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During an appearance this morning (Monday, November 16) on SiriusXM‘s “The Howard Stern Show”, Wolfgang Van Halen revealed that his father, Eddie Van Halen, had contemplated a “kitchen-sink tour” that would have included bassist Michael Anthony, as well as vocal turns from both Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth. There was even talk about bringing back Gary Cherone, who sang with the band on one poorly received album, 1998’s “Van Halen III”. Unfortunately, Eddie‘s health setbacks, which included injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident as well as a brain tumor diagnosis, prevented the tour from ever taking place. “If only things had been better, it would have been amazing,” Wolfgang said. Wolfgang also said that his father le...

QUEEN‘s Brian May has expressed his “shock” at the fact that 70 million Americans voted for Donald Trump after he “constantly lied and bullied and cheated and made a complete disgrace of himself” in his term as the country’s 45th president. The presidential race ended with a victory for Joe Biden with 306 electoral votes. Biden had received nearly 79 million votes across America — the most votes cast for any presidential candidate in history — compared to 73.1 million votes for Trump. On Sunday, May took to his social media to post a video dubbed “On The Need For Truth” in which he said: “Looking at America, I feel an amazing of bewilderment. And I’ve spent a lot of time in the States, so I have a little bit of understanding — not...

Max Cavalera says that he doesn’t keep in contact with his former bandmates in SEPULTURA. SEPULTURA‘s classic lineup fell apart in 1996 with the exit of Max after the rest of the band split with his wife Gloria as their manager. His brother, drummer Igor Cavalera, stuck around with the group for another 10 years before leaving SEPULTURA and re-teaming with Max in CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. Although SEPULTURA has maintained a diehard fanbase in all parts of the world throughout the band’s three-and-a-half-decade-plus history, Max-era albums “Roots” and “Chaos A.D.” were by far SEPULTURA‘s most commercially successful, having both been certified gold in the U.S. for sales in excess of five hundred thousand copies. Asked in a new interview with the &#...

Rob Halford says that JUDAS PRIEST‘s Parkinson’s disease-suffering guitarist Glenn Tipton “will always be a fully integrated member” of the band. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s more than six 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 PRIEST‘s latest 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. Tipton occasionally joins PRIEST onstage for its encores, performing “Metal Gods”, “Breaking The Law” and “Living After Midnight”. Asked for an update on T...