The Music News Update

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Guns N' Roses has cancelled their spring/summer European tour.

Mayhem Festival called off until 2021.

Singer Ronnie Romero, who left Lords of Black in early 2019 has rejoined the band. The group will release a new album called Alchemy of Souls - Part 1 later this year via Frontiers Music Srl. There's no mention of why Lords of Black split with Romero's replacement Diego Valdez.

The new Trapt album will be called Shadow Play. It is due out June 19th via The Label Group / INgrooves. Full Details

01. Make It Out Alive
02. I Want To Want What I Want
03. Tell Me How You Really Feel
04. Too Little Too Late
05. Far Enough Away
06. Turn Me Around Again
07. Trying Too Hard
08. Let Me Down Slowly
09. Too Far Away
10. Get You Back
11. Hold And Be Held

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The Reading and Leeds music festivals have been officially cancelled for this year.

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson announces he has COPD.

Canedy album news.



The Nixons EP news.



The new Onslaught album will be called Generation Antichrist. It is due out August 7th via AFM Records. Full Details

01. Rise To Power
02. Strike Fast Strike Hard
03. Bow Down To The Clowns
04. Generation Antichrist
05. All Seeing Eye
06. Addicted To The Smell Of Death
07. Empires Fall
08. Religiousuicide
09. A Perfect Day To Die

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Obscura lineup news.

The band has hired a new drummer.

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Slipknot has cancelled their 2020 summer tour plans.

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Misery Signal album news.

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I'm paying tribute this week to singer Brian Howe, who passed away after a heart attack last week. He was 66. I was prompted by his death to look back on this week's new article.

The Cassette Chronicles #135 - Bad Company - Holy Water

RIP Brian Howe

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Hannah Mulholland has left the country trio Runaway June./

The new Lionheart album will be called The Reality of Miracles. It is due out July 31st via Metalville Records. Full Details.

01. Salvation
02. Thine Is The Kingdom
03. High Plains Drifter
04. The Reality Of Miracles
05. Five Tribes
06. Behind The Wall
07. All I Want Is You
08. Widows
09. Kingdom Of The East
10. Outlaws Of The Western World
11. Overdrive
12. The First Man
13. Still It Rains On Planet Earth (Lacrimosa)

(I'm not sure if I'm going to buy this album but damn I love the cover art.)

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Today marks 10 years since we lost Ronnie James Dio.

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Volbeat has cancelled their planned U.S. tour.

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More tour cancellations/postponements:

Deftones / Gojira / Poppy

Nine Inch Nails

Breaking Benjamin / Bush/ Theory Of A Deadman

Foreigner / Kansas / Europe (I figured this one would announced sooner or later. I was going to see this tour in Boston but the city shut down all events through Labor Day so I know it wasn't going to be hitting Beantown for sure.)

Interviews

Lucifer's Johana Sadonis & Nicke Andersson (Audio)

Chthonic vocalist Freddy Lim

Ron Keel Band's Ron Keel

Bruce Dickinson's Skunkworks project may not have lasted but rehearsal recordings and early demos have now been posted online.

Lord of the Lost will release the new album Swan Songs III through Napalm Records on August 7th. Full Details.

Dee Snider will have release For The Love Of Metal Live! on CD and DVD/Blu-ray on July 31st via Napalm Records. Besides the live set, the album wil include a new original studio track called "Prove Me Wrong". The lyric video for that song is below. Full Details


The track listings for each format are:

Digital Album

01. Lies Are a Business
02. Tomorrow's No Concern
03. You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
04. The Beast
05. American Made
06. Under the Blade
07. The Kids Are Back
08. Become the Storm
09. We're Not Gonna Take It
10. I Am The Hurricane
11. Burn In Hell
12. I Wanna Rock
13. For The Love Of Metal
14. Highway To Hell
15. Ready To Fall
16. The Fire Still Burns
17. Roll Over You
18. Prove Me Wrong

CD

01. Lies Are A Business
02. Tomorrow's No Concern
03. You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
04. The Beast Live
05. American Made
06. Under The Blade
07. The Kids Are Back
08. Become The Storm
09. We're Not Gonna Take It
10. I Am The Hurricane
11. Burn In Hell
12. I Wanna Rock Live
13. For The Love Of Metal
14. Highway To Hell
15. Prove Me Wrong

DVD/Blu-ray

01. Lies Are A Business
02. Pain Of Traveling (Interview)
03. Tomorrow's No Concern
04. You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
05. New Record (Interview)
06. The Beast
07. American Made
08. Under The Blade
09. Songwriting (Interview)
10. The Kids Are Back Live
11. Become The Storm
12. We're Not Gonna Take It
13. WNGTI (Interview)
14. I Am The Hurricane
15. Burn In Hell Live
16. Rock Of Ages (Interview)
17. I Wanna Rock
18. For The Love Of Metal
19. AC/DC (Interview)
20. Highway To Hell
21. Credits
22. Ready To Fall (Bonus Track)
23. The Fire Still Burns (Bonus Track)
24. Roll Over You (Bonus Track)
25. Suzette (Interview)
26. Hearing (Interview)
27. Strangeland (Interview)
28. Lemmy (Interview)

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Country acts Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett and Lady Antebellum have cancelled their 2020 tours. For Rascal Flatts it was supposed to be their farewell tour.

The Sammy Hagar & The Circle / Night Ranger tour has been cancelled.

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Country acts Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett and Lady Antebellum have cancelled their 2020 tours. For Rascal Flatts it was supposed to be their farewell tour.

The Sammy Hagar & The Circle / Night Ranger tour has been cancelled.

Not even free front-row tickets, limo ride To/From w/Open Bar & suitcase of cocaine could get me to go to a concert this summer. No, I'm good.

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Not even free front-row tickets, limo ride To/From w/Open Bar & suitcase of cocaine could get me to go to a concert this summer. No, I'm good.

Not much a sacrifice for you there considering pretty much everything has been postponed or cancelled.

Speaking of which, two more country acts have announced their tours being cancelled: Jason Aldean and Sam Hunt.

Oh and the Las Vegas residency for The Scorpions has also been postponed.

Disturbed's tour is off as well.

So is Ministry's tour.

The Megadeth / Lamb of God North American leg of their summer tour is postponed to 2021.

And let's not leave out that Nickelback's tour is cancelled too!

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The Guns N' Roses North American summer tour has been postponed.

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Not much a sacrifice for you there considering pretty much everything has been postponed or cancelled.

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Just doing my part to stop the spread! 'Merica.