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On August 14, Haiti was hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that left more than 2,000 people dead and 12,000 injured, along with widespread devastation across the country. As Haiti rebuilds, Future has announced he will host a benefit concert to raise funds and awareness for the country’s recovery with his FreeWishes Foundation. The rapper shared news of the upcoming event on Instagram, with an animated video detailing the concert’s intended impact. “I would love for all my friends, family, music industry, fashion, and all other industries, and people as a whole to stand up for Haiti,” the announcement reads. “I want to use my voice to do whatever I can to support Haiti during these tragic times and will be doing a benefit concert on September 3 in Miami. Tap in to support. – Pluto.” Billed ...

Despite being Brazil’s biggest-ever heavy music export, when SEPULTURA lost its original frontman and founder Max Cavalera in 1996, and Max‘s brother and drummer Igor Cavalera in 2006, many thought the band would not recover from their departures. However, in Cleveland, Ohio punk and hardcore scene veteran Derrick Green, SEPULTURA found a formidable, towering force that would lead the band with power and conviction through this new era of their career. “Sepulnation: The Studio Albums 1998-2009”, released through BMG on October 22, celebrates the bands seconds phase, and this five-album boxset (across eight slabs of vinyl or five CDs) contains the albums “Against”, “Nation”, “Roorback”, “Dante XXI” and “A-Lex̶...

ANTHRAX has been celebrating its 40th anniversary since the festivities kicked off in late April. But even with the actual Big 4-0 having taken place on July 18, the band is not quite done saluting that milestone. Today, the band announces the release of its 40th-anniversary high-end spirit, “Anthrax XL” (Roman numerals for 40), a smooth Solera-aged, single-barrel bourbon finished for 40 days in a 20-year old Oloroso Sherry cask, providing the spirits with balanced flavors and layers of complexity. Only one barrel of “Anthrax XL” has been produced, yielding 400 hand-numbered bottles at a cask strength of 115 proof. Each bottle features the bandmembers’ signatures, and is encased in a black drawstring velvet gift bag emblazoned with the Anthrax XL logo, with a ...

THEORY OF A DEADMAN (a.k.a. THEORY) has canceled all of its September 2021 dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier today, the band issued the following statement: “It is with heavy hearts that we announce we will not be appearing with 3 DOORS DOWN this coming weekend, and that we will be canceling all of our September tour dates (with the exception of Mobile & Orlando, which will move to November – please check theoryofficial.com for new dates). “We have decided that with the current surge in COVID cases, made worse by delta variant breakthrough cases, this is the right thing to do to ensure the safety of our fans and crew members. This wasn’t an easy choice for us, but we feel it is the right one. “Ticket holders can obtain refunds at their point of p...

Gene Simmons celebrated his 72nd birthday last night (Wednesday, August 25) during KISS‘s concert at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio as part of the group’s “End Of The Road” world tour. Video footage of the Toledo crowd, as well as Gene‘s KISS bandmates, singing happy birthday to him can be seen below. KISS frontman Paul Stanley also wished Gene a happy birthday on Twitter. Paul shared an early photo of the pair, and he wrote in an accompanying message: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENE! We started as partners but all the years made us brothers. You’re a good man and a GREAT Demon! In it to the end. Paul“. Earlier this year, Stanley spoke to the St. Louis, Missouri radio station KSHE 95 about his continued partnership with Simmons — this despite the...