The Patrick Zapata channel on YouTube has uploaded video of AC/DC's entire July 24 concert at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Check out the footage below.

According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for the show was as follows:

01. If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
02. Back In Black
03. Demon Fire
04. Shot Down In Flames
05. Thunderstruck
06. Have A Drink On Me
07. Hells Bells
08. Shot In The Dark
09. Stiff Upper Lip
10. Highway To Hell
11. Shoot To Thrill
12. Sin City
13. Jailbreak
14. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
15. High Voltage
16. Riff Raff
17. You Shook Me All Night Long
18. Whole Lotta Rosie
19. Let There Be Rock

Encore:

20. T.N.T.
21. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

AC/DC kicked off the 2026 North American leg of the "Power Up" tour on July 11 at Bank Of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. As was the case with the San Antonio concert, the band opened the 21-song set with "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" and ran through classics like "Back In Black", "Thunderstruck", "Highway To Hell", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "T.N.T." before concluding with "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)". They also played two tracks from the band's latest "Power Up" album, "Demon Fire" and "Shot In The Dark", both of which appeared early in the set.

The Charlotte concert was the first stop of AC/DC's 18-date North American trek, with additional dates taking place in Columbus, Madison, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Edmonton, Vancouver, Atlanta, Houston, South Bend, St. Louis, Montreal, Toronto, East Rutherford and Philadelphia. Support on the tour is coming from THE PRETTY RECKLESS. It marks the second stretch of U.S. dates on the AC/DC "Power Up" tour, which visited over a dozen North American cities in the spring of 2025.

The "Power Up" world tour takes its name from AC/DC's 2020 album, which reached No. 1 in 21 countries. It began with the band's long-awaited return to the stage at Power Trip in California in 2023 and has since sold out dozens of stadiums across four continents.

AC/DC kicked off its 2025 North American "Power Up" tour on April 10, 2025 at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AC/DC performed in 13 stadiums coast to coast in the spring of 2025. This run concluded on May 28, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio at Huntington Bank Field. Along the way, they played some of the most iconic and historic stadiums in the world. Support on the trek came from THE PRETTY RECKLESS.

After the North American leg of the "Power Up" tour, the Grammy-winning rock band returned to the road in Europe for 12 dates across 10 countries beginning on June 26, 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic. The tour included AC/DC's first-ever show in Estonia and a return to Scotland for the first time in a decade.

AC/DC played the 24th and final concert of its 2024 "Power Up" European tour on August 17, 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. The trek was the first run of gigs since AC/DC's return to the stage at 2023's Power Trip festival in Indio, California.

The 2024 "Power Up" European tour marked AC/DC's first with the band's new touring lineup, consisting of longtime singer Brian Johnson, founding member and lead guitarist Angus Young, as well as rhythm guitarist Stevie Young (who officially joined the band in 2014, replacing his uncle Malcolm Young, who retired due to dementia),drummer Matt Laug (who joined in 2023, replacing longtime drummer Phil Rudd) and former JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Chris Chaney, who came on board in 2024 replacing longtime bassist Cliff Williams. Williams retired from AC/DC after the conclusion of the 2016 "Rock Or Bust" tour, although he did return to the fold briefly for the 2020 "Power Up" album and an appearance at Power Trip.

Prior to "Power Up", AC/DC's last tour took place in 2015 and 2016 and had a $180 million gross, with 2,310,061 sold tickets reported to the Pollstar box office.

AC/DC's latest album, "Power Up", came out in November 2020. The follow-up to 2014's "Rock Or Bust" was recorded over a six-week period in August and September 2018 at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver with producer Brendan O'Brien, who also worked 2008's "Black Ice" and "Rock Or Bust".

AC/DC's current tour came eight years after Johnson bowed out a 2016 run of shows due to a hearing condition.

The band has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide, including "Back In Back", which ranks as one of the top-selling LPs of all time.

In a new interview with Kevin Powell, ENTHEOS vocalist Chaney Crabb was asked what piece of advice she would give to up-and-coming metal bands looking to break into the music business. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The only advice that I can really give is just don't quit. Stay true to your vision.

"When you start a band especially, it's hard to start making money doing this," she continued. "It's hard to make a living doing this. And none of us get into it for that. But there does come a point where it's, like, in order for this to be a viable thing that I can do for the rest of my life, there does have to be some kind of money involved. There does. So the staying true to it through that part, it's, like, you have to bridge the gap. You just have to believe in your vision and believe in yourself and keep pushing and not give a fuck what people try to tell you to do. Because if I would've quit playing music when people told me that I was never gonna make it or that I needed a real job, quote-unquote, or any of that shit, man, I would've quit when I was 18 years old. It's, like, no one sees things like this."

She went on to say: "If you have a dream, it's very rare that people see it as a viable option for you in life, and the most important thing is just fucking believing in yourself and moving past all of that because no one's ever gonna believe in you as much as you believe in yourself. That's it. I mean, no matter how far you get, you have to stay true to your vision. You have to fully feel the power of what you have going on, and if there's any part of you that doesn't believe in yourself, people are gonna see that. People can see through you. So just stay true to yourself, believe in yourself. And that might be cliché, but it's the fucking truth. It's mind over matter."

Chaney added: "I don't know if you've ever seen the show 'Alone'. It's a show where individuals go out into the parts of the wilderness. So my favorite season is in the Alaskan wilderness, and they try to survive on their own. And it's like survival of the fittest. Whoever stays the longest wins the money at the end. And you start to see the people who you think in the beginning they have all of the tools and they know how to hunt and how to do everything to get by, you think those are the ones who are gonna win, but at the end of the day, it's the people who have control of their minds, who don't let the emotional aspects of life or missing people or any of those things get to them. The minute you let that shit in, you're home. So it's all about your mind. Surviving is all about your mind and how long you can stick with something. It's all about your mind. It's mind over matter, always."

ENTHEOS will release its new studio album, "Empty On The Inside", on October 23, 2026 via Metal Blade Records. The official music video for the LP's first single, "Golden Crown", can be seen below.

"Empty On The Inside" is the most ambitious and fully realized album of ENTHEOS's career. Featuring Crabb (voice actress for Jill Valentine in "Dead By Daylight") and multi-instrumentalist Navene Koperweis (ex-ANIMALS AS LEADERS, ANIMOSITY),alongside guitarists Scott Carstairs (FALLUJAH) and Michael Stancel (ALLEGAEON),the record captures the band at their most collaborative and creatively unified. The result is a record that delivers the jaw-dropping musicianship and progressive intensity the band is known for while embracing tighter songwriting, stronger hooks, and a deeper melodic presence — channeling the raw, visceral energy of 90s rock and metal into something wholly modern and entirely their own.

"Empty On The Inside" was produced by Mark Lewis (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, FALLUJAH, WHITECHAPEL) and mastered by Justin Sturtz at Sterling Sound. The album's striking visual artwork was created by Zac Shiffer (NINE INCH NAILS, BEHEMOTH, SOUNDGARDEN).

ENTHEOS recently supported JINJER on the North American "Duél" tour alongside CRYSTAL LAKE. It was ENTHEOS's highest-profile run to date, following their 2025 first-ever North American headlining tour which saw multiple sellouts and venue upgrades throughout. The reception on the current run has been outstanding, with All Music Magazine praising Crabb's "seamless blend of ferocious gutturals, piercing screams, and melodic textures" and noting that "every intricate riff and rhythmic shift landed with precision," while Metal Insider declared simply: "ENTHEOS crushed it. A blast to see live." The JINJER run continued through July 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ENTHEOS is:

Chaney Crabb - vocals, lyrics
Navene Koperweis - drums, guitar, synth
Michael Stancel - guitar, synth
Scott Carstairs - guitar

PRIMUS has released the official Cage Claypool-directed music video for "The Ol' Grizz", a song from the band's "A Handful Of Nuggs" EP, which came out in May.

"The Ol' Grizz" is among the first new studio recordings to feature drummer John Hoffman. "The Ol' Grizz" finds Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Hoffman locking into the kind of twisted rhythmic chemistry that has long defined PRIMUS — shifting between high-speed bass runs, warped psychedelic textures, and explosive percussion with the band's unmistakable mix of technical precision and off-center groove.

"A Handful Of Nuggs" also features PRIMUS's cover of DIO's "Holy Diver", sung by Puddles Pity Party, alongside two recent fan favorites from the band's current era: "Little Lord Fentanyl" featuring Maynard James Keenan (TOOL) and "Duchess (And The Proverbial Mind Spread)", recorded live at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Puddles Pity Party is the singing clown persona of Michael Geier.

Written by late metal icon Ronnie James Dio, "Holy Diver" served as the lead single and title track to his namesake band DIO's 1983 debut album.

"A Handful Of Nuggs" track listing:

01. The Ol' Grizz
02. Holy Diver (feat. Puddles Pity Party)
03. Little Lord Fentanyl (feat. Puscifer)
04. Duchess (And The Proverbial Mind Spread) (Live from the Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA)

Hoffman is a Shreveport native who joined the band in 2025 after beating out more than 6,100 applicants in a global audition process dubbed the "Interstellar Drum Derby". Hoffman's deep pocket, wild musical mind, and immediate chemistry with Claypool and LaLonde made him the clear choice.

Earlier this year, PRIMUS hit the road in the U.S. with the "Claypool Gold Tour", banding together three of bassist and bandleader Les Claypool's beloved outfits for an unprecedented collaborative outing. From May 20 to July 4, PRIMUS, THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM and LES CLAYPOOL'S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE united for a 30-stop tour, promising a "mind-melting musical experience" and "fluid show featuring wildly different setlists and surprises."

Photo credit: David Miller

POISON frontman Bret Michaels, currently on his "Live & Amplified" solo tour, experienced severe kidney pain following his recent performance honoring our military heroes and their families at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington. On Sunday, July 19, Bret was diagnosed with a complicated obstructing kidney stone requiring immediate surgery.

Dr. Abby Borhan, Bret's physician, commented: "A ureteral stent was successfully placed during the procedure and remains in situ. Due to the nature of Michaels's post-operative condition and underlying health factors (diabetes, lower back compression fracture),he is restricted from performing for the next 3 to 4 weeks and only prescribed light physical activity as part of his recovery. A ureteral stent causes significant internal friction, constant physical discomfort, and localized inflammation. The physical demands of Bret's high-intensity live performances exacerbate these symptoms. Strenuous physical exertion carries a high risk of intense pain spikes, gross hematuria, and acute stent displacement, which would require immediate medical intervention."

Dr. Borhan continued: "Michaels's recovery is also complicated by his lifelong Type 1 Diabetes. Although I understand Bret's determination to play through the pain, I explained that because Type 1 Diabetes inherently compromises the immune system and impairs healing, he faces an exceptionally high risk of contracting a serious UTI or developing urosepsis, a blood infection, until the stent is removed."

Dr. Borhan added: "The demanding nature of a high-intensity tour schedule makes it impossible to maintain the sterile environments, strict hydration schedules, frequent rest, and precise blood glucose management required for his safe recovery. He must strictly refrain from all live performances until we re-evaluate his condition in 3 to 4 weeks to determine when he can safely resume touring."

Michaels stated: ""I'm forever grateful for the amazing medical treatment and ongoing medical attention throughout my personal life and career, and truly grateful for family, friends, fans, band, crew and promoters for their understanding and, if all goes well, will hit the road late August back to delivering 1000% energy, intensity and truly nothing but a good time."

Michaels, the Bret Michaels solo band and his entire team sincerely appreciate the understanding, prayers and incredible support from family, friends and fans around the world. Updates regarding rescheduled performances and his return to the "Live & Amplified" tour will be shared as soon as they become available.

In April, Bret told SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" that he and his POISON bandmates were "hoping" to go back on tour in 2027, "'cause I know it's a big question. I think — I really strongly think '27, without going into details yet, is going to be a good reunion year for POISON. I think it's gonna be awesome," he said.

This past January, Bret denied that POISON's proposed 40th-anniversary tour fell through because he allegedly wanting more money. During an interview with "Chaz & AJ In The Morning" on 99.1 WPLR, Michaels teased that POISON's 2027 tour could be called "40 Plus One", since it would happen on the 41st anniversary of the band's debut album, "Look What the Cat Dragged In".

POISON last hit the road in 2022 when it supported MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD on a massive stadium tour. After that tour ended, Michaels went back to performing sporadic shows — consisting almost entirely of POISON hits — with his solo band.

In a new interview with The Garza Podcast, hosted by SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Chris Garza, DEVILDRIVER and COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara offered an update on his health, two years after COAL CHAMBER canceled a U.S. tour when he suffered a blackout and vertigo. Dez said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The vertigo thing really fucking threw me off, dude, 'cause it was a great Saturday afternoon. I'd been running miles and miles on the treadmill every day, and all of a sudden I had vertigo out of nowhere, and that took me out for almost a year. They had to do all sorts of MRIs and all sorts of crazy shit to me to figure out what the fuck was going on.

"You don't wanna say this stuff before you book tours or before you're doing deals or before you're going out. But for, I would say, over a year, maybe almost two years now, we've been dealing with a situation where they found a tumor in my head," Dez revealed. "So, they want me back in every six months. It's gotta actually grow a little bit to be safe to go in [and operate], 'cause it's very unsafe. If they go to get it now, I could lose speech and a lot of other stuff. So, yeah, it's the first time I've ever said anything about this, by the way. And so I go in every six months. And because I fast and I do intermediate fasting, and right now I'm on a four-day fast. You never feel better than when you're just drinking juices and stuff. I feel like I can look through walls. And I think that has kept it not growing. So the last time I went in, it was a couple of months ago, and then [the doctor] said, 'Hey, look, it's actually gotten a little, little bit smaller, which we've never seen.' And I said, 'Well, part of that is probably prayer, a lot of it.' And also just eating well and fasting, and I don't do high carb and I don't do a ton of sugar, and obviously no alcohol. But that's what I've been dealing with."

Reflecting on the incident which caused the COAL CHAMBER tour cancelation and eventually led to his tumor diagnosis, Dez said: "I don't know if anybody's ever experienced vertigo, but it happened on a Saturday afternoon. I ran upstairs, and next thing I knew, I was out cold on my floor. My wife was slapping my face to wake me up. I woke up spinning. Then next thing you know, I'm in an ambulance. Which is hilarious 'cause the kid [who picked me up in the ambulance] is, like, 'You know, Dez, it was awesome being in your house. I'm a huge fan.' 'Cause they had to come and wheel me out on a gurney. And I'm, like, 'Bro, I'm so glad you're a fan. Do me a favor. Give me something to stop the fucking spinning.' And he gave me something in my I.V. that did not. And he's, like, 'You still spinning?' And I was, like, 'Yeah, give me a bucket.' And he was, like, 'Bro, I don't know. Let's get you to the emergency room.' And my vitals were all over the place, and they did a head scan with me, and I came into the doc and he's, like, 'Hey, good news. I think you got the vertigo thing under control. I don't think that's really gonna happen anymore. But I wanna show you something.' And it was a picture of my head, and you just saw a tumor. And I'm, like, 'What is that?' And he's, like, 'You got a tumor in your head.' And the next thing was the cancer test to find out if it was cancerous. And that was on Christmas Eve… My wife goes, 'Hey, let's get in the car. We gotta go.' And I went in, and they did the test. And I'll never forget. It was this little Chinese lady. She's maybe five foot, and she goes, 'I'll be back in, like, 15 minutes and I'll know.' And I'm sitting in the chair, I'm, like, 'You'll know? Awesome.' And when she left the room, I told [my wife], 'Don't talk. Don't talk to me right now. Bow your head right now. We need to pray hard.' So, then she came in and she was, like, 'Hey, I got good news. It's non-cancerous.' Dude, I fucking jumped up. I scared the shit out of this woman. I jumped up and hugged her and lifted her in the air. She was just, like, 'Oh my God.' And I was, like, 'I'm so sorry,' and even [my wife] was, like, 'I'm so sorry for him. He's just emotional right now.' And I was, like, 'I'm fucking emotional. Hell yeah, I'm emotional. I got a tumor in my head and it's not cancerous. Cool. We can beat this fucking thing.' And next thing we know, a lot of doctor's appointments and shit, and that's what put me on hold for a year and a half."

Asked by Garza if the doctors are still waiting for the tumor to get bigger so they can go in and operate on it, Dez said: "Yes. It's in my jawline, a little bit higher, on my saliva gland. And they're, like, 'It's gotta be bigger for us to fuck with this because this could…' It could affect my blinking, my smiling, my speaking.

"I'm of the mindset, and this will give you a little power into me here, is that I'm gonna make it go away," Dez explained. "I'm personally gonna make it go away with dieting, fasting and positive thought. It's gonna go away. So the next time I go in is February or March, I think. And it's gonna shrink more. It's gonna go away. Period, end of story… I came back out the second or third time [I got an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan done] — I think the third time — and he's like, 'This is crazy, but this thing is getting a little bit smaller.' And I'm, like, 'Well, have you ever had these go away?' And he's, like, 'No. And I get rid of a lot of these when I can, when it's okay to operate.' And I go, 'Well, this thing's gonna go away.' And he's, like, 'Uh, okay.' And I said, 'You'll see. This'll be a new one for your little medical booklet.' But if you don't think that way about life... And the crazy thing is when I was going through all this, and in the emergency room and everything else is, that's when I had parted ways with my longtime [DEVILDRIVER] guitar player, and so I still haven't spoke to him. And I was going through all this at the time too."

As for why he chose to go public with his tumor diagnosis now, Dez said: "I wanted to share that with you because I haven't shared anything [with anyone]. I think people need to know. And obviously this is gonna go out on the wire and people are gonna go, 'Fuck, that's what he's dealing with.' But no, I'm not gonna cancel tours. I'm showing up in Australia [this summer]. I'm showing up in August. Nothing's gonna stop that."

Dez continued: "The vertigo thing won't come back. The doctor's, like, 'With this, you only have that once. Your body won't allow that to happen,' which is odd, but true… And that's another thing — if I never had the vertigo, I would never find out I had the tumor until it was maybe too late. Anytime you get something like that going on with your head, tumor in your head, your body is gonna send you into a spin, just to get you to 'go check that, bro.' Like, your foot may start hurting if you've got something going on inside your foot, so you'll go get an x-ray, and then you can go, 'Oh, shit, that's what's going on. I got a bone that's broken' or whatever. So same thing. But I would've never found out about it. That was a hell of a punch in the gut, 'cause I'm in the doctor, and he's, like, 'Hey, look, and everything's cool with the vertigo and this and that. I wanna show you this, though.' And I'm, like, 'Okay, cool. Show me whatever.' And I'm, like, 'That's my head, right?' I'm, like, 'What's that?' And he's, like, 'Oh, that.' And he's, like, 'That's a tumor.' … It looks almost like the size of a quarter, but it's more like the size of a dime. And now it's shrunk a little bit, and it's gonna go away. I'm gonna make it go away, so we should talk in a year, 'cause I'm telling you. And I told this dude, 'Prepare your practitioners, bro. Get your book out, 'cause this one is done. It's gonna go away.' And with fasting, by the way, you can do that."

DEVILDRIVER's new album, "Strike And Kill", came out on July 10 via Napalm Records.

In addition to Dez, DEVILDRIVER's current lineup includes the guitar duo of Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold, drummer Davier Ortega Perez and returning bassist Jon Miller.

DEVILDRIVER will tour across the western United States with UPON A BURNING BODY and OV SULFUR. Kicking off August 14 in San Diego, California, the "Strike And Kill" North American tour 2026 will hit a slew of major cities, including Dallas, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Reno, before its conclusion on September 5 in Anaheim, California.

After COVID-19 nearly took Fafara out in 2021, Dez was very vocal about his brush with death and COVID's after-effects, which were brought into view when DEVILDRIVER canceled its appearance at the 2023 Bloodstock Open Air festival in the U.K. due to inflammation in his lower heart.

In January 2025, COAL CHAMBER canceled its previously rescheduled "Fiend For The Fans" U.S. tour. The trek, which was originally slated to kick off in August 2024 before being postponed to March/April 2025 due to Fafara's health emergency, was supposed to feature support from FEAR FACTORY, TWIZTID, BLACK SATELLITE and FRAYLE.

In a new interview with Jacky BamBam of the 93.3 WMMR radio station, CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer talked about his songwriting process. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Writing always starts with a lyric for me. I know a lot of people think it's the other way around. Even the heaviest songs with heavy riffs, it starts with the lyric, and then that lyric is kind of the — it's the screenplay for the song, basically. It tells you what the song's about. From there, you determine, is this a heavy song or is it a ballad? Should it be on a piano or an acoustic, or is it heavy drop-tuned electric guitars? Because it's the subject matter of the lyric, to me, that determines how you wanna present the song. So it always starts with a lyric. Some stuff is very heavy and some of the stuff on the solo records are more, we say, contemporary or modern twist to it. But some of them have a very throwback [vibe], like 'The Flower Song' or something like that. I think the song 'Rise' had more of a contemporary pop feel to it. I liked how that track came out.

"I never felt the need to be formulated where every album that comes out is the same album with the same style, the same songs," he explained. "I mean, if you go from 'Night Songs' through the CINDERELLA records and the two solo records, that's six very different albums. The artists I grew up on, that's what they did."

Tom has transitioned his talents over the past decade and a half to a solo career, recording and touring with #KEIFERBAND.

Last August, Tom confirmed to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station that he was still working on material for the follow-up to his sophomore solo album, "Rise", which was released in September 2019 via Cleopatra Records.

Tom's #KEIFERBAND is rounded out by Savannah Keifer, Tony Higbee, Billy Mercer, Tanya Davis, Jarred Pope and Kory Myers.

Keifer was the voice of CINDERELLA on all of the band's albums, including the first two, 1986's "Night Songs" and 1988's "Long Cold Winter". CINDERELLA recorded two more LPs before Keifer suffered vocal paresis, grunge happened and the band lost its record deal.

Although CINDERELLA hasn't released a new studio album since 1994's "Still Climbing", the band started playing sporadic shows again in 2010 but has been largely inactive for the last few years while Keifer focused on his solo career.

In March 2022, Keifer said that he was "not prepared" for the 2021 passing of CINDERELLA guitarist Jeff LaBar. Jeff was found dead by his wife in July 2021 inside his apartment in Nashville. He was 58 years old.

In a September 2025 interview with Deanne Coffin, Keifer was asked to name the "secret" to his success. He responded: "Just don't stop. [Laughs] You just keep going. I love playing music. I always have.

"I think every artist has their story of ups and downs in the music business and all," he continued. "There's no secret [the bands who were big in] the '80s took quite a dive in the '90s, and on top of it, I was told I would never sing again [after a severe bout of vocal paresis]. And everybody has their story, so I'm not whining. I mean, everybody has their adversity. And I think the secret, if there is one — I mean, I don't think you can bottle anyone's secret. I just think if you love doing it, you just keep doing it. It's like the saying from the movie, 'If you build it, they will come.' So, yeah, through the ups and downs, and there's been times, you go out and you just play, and you play for anyone who wants to come and hear you still. Or in the beginning, before nobody wanted to hear it, and you're playing for 10 people, but all of a sudden it turns into this massive thing."

Keifer added: "Just do what you love. Don't follow trends. Be who you are. Play what you love, because if you're chasing trends, by the time you catch up with it, there's gonna be a new one. So I think probably, aside from everything else that I said about just never stopping, if it's truly what you love and it's your dharma, as they say in the Eastern philosophy, the most important thing is be yourself, be true to your own musical style because if you're going after a trend, you'll be on the tail end of it."

Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon kicked off a European tour celebrating the two albums she recorded with the band — "Dark Passion Play" (2007) and "Imaginaerum" (2011) — on Saturday, July 25 at Kaaos Festival in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa, Finland. The trek marks the first time Anette has toured the continent since 2012.

Bandmembers:

Anette Olzon (lead vocals)
Filipe Duarte (bass, male vocals)
Sanzio Rocha (guitars)
Kiko Lopes (drums)
Vithor Moraes (keyboards)

The setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm:

01. 7 Days To The Wolves (NIGHTWISH song)
02. Ghost River (NIGHTWISH song)
03. Bye Bye Beautiful (NIGHTWISH song)
04. Amaranth (NIGHTWISH song)
05. Rest Calm (NIGHTWISH song)
06. Sahara (NIGHTWISH song)
07. Storytime (NIGHTWISH song)

Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below.

Last fall, Anette celebrated the two albums she recorded with NIGHTWISH on a special tour of Brazil. The trek marked the first time Anette performed live, as a solo artist, the iconic songs from her era of NIGHTWISH.

The Swedish-born singer originally joined NIGHTWISH in 2007 and recorded two studio LPs with the band before being dismissed in 2012 in the middle of the group's North American tour. She was replaced by former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen.

In a new interview with Marko Syrjala of Metal-Rules.com, Anette stated about her decision to perform NIGHTWISH songs again: "This all started because a promoter in South America asked me several times if I wanted to come over, and he said he would put a band together. He wasn't the first person to ask. Some people from Mexico also said, 'We have a band. Come play, come sing.' I also did something in Israel with some other artists where I performed NIGHTWISH songs and things like that. But I think I needed to get over all the bitterness and anger about everything that happened, because it had been a big pain in my heart. To be honest, the career I had was suddenly just… pshh, and I had to start all over again. So now I felt the time was right. I also felt I could finally do those albums justice."

After Syrjala noted that Jansen performs the Olzon-era NIGHTWISH song "Amaranth" during her own solo concerts. Anette said: "I know, she does. She also sings 'Seven Days To The Wolves'. And, actually, I was friends with Floor, so I have no problem with her. That's the thing. She got caught up in the whole situation and ended up being seen as the bad person. I have reached out my hand. I sent an e-mail to Tuomas [Holopainen, NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter] on the last tour in South America. 'Hey, hey. Hope everything is…' I haven't written to him since. We have never talked. But I felt I'm doing his songs, and I think I should write to him, hope it's okay. So, I did that. I didn't get an answer. And I think the fans would have loved it if we all could agree and do one show. Tarja, Marko, Floor, Sami, Jukka. I mean, they would love it. And I would do it. But they haven't asked us. I think if he asked, we would all be there because we love the songs. We love NIGHTWISH. It's like a big family, even if there's been problems."

She continued: "I tried to be [Tuomas's] friend for many years and get closer to him, but with a Finnish guy, it's almost impossible. But I know it's not going to happen. I understand that. They made those T-shirts with the names of all the musicians who have been members of NIGHTWISH. That's nice. But I think it would be really nice, also because of everything that has happened in the band’s history with Tarja, me, and all that. It would look good. But I know Tuomas, so it won't happen. But if he asked, I think we'd do it. I think he needs to think about it, at least for the fans."

Not long after Olzon was fired from NIGHTWISH 14 years ago, she claimed that an argument arose between her and NIGHTWISH when she asked for an Australian tour to be postponed during her pregnancy. Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen suggested that Jansen should front the band on a temporary basis, but Olzon said no.

Anette explained in a 2014 interview: "I would have been too pregnant to go to Australia, so I wanted to push the dates back, but Tuomas didn't want that. Discussions about a substitute came up, and at first, I was, like, 'Yeah, well, okay.' But when they mentioned Floor, it was an automatic 'no' from me. I didn't think it was a good idea, because I knew what would happen — I knew the fans would love Floor, because she's a metal singer and I'm a pop singer, and I wanted to keep my job."

A year after NIGHTWISH fired Olzon, the band released a statement denying that she was dismissed because of pregnancy or illness. "We discovered her personality didn't fit this work community, and was even detrimental to it," the group said. NIGHTWISH went on to say that Anette was initially receptive to the idea of hiring a temporary replacement if she couldn't "manage everything," but that she later "took back her decision, and the difficulties really started. Fear of losing money and position seemed obvious." The band also insisted that "Anette and her company" were "paid a fifth of everything that was done during her time" with NIGHTWISH.

Since the end of her stint with NIGHTWISH, Olzon also formed THE DARK ELEMENT with former SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Jani Liimatainen. The group's self-titled debut album was released in 2017; a follow-up, "Songs The Night Sings", came out in 2019.

Olzon and noted progressive metal vocalist Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X, ADRENALINE MOB) released a collaborative album titled "Worlds Apart" in March 2020 via Frontiers Music Srl. The project was issued under the moniker ALLEN/OLZON. A follow-up album, "Army Of Dreamers", arrived in 2022.

Anette's third solo album, "Rapture", came out in 2024.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help founding SAVATAGE bassist Keith Collins, who is battling dementia.

Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — and behavioral abilities to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities. Dementia ranges in severity from the mildest stage, when it is just beginning to affect a person's functioning, to the most severe stage, when the person must depend completely on others for help with basic activities of daily living.

Keith's former KRUNCH bandmate Glenn Dillman, who started the GoFundMe, wrote in an introductory message: "Keith Collins has been a driving force in the Tampa Bay music scene for decades. As the original bass player in SAVATAGE, founder of Keith Collins KRUNCH, and co-host of 'The Pit' radio show on 98rock, Keith helped shape the rise of heavy metal music locally and worldwide. He also published The Spike music magazine and created the Tampa Bay Metal Awards, always working to support and uplift fellow musicians. Keith's passion and dedication have left a lasting impact on countless lives, including mine as one of his bandmates.

"Now, Keith is facing a difficult chapter. He is suffering from dementia and, due to circumstances early in his life, is unable to qualify for social security benefits that could help with his worsening condition. Without an income, Keith needs help with daily living expenses and, most importantly, legal assistance to establish his identity so he can finally access the benefits he deserves. This support is crucial for his well-being and peace of mind.

"Any help you can give will make a real difference for Keith during this challenging time. Your generosity will not only provide for his immediate needs but also help secure his future. Thank you for supporting someone who has given so much to the music community and to those around him."

Collins was a member of SAVATAGE from 1981 to 1985, having performed with the band in its earlier incarnation as AVATAR through SAVATAGE's first three albums, "Sirens", "The Dungeons Are Calling" and "Power Of The Night".

SAVATAGE 1985 promotional photo courtesy of Atlantic Records

Legendary musician, guitarist and songwriter Tom Morello has unveiled his latest full-length project, and first solo rock album, "Everyone Gets Everything They Want", arriving September 25 via Mom + Pop Music. Further cementing his reputation for fusing high-octane rock with unwavering activism, the new collection confronts issues of fascism, immigrant rights, and global political turmoil. The record is anchored by Morello's revolutionary fretwork, blending thunderous riffs, otherworldly solos, and an uncompromising lyrical vision. Production credits include Tyler Smyth, Carl Restivo, Zakk Cervini, Dan Carey and Sam Nelson Harris.

The music spans a diverse array of styles and collaborators, reflecting decades of experience as a songwriter and performer. Serj Tankian, KNEECAP and BEARTOOTH all make appearances, and Morello's fifteen-year-old guitar wiz son Roman, who has been startling audiences on tour with his dad the past three years, shares writing credits on five songs, contributing monster riffs and fiery solos.

Morello has released a new track today with "Date Night". The song tells the true story of three young Dutch girls who served as spies, saboteurs, and assassins against the Nazis during World War II. Sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and their close friend Hannie Schaft used their youth and innocent appearances to slip through checkpoints, to smuggle weapons, to sabotage rail lines, and to help hunted Jewish children escape persecution. Most famously, they acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. Hannie was eventually captured, tortured, and killed by the Nazis, but she never snitched on her comrades.

Morello says: "I make anti-racist songs for anti-racists. I make anti-fascist songs for anti-fascists. And I make anti-Nazi songs for anti-Nazis. 'Date Night' is really a 'which side are you on?' song. If any of that offends you, do the math. Oh, and Roman Morello wrote the killer riff in this tune."

Morello previously released the song "Adjourn It". The track features Serj Tankian as well as Roman and condemns the rising tide of racism and anti-immigrant bigotry. For the song's video, clips from the film "Salt Of The Earth" (1954),are woven throughout the "Adjourn It" video to reflect the song's theme of resistance in the face of prejudice and injustice.

Morello has a long history of organizing activism-oriented concerts, rallies, and events, and continues to be a leading voice for social justice causes and workers and immigrants rights issues across the country and around the world. In addition to his solo work with THE NIGHTWATCHMAN and his role in RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE, Morello remains one of modern rock's most influential guitarists, and outspoken activists.

Having just wrapped another run with Bruce Springsteen and the E STREET BAND on the "Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour", as well as a blistering stop at this past weekend's Newport Folk Festival, Morello will perform at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky on September 19. In addition, Morello recently announced Power To The People festival — a celebration of peace, justice, solidarity, music, and community action — taking place Saturday, October 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The sold-out one-day festival curated by Morello, will feature special performances from an extraordinary lineup of artists and activists including Dave Matthews, FOO FIGHTERS, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, PUBLIC ENEMY, Killer Mike, Brittany Howard, DROPKICK MURPHYS, Jack Black (featuring Roman Morello, Revel Ian, Yoyoka Soma and Hugo Weiss),Serj Tankian, GRANDSON, THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS, Taylor Momsen, Matt Cameron, THE LINDA LINDAS, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, and a DJ set by artist Shepard Fairey.

"Everyone Gets Everything They Want" track listing:

01. Beth From Electronics
02. Everyone Gets Everything They Want
03. Adjourn It (feat. Serj Tankian & Roman Morello)
04. I Am Not Yours To Command
05. Soldier In The Army Of Love
06. Unconquered (feat. Kneecap)
07. Date Night
08. The Last Rung On The Ladder
09. Everything Burns (feat. Beartooth)
10. Pretend You Remember Me
11. Untethered
12. They Can't Kill Us All

Morello is living proof of the transformative power of rock 'n' roll. Known for his innovative guitar solos and thunderous riffs, Morello is a groundbreaking artist whether in his solo career or as an original member of the rock bands RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE — two acts responsible for multiple Grammy Awards and a combined 30 million albums sold worldwide. His trademark style, innovative techniques, and effects that resemble turntable scratching redefined electric guitar playing and were crucial components of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's rap-metal sonic attack and AUDIOSLAVE's numerous radio hits, not only helping catapult Morello and both those bands to multi-platinum success but leading to his recognition by Rolling Stone magazine as No. 18 on the "100 Greatest Guitar Players Of All Time" and subsequent induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Metal Hall Of Fame. Morello's signature guitar could also be heard in supergroups PROPHETS OF RAGE and STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB as well as a six-year stint with Bruce Springsteen and the E STREET BAND. Additionally, Harvard graduate Morello has for decades been a vocal political activist and solo artist who has championed countless human rights and workers' rights causes.

Mom+Pop was formed 18 years ago in 2008, inspired by indie labels such as Sub Pop, Secretly, Beggars Group and Dischord as a compass and conscience aspiring to earn respect within the artist community. Since that time, Mom+Pop Music has curated a critically acclaimed roster of artists and achieved significant success by releasing music from UNDERSCORES, Tom Morello, MGMT, MAGDALENA BAY, Courtney Barnett, CAAMP, VIOLENT VIRA, Maya Hawke, DEL WATER GAP, Porter Robinson and many others. Solely owned and operated by founder/co-owner Michael Goldstone and co-owner Thaddeus Rudd, M+P has a global team of 25 people and is self-distributed. Known for their artist-first mantra, M+P continues to amass industry accolades from artists, media, and colleagues, including Billboard's Independent Label Power Lists, A2IM's Libera Award for Label of the Year, and other recognitions. They have been featured in Forbes, Variety and Billboard over the years, with a focus on their credibility, thoroughness, and talented team. Mom+Pop Music has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville.

Photo credit: Danny Clinch

Cleopatra Records and Glenn Danzig's painstaking curation of his vast catalog continues with an ambitious and reverent reissue of DANZIG's unholy 2010 album "Deth Red Sabaoth", hitting the shelves on August 21.

DANZIG's ninth studio album overall, and the first since "Circle Of Snakes" back in 2004, "Deth Red Sabaoth" quickly became the band's biggest hit since "Danzig 4", 16 years previous. In addition, the independently produced set ushered in a whole new take on a familiar audio landscape, a wholly organic sound conjured through Glenn's newly purchased 1970s Kustom tuck'n'toll bass amps, then blasted his guitar through them.

With TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly and PRONG's Tommy Victor his fellow conspirators, Glenn promised, "You'll hear real reverb, real tremolo on this album," and he was right! It was, as metal-archives.com put it, "a glorious return to the bluesy doom-n-gloom that made metal's man in black the most evil name to enter thy holy household," teethofthedivine.com added, "If you missed that slightly bluesy and heavily doomy sound of 'Lucifuge', you'll be pleased to hear it return in full force on this record."

Number 3 on both the U.S. indie and hard rock albums, Number 35 on the Billboard Top 200, the original "Deth Red Sabaoth" was released in a couple of different formats — CD box set, limited edition picture disc — sheer manna for the manifold DANZIG fans out there.

You probably know, after all, how some artists you collect because they're there. But others, because they stand up and demand you pay attention. DANZIG, needless to say, fall into the latter camp, with collectors now paying up to $50 for copies of the original CD, $150 for the picture disc and $250 for the "Deth Red Sabaoth" fanbox. Even Glenn's own 2022 vinyl reissue fetches north of $100.

This time around, the frenzy is likely to be even more frenetic, as "Deth Red Sabaoth" is unveiled in no less than seven different physical formats, with packaging worthy of one of DANZIG's darkest, heaviest albums:

CD

* Black Vinyl Box Set
* Black Vinyl
* Cassette
* Black/Red Haze Vinyl Box Set
* Black/Red Haze Vinyl
* Blood Splatter Horror Swirl Vinyl

Track listing:

Side A

01. Hammer Of The Gods
02. The Revengeful
03. Rebel Spirits
04. Black Candy
05. On A Wicked Night
06. Deth Red Moon

Side B

01. Ju Ju Bone
02. Night Star Hel
03. Pyre Of Souls (Incanticle)
04. Pyre Of Souls (Seasons Of Pain)
05. Left Hand Rise Above

DANZIG's latest album, "Black Laden Crown", came out in May 2017 via Evilive Records/Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

Danzig released a collection of Elvis Presley covers, "Danzig Sings Elvis", in April 2020 and has been focusing on making films, including "Death Rider In The House Of Vampires" and his feature film directorial debut, "Verotika".

When it debuted at the Cinepocalypse festival in Chicago in 2019, "Verotika" was compared by some reviewers to Tommy Wiseau's "The Room", the so-bad-it's-amazing drama which is considered one of the worst movies ever made.

Glenn has been talking about the end of his touring career since at least 2015. At that time, he told Cleveland Scene: "I love being on stage and that's the great part of touring. I'll always do that. It's the bouncing around on a bus. That's the part I hate."

When DANZIG, the band, grew out of the MISFITS/SAMHAIN lineage in 1987, Glenn went into the new project with even grander ambitions and a long-term design. Between 1977 and 1987, the MISFITS' horror-punk morphed into the darker, occult-steeped SAMHAIN. When producer and record mogul Rick Rubin showed interest in signing SAMHAIN to his Def Jam label and producing their first record, the band yet again evolved, and DANZIG was born.

On July 27, acclaimed progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE played at the Amphitheater of Pompeii, one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheaters in Pompei, Italy. The band played a spectacular show, accompanied live by an orchestra, an arrangement that made the show unique and unforgettable.

According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for the concert was as follows:

01. Overture (first time since 1996)
02. Morphine Child (instrumental intro only)
03. Dead Winter Dead
04. Jesus Saves
05. The Wake Of Magellan
06. Miles Away
07. Sirens
08. Another Way
09. This Is The Time (1990)
10. Unusual
11. Chance
12. Adagio In G Minor (Tomaso Albinoni & Remo Giazotto cover) (excerpt played by Johnny Lee Middleton with orchestra)
13. The Storm
14. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) (first time since 2015)
15. Not What You See (first time since 1999, Zak with orchestra only)
16. Handful Of Rain
17. Lights Out
18. Tonight He Grins Again
19. The Hourglass
20. Believe
21. Gutter Ballet
22. Edge Of Thorns

Encore:

23. Temptation Revelation
24. Power Of The Night
25. Hall Of The Mountain King

In a recent interview with Metal Kaoz, SAVATAGE bassist Johnny Lee Middleton stated about the band's plans to document the Pompeii show: "When they told me Pompeii, I just thought it was the city. I didn't know it was the [Amphitheater]. And then we decided to do something special for that since it's such a special place. It'll probably be the only time we ever get to play there. So we came up with a whole set with orchestration. Doing the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, [SAVATAGE guitarist and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA music director] Al Pitrelli is a great music director, and he's really good with theory and all of this stuff, and so him and Jon [Oliva, SAVATAGE vocalist and mastermind] put together this orchestrated set. And we're bringing in an orchestra, and we're gonna record it, and it's gonna be on DVD, and it's gonna be a special night. So we're really looking forward to it."

Regarding how long SAVATAGE's set would be for the Pompeii concert, Johnny said: "Yeah, it's pretty long. We have arrangements that we've never done before of songs. We've rearranged a lot of stuff. It's gonna be over an hour and a half, probably leaning towards the two-hour side, for sure. So there's a lot of neat stuff in there that we're gonna do."

In a separate interview with Ed Hackimer of This Day In Metal, SAVATAGE guitarist Chris Caffery stated about the Pompeii show: "We have a 40-person orchestra [playing with us], and Al and Jon and even with our studio and musical directors from TSO [TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHSTRA] are putting together really cool orchestrations for it. I was listening to it in my headphone in my ear mix when we were rehearsing. I was, like, 'Turn the orchestra parts up.' And it's gonna be really special. It's an over-two-hour show. And I believe, from what a little bird had told me, that there are plans to absorb that for other people to see that haven't been there. So I'm pretty sure we're gonna be filming."

Elaborating on SAVATAGE's plans to professionally film and record the Pompei concert, Caffery said: "I never like to give official news until we get official news as a band. But I'm pretty sure that that's gonna be one of those ones that we're not gonna go, 'Let's just fly away' without there being cameras running. So I'm sure it'll be recorded and filmed. And it's gonna be pretty awesome. It's gonna go by so quick, though, 'cause we arrive the day before, but we're only in that venue the day we're playing. So we gotta show up, set up, play and do this completely different setlist than we're doing in any other show. And, like I said, I'm gonna be staring at where we are, and staring at the orchestra and staring at the audience. And I'm gonna blink my eyes and it's gonna be over, but I'm really looking forward to that one."

Regarding how SAVATAGE' setlist for the Pompei concert would be different from that for the other shows on the summer 2026 tour, Caffery said: "Well, when Paul [O'Neill, late SAVATAGE producer and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA mastermind] had us do the 'Prelude To Madness' before 'Hall Of The Mountain King', the song, his whole thing with that song was to have the orchestra battling the rock band. And he always felt that the classical musicians were the rock stars and heavy metal musicians of their time, which I agree with. And through our music, songs like 'Gutter Ballet', even in that video was when he first had strings sitting there with us, and 'When The Crowds Are Gone'. He was always getting to the point of marrying those two worlds, to have the old classical and rock and roll music meet together, and this is the perfect opportunity for that. And there's some really great arrangements and some really cool parts. And, like I said, it's, I believe, a little bit over a two-hour set right now, so it's gonna be a lot of fun."

In early June, SAVATAGE played two festival shows — in Sweden and in France — with drummer Blas Elias. Elias, who has previously played with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SLAUGHTER and RATT's Stephen Pearcy, was filling in for SAVATAGE's longtime drummer Jeff Plate, who sat out the first two gigs of SAVATAGE's "Prelude To Madness" spring/summer 2026 European tour due to medical reasons.

The 2026 "Prelude To Madness" tour once again features SAVATAGE's current lineup: vocalist Zak Stevens, guitarists Al Pitrelli and Chris Caffery, bassist Johnny Lee Middleton and drummer Jeff Plate (except for the first two shows, where he was replaced by Blas Elias).

SAVATAGE's journey began in Tampa, Florida, founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva. Their story is one of both triumph and tragedy, marked by groundbreaking albums including the seminal 1987 release "Hall Of The Mountain King" and the critically acclaimed 1991 rock opera "Streets", both of which continue to resonate with fans worldwide. Following the untimely death of guitarist Criss Oliva after the success of 1993's "Edge Of Thorns", the band persevered with renewed purpose, culminating in their transformative 1995 album "Dead Winter Dead".

Throughout their four-decade career, SAVATAGE have cultivated one of metal's most passionate cult followings. During their nearly 20-year hiatus from touring, devoted fans continuously campaigned for the band's return. Their electrifying reunion performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival in 2015 captivated 80,000 fans and reaffirmed both SAVATAGE's legendary status and their audience's unwavering devotion.

Building on the momentum from their 2015 Wacken triumph, SAVATAGE made international headlines in 2025 with their first headline shows since 2002. The European dates successfully reunited multiple generations of "The Legion" — longtime devotees experiencing long-awaited performances alongside newcomers discovering the band's power for the first time.

SAVATAGE played four shows in South America in April 2025 and 10 dates in Europe in June 2025, including at France's Hellfest and Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting festivals.

SAVATAGE played its first non-festival headlining concert in more than 20 years on April 21, 2025 at the Espaço Unimed in São Paulo, Brazil. The show took place two days after SAVATAGE performed at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Allianz Parque in São Paulo.

Appearing with Middleton, Caffery, Pitrelli, Plate and Stevens were SAVATAGE's two new touring keyboardists, Paulo Cuevas and Shawn McNair.

Zak joined SAVATAGE in 1992 as the replacement for Jon Oliva. Zak sang on four albums with the band — "Edge Of Thorns" (1993),"Handful Of Rain" (1994),"Dead Winter Dead" (1995) and "The Wake Of Magellan" (1997) — before departing in 2000, allowing Jon to return. Both Jon and Zak took part in SAVATAGE's 2015 performance at Wacken Open Air.

SAVATAGE's last album release, "Poets And Madmen", in 2001 was highlighted by Jon's return as lead vocalist, replacing Zak, who left the band citing family reasons, and the departure of guitarist Al Pitrelli, who accepted an offer to join MEGADETH in 2000. Pitrelli did record solos for some songs prior to his departure. Another very limited U.S. tour followed, supported by FATES WARNING in the early shows, and then NEVERMORE for the remainder. Around this time, Jon chose Zak's replacement in the form of Damond Jiniya (DIET OF WORMS). Damond performed Zak's parts on tour, with Jon having an increased vocal role in proceedings.

In addition to his work with SAVATAGE, Jon Oliva is well known for co-creating the classical music-meets-prog rock and pyro act TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA alongside the project's founder Paul O'Neill. Oliva has reportedly remained involved in TSO's activities even after O'Neill's April 2017 death of an accidental drug overdose.

After more than a decade away from the spotlight, former BURY YOUR DEAD guitarist Eric Ellis has officially returned with his new band, ELLIS, releasing a brand-new music video that marks the beginning of an entirely new chapter.

Watch the official music video for the song "Manners" below.

Known for his work with BURY YOUR DEAD, Eric disappeared from the metal scene after serving over a decade in prison. Since his release, he has devoted himself to rebuilding his life through music, writing and recording a brand-new body of work under the name ELLIS.

ELLIS delivers a modern blend of hardcore, metalcore, and groove-driven heavy music while carrying the experience, aggression, and authenticity that only comes from lived experience.

The band's first live performance is scheduled for August 1 at Hardlove in Jacksonville, Florida, where they will open the record release show for SOUTHPAW FLHC, whose new album, "The Standard", will be released on July 31 through Spinefarm.

This isn't simply another new band — it's the return of a respected musician who has fought his way back to the stage and is determined to write the next chapter of his career.

Ellis played guitar on BURY YOUR DEAD's breakout album "Cover Your Tracks" in 2004, along with the band's 2006 effort "Beauty And The Breakdown" and BURY YOUR DEAD's 2008 self-titled record. Ellis left BURY YOUR DEAD in August 2008 for "medical reasons" and due to "personality differences."

Back in 2012, Eric was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act as a member of a violent Jacksonville, Florida gang.

Sony Music Vision has announced that "Queen Budapest", the first Western stadium rock show to take place behind the Iron Curtain, and the final filmed QUEEN live performance, will be presented in cinemas and IMAX worldwide beginning October 7 through Trafalgar Releasing.

"Queen Budapest" will be released to mark the 40th anniversary of this pivotal moment in the band's history, and the film has been meticulously restored in 4K from the original filmed 35mm footage by Sir Peter Jackson's Park Road Post Production facility in New Zealand, with newly remixed audio from the original multitrack recordings to deliver the most immersive presentation of the performance to date.

Captured on July 27, 1986, at Budapest's Népstadion, during the band's "The Magic Tour", the concert was a groundbreaking moment, as QUEEN became the first Western rock band to perform behind the Iron Curtain during a period of profound cultural and political change. In addition to 80,000 tickets selling out, an estimated 45,000 people listened to the group outside, and some fans had travelled from as far away as Russia and Poland to see the concert. The show was professionally filmed on 35 mm movie film by 17 of Hungary's best cameramen. The gear employed included 17 cameras and 25 miles of film, which was all that was available in the country, and the Hungarian government approved the entire operation, which was a first for a Communist State.

With the scale of the achievement, it would have been impossible to imagine that QUEEN would go on to play only a further five shows, ending forever their touring days with Freddie Mercury only one month later, with their final show played at Knebworth Park in England on August 9, 1986.

"Queen Budapest" is the last filmed live performance of the band with Freddie Mercury, showing the band at the height of their powers as a live act. The film captures the band performing iconic hits such as "We Will Rock You", "We Are The Champions", "A Kind Of Magic", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Under Pressure", "Who Wants To Live Forever", "Hammer To Fall" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", as well as an acoustic arrangement of the traditional Hungarian folk song "Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt". It also features a standout moment from "Radio Ga Ga", with newly enhanced footage and audio from the Budapest performance, available here.

An edited version of the show was broadcast in December 1986 throughout the Communist Bloc, including China, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Yugoslavia and Mongolia, as well as to 59 Hungarian cinemas on New Year's Day 1987, which again was a first for a Western rock act.

For QUEEN's Brian May and Roger Taylor, the show in Budapest wasn't just another date on what was a huge tour for the band, it held much deeper meaning.

Brian May comments: "For years, fans behind the Iron Curtain had been able to listen to QUEEN music only on illegal cassettes. It was a forbidden thing to listen to rock bands like us, so to see them play in a live show would have been unthinkable. This concert, when they could finally come and see us live in person and interact with us, was a huge emotional moment for them and also for us. It felt like a very big deal — you could feel that incredible energy. There will never be an event quite like that again. Perhaps the most memorable highlight of all was performing that beautiful Hungarian folk song, which Freddie and I had learned for the occasion. Not a dry eye!"

Roger Taylor adds: "We did love to think that the music could transcend the politics, the political barriers, and that was sort of part of our ethos, to actually bring the audience into the show and make them feel part of the show. I know Freddie tried to learn this folk song, but he had the words written phonetically on the back of his hand. When the audience just started singing, we realized, wow, music really can be a great cause."

Brian May continues: "Peter Jackson's team have done a magnificent job of restoring the original film footage, at the highest resolution ever; it's pristine and the quality is breathtaking. I think you're going to love it. For the sound, we've been able to do some top-quality restoration work as well. Now, in IMAX and movie theatres, it's going to be definitively the most real experience ever of us, QUEEN, in our glory days. I think people will get lost in it and even forget they're watching a film."

"'Queen Budapest' represents a remarkable moment in both music and cultural history," said Tom Mackay, president, Sony Music Vision. "The film not only documents an extraordinary performance, but also the connection between the band and an audience breaking through real barriers at the time. The restoration allows that moment to be experienced in a way that feels immediate and relevant for audiences today."

Peter Jackson adds: "As long time fans of QUEEN we were thrilled when they asked Park Road Post to restore the Budapest concert footage. It has been a rare privilege to breathe new life into such an iconic moment in music history. We look forward to a whole new audience participating in the original band's final live performance, captured on film. They will rock you!!!"

The 4K restoration of "Queen Budapest" will have its world premiere at the Budapest Classics Film Marathon on September 15, hosted by the National Film Institute of Hungary, as part of the festival's program celebrating restored and rediscovered cinema. A U.K. premiere will take place in London on September 30, with further details to follow. The 4K digitization of the original negatives was carried out by the National Film Institute (NFI),Hungary's FilmLab in Budapest. The original elements of the film were preserved by NFI Film Archive in Budapest since 1986. "Queen Budapest" will be released globally in cinemas and IMAX from October 7 for a limited time only, in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing. Tickets will be on sale later this summer. Fans are encouraged to sign up at the official web site at QueenBudapest.com for further information and to be alerted when pre-sale tickets are available.

"Queen Budapest" will be accompanied by a multi-format package via Hollywood Records in North America and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music, internationally on October 30. The soundtrack, newly remixed from the original multitrack by QUEEN's studio team, will be released alongside the Blu-ray, DVD, CD and digital editions as a 3LP vinyl set for the very first time.

"Queen Budapest" is directed by János Zsombolyai. Sony Music Vision is the distributor.

QUEEN are one of the most iconic bands in history, a group whose music has soundtracked the lives of hundreds of millions of fans since their reign began more than 50 years ago. Their musical achievements alone are unmatched thanks to album sales in excess of 300 million worldwide and such era-defining hits as "Killer Queen", "We Are The Champions", "We Will Rock You", "Another One Bites The Dust" and the history-making "Bohemian Rhapsody", which has twice reached No.1 in the UK and is the most streamed song of the 20th century with a record-breaking 2.6 billion streams. In the U.S., QUEEN now has 8 songs with at least 1 billion streams on Spotify. Their 26-times-platinum 1981 "Greatest Hits" collection is the U..K's biggest-selling album ever, exceeding 7.9 million in sales and spending a staggering 1,137 weeks on the U.K. chart. They remain the only band in history where every member has individually written one or more Top 5 hit singles.

Yet QUEEN are more than just a musical powerhouse — they are a cultural force. Legendary performances at such historic events as 1985's Live Aid concert and their own headlining appearances at London's Wembley Stadium in 1986 cemented their status as the greatest band to ever set foot on a stage, with the irreplaceable Freddie Mercury regularly voted music's greatest frontman. Their incredible story was immortalized in the acclaimed 2018 movie "Bohemian Rhapsody", which saw actor Rami Malek win an Oscar for his stunning performance as Freddie Mercury, while the film itself became the highest-grossing musical biopic ever. QUEEN themselves have continued to inspire generations of musicians who have followed, from George Michael and GUNS N' ROSES to Lady Gaga and the FOO FIGHTERS.

QUEEN's greatness can be measured in the recognition that has come with their musical accomplishments, from their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame to the prestigious Brit, Grammy and Ivor Novello awards they have amassed, among others. But arguably their most important achievement is the enduring appeal the group and their music under the guardianship of Brian May and Roger Taylor continues to have. More than half a century after they started, this most regal of bands are as beloved now as they have ever been, their music still central to the lives of so many people. Long may they rule.