want to live my life anymore.'”

VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2007.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Eddie Van Halen No. 8 in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists.

311 returns to the road in 2022 with a 20-date “Spring Tour”, launching March 6 and ending on April 6. The trek includes the 12th biennial “311 Day” featuring two extended performances in Las Vegas, as well as an appearance at the Tampa Innings Festival, alongside GREEN DAY and INCUBUS. Tickets go on sale on Friday, January 21 at 10 a.m. local time.

Spring 2022 marks the exciting return of one of rock’s most entertaining and dynamic live bands. 311 erupts on stage, mixing rock, rap, reggae, and funk into its own unique, hybrid sound.

“311 Day” 2022 will be celebrated on March 11 and March 12 at the Dolby Live Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. On both days, 311 will play multiple extended sets. This “Ultimate 311 Concert Experience” will feature a different setlist each night and stunning, state-of-the-art production.

Select “Spring Tour” performances will be available online through 311 Streamsystem (www.311streamsystem.com), 311’s own streaming platform. 311 launched Streamsystem in October 2020 to reach fans, new and old, during the pandemic. Streamsystem 2022 continues to offer virtual “front-row seats” from the comfort of home.

311 is one of the longest-running original lineups in rock. The band formed in 1990 in Omaha, Nebraska. 311’s celebrated live show and dedicated touring schedule have earned them a massive, grassroots following. Over their 32-year history, 311 played more than 2,000 performances across 27 countries, released thirteen studio albums, achieved 10 Billboard Top 10s on Billboard’s Top 200 Sales chart, and sold over nine million albums in the U.S. alone.

Their list of Top 10 radio hits includes: “Down”, “All Mixed Up””Amber”, “Love Song”, “Come Original”, “Beautiful Disaster”, “Don’t Tread On Me”, “You Wouldn’t Believe”, “Hey You” and “Sunset In July”.

311’s lineup features: Nick Hexum (vocals/guitar), Tim Mahoney (guitar), SA Martinez (singer, DJ), Chad Sexton (drums), and P-Nut (bass).

311 “Spring Tour” 2022 dates:

March 06 – Beaver Creek, CO – Vilar Performing Arts Center
March 07 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
March 11 – Las Vegas, NV – Dolby Live theater at Park MGM
March 12 – Las Vegas, NV – Dolby Live theater at Park MGM
March 15 – Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live
March 18 – Key West, FL – Coffee Butler Amphitheater
March 19 – Tampa, FL – Innings Festival at Raymond James Stadium
March 20 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
March 22 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
March 23 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
March 25 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
March 26 – N. Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
March 28 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
March 29 – Huntsville, AL- Von Braun Center’s Mars Music Hall
March 30 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore at Harrah’s
April 01 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre
April 02 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater
April 03 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
April 05 – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater
April 06 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson kicked off his two-month North American spoken-word tour last night (Monday, January 17) at Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Fan-filmed video footage of the event can be seen below.

Dickinson is considered one of the world’s most storied musicians. Aside from decades spent delivering high-octane performances with his larger-than-life persona in IRON MAIDEN, Bruce has lived an extraordinary off-stage existence too. A true polymath, his accomplishments include: pilot and airline captain, aviation entrepreneur, beer brewer, motivational speaker, film scriptwriter, twice-published novelist and Sunday Times best-selling author, radio presenter, TV actor, sports commentator and international fencer… to name but a few.

So there’s plenty to be entertained by, throughout the evening’s cornucopia of fascinating tales and derring-do exploits, all delivered by Bruce with characteristically infectious enthusiasm and wry wit.

Split into two parts, the first section of the show sees Bruce taking a humorous and often satirical look at the world from his own very personal perspective, treating the audience to private insights into his drive and ambition, peppered with plenty of MAIDEN anecdotes, and a myriad of other experiences encompassing not just the giddy heights but also the extreme lows, as told first-hand in his inimitable anarchic style, punctuated with photographs, videos and sometimes even erupting into song a-capella, to illustrate a point.

The final section of the evening is devoted entirely to the aforementioned question-and-answer session, with the opportunity to pose questions on any subject whatsoever. As Bruce’s answers will all be completely improvised — the more left-field and quirky the question, the more interesting and compelling the response is likely to be.

Remaining tour dates:

Jan. 18 – Orlando, FL @ Plaza Live
Jan. 20 – Tampa, FL @ Theatre
Jan. 21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre
Jan. 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Jan. 24 – Raleigh, NC @ Meymandi Concert Hall at Duke Energy Center
Jan. 26 – Nashville, TN @ Polk Theater
Jan. 27 – Columbus, OH @ Jo Ann Davidson Theatre
Jan. 29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
Jan. 30 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Feb. 01 – Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center
Feb. 02 – Albany, NY @ The Egg
Feb. 04 – New York City, NY @ The Town Hall
Feb. 05 – Boston, MA @ Schubert Theatre at the Boch Center
Feb. 07 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
Feb. 08 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
Feb. 10 – Cleveland, OH @ MGM Northfield Park
Feb. 11 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Feb. 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Pantages Theatre
Feb. 14 – Milwaukee-Racine, WI @ Pabst Theater
Feb. 16 – Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place Theatre
Feb. 17 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Rose State College Hudiberg Chevrolet Center
Feb. 19 – Kansas City, KS @ Uptown Theater
Feb. 20 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
Feb. 22 – Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre
Feb. 23 – Houston, TX @ Stafford Centre
Feb. 24 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
Feb. 26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center
Feb. 28 – San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre
Mar. 01 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
Mar. 03 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace Of Fine Arts
Mar. 04 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Mar. 06 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
Mar. 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Mar. 14 – Vancouver (New Westminster), BC @ Massey Theatre
Mar. 16 – Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre
Mar. 18 – Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre
Mar. 20 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Mar. 21 – Calgary, AB @ Jack Singer Concert Hall
Mar. 23 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
Mar. 26 – Ottawa, ON @ Algonquin Commons Theatre
Mar. 27 – Quebec City, QC @ Palais Montcalm
Mar. 29 – Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Concert Hall
Mar. 30 – Kitchener, Centre In The Square

Dickinson recently told Pablo of the Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station 93X about his latest spoken-word tour, which kicked off in his native United Kingdom in August: “It’s hopefully reasonably amusing. It’s a look at how a spotty kid from the middle of nowhere ended up being the singer in IRON MAIDEN wearing crazy trousers, and all points in between. And it covers the cancer thing. It covers a lot of the early-days stuff, like how I learned to sing, all the weird stuff that happened to me at school and what formed your personality [and] character — all done with a very dark sense of humor, I hope. And then we take a break, and then the last 45 minutes, one hour-ish is basically improv. And so what I do is I take cue cards from the audience they write on the night, and I arrange them into kind of an improv script. Then I do that. That’s the show.”

Back in October/November 2017, Dickinson read from his autobiography, “What Does This Button Do?”, talked about the experience of writing it and answered questions from the audience at half a dozen U.S. appearances, including in New York City and Los Angeles.

Six years ago, Dickinson had surgery to remove a cancerous lump on his throat. The rocker, who had a golf gall-size tumor on his tongue and another in the lymph node on the right side of his neck, got the all-clear in May 2015 after radiation and nine weeks of chemotherapy.

Bruce previously told iNews that he wanted to cover his cancer battle in his 2017 autobiography to raise awareness of the condition, which affects people who often have no or minimal history of tobacco or alcohol abuse. The individuals with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo treatment have a disease-free survival rate of 85 to 90 percent over five years. Dickinson also expressed disdain for some of the media outlets that suggested he may have gotten tongue cancer from performing oral sex on women.

IRON MAIDEN’s 17th studio album, “Senjutsu”, was released in September via BMG. The band’s first LP in six years was recorded in 2019 in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by bassist Steve Harris.

California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have announced the first leg of their “Res-Erections” 2022 tour, which will make stops in 13 cities over 16 days for the first run. The trek will kick off on March 10 in St. Petersburg, Florida and wrap up on March 26 in Dubuque, Iowa. “Res-Erections” tour 2022 will be thrashing in to markets such as Ft Lauderdale, Florida; Athens, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee and Minneapolis, Minnesota, among others. Maryland rockers ANY GIVEN SIN have been tapped as openers for the tour.

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, January 21 at 10 a.m. local time.

STEEL PANTHER says: “Even though they are known for so many things throughout the world, we love Pfizer for their work in erectile dysfunction and their amazing blue pills. That is why we named our 2022 tour in honor of them. Those blue pills have made our world a better place. ‘Res-Erections’ is going to be the party to not be missed and we are pulling out some surprises for these shows. If you lost your prescription or can’t see your drug dealer because of COVID, you won’t need a pill to rock this hard.”

“Res-Erections” 2022 tour dates:

March 10 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
March 11 – Daytona Beach FL – Monster Energy Daytona Bike Week at Daytona International Speedway*
March 12 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
March 13 – Cape Coral, FL – Dixie Roadhouse
March 15 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
March 17 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
March 18 – Jacksonville, NC – Hooligan’s
March 19 – Greensboro, NC – Cone Denim Entertainment Center
March 20 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal
March 22 – Ft. Smith, AR – Temple Live
March 23 – Tulsa. OK – Cain’s Ballroom
March 25 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
March 26 – Dubuque, IA – 5 Flags Event Center

* STEEL PANTHER only

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.

Three 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.

Groundbreaking, genre-defying instrumental trio ANIMALS AS LEADERS has announced the “Parrhesia” tour that will be hitting 19 cities across the U.S. to accompany their upcoming album of the same name. This monumental tour, produced by Live Nation, will feature two special sets by the progressive metal outfit — one of which will feature the new album “Parrhesia” (out on March 25 via Sumerian Records) in its entirety. Tickets go on general sale at 10 a.m. local on Friday, January 21 from AnimalsAsLeaders.org.

Beginning at the end of March, the tour will kick off in Denver on March 30 and travel throughout 18 further cities, ending in Los Angeles, California at the notable Ace Theater on April 22.

Citi is the official card of the “Parrhesia” tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, January 18 at 12 p.m. EST local time until Thursday, January 20 at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

Tour dates:

Mar. 30 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Apr. 01 – Kansas City, MO @ Truman Theater*
Apr. 02 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown*
Apr. 03 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
Apr. 04 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Apr. 05 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
Apr. 06 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
Apr. 08 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s*
Apr. 09 – Lititz, PA @ Mickey’s Black Box*
Apr. 10 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Apr. 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl
Apr. 12 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
Apr. 13 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
Apr. 15 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
Apr. 16 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Apr. 18 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Apr. 19 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Apr. 21 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater*
Apr. 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Theater At The Ace Hotel

* Not a Live Nation date

“Parrhesia” has been highlighted so far by the release of singles “Monomyth” and “The Problem Of Other Minds”, which, combined, have clocked up 1.3 million YouTube views and over two million streams on Spotify alone since release.

It might sound strange to associate “storytelling” with instrumental music. But ANIMALS AS LEADERS jettisoned the rules, limitations, and boundaries of conventional rock music from the start. Armed with palette-expanding eight-string guitars, rich synths, and pummeling percussive grooves, the trio is beloved by metalheads, aspiring virtuosos, jazz fanatics, and casual listeners alike. As Pitchfork observed, “ANIMALS AS LEADERS have walked the tightrope between sheer technical virtuosity and actual emotional resonance.” Even without vocals, this is intimate, myth-making music.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS began as a solo outlet for Abasi, whose creative partnership with classically trained guitarist Javier Reyes and Berklee-educated drummer Matt Garstka is built on a shared love of everything from fusion to technical death metal. Garstka graced the cover of Modern Drummer in 2015. In one of his many appearances on their cover, Guitar World named Tosin among the Guitarists Of The Decade. Rolling Stone featured him as part of their “Young Guns” series. The Chicago Tribune declared him “the closest thing prog-metal has to an Eddie Van Halen.” Kerrang! included their album “Weightless” among its Best Albums of 2011. “The Joy Of Motion” entered the Billboard 200 at No. 24 in 2014, and “The Madness Of Many” cracked the Top 20 in 2016. Now more than a decade into their career, a quick look at the bands they’ve toured with demonstrates the consistently diverse appeal of ANIMALS AS LEADERS. It’s a list that includes KORN, DEFTONES, THRICE, MESHUGGAH, UNDEROATH, TESSERACT and CIRCA SURVIVE, as well as major festivals with the likes of LINKIN PARK, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and SLIPKNOT.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS offer more than clinic-ready musicianship and proficiency. A focus on mood, texture, and emotive power elevates the material past any preconceived notions, resulting in a fascinatingly unique phenomenon, with an unlikely and profound appeal across multiple sub-genres and over 200 million career streams to date.

SLIPKNOT has announced the 2022 iteration of its infamous “Knotfest Roadshow” tour. The trek will take place over two legs, both headlined by SLIPKNOT. The first leg will feature special guests IN THIS MOMENT and JINJER. The second leg will feature special guests CYPRESS HILL and HO99O9.

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code “UNSAINTED” to access tickets before the general public. General on-sale will be this Friday, January 21 at 10 a.m. local time from KnotfestRoadshow.com.

The first leg of the 38-date tour, produced by Live Nation, kicks off in Fargo, North Dakota on Wednesday, March 16 and hits a further 17 cities before wrapping up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Sunday, April 17. The second leg kicks off on Wednesday, May 18 in University Park, Pennsylvania and hits a further 17 cites before culminating on Sunday, June 18 in Chula Vista, California.

Speaking about the upcoming tour, SLIPKNOT percussionist Clown states: “It feels so good to get back out on the road with our culture. Get ready for a brand new experience. See you soon.”

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor adds: “Even with everything going on in the world right now, we’re still extremely excited to come back out in the States with two different, exciting packages. Whether it’s IN THIS MOMENT and JINJER, or CYPRESS and HO99O9, we pride ourselves in bringing our fans the epicenter of our music and art. Come celebrate with us and try to stay as safe as we will be.”

2021 marked a banner year for SLIPKNOT. Making a triumphant return to the road, their “Knotfest Roadshow 2021” tour sold out amphitheaters across the country, bookended with the record-breaking Knotfest Iowa and the biggest headline show of their career, Knotfest Los Angeles at Banc of California Stadium, where they debut their first new music in two years — the furious “The Chapeltown Rag” taken from the highly anticipated new SLIPKNOT album, expected this year. In addition, they topped the bills of multiple internationally renowned festivals, including Riot Fest, Rocklahoma, Inkcarceration and Welcome To Rockville.

“Knotfest Roadshow” will be part of Live Nation’s Live Stubs initiative which provides digital collectible NFT ticket stubs to ticket holders. Live Stubs will automatically be included with tickets purchased for the tour. Fans will also be able to view, share, gift, trade, and resell their live stubs on LiveNation.com.

“Knotfest Roadshow 2022” leg one: SLIPKNOT with IN THIS MOMENT and JINJER

Mar. 16 – Fargo, ND – FARGODOME
Mar. 18 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
Mar. 19 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
Mar. 22 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
Mar. 23 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Mar. 25 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena
Mar. 26 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theatre
Mar. 29 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at the BJCC
Mar. 30 – N. Charleston, SC – North Charleston Coliseum
Apr. 01 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Apr. 02 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena
Apr. 04 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Apr. 06 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center
Apr. 07 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center
Apr. 09 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Apr. 11 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
Apr. 12 – Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
Apr. 14 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
Apr. 15 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
Apr. 17 – Vancouver, BC – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena

“Knotfest Roadshow 2022” leg two: SLIPKNOT with CYPRESS HILL and HO99O9

May 18 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
May 20 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
May 21 – Providence, RI – Dunkin’ Donuts Center
May 22 – Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena
May 24 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena
May 26 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
May 28 – Québec, QC – Videotron Centre
May 29 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
May 30 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Jun. 01 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
Jun. 02 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
Jun. 04 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Jun. 05 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
Jun. 07 – Bonner Springs, KS – Azura Amphitheater
Jun. 09 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Broadmoor World Arena
Jun. 11 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center
Jun. 13 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Jun. 14 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Jun. 17 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Garden Arena
Jun. 18 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

British rockers BRING ME THE HORIZON have pushed back their previously announced European headline tour to 2023 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases across the continent.

Earlier today, the band released the following statement: “Unfortunately due to the ongoing COVID situation across Europe, our February EU headline tour needs to be postponed.

“We want to bring you the full show with no holding back – the true Post Human experience – but we need to do it safely.

“Updates on Lyon and Budapest will be coming soon.

“See you there.”

2023 dates:

Feb. 02 – Hannover Swiss Life Hall
Feb. 03 – Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
Feb. 04 – Frankfurt Messehalle
Feb. 06 – Gliwice Arena Gliwice
Feb. 07 – Prague Mala Sportovini Hala
Feb. 09 – Vienna Stadthalle
Feb. 10 – Munich Zenith
Feb. 11 – Milan Mediolanium Forum
Feb. 13 – Toulouse Zenith
Feb. 15 – Lisbon Sala Tejo
Feb. 18 – Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
Feb. 19 – Barcelona Saint Jordi Club
Feb. 21 – Basel St. Jakobshalle
Feb. 22 – Stuttgart Schleyer-Halle
Feb. 24 – Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
Feb. 25 – Hamburg Barclays Arena
Feb. 26 – Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle
Feb. 28 – Antwerp Lotto Arena

Support on the trek will still come from A DAY TO REMEMBER and POORSTACY.

Last September, BRING ME THE HORIZON launched a new single titled “DiE4u”. Recorded remotely during the pandemic with frontman Oli Sykes stuck in Brazil and keyboardist Jordan Fish in the U.K., “DiE4u” was part of the second phase of the “Post Human” EP campaign.

BRIT and Grammy-nominated quintet BRING ME THE HORIZON is one of the most electrifying and successful rock bands to emerge from the U.K. The group released its gold-certified sixth studio album, “Amo”, in 2019, which debuted at No. 1 in 17 markets and was named “one of the most anticipated albums of 2019” by Billboard, with NME describing it as “bold, brilliant and boundary-pushing.” “Amo” garnered the band their second Grammy nomination for “Best Rock Album” after the LP’s first single, “Mantra”, earned them a nod for “Best Rock Song” in 2018. The Sheffield five-piece also received its first BRIT Award nomination for “Best Group” last year. BRING ME THE HORIZON has sold over four million albums globally to date, played sold-out shows in over 40 countries, including two sold-out nights at London’s O2 and one night at The Forum in Los Angeles, wowed a traditionally non-rock crowd at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 and 2018, and stole the show at high profile festivals across Europe all summer 2019. “Amo” followed 2016’s critically acclaimed, platinum-certified “That’s The Spirit”, which entered the U.K. charts and the U.S. Billboard album chart at No. 2. They have now also amassed over one billion video views on YouTube. BRING ME THE HORIZON is vocalist Oli Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Mat Nicholls, and keyboardist Jordan Fish.

eUroPE hEadLinE t0ur 2023. sEe u TheRE? https://t.co/nk94NN5Qzi pic.twitter.com/TsN7rOxsSR
— Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) January 18, 2022

Fan-filmed video of SKID ROW’s January 15 performance at RokIsland Fest in Key West, Florida can be seen below.

As previously reported, SKID ROW has replaced QUEENSRŸCHE as the support act on the rescheduled dates for SCORPIONS’ “Sin City Nights” Las Vegas residency. The run of shows, which was originally slated to take place in July 2020 and was later pushed back to May 2021, will now happen in March-April, 2022 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

SKID ROW is continuing work on its long-awaited new album for a tentative early 2022 release. The band is recording its new album in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has previously worked with FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, HALESTORM, EVANESCENCE, RUSH and ALICE IN CHAINS, among many others.

SKID ROW’s new LP will mark its first release with South African-born, British-based vocalist ZP Theart (DRAGONFORCE, TANK, I AM I), who joined the band in 2016 following the departure of Tony Harnell (TNT, STARBREAKER).

Unlike 2014’s “Rise Of The Damnation Army – United World Rebellion: Chapter Two” and 2013’s “United World Rebellion: Chapter One”, SKID ROW’s forthcoming release will be a full-length record.

SKID ROW’s new LP will be released via earMUSIC, the recorded music label of German entertainment group Edel AG which boasts a roster of global artists including DEEP PURPLE, Alice Cooper, BABYMETAL, THUNDER, STATUS QUO and many more.

SKID ROW previously collaborated with several outside songwriters on its new material, including Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) and Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of HALESTORM, a group that covered the title track of “Slave To The Grind” on its “ReAniMate: The CoVeRs eP” in 2011. SKID ROW also worked with songwriter-for-hire Marti Frederiksen, who has previously collaborated with AEROSMITH, DEF LEPPARD, Jonny Lang and Sheryl Crow.

Last August, SKID ROW celebrated the 30th anniversary of its classic second album, “Slave To The Grind”, by performing it in its entirety at The Amphitheater at Rolling Hills Casino And Resort in Corning, California.

The first in a series of videos documenting the making of MACHINE HEAD’s as-yet-untitled tenth studio album can be seen below.

Back in June 2021, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern entered Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with producer Zack Ohren to demo some new ideas for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “Catharsis”. With not a whole lot to track, things were off to a slow start, but eventually ideas started to flow.

MACHINE HEAD’s next LP is tentatively due in the summer. Last month, Flynn offered an update on the album’s progress during an episode of his “No Fuckin’ Regrets With Robb Flynn” podcast. He said: “I’m in the studio right now. In fact, we started yesterday — Zack and I were in the recording studio finishing up the new album, working on the new album. It’s coming along. Right now, they’re setting up in there. They’ve got Navene Koperweis [of] ENTHEOS, ANIMALS AS LEADERS and a million other bands — he is setting up drums and he’s gonna be laying down some heat with the drums. Yeah, it’s going really good — [it’s] been really, really productive. And we’re kind of getting towards the end here, man — we’re getting towards the finish line. The finish line is in sight, and I haven’t been able to say that for a long time.”

He continued: “If you recall, Navene is the dude who played on ‘[Become The] Firestorm’, ‘Arrows In Words From The Sky’, ‘My Hands Are Empty’, he played on ‘Circle The Drain’. Yeah, it’s comfortable. [He’s] a local guy, which really helps.

“We’re probably gonna be dropping some new songs pretty soon,” Robb added. “Then the record will be dropping probably end of summer. We’ve gotta wait till the vinyl all lines up ’cause the vinyl takes fucking forever now. Nine-month lead time on vinyl. Adele just shifted 130 thousand copies of vinyl first week. Dude, it’s crazy. All these fucking major labels are clogging up all of the vinyl pressing plants now. So, yeah, it’s been a challenge. But we’ll be dropping some songs on the DSPs, digital service providers.”

Flynn and MacEachern previously said that they were “making great progress on at least six different new songs, including a 10-minute-plus epic.”

Last June, MACHINE HEAD released the “Arrows In Words From The Sky” single. Featuring the tracks “Become The Firestorm”, “Rotten” and “Arrows In Words From The Sky”, the effort was recorded at Sharkbite.

In November 2020, MACHINE HEAD released a new single, “My Hands Are Empty”, via Nuclear Blast. The song marked the first musical collaboration between Flynn and original “Burn My Eyes” guitarist Logan Mader in 24 years.

“My Hands Are Empty” was just one in a line of singles to be released by MACHINE HEAD, which issued “Do Or Die” in October 2019, “Circle The Drain” in February 2020, and the two-song digital single “Civil Unrest”, consisting of “Stop The Bleeding” and “Bulletproof”, in June 2020. “Stop The Bleeding” featured guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach, and was written and recorded just days after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery.

According to Flynn, all three tracks from “Arrows In Words From The Sky” single — “Become The Firestorm”, “Rotten” and the title track — as well as “My Hands Are Empty”, will be included on the band’s next full-length studio album. “And the other stuff is just gonna stay kind of in whatever void it came out in — and probably be released on a collection of songs with a bunch of other B-sides at some point, a physical version,” he told the “Behind The Vinyl” podcast last June. “But for now, these four songs, and then some future songs, are gonna make up the next record.”

Asked if the “turbulent” nature of the last couple of years was a good thing for him creatively, Flynn said: “Oh, totally. I’m an impatient man. [Laughs] I want it, and I want it now. And the music business can be mind-numbingly slow at times. And certainly with the pandemic now, just the lead time to set up a record is, like, seven months. Vinyl is fucking seven months. If I turned in a record today — done, mastered, finished, artwork, everything — we’re not gonna get the vinyl until seven months from now. I’m, like, ‘This is fucking crazy.’ And I don’t wanna wait; I just wanna put it out.

“When I started in the [1980s] thrash scene, bands put out demos and fucking rehearsals and new songs every month or two,” he explained. “I had every EXODUS song released just from bootlegs and from demos and stuff like that. Same with METALLICA. And it was just so much faster. And the world has just kind of shifted into this extremely slow — certainly the metal world has. And I wanted to bring it back to that… Yes, I’m not releasing a cassette tape, but yeah, I’m putting it out so that if the diehards wanna hear it, you can fucking hear it. And consistently do that — consistently put out music so that it’s constantly giving the fans, the diehard fans, the Head Cases, the ones who fucking live and breathe this shit, something to chew on every three or four months. And I really dig it. I think it’s amazing. And I think that we have the technology — thanks to Spotify and all the streaming services now — [so that] we can do this shit. So why not?”

Seven months ago, MACHINE HEAD announced that it was abandoning plans to resume its “Burn My Eyes” 25th-anniversary tour now that the pandemic is slowing down. Flynn said that the “Burn My Eyes” tour, which saw him and MacEachern play the band’s classic debut album in its entirety for the first time ever, with original “Burn My Eyes”-era drummer Chris Kontos and Mader joining in, would not pick up at such a time as MACHINE HEAD can continue touring. Flynn also confirmed that MacEachern is still a member of MACHINE HEAD alongside new recruits, guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka (DECAPITATED) and British drummer Matt Alston.

MACHINE HEAD will team up with Sweden’s Viking metal overlords AMON AMARTH for a co-headline “Vikings And Lionhearts” European arena tour in September and October. Support on the trek will come from THE HALO EFFECT, the new band featuring five former members of IN FLAMES: Peter Iwers, Daniel Svensson, Jesper Strömblad, Niclas Engelin and Mikael Stanne.