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Earlier this year, My Chemical Romance were forced to postpone a slew of dates for their highly-anticipated return tour due to coronavirus. Now, My Chemical Romance have officially rescheduled their postponed New Zealand date for 2021. Read more: Here’s what to expect in Gerard Way’s Klaus-centric ‘You Look Like Death’ My Chemical Romance first announced […]

U.K.-based Funeral For A Friend fans are in for a treat next year. The Welsh post-hardcore band have unveiled the dates for their 2021 U.K. tour. As well, the band have revealed they are playing material from their first three albums on this new tour. Read more: This is the coffee shop every true emo […]

Download Festival U.K. has now been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The three-day festival was set to take place on June 12-14 in Donnington Park, U.K. Attendees were incredibly stoked for this year’s fest as it included headlining sets from System Of A Down, Iron Maiden and KISS. Read More: Musicians are taking on the […]

My Chemical Romance fans in Japan are reportedly not getting to see the band as soon as they expected as the band are postponing their Download Festival appearance as well as their other shows. Now, the band are allegedly working on rescheduling the shows. According to the alleged statement, tickets holders will be able to […]

Next year’s Download Festival in the UK has announced today they’ve added 37 more acts to their lineup including the Pretty Reckless who have also confirmed they have a new album on the way. Among the list of newly announced bands are Babymetal, Killswitch Engage, Volbeat and more who will be joining the previously announced headliners and support […]

My Chemical Romance sent the scene into a total whirlwind less than a week ago with the announcement of their return. With one Los Angeles show selling out almost immediately, fans have been anxiously awaiting more dates. Those wishes came true as the band revealed two more shows this time outside of the states with […]

If you’ve ever seen Iron Maiden live, you know they have a high octane show and if you’ve paid attention to guitarist Janick Gers, he loves to swing his guitar around. During a recent show in San Antonio, Texas, Gers was doing his signature guitar swinging but accidentally launched his instrument off into the crowd. Read More: […]

Download Fest is starting your Monday off right by unveiling its headliners for the 2020 event. Along with this exciting and incredible news, we’ve also been given a sneak peek at some of the bands slated to play the festival including Black Veil Brides, Of Mice & Men and more! Check it out below! Read […]

Lzzy Hale recalls her teachers being mad when she, her brother and her drummer started Halestorm back in 1997.  In a new interview for Heavy magazine, Hale discussed the reactions from adults when she started the band at age 13.  Read more: Death Cab For Cutie drop tribute to 1999 pipeline explosion victims “All of […]

Slipknot have confirmed they will be embarking on a massive European tour in 2020 after quite a bit of teasing.  The band unveiled a mysterious poster at Download Festival this year that insinuated they were planning another tour.  Read more: Sum 41 honor Metallica with 5-minute medley jam session In the area where bands post […]

Lzzy Hale of Halestorm recently gushed about her band and what singing means to her that was absolutely heartwarming. Hale made the statements in an interview by Planet Rock at Download Festival. Read more: ‘Toy Story’ fights back against Chucky in revenge-fueled fan art She discussed what it means to her to be able to […]

Simple Creatures gave us a much-needed sneak peek at their forthcoming new music with the recent release of “Special.” Since the drop, we’ve been eager to find out when we’d be getting those new jams. Now, it looks like we may finally have a release date for that new EP! Read more: Bonnaroo attendee dies after […]

Slipknot unveiled a mysterious poster at this year’s Download Festival that might insinuate they’re planning a tour next year. In the area where bands post upcoming tours and albums at the festival, a single black rectangle was posted with the Slipknot logo and the words “Live. 2020.” Read more: Halsey shares perfect scene throwback complete […]

There’s no denying that huge music festivals like Download Festival and Reading & Leeds cause a lot of pollution due to the sheer amount of people in one space at a time. Now, some of the biggest music festivals are taking a stand against climate change by going plastic free. Read more: Slayer releases limited-edition […]

We already knew this year’s stacked Download Festival would be anchored with headlining sets from Slipknot, Tool and Def Leppard. But now, a whole slew of additional bands have been added to the upcoming rock event. Over 40, in fact! That’s right, Fever 333, Halestorm and Stone Temple Pilots have now been announced for the June 14-16 […]