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Dee Snider performed at this year’s edition of the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. The TWISTED SISTER singer and his solo band appeared last night (Saturday, March 5). Video of their performance can be seen below. The Arnold Sports Festival is being held March 3-6 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and other venues, including the Ohio Expo Center. Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s event, which draws more than 20,000 athletes and 200,000 fans to Columbus, was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 20,000 athletes from more than 80 nations are expected to appear at the festival, participating in about 60 sports. Early Saturday morning, Snider took to his Twitter to share a new photo of him with Schwarzenegger, and he included the following...

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman performed at the opening ceremony of this year’s Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, March 6. The Tokyo Marathon 2022, one of the biggest marathons in Japan, ran through Tokyo’s tourist sites, accommodating recreational runners and world’s best elite runners. It was the first Tokyo Marathon in two years, as the 2021 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its theme, “The Day We Unite.”, the Tokyo Marathon brings together runners, volunteers and spectators. Marty shared video of him performing at this year’s event, and he included the following message: “Just played the Opening Ceremony at the Tokyo Marathon! This is my 4th year doing it, but today I played 3 times as the runners spread out their sta...

PRETTY MAIDS singer Ronnie Atkins, who is battling stage four cancer, spoke about his condition during a recent interview with “The Bay Ragni Show”. Reflecting on how he was first diagnosed with the disease. Ronnie said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “When I first got it… I knew there was something wrong during the summer of 2019. I had back issues for years, but I had this kind of non-pain, strange pain. It’s something you know yourself if there’s something wrong. My mother had the same thing, and she died of it. I was 22, actually; my mother was 57. So I went to the doctor, and he said, ‘I think you just struck a nerve or something.’ I said, ‘We should check it out.’ And they sent me off. And then, the very same day, they said ...

On Saturday (March 5), model, dancer and actress Diana Lynn conducted an interview with former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson at the PA Horror Con at the Delta Hotel by Marriott Allentown Lehigh Valley in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his involvement in the upcoming feature-length documentary “This Was My Life: The Story Of Nick Menza”, which is described as an “exploration of the late MEGADETH drummer’s life,” Ellefson said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Nick Menza, who many know [was] the drummer of MEGADETH for the decade of the ’90s — ’89 [to] ’98 — he left the group in ’98 and then he passed away onstage playing with another former MEGADETH guitar player, Chris Poland; ...