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Metallica announced plans to extend their M72 World Tour with a series of new North American dates in 2025. Support acts for Metallica’s new run of shows will come from Pantera and Limp Bizkit, along with Suicidal Tendencies and Ice Nine Kills on select dates. The new leg of Metallica’s M72 World Tour gets underway with the heavy metal legend’s headlining appearance at Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas on April 12, before hitting the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York on April 19. The tour finishes up with two stadium shows in Denver at Empower Field at Mile High on June 27 and 29. Metallica’s new tour continues the No Repeat Weekends format of their past tour, along with a few One Night Only performances in select cities. (Consequence of Sound)

Only one day before the September 20 release date of the new Bright Eyes album, Five Dice, All Threes, the band was forced to cancel a series of three record release shows promoting their album. Bright Eyes had a trio of shows planned to celebrate their album release in New York City, Chicago (at Riot Fest), and a hometown show in Omaha, Nebraska. Reports of the band’s warmup show in Cleveland earlier this week claim that frontman Conor Oberst was visibly intoxicated and forgot lyrics while not being able to play his guitar.

Bright Eyes announced their show cancellations on Instagram, writing, “We’re heartbroken to announce that our upcoming record release shows have been canceled. The warm up shows we played earlier this week resulted in Conor losing his voice and, on the advice of doctors, we’ve made the difficult but sensible decision to prioritize rest and recuperation for the remainder of the month. ‘Five Dice, All Threes’ is out on Friday and we couldn’t be more proud of it.” (Consequence of Sound)

Iron Maiden shared details of their 2025 Run for Your Lives World Tour, which starts in May 2025 and continues into 2026. Maiden’s tour is part of a 50th anniversary celebration of the band’s first live performance back in 1975. The shows will feature the British heavy metal legends performing a classic set highlighting their first nine albums, from their groundbreaking 1980 self-titled debut through their 1992 album, Fear of the Dark. Only UK/European dates have been revealed, with the first show set for May 27th in Budapest, Hungary, before finishing up on August 2nd in Warsaw, Poland. Opening acts for select tour dates will come from Halestorm, the Raven Age, and Avatar. “Next year is a very special one for Iron Maiden and we’re going to be giving our fans a once-in-a-lifetime live experience,” said frontman Bruce Dickinson. “This is a tour that’s gonna put a smile on your face and a cheer in your throat.” (Consequence of Sound)

The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas has announced a special series of guided tours this fall led by punk legends and classic rock superstars. Members of Operation Ivy, Circle Jerks, Ramones, and ZZ Top have been selected to take part in personalized guided tours of the museum, where rock icons will take guests around the venue and share stories from their music careers.

The Punk Rock Museum’s fall guided tour lineup features Ramones’ CJ Ramone (9/20-22), Circle Jerks’ Keith Morris (9/27-29), Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome (10/4-6), Sum 41’s Dave Baksh (10/5-6), Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman (10/19-20), and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons (11/2) booked from September through November. Operation Ivy’s Jesse Michaels will be a tour guide from October 11th-14th, and shared this message on Instagram: “My intention…is to leave everybody feeling like they connected with my little corner of punk history in an intimate and memorable way.” (Consequence of Sound)

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Chester Bennington’s mom, Susan Eubanks, shares her thoughts on Linkin Park’s reunion and their new lead singer, Emily Armstrong. Eubanks feels “betrayed” by the band, revealing that no one told her about their plans to reunite. “They told me that if they were ever going to do something, they would let me know,” Eubanks says. “They didn’t let me know, and they probably knew that I wouldn't be very happy. I’m very upset about it.” Eubanks found out about the reunion via the internet, and tuned in to the band’s recent livestream show to hear Armstrong singing the late Bennington’s parts in their songs, before she quickly turned it off and started to cry. “I feel like they’re trying very hard to erase the past,” Eubanks shared. “They’re performing songs that Chester sang. And I don’t know how the fans are taking it, but I know how I take it. And having [Armstrong] singing my son’s songs is hurtful.” (Billboard)

Jane’s Addiction picked an unfortunate time to release their brand new song, “True Love.” The track is the second new single recorded by the band’s reunited classic lineup, but it arrives only two days after the group canceled all the remaining dates on their current North American tour following an onstage band fight last week. Jane’s also shared an official lyric video for “True Love,” as well as the single artwork for the moody ballad.

One of the repercussions of Jane’s Addiction prematurely ending their tour is the opening acts missing out on paydays as well as exposure. Guitarist Dave Navarro addressed those concerns in his Instagram stories, writing, "I would personally like to apologize to Love and Rockets and Crawlers and their crews for such a terrible outcome of what started off as an incredibly magical tour. @loveandrockets are heroes of mine and I am so grateful I had the opportunity to perform on the same stage as them for as long as I did. It truly has been an honor." (Consequence of Sound)

In an interview featured in the just released Paramount+ docuseries, Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal, Warrant drummer Steven Sweet looked back at the highly sexualized music videos of that era, especially the provactive one for Warrant’s provocative “Cherry Pie.” "Warrant was all about having fun without hurting anybody," says the 58-year-old Sweet. "I know we didn't think of it as a misogynistic video, although it was in hindsight." Bobbie Brown, the then-girlfriend of Warrant’s singer Jani Lane's, starred in the video, which featured her dressed in next to nothing while dancing around as she’s being hosed down throughout the clip. "I don't even know if that got flagged at the time,” said MTV executive Rick Krim in the documentary. “Objectifying women kind of became the rule. You look back at it now and you're like, 'How did we let them get away with that?'” (People)

The Darkness have just announced the upcoming release of their eighth studio album, Dreams on Toast, which is out on March 28, 2025 via Cooking Vinyl. “These bangers we present to you here,” writes the band’s frontman Justin Hawkins in a press release. “Wallowing in an aromatic aural ragu, served atop the charred remains of our envious contemporaries… ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dreams on Toast!” To promote their forthcoming release, the British rock band shared the album’s lead single, “The Longest Kiss,” which is out now. The Darkness also announced an expansive tour in support of Dreams on Toast, which Hawkins calls, “our biggest tour in years.” The Darkness are still riding high from the recent viral clip of Taylor Swift singing along to their hit single, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” at the US Open, which propelled the song to No. 1 on the iTunes rock chart. (Consequence of Sound)

JD Souther, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and co-writer of many hits by the Eagles, died at his Santa Fe home on Tuesday (September 17) at the age of 78. Souther is best known as a frequent co-writer of classic hits by the Eagles, including their first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Best of My Love,” the 1979 No. 1 smash, “Heartache Tonight,” and “New Kid In Town,” the chart-topping lead single from their 26x-platinum album, Hotel California. Souther was also a successful solo musician in his own right, charting a Top 10 hit in 1979, “You’re Only Lonely.”

He collaborated with James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, and his songs were recorded by the Chicks, George Strait, and Bonnie Raitt. The Eagles paid tribute to Souther with a statement on their website that reads, “We have lost a brother, a friend and a brilliant collaborator, and the world has lost a great songwriter. He was an extraordinary man and will be greatly missed by many. Adios, old friend. Travel well.” (Variety)

311 have shared details of their forthcoming new album, Full Bloom, which is due out on October 25. The Omaha, Nebraska rock veterans made the announcement of their 14th studio album with a post on Instagram on Wednesday (September 18), where they also shared the cover art and the 10-song tracklist. “This record is a huge step forward for our band,” reads the caption. “It’s 311 on steroids.” 311 also shared the album’s second single, “Need Somebody,” which follows the hit lead single, “You’re Gonna Get It,” which became the group’s highest charting track in 13 years. “We hope fans can take from this album 311’s message of positivity and unity,” the band said in a statement. “In today’s world it’s so easy to become alienated by the pressures of everyday life. Whether it’s social media, stress at work, an illness, the list goes on. It’s so important to stay open with your loved ones and community so we can all thrive in full bloom.” (Blabbermouth)

Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres tour was recently named as the biggest rock tour of all time, grossing over $1 billion over the course of its two and a half year run. But the British rock legends aren’t done yet, just announcing a series of stadium shows in the U.K. in August of 2025. The eight shows will take place at London’s Wembley Stadium and Craven Park in Hull, and will be Coldplay’s only European dates next year. The band will play Hull on August 18 and 19, before settling in for a six-night residency at Wembley Stadium on August 22-23, 26-27, and 30-31. Coldplay have partnered with  Music Venue Trust for these shows, with 10% of all revenue generated from the tour going to support “small U.K. venues and upcoming acts.” In addition to the new tour dates, Coldplay are preparing to release their new album, Moon Music, on October 4. (Billboard)

Deftones just announced details of their 2025 North American arena tour. The dates will be the alt-metal legends first headlining tour since 2022. The 24-date run gets started at Portland’s Moda Center on February 25, and will cross the country while hitting up legendary American arenas like the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York over the month and a half jaunt, before the tour finishes up at Boston’s TD Garden on April 8. Deftones announced their tour with an Instagram video post shared on Tuesday (September 17), where they also disclosed that the opening acts for their tour will be the Mars Volta and Fleshwater. In addition to their upcoming tour, Deftones yearly celebration of music and culture Dia De Los Deftones returns to San Diego on November 2 for its fifth annual gathering, with the hosts being joined by Idles, Sunny Day Real Estate, Health, and more. (Billboard)

Talking Heads have just announced on Instagram that they are releasing an expansive 4xLP box set reissue of their groundbreaking 1977 debut album, Talking Heads: 77, on November 8. The sprawling collection features a remastered version of the original album on one LP, with another LP filled with rare and previously-unreleased demos and outtakes. The jewel of the box set is a 2-LP live set featuring a previously unreleased performance from that era, Live at CBGB’s, New York, NY, Oct. 10, 1977, which the band says is a “live recording of the final gig at CBGB’s.” The set also includes four 7-inch singles, highlighted by a newly-released acoustic version of “Psycho Killer” featuring Arthur Russell, along with an 80-page hardcover book featuring photos, memorabilia, and liner notes handwritten by band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison. (Consequence of Sound)

Following Morrissey’s recent claims about the Smiths’ trademark status and rejected reunion offers, the band’s former guitarist Johnny Marr issued a response of his own on Instagram on Tuesday (September 17). Marr released a statement, “In the interests of accuracy and clarity,” because “recent statements made by Morrissey…are incorrect.” Apparently, in 2008 a third party attempted to use the Smiths name and Marr discovered that the trademark was not owned by the band. Marr secured the trademark himself after not hearing from Morrissey, but the assignment of joint ownership is still awaiting Moz’s signature. Marr dispels Morrissey’s claims that he will tour as the Smiths with a new lead singer, while going on to state, “To prevent third parties from profiting from the band’s name, it was left to me to protect the legacy. This I have done on behalf of both myself and my former bandmates. As for the offer to tour, I didn’t ignore the offer – I said no.” (Variety)

Jack White has just unveiled his new Fender Artist Signature Series collection. The musician’s branded partnership with Fender includes the Jack White Pano Verb Amplifier, the Jack White TripleCaster Telecaster, and the Jack White TripleSonic Acoustasonic guitar. Each of the items were designed in collaboration with White, and the collection seeks to “embody White's unique vision and Fender's commitment to craftsmanship.” In a promotional product video for the Pano Verb Amplifier, White says, “We found the best of the old, with the best of the new and mixed innovation with the history of Fender to do something that we think Leo Fender would have been very proud of if he was alive today.” Justin Norvell, Executive Vice President of Product at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, shares, “Jack is regarded as a true visionary in the music world, and it has been an incredible journey working with him on developing these products.” (Consequence of Sound)

On Monday (September 16), Morrissey shared a statement on his website titled, “THE PLOT THICKENS,” which claims that his former bandmate, guitarist Johnny Marr, has “successfully applied for 100% trademark rights / Intellectual Property ownership of The Smiths name.” Morrissey disclosed that the move frees up Marr to “tour as The Smiths using the vocalist of his choice” while also “denying Morrissey considerable financial livelihood.” The statement also alleges that, “This action was done without any consultation to Morrissey, and without allowing Morrissey the standard opportunity of ‘objection.’”

In the last few weeks, Morrissey has claimed that after he accepted a “lucrative offer” to reunite the Smiths, Marr turned it down. Morrissey also says that Marr apparently stood in the way of a potential greatest hits album from the Smiths, as well as a deluxe box set reissue of their debut album. Marr hasn’t released a public statement regarding any of Morrissey’s recent claims. (Consequence of Sound)  

In an Instagram statement on Monday (September 16), REO Speedwagon made the surprising announcement that the band will stop touring due to infighting within the group. The disagreement stems from bassist Bruce Hall’s extended absence from the group following his recent back surgery, with frontman Kevin Cronin continuing to tour as Speedwagon in Hall’s absence as Matt Bissonette filled in on bass on their run of summer shows. The group’s statement says that, “Due to this complex situation, irreconcilable differences arose between Bruce and Kevin. So, it is with great sadness that we announce REO Speedwagon will cease touring effective January 1, 2025.”

The band’s co-founding keyboardist Neal Doughty had already decided to stop touring with the group back in 2023. The three Speedwagon members paid tribute to their fans while ending their statement, “Neal, Kevin, and Bruce thank their fans for all their years of loyal support and for giving back to the band such wonderful memories that will remain with each of them forever.” (Ultimate Classic Rock)

Styx has announced that they will be playing a week-long residency at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas that will take place in early 2025. As part of those series of shows, the Chicago rock veterans will be performing their multi-platinum, Billboard Top 10-charting 1977 album, The Grand Illusion, in its entirety, along with other hits from the group’s celebrated 50-year career. Styx’s five-show Vegas residency will take place on January 24th, 25th, 29th, 31st, and February 1st. Styx announced their upcoming Vegas residency with a post on Instagram on Monday (September 16), which features The Grand Illusion’s Rene Magritte-inspired album art. The group captioned the post, “Styx is coming back to VEGAS! And this time, we’re playing The Grand Illusion in full PLUS your favorite hits! Let’s rock Vegas, Styx World! See you at The Venetian!” (Consequence of Sound)

Jane’s Addiction announced on Monday (September 16) that they were canceling all remaining dates on their current North American tour. The move follows an onstage altercation in Boston on Friday (Sept. 13) where frontman Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro. The group’s Instagram statement reads, “The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group. As such they will be cancelling the remainder of the tour.” Bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins released a joint statement with Navarro that says the tour cancellation is, “Due to a continuing pattern of behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell.”

They go on to write, “Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative. We hope that he will find the help he needs. Our hearts are broken.” Farrell wrote in a statement of his own, “It is only right that I apologize to my bandmates, especially Dave Navarro. Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.” (Consequence of Sound)

Blink-182 bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus has announced that his new memoir, Fahrenheit-182, will be released on April 8, 2025. The book was co-authored by Dan Ozzi, and according to the press release, “This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents’ bitter divorce, moves around the country, switches identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meets his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.”

Ozzi says that the book, “Doubles as the definitive history of blink, seeing as how Mark is, as he once put it to me, the only person on earth who has been to all of their shows.” Hoppus also shared a humorous promotional video in an Instagram post on Monday (September 16), where the cancer survivor jokes, “Pre-order now and we’ll throw in with no extra cost to you: Anxiety! Depression! Band breakups! And of course everyone’s favorite: cancer! This sh*t gets dark.” (Consequence of Sound)