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Black Veil Brides, Motionless in White and Ice Nine Kills will continue their Trinity of Terror Tour with a second leg of dates set to launch on September 3rd in Omaha, Nebraska. They will be joined by special guest Crown the Empire. General tickets go on sale on Thursday (June 30th) at 10 a.m. local time at trinityofterrortour.com.

Black Veil Brides shared the news on social media writing, "BVB Army! You've politely requested it... You've sternly asked for it… You've flooded our comments demanding it! After months of secrecy, we're excited to reveal the long-rumored sequel to The Trinity of Terror Tour ..."

The fall leg of the tour is set to wrap up on September 18th in Cincinnati, Ohio.

When Lorde took the stage at the Glastonbury festival over the weekend, she spoke her mind about the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade.

While singing "Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen It All)," she went off script for an impassioned speech reminding her female fans just how sacred their right to choose for themselves is — or should be.

She said, "Wanna hear a secret, girls? Your bodies were destined to be controlled and objectified since before you were born. That horror is your birthright."

She went on to tell her audience that they possess strength and wisdom and encouraged them to access that to make a difference. "Because everything depends on it."

She concluded with a direct message to the Supreme Court, whose vote takes away a woman's right to have an abortion... She said, "F–k the Supreme Court."

Lorde is one of many musicians denouncing the court's decision, a few of the others include Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, and Billie Eilish.

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She how DID Tommy Lee break those four ribs, anyway??? Well fans finally got their answer from Lee's wife, Brittany Furlan, who posted a snapchat video revealing how the legendary drummer hobbled himself -- only days before launching the biggest stadium tour of the summer with Motley Crue.

Blabbermouth transcribed some of Furlan's chat, which reads in part:

"Everyone keeps asking how Tommy broke his ribs, so I'm just gonna tell you. We were staying at an old rental house in Nashville. It was a cool, old quirky house. But the stairs outside were made out of stones, and they were really uneven, and the roots were pushing them up from the tree. And everything was fine. I actually fell up the stairs a few times getting groceries, but whatever."

She added: "So, the day that we were leaving Nashville, our driver came and we had all this luggage and he wasn't helping us; he just stayed in the car. And so Tommy was trying to carry all of our luggage for us. And he fell down these crazy stairs and broke -- broke -- four ribs. Not fractured, not bruised -- broke. And it was crazy, 'cause I came out and he couldn't breathe. It was really scary. He was on the ground (and) he was gasping for air. And he got on a plane that day still and went and did the rest of rehearsals (for the tour) in Pennsylvania."

Furlan went on to say, "He went to the hospital in Pennsylvania when we landed and they were, like, 'You have four broken ribs.' And they wanted to keep him there, but they he did not wanna stay. And he's just a fighter. He's the toughest guy I know. I mean, look at all his tattoos; he just really fights through the pain.'"

Coming on September 9th is the last concert from Kiss' ongoing archival "Off The Soundboard" series. Live In Des Moines 1977 was recorded during the Alive II tour on November 29th, 1977 in Des Moines, Iowa at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, featuring the band's original and classic lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.

When we last caught up with Paul Stanley, he explained that if a fan shells out their hard earned cash to see Kiss in concert, they're getting a massive show by seasoned vets who know exactly what it takes to deliver the goods -- be it in an open air stadium or a smoke-filled, hole in the wall club: "There's absolutely no substitute for working your way up. Bands today that are starting out -- they don't have a clue. Most of these bands go from obscurity to selling a million albums, two million albums -- they couldn't entertain a phone booth and that's why (laughter) they don't sell tickets. You learn the craft by doing it. You start in the clubs, you work your way up to being third on a bill in an auditorium, then you get to headlining there, then you get to work your way into arenas. By the time you're in arenas, you damn well know how to do it."

The tracklisting to Kiss' Off The Soundboard: Live In Des Moines 1977:

"I Stole Your Love"
"King Of The Night Time World"
"Ladies Room"
"Firehouse"
"Love Gun"
"Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll"
"Makin' Love"
"Christine Sixteen"
"Shock Me"
"I Want You"
"Calling Dr. Love"
"Shout It Out Loud"
"God Of Thunder"
"Rock And Roll All Nite"
"Detroit Rock City"
"Beth"
"Black Diamond"

Kiss performs tonight (June 28th) in Stuttgart, Germany

Their next U.S. show is set for September 21st at West Palm Beach's IThink Financial Amphitheatre.

Several artists from the rock world took to social media to speak out about the Supreme Court announcing the decision to overturn Roe Vs. Wade that legalized abortion in the U.S. Coheed and Cambria revealed that they will be donating all of their profits from their upcoming Oklahoma City Show with My Chemical Romance to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Meanwhile, Rage against the Machine announced that they will donate nearly half a million dollars to reproductive rights organizations in Wisconsin and Illinois.

Meanwhile, Rise Against released a statement, blasting the U.S. Supreme Court for the ruling, saying, "The half of America that will ban abortions have not ended abortion in their states, they have only ended safe abortion for people without the resources to travel; disproportionately non-white working class communities." The statement continued, "We write this to you while touring internationally where we are reminded that we live in, not just a country, but a world that overwhelmingly supports a woman's right to choose."

The band added, "To the half of Americans who have had their freedoms stripped on this dark day, you are not alone in this battle and we won't stop fighting until your dignity is restored."

Jack White also released a statement on Instagram, saying, "Well trump, you took the country backwards 50 years. I hope your dad is smiling and waving down on you from heaven, while his other hand holds a record of all the abortions you secretly paid for behind closed doors."

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine is willing to forgive the band's former bass player, David Ellefson, who was let go last year due to a sex scandal, but he refuses to ever play music with him again, he told Metal Hammer in a new interview on Friday (June 24th).

During the interview, Mustaine referenced Megadeth's two-year breakup in 2002 and Ellefson's subsequent $18.5 million lawsuit in 2004, saying, "I've forgiven him before when he sued me and I'lll forgive him a thousand times. I just won't play music with him anymore."

He told Rolling Stone, "It was hard on me letting him go. And I'm happier now than I've ever been."

Megadeth's new single, "We'll Be Back," was released last week. Their new album, The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, will be released on September 2nd.

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg will debut his solo art collection in an exhibit called "A Hollow Realm" on July 7th at Rampart Studios Gallery in Los Angeles. The oil painting collection will consist of 14 paintings that Weinberg has done over the last eight years.

Jay said, "Whether set within the beauty of the natural world, or in complete darkness, each painting's subject tells a part of a personal narrative that explores themes of connection and isolation. The visceral emotions of vulnerability, comfort, lust, and anxiety. Love found and love lost. Others explore the mysterious connection to nature I've felt since an early age, wandering amongst the trees and streams in the backwoods of rural New Jersey. Each piece took between 30 and 100 hours to complete and serves as a touchstone of this methodical practice in understanding and moving beyond the emotional turning points of my life that have led me to where I am today . . ."

Weinberg said that those who can't attend in person will have a virtual opportunity to participate, with details to be announced soon.

Ozzy Osbourne has tapped some of rock's greatest guitarists for his upcoming album, Patient Number 9, set for release on September 9th. Osbourne has already dropped the title track, featuring the legendary Jeff Beck.

Ultimate-Guitar.com posted some of Ozzy's recent Q&A with fans in which he revealed he wished some of the new songs had come earlier: "It was really great working with Tony (Iommi). He's the riff master. No one can touch him in that respect. I only wish we had these songs for Black Sabbath's 13 album."

On reuniting with former solo guitarist Zakk Wylde, Ozzy explained, "Zakk is part of my family and always will be. The album needed that weight that his playing provides. He just came in and really sorted things out."

Regarding the album's just-released title track, Ozzy said: "The song is about a mental institution. Having someone like Jeff Beck play on my album is just incredible, a total honor. There's no other guitar player that plays like him and his solo on 'Patient Number 9 is just jaw-dropping."

Ozzy told us a while back how he finds inspiration for song topics these days: "Believe me, I'm not one of these guys that can write about boy-meets-girl. It's got to mean something to me. I mean, I don't write all the lyrics, but I have to say, 'Well, y'know, this an' that, isn't that strange that that happened when this happened,' y'know, and I'll get going, y'know?"

On Saturday night (June 25th) Paul McCartney welcomed Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl onstage during his first appearance at England's Glastonbury festival in 18 years. The show, which turned out to be "Macca's" 500th with his band of the past two decades, marked Dave Grohl's first live performance since the death of Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins back on March 25th.

Grohl joined McCartney for two songs, tackling the Beatles' 1963 Please Please Me opener "I Saw Her Standing There" and 1973's Wings classic "Band On The Run."

Springsteen repeated his two-song set with McCartney that they played back on June 16th at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, with "The Boss" leading the way on his 1984 favorite, "Glory Days" before duetting with McCartney on Ringo Starr's signature "Beatlemania" tune -- "I Wanna Be Your Man." Both Grohl and Springsteen came back out to trade solos on "The End" portion of the show-closing Abbey Road-medley.

Paul McCartney explained that at this stage of his career, how he's perceived as an artist is pretty much irrelevant to him or his work: "I'm not really fussed about what I am now. Y'know, 'cause I've been a lot of stuff I wanted to be. So, y'know, if I was ever trying to become a title -- 'a rock and roller' -- well, y'know, I don't think of myself as anything in particular. Y'know, obviously, as you get older it gets harder to be a punk. But I'm not really fussed about that, 'cause I think it'd be, like, daft to suddenly really try to be 15-years-old. So I have to accept to a degree what I am, y'know? I think of myself, basically, as a sort of rocker, who can write ballads as well."

Five Finger Death Punch's Chris Kael continues to try to maintain his sobriety even when on tour overseas. He relapsed with alcohol during the pandemic two years ago and has leaned on AA meetings, but he told France's Loud TV that isn't so easy when the band is in Europe. He explained, "I was looking for AA meetings over here (in Europe), 'cause I always hit meetings when I'm over here. It's crazy, living in Las Vegas, the number of meetings that are available — one every hour; I mean, several every hour. And then I was in — what? — Düsseldorf and, what was the other city I was looking in? Berlin? And there was, like, two or three in a day. But with our travel schedule, I wasn't able to fit one of those meetings in, so I just did a couple of online things."

Kael added, "I got sober February 3rd, 2018. Were it not for a mishap during the pandemic, which I haven't spoken publicly about until today, a mishap over the pandemic, it would have been four years (sober). But right now I think I am… I have to go back and look at the date, honestly."

He shared the details of his relapse saying, "I remember I went to a concert and I was trying to do… I was, like, 'All right. I fell off the wagon. I've been back on the wagon. I'm going in. I'm gonna try to control drinking this time. I'm gonna allow myself to have two. And if I do two, cool.' Nope. Did three. Haven't had a drink since. I said, 'I can't do it.' Even trying to limit myself to two, I couldn't do that."

Five Finger Death Punch perform tonight (Friday, June 24th) in Hockenheim, Germany.

They will release their new album, AfterLife, on August 19th.

P.O.D. will re-release their 2008 album When Angels & Serpents Dance on October 14th. The entire project will be re-mixed and re-mastered and will include the bonus tracks, "Don't Fake It", "Ridin' With You" and "Walk On Water," according to theprp.com.

The band has shared the album's opening track "Addicted."

In an interview with Weverse Magazine, Chris Martin of Coldplay received more praise from BTS' RM. When they collaborated on the hit song "My Universe," RM says he was surprised that Martin agreed to travel to Korea to work on the project. He was also impressed with how much Martin knew about the group and talked about music.

RM said, "Not only did he know all our names, he knew all about Tomorrow X and Enhypen. And not just in passing, either. Someone walked by while we were at the HYBE building and he said, ‘Isn't that ENHYPEN?' I was like, Yo, how much did he study before he came here?"

In addition, he said that they all continued to communicate while working on the project and almost always it was Martin that would text first.

"My Universe" was released in both English and Korean. The two bands have performed the song multiple times, including at the 2021 American Music Awards.

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• RM said he was surprised that Martin agreed to travel to Korea to work on the project.
• He was impressed with how much Martin knew about the group and talked about music.
• They all continued to communicate while working on the project and almost always it was Martin that would text first.

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett feels that tour mate Tommy Lee is getting too much flack for having broken four ribs just before hitting the road on "The Stadium Tour." Although Lee -- against doctor's orders -- is braving through a handful of tunes every night with Motley Crue, the majority of the set is being handled by drummer Tommy Clufetos -- who now plays with Ozzy Osbourne andghandled drum duties on the last Black Sabbath tour.

Rockett appeared on SiriusXM's Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk and was asked if he knew Tommy Lee was injured prior to hitting the road, and admitted, "I didn't know anything about it. I swear I didn't. I went out and he wasn't playing. And I'm, like, 'What the heck is going on, guys?' So I went back and got the lowdown."

He went on to say that he thinks it's uncool that some fans are slamming Lee for not playing the full set with the Crue: "He's taking a lot of heat, and I don't think he should. Because I think what's cool about what he's doing is he's coming out there and he's going, 'This is painful to do it, but I want the audience to know that I'm here. I'm here for the duration. I'm not wussing out on this.' Instead of running home and sitting six weeks out while he recovers, he's (out on the road and) he's part of the team. I think that's badass."

Motley Crue's Tommy Lee threw ribs and beer into the crowd during Wednesday night's (June 22nd) The Stadium Tour concert at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. After playing three songs with his bandmates, Lee told the crowd that he had broken four ribs and that his doctor told him he couldn't perform. At that point, he threw a pan full of beer cans and ribs into the crowd.

Lee was replaced for the remainder of the set by Tommy Clufetos, who plays drums in Ozzy Osbourne's live band. Lee briefly returned later in the night to play piano on "Home Sweet Home".

Weezer is Broadway bound.

The band will have a five show residency at the Broadway Theater this September in support of their SZNS project, their collection of four EPs matching each season.

The residency will kick off on September 13th with songs from the Spring album. Subsequent nights will feature Summer, Autumn, Winter and will conclude with a SZNS Encore on September 18th.

Tickets go on sale Friday (June 24th).

Former Evanescence guitarist Jen Majura says that she thought his recent dismissal from the band was initially a joke. During an interview with Coffee With Ola, she said, "First of all, I was like 'is this a bad joke?,' and I remember after I got the news I hung up and I have this hallway in between my studio and my living room and I just laid there on the floor staring at the ceiling wondering what that was and...Literally looking over to my suitcase that I have already started packing because I was two weeks from going out on the road until pretty much the end of the year."

When asked about how she felt about leaving the band, she said, "I believe honestly, that's like, what? Three weeks now and I am, since I got the news, and I'm still in this blurry, oblivious...momentum. I, I guess I"m still in shock. Kind of, because you know after being married six years all of a sudden you're divorced."

She continued, "I'm hurt and I'm still in this blurry confusion of 'what just happened?.'" She reveals that she's received some big offers from other bands since, but "would like to consider them, just not now, not yet."

Ozzy Osbourne has posted a teaser online for his new single, "Patient Number 9," which features Jeff Beck and drops on Friday (June 24th). Blabbermouth reported, "Legendary artist and comic book creator Todd McFarlane is also tagged in the post, suggesting that McFarlane animated the song's accompanying music video."

There been no word on the still-unnamed album's release date, although it's expected to be released in September.

Ozzy Osbourne recently battled not only Covid but is recuperating from "life-altering" surgery that involved removing and realigning pins in his neck and back. He told us a while back that he appreciates being alive and sober more than ever: "We all take life for granted, y'know, and nobody wants to talk about the fact that any of us could go to bed one night and never wake up again. We just take life for granted. I was under the influence of one chemical or another for so long that the joy of just coming around, waking up now without a hangover is great, y'know."

We Came As Romans will release its first new album in five years, Darkbloom, on October 14th.

Blabbermouth reports that the LP is dedicated to singer Kyle Pavone who died of an accidental drug overdose in August 2018.

Wednesday's (June 22nd) announcement coincided with the release of their latest single, "Plagued."

In This Moment will kick off the Blood 1983 fall tour with special guest Nothing More on August 26th in Evansville, Indiana. The trek runs through October with stops in Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles and Chicago. Tickets are on sale now at inthismomentofficial.com.

In This Moment is set to release an EP called Blood 1983 commemorating the 10-year anniversary of In This Moment's gold certified album Blood (2012). Further details on the EP will be released in the coming weeks.

Jack White has announced a new series of North American dates for his ongoing Supply Chain Issues Tour. The shows begin on August 20th at The Whiting in Flint, MI and continue through late September. Tickets for the newly added shows go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday (June 24th).

The Supply Chain Issues Tour will resume later this month with a pair of dates at London's Eventim Apollo on June 27th and 28th, followed by a European run set to travel through late July.

White will return home for the second leg of North American headline shows getting underway at Minneapolis, MN's Armory on August 13th.

White's second new album of the year, Entering Heaven Alive, is due out on July 22nd and features the latest single "If I Die Tomorrow."

Greta Van Fleet celebrated the first day of summer with a new Summer Soltice photo auction, where they auctioned off five framed photos prints that they customized themselves. They donated the proceeds to the Environmental Defense Fund.

Bassist Sam Kiszka and drummer Daniel Wagner spoke to Billboard about. On their partnership with the EDF, Kizka said that while there were many organizations to choose from, the EDF felt "all inclusive" to the band. Kizka said, "They do it all. They partner with big companies, and they essentially make it profitable to be low waste and fuel efficient."

Kizka and Wagner added that they hope this project will incentivize their fans to do their part to help the environment. Kizka explained, "When it comes down to climate change, we're all in this world together. I think that education is a very powerful tool."

• Judas Priest have rolled out 29-date North American fall tour with special guests Queensryche. The trek launches on October 13th at Wallingford, Connecticut's Toyota Oakdale Theatre and wraps on November 29th in Houston, Texas at 713 Music Hall. (Loudwire)
• JUST ANNOUNCED: Judas Priest / Queensryche North American tour dates (subject to change):
  October 13 - Wallingford, CT - Toyota Oakdale Theatre
  October 15 - Albany, NY - MVP Arena
  October 16 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall Fenway
  October 18 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans
  October 19 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
  October 21 - Kalamazoo, MI - Wings Event Center
  October 22 - Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre
  October 24 - Cincinnati, OH - The Andrew J Brady Music Center
  October 25 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre
  October 27 - Green Bay, WI - Resch Center Theater
  October 29 - Moline, IL - TaxSlayer Center Moline
  October 30 - Mankato, MN - Mayo Clinic Event Center
  November 1 - Sioux City, IA - Tyson Events Center
  November 2 - Rapid City, SD - The Monument
  November 7 - Ontario, CA - Toyota Center
  November 8 - Tucson, AZ - TCC Arena
  November 10 - Loveland, CO - Budweiser Events Center
  November 12 - Park City (Wichita), KS - Hartman Arena
  November 13 - St. Charles, MO - The Family Arena
  November 15 - Corbin, KY - The Corbin Arena
  November 17 - Southaven, MS - Landers Center
  November 18 - Baton Rouge, LA - Raising Canes River Center
  November 20 - Oklahoma City, OK - Paycom Center
  November 22, 23 - San Antonio, TX - Tech Port Center & Arena
  November 25 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum
  November 26 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street
  November 28 - Edinburg, TX - Burt Ogden Arena
  November 29 - Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall
  

• Airing on Sunday, June 26th at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET on Reelz is the two-hour official documentary, Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil: My Story. Neil's tragic story of addiction, excess, and death will feature newly filmed commentary by his bandmates Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx, along with Slaughter's Dana Strum, as Neil sheds light on "the heartbreak of losing a young child to being arrested for driving under the influence after causing a crash that killed his friend, Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicholas 'Razzle' Dingley." (Blabbermouth)
  
  
• Kiss co-founder Ace Frehley has cancelled all his 2022 European concert appearances. Frehley was set to play such high-profile gigs as the Czech Republic's Masters Of Rock and UK's Steelhouse Festival. The organizers of Masters Of Rock said in a statement, "Unfortunately, we will not see the original guitarist of the famous band Kiss and subsequently the successful solo artist Ace Frehley at Masters Of Rock this year! We are extremely sorry, but his management has canceled all his planned summer shows in Europe. The changes are sometimes really unpredictable, and so is the official reason for canceling his show: 'Due to unforeseen circumstances Ace Frehley's performance has been cancelled.'" (Blabbermouth)

Billlie Eilish used a body double as a decoy at Coachella in order to go incognito.

The singer told Matt Wilkinson that she gave one of her dancers her socks and shoes and disguised her with a black wig, sunglasses and a mask.

The 20-year-old added, "I put her up at the back of the stage and she stood there while the lights went on and everybody thought it was me. And nobody ever knew it wasn't me, literally nobody knew. And while she's up there, I put on a big black coat and a traffic vest and a hood and just glasses."

Harry Styles is now an alternative rock artist.

For the first time ever, the singer has a song on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart. "As It Was" debuts at No. 37 on the list dated June 25th, having received airplay on seven of the 59 stations currently reporting to the chart.

The track has also become Styles' second entry on Adult Alternative Airplay, following his debut solo single, "Sign of the Times."