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Last month, progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER announced that they were postponing their previously announced North American tour to early 2022 due to COVID-19 concerns. The trek was scheduled to kick off on October 28 in Mesa, Arizona and conclude on December 14 in St. Petersburg, Florida. In a new interview with Robert Cavuoto of Sonic Perspectives, DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci spoke about the band’s decision to push back the tour, saying: “Well, it’s an unfortunate decision. John [Myung, bass] and I really wanted to tour, and are dying to tour — dying to get out there and support the [new DREAM THEATER] record. And unfortunately, we couldn’t convince the other guys that it was safe. So, it wasn’t a unanimous decision, unfortunately. “It&#...

Nikki Sixx says that he “understands” why David Lee Roth turned down an offer to take part in that MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s “The Stadium Tour”. In an article previewing Sixx‘s just-released book, “The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx”, the Los Angeles Times revealed that when CRÜE invited Diamond Dave to share the bill with them on their highly anticipated reunion tour, the VAN HALEN singer responded, “I don’t open for bands that I influenced.” Nikki discussed Roth‘s decision to decline CRÜE‘s invitation in a new interview with Forbes. He said: “Yeah, well, he probably influenced everybody. That band [VAN HALEN] is a monster. But, you know, understandably. We all get to make our choices and stuff. I just thought with...

Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer and spirits trailblazer Sammy Hagar today announced plans for a four-concert tour of Texas with his supergroup THE CIRCLE, featuring Michael Anthony, the renowned bassist and fellow Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, who’s played with Sammy for the past 30 years in bands including VAN HALEN and CHICKENFOOT; Jason Bonham, the acclaimed journeyman drummer; and Vic Johnson, Hagar‘s longtime guitar virtuoso. Hagar‘s “A Toast To Texas” tour is presented by Sammy’s Beach Bar Cocktail Co., Hagar’s first line of canned sparkling rum cocktails which are launching in the Lone Star State in step with the shows. “A Toast To Texas” tour kicks off Friday, December 3 in Fort Worth and stops in San Antonio, Saturday, Decem...

TRIVIUM‘s Matt Heafy says that Alex Bent is an “insane drummer” who finds the band’s material “very easy” to play. In December 2016, TRIVIUM parted ways with Paul Wandtke and welcomed Bent, a former member of BATTLECROSS and DECREPIT BIRTH who had previously played with TESTAMENT as a fill-in for that band’s longtime drummer Gene Hoglan. Heafy discussed Bent‘s addition to TRIVIUM during a recent appearance on “Drinks With Johnny”, the Internet TV show hosted by AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. Matt said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “[Alex is] studio drummer [number] four. People, for some reason, they say we’ve had like a million lineup changes. We’ve only had four drummers, but everyone acts lik...

Mac Miller‘s 2014 mixtape Faces is now projected to make its Billboard 200 debut at No. 3 shortly after it hit streaming services for the first time. According to Chart Data, the seven-year-old project will earn a total of 63,000 equivalent album units — enough to put it behind Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy and Young Thug‘s PUNK, which are both tightly competing for the No. 1 spot. Faces arrived on streaming platforms last week and was the last mixtape Miller released in his lifetime. Josh Berg, the late artist’s engineer during the time of Faces, also recently explained the reason why Miller didn’t sign with JAY-Z’s Roc-A-Fella — a topic the rapper touched on in the mixtape cut “Here We Go.” Berg shared, “He didn’t sign to Roc-A-Fella because he was like, ‘I’m not gonna have it be that I ne...