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Delain / New line-up, new single and new album with tour set for spring 2023

Martijn Westerholt. Delain will tour Europe April /May 2023. New vocalist Diana Leah and new bassist Ludovico Cioffi feature on the upcoming album Dark Waters. @delainofficial

Steve Vai pays emotional tribute to friend Johnny ‘Gash’ Sombrotto

Steve Vai will release Vai/Gash, an album of music written in the '90s for a project with Johnny 'Gash' Sombrotto that was ultimately shelved in 1998 when vocalist Gash died in a motorcycle accident. @stevevaihimself @mascotlabelgroup

Metallica / New album 72 Seasons due April 2023, M72 World Tour follows Download format

Metallica release new album, 72 Seasons, on 14 April 2023. Lux Æterna is the first single. The Download two-day unique set format follows on the M72 World tour. @metallica

Faster Pussycat keep rocking with new double-A single

Faster Pussycat release double-A single with the original song Like A Ghost and a cover of Johnny Thunders' Pirate Love, their first with Golden Robot Records. @fasterp_ssycat @goldenrobotrecords @giirlsneedlove

Competition / See GUN at the O2 Academy Islington

Fresh from receiving the Rock Legend award at Hard Rock Hell and the Hard Rock Café Legends award at the Scottish Music Awards, GUN embark on their The Calton Songs UK Tour, and MetalTalk have five pairs of tickets for the O2 Islington Academy show. @gunofficialuk @o2acadislington

Mangata 2023 lineup announced – Heart Of A Coward and Mastiff headline

Following the success of Mangata 2022, the 2023 lineup has been announced for 15 July 2023 at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham. Heart Of A Coward and Mastiff top the bill

Alice Cooper and Nikki Sixx discuss Tommy Henriksen’s Crossbone Skully

Crossbone Skully is a new multi-dimensional project featuring several Heavy metal luminaries, including Alice Cooper and Nikki Sixx.Their debut single, Evil World Machine, has just been released, with a fascinating video due Saturday.@crossboneskully

The Heavy Music Awards set for OVO Arena Wembley in 2023

The 2023 edition of The Heavy Music Awards (HMA) will be held at OVO Arena Wembley on 23 May 2023. Running since 2017, the move to Wembley makes the HMAs the largest rock music awards. @heavymusicawards

Karnivool tour rescheduled as financial touring difficulties continue to bite

Karnivool has rescheduled The Regeneration Tour to early 2023 and have laid bare the difficulties international bands have in arranging tours with insurance for Covid-19 still unavailable and "large currency fluctuations due to the awful conflict in Europe." @karnivool_official

Wilko Johnson / Iconic guitarist dies aged 75

Wilko Johnson, the iconic guitarist who shared his distinctive guitar-playing style performing with The Wilko Johnson Band, Dr Feelgood, Ian Dury & the Blockheads and Roger Daltrey, passed away on Monday, his family have said. Wilko was 75.

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