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The photo of Chester Bennington that Linkin Park tweeted out on July 20, the day the vocalist passed away, was one of the most retweeted tweets of 2017, according to Twitter moments. As of 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 6, the photo had been retweeted more than 787 thousand times, making it the No. 6 most retweeted post on the list. The tweet is simply a photo of Bennington performing with fans around…
A Perfect Circle was just announced to headline the 2018 Las Rageous festival, held April 20-21. The festivals is in April, and according to frontman Maynard James Keenan, the band will have some new tunes to share by then. “Looking forward to playing material from the new A Perfect Circle release at Las Rageous,” Keenan said in a statement. “Bringing new songs to life in a…
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. My friend Scott Owen was fortunate enough to see a young Alice in Chains at a hole-in-the-wall venue in Lansing, Michigan, called the Silver Dollar Saloon. (That venue is no longer there, by the way.) He says it was a very raw and pure performance. Owen also sent me this rare video of the show! It’s hard…
Well, here’s a regal heavy metal gift. Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen gifted Indonesia President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo with a Metallica’s just-released Master of Puppets reissue box, according to The Jakarta Post, at their bilateral meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 28). The prime minster of Denmark apparently gave the president of Indonesia a Metallica box set because Jokowi is a big fan of metal, including Metallica, Megadeth and Lamb of God. Good taste. Another reason for the gift…
Thank goodness for bands such as Judas Priest that consistently deliver solid metal music! The band will release a new album, “Firepower,” next year, and the gang has just released a short snippet of a new song off the set. Listen to the track, which is the album’s title track, below. For all things Judas Priest, head to their official website. Follow @AudioInkRadio