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ESP Guitars has announced five new additions to their signature series for Alexi Laiho, the acclaimed guitarist and frontman of Finnish metal bands CHILDREN OF BODOM and BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, who passed away at the end of 2020. The Alexi Ripped will be offered from the brand’s LTD, E-II, and ESP Custom Shop Series, while the Alexi Hexed will be available in LTD and ESP Custom Shop versions. “We’d been working closely with Alexi on the development of the new Hexed and Ripped guitars for over a year before his passing,” says Tony Rauser, ESP director of artist relations. “He was very excited about the new models, which are the first new additions to the Alexi Laiho Signature Series since 2013. We’re grateful to have this opportunity to honor Alexi‘s ...

Guitarist Rich Ward was unable to join FOZZY on stage last night (Thursday, September 2) in Columbus, Ohio for personal medical reasons. He is currently recovering under the care of medical providers and is expected to be back on tour, providing his high-energy performance, very soon. Meanwhile, FOZZY still performed a full set last night and will continue to do so until Rich‘s return for the first time ever as a four-piece. Fan-filmed video footage of the Columbus concert can be seen below. Ward‘s illness came on the same day that his ex-wife, former professional wrestler Shannon Spruill (a.k.a. Daffney Unger), was found dead at age 46. According to People, Spruill sparked concerns on Wednesday (September 1) after she posted an Instagram video that showed her holding what appe...

Following a number of tours around the globe and countless spectacular shows, British rock legend UFO will embark on its final tour featuring a series of exclusive concerts in summer 2022 to bid farewell to its fans in style. At the grand finale of an unprecedented success story, which began in 1969 and has spanned more than five decades, the band has announced a number of real highlights: The first one is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 20, 2022 at the Beatbox in Hannover, where UFO are planning a public rehearsal, with a strictly limited number of only 80 tickets available. One day later, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, the band will perform a private open-air concert in front of an audience of 300, presenting the full set-list of the subsequent tour, and coming into exceptionally clo...

San Diego metallers AS I LAY DYING have announced the “Two Decades Of Destruction” European 2022 tour. The 29-date trek will kick off in Saarbrücken, Germany on March 19 and make stops in France, Sweden, and Italy before returning to Germany for the Impericon festivals. Joining the band on the tour will be DYING FETUS and EMMURE, with select dates including FIT FOR A KING. AS I LAY DYING singer Tim Lambesis stated: “I’m incredibly grateful to have a chance to go back out on tour and for the tremendous support we’ve had on the ‘Shaped By Fire’ touring cycle so far. “When I started AS I LAY DYING, I never imagined we’d have a chance to travel the world as we have, and now we’ll be going back to places that feel like a second home at...

BTS have officially been crowned Guinness World Records 2022 Hall of Famers with an impressive list of 23 records across both music and social media. The boyband set 11 of their wide-spanning records in the past year alone, the Guinness World Records announced on Thursday. Among their multitude of accolades, BTS are now the most-streamed act on Spotify, the most followed music group on Instagram and hold the best-selling album in South Korea. Their chart-topping May 2021 track, “Butter,” single-handedly raked in five records, including most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube (3.9 million) and most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours (11.04 million). Many of the records broken with “Butter” previously belonged to BTS’ “Dynamite,” which still holds the record fo...

Drake‘s sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy has finally arrived, and on the day of its release, the 6 God has unveiled a brand new music video fo “Way 2 Sexy” — track 7 which features Future and Young Thug. The comical visual — which was directed by Dave Meyers — totals out to 4:40, and there’s certainly an assortment of comical references to call out here. The Canadian rapper himself poses as a 90s-inspired workout trainer and old guy on the beach with a beer belly, in addition to portraying the looks of Rambo, Michael Jackson, Prince, Backstreet Boys and Fabio Lanzoni. In the Backstreet Boys segment, two-time NBA champion Kawhi Leonard even makes a special cameo appearance. Other important bits to call out include that of the interlude where the Toronto-bred artist advertises a new fr...