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SCORPIONS Share 1976 Performance Of “Speedy’s Coming” (Video)
 German rock legends, Scorpions, have shared their 1976 performance of “Speedy’s Coming” at SWR Drum. The track is also featured on the upcoming compilation, Scorpions 60th Anniversary: From The First Sting.
“Speedy’s Coming” is taken from the Scorpions’ second album, Fly To The Rainbow, released in 1974.
In celebration of their sixth decade as a band pioneering German hard rock group, Scorpions, will be releasing From The First Sting, a thrilling collection the raw energy, unforgettable anthems, and iconic moments from their illustrious career. From The First Sting is the band’s only career-spanning collection and will be available on a deluxe 2LP & 2CD bookpack and 2CD format for European and Rest of the World fans, as well as 2LP vinyl and 1CD format for fans in the Americas.
During their career, Scorpions viewed their music as a bridge between cultures. They performed in the former Soviet Union, China, and Southeast Asia, thereby fostering international understanding.
Commercially, the band are also one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands of all time – with over 120 million album sales to their name. From The First Sting is a sonic journey through the band’s timeless hits, from “Rock You Like a Hurricane” to “Wind of Change”, showcasing Scorpions’ evolution while honouring the spirit of their classic sound.
From The First Sting features two previously unreleased tracks, “This Is My Song” and “Still Loving You”, the latter of which features British violinist Vanessa Mae. The physical for fans in the Americas comes housed in a carefully crafted 2LP gatefold vinyl pressed on 180g and 1CD digisleeve, comprehensively illustrating the enduring influence of the pioneering masters of their genre.
Perfect for die-hard fans and newcomers alike, From The First Sting delivers the ultimate Scorpions experience – a blistering ride through 60 years of hard-hitting, heart-pounding rock that continues to leave its mark on the world.
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BRUCE DICKINSON Says He 'Sounded Like A Wounded Buffalo' When He First Tried Singing After Cancer Treatment
 In a new interview with Elizabeth Zharoff of the popular YouTube channel The Charismatic Voice, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke about his 2014 throat cancer diagnosis, treatment and eventual remission. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The technical diagnosis for me was T3 N1 M0. That means that the tumor [in the throat] was ajudged to be a stage three tumor. And that's just actually more or less how big it was. And the 'N' bit was whether or not there were any lymph nodes associated with it. N1 means there was one; I had cancer in a lymph node as well. And the M bit is, has it metastasized? In other words, spread to anywhere else in your body. And luckily, the answer to that was zero.
"People go, 'Oh, you were lucky you caught it early. I went, 'Well, I didn't kind of catch it that early.' It was three and a half centimeters," he continued. "It was a golf ball living in the base of my tongue, and then there was a strawberry, a two-and-a-half-centimeter in the lymph node on the other side."
Dickinson went on to say that he recorded MAIDEN's "The Book Of Souls" album right before he was diagnosed with cancer. "[Singing with the tumor] did not feel that different," he revealed. "That was the weirdest thing about it. Maybe it felt like there was maybe a slight restriction at the top end — a slight restriction —but that was all. But I knew there was something wrong in my body. My body was giving me other signals. People, [go], 'Oh, were you losing weight?' I went, 'No, I was not losing weight.' But I was getting these weird night sweats. And the thing that gave it away, and in truth, this is what gives it away for guys, because, of course, girls get this as well. In fact, the way to think about this… When I'm talking to people, they go, 'Was it drinking and smoking [that caused the cancer]?' I said, 'No. Think of it this way: I had cervical cancer of the mouth.' They went, 'What? What do you mean? What do you mean?' I said, 'Oh, yeah.' 'Oh my God. What are you, what? What have you been up to? I said, 'I've been up to exactly the same thing that everybody else on the planet has been up to.' So if you have this cancer, you've not done something wrong. You've got nothing to be ashamed of. It's not a judgment from God. I asked my oncologist. I said, 'Why do I have this cancer?' I mean, I know what caused it — HPV16 [a high-risk type of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)], in my case. And he said, 'Fair question.' He said, 'You shouldn't have this cancer.' He said, 'Look, you're fit, you're healthy. You do all the right things.' He said, 'It's just not fair, is it?' I said, 'No, but why me?' He said, 'You know what?' He goes, 'It's just called bad luck.' And I was, like, 'Oh.' And you know what? When he said that, it made everything a lot easier to deal with because you weren't looking for somebody to blame, you weren't clutching at straws. Like, if there was somebody to blame, then maybe… No, no, no, no, no. It's just called bad luck. Stuff happens. And at that point, I went, 'Okay, I can deal with that.' So there's no point in feeling sorry for yourself. Step up to the plate, let's get rid of it and let's think beyond, if we do get rid of it.' And my chances, in truth, were pretty good. I went, 'Oh my God, stage three. The next one is stage four. And that's like curtains.' And he went, 'No.' He said, 'Don't even get hung up about that. He said, 'Because every cancer is individual, and individual to an individual, but also every cancer is different in its prognosis.' He said, 'I'd much rather have stage three of your cancer than stage one of lung cancer.' So I went, 'Okay, got it. Right. So some cancers are worse to have than others."
Regarding how he was treated for his cancer, Dickinson said: "There was no surgery involved… But I had — and this is fairly standard treatment, I have to say — I had 33 sessions of radiation, like five sessions a week for six-something weeks. And the total they administered was two grays a day, which is a pretty thumping dose. I mean, I think 13 grays is a full-body lethal dose of radiation. So I had 66 grays over six and a bit weeks, all of it in my head and neck. So that's a lot. That's a lot. And at the same time, I had nine weeks of chemotherapy, of cisplatin, which was basically to make the radiation more effective against the cancer. That was the idea. So it was a three-week cycle; I turned up every three weeks and had sat there for a couple of hours and then left. And all of this was done outpatient. So I just turned up, got on the subway, had my radiation, went for a walk in the park. And things didn't really start going weird for two or three weeks, and then you started getting fatigue and the inside of all — basically all the mucus membranes on the inside of my mouth fell off. Your tongue, you lost all sense of taste. Your tongue is stripped, so all the nerves were exposed. They wanted to put a feeding tube in. When I was diagnosed, the guy goes, 'Come in, I'll just pop a little feeding tube in.' I went, 'No. You're not.' I said, 'I'll feed myself.' He goes, 'Most people find it very difficult to feed themselves after about four or five weeks.' I went, 'I will feed myself. If I can't, you can come and put a tube up my nose,' I said, 'but I'm gonna feed myself.' 'Cause I didn't want people cutting a hole in me, and I didn't want to be in hospital. Because if you're in hospital, you are already half dead — my version of things. And so I was, like, 'I will do this. In spite of everything, I'm gonna do this on my own.' And he quite liked the combative approach. He was, like, 'Look, 50% of your recovery is mental.'"
Bruce also talked about how he was first diagnosed with cancer, saying: "The first person I went to see was like a regular doctor. And I said, 'Look, I think I have this thing. I have a lump in my neck.' Most guys find out they have head and neck cancer because they have a lump in their neck that won't go away. It might not be the original sign of the cancer, but it might be a lymph node that's hard and raised. It doesn't go away and doesn't turn into flu. And it can be misdiagnosed as, 'Oh, you've got an abscess,' or 'you've got a cyst,' or 'you've got something'. And I know a couple of guys that has happened to, and they've survived, but it took them three doctors and one of them actually had an operation by mistake. And nobody caught the fact that they actually had throat cancer. Which is scary, but there you are. So do not be afraid of going and saying, 'I think I might have this'. And you can find out in a second. I mean, I had an ultrasound for this lump in the side of my neck, and the doctor was going, he said, 'Hmm, yeah, yeah, you definitely got a lump there. The question is why.' And I went, 'Yeah.' He said, 'How are you with needles?' I went. 'Uh, you know.' He said, 'I'm just gonna stick a little needle in and just take a little bit out and have a look at it.' And wow, there you go. Bingo. Three, four days later, I got a phone call: 'You need to come straight away. We found X, Y, Z.' And I went, 'Okay, that's cancer.' And they could tell straight away. So then I'm in front of the ear, nose and throat specialist. And she has a look and she has a look and says, 'Yeah, I think I can see where the tumor is on your base of your tongue.' And so, here you go. And now — boom. And now next thing, you are in front of the oncologist and he said, 'I'm gonna get rid of this for you.' I went, 'Wow. I like the sound of that.' He said, 'I'll get rid of it for you and you won't come back.' And then he said, 'Do you smoke?' I went, 'Uh, no.' And he said, 'Have you ever smoked?' I went, 'No.' I said, 'Oh, well, when I was like, 18, 19, I had a couple of joints 'cause I was in the band and stuff.' He goes, 'No, actual [smoking].' I went, 'No, never.' They went, 'Okay, that's great.' I said, 'Well, how much difference does that make?' He said, 'Well, whatever the probability of me getting rid of it now, it means it's 20% better if you don't smoke and it means it's 20% less likely it'll come back.' That's huge. I said, 'Wow.' I said, 'That's enormous.' I said, 'So, let me guess, people, they quit smoking when they find out they've got cancer.' He went, 'Nope.' He said they'll be sat outside the radiation machine having a cigarette before they go in for their treatment. I went, 'That is so messed up.' But that's the addiction of it. It shows how powerful the addiction is. But anyway, so, I had all the radiation, and I asked him how long before my body is back, let alone my voice, but my body. And I had the start of the treatment in January that lasted about six weeks. So by the time we got to the end of February, the treatment was done. The radiation continues to work for a while and they can't do a scan to figure out if you've nailed everything until May because, as he explained to me, all they'd do if they did that was they just get a load of like radioactive hotspots. I was not radioactive, but I've been… Put some food in the microwave, nd then nuke it to death. Pull it out and you realize that it gets hotter after you pull it out 'cause you've put a load of energy into the food and it will continue to get hotter. That's what's going on with your head, except it's not microwave energy; it's next notch up. And so the radiation will continue to basically cook the inside of your head for a few weeks and then gradually diminish. Then they can take a picture and find out if it's gone. But notwithstanding that, I said, 'How long from when I start till I'm…' He said, 'Well,' he goes, 'for example, I had a Royal Air Force fighter pilot who had the same cancer as you sitting in that chair.' And he said 'it was about a year before I saw him properly back and he was back in an airplane again and doing all his stuff.' I went, 'A year, huh?' He went, 'Yeah.' I went, 'Right, I'll beat that.' And then in my mind I was, like, 'I'm gonna beat him. I'm gonna beat an RAF fighter pilot and do it better. I'm gonna go faster than him.' And so it was around 10 months, something like that, and it wasn't as easy as I thought it was gonna be. Well, I didn't think it was gonna be easy, but in my head, I was, like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It'll be done in five minutes.' I lost not as much weight as some people did, but I lost about 12 pounds. No — a bit more, a bit more than 12 pounds. 12-15 pounds and dropped 15 pounds in weight, which is good 'cause I was kind of porky when I went in. I fed myself up: 'I'm gonna eat like a pig at Christmas, because I'm gonna lose weight.' But I know some people that have a really bad reaction and they dropped like 50, 60 pounds in weight. And people react just differently."
Dickinson also admitted that he saw a naturopathic practitioner who takes a holistic approach to wellness, in order to help him recover more fully. Bruce recalled: "I said to him, 'Okay, I've got throat cancer. I'm gonna go and have all this radiation and chemo.' And I expected him to turn around and go, 'Oh, you don't wanna do that. Let's do something alternative with wheat grass or something.' And luckily, he is a sensible chap, and he turned around and he said, 'Yep. That's what you've gotta do. That'll get rid of it.' I went, 'So there's there's nothing else I can do.' He said, 'Nope.' I went, 'Okay.' He said, 'However, I think we might be able to beef up some aspects of your immune system so that you recover faster and you try and do less harm to the rest of your body during the treatment.' So he prescribed me a whole bunch of mushroom pills and this thing and that and stuff, and I took all of it to my oncologist and said, 'Hey, listen, I'm thinking of doing this alongside your treatment.' And he looked at it and he went, 'Yeah. Cool.' And I said, 'Is there anything on there?' He said, 'The only thing' — and this is not a joke — he said, 'The only thing is you must not have any heavy metals in there. And it sounds like the world's most awful pun. And I was just, like, 'You are joking.' He said, 'No, I'm not joking.' He said, 'So, iron supplements, chromium, copper, all this kind of stuff, it's a no-no,' he said, 'because that will really mess with the radiation effectiveness against the cancer.' I went, 'Okay, we're not gonna do any of that stuff.' Mushrooms, though, is okay. So, I did a bunch of research about all that stuff. And yeah, I just did kind of regular exercise and walked around like nothing was happening. And then things did start to happen. And I tried to do some singing about, I guess, probably about four or five months after the cancer treatment, and it was scary how awful it was. I asked the ear, nose and throat doc, I said, 'How long before I could try singing?' And she said probably — this was in December, and she said, 'Well, if you have the treatment and you're done by February and it's all good, maybe you could think about the end of November to start singing.' And I was, like, 'Mmmm, okay.' So, I had to consider the possibility that I wouldn't be able to sing again in the way that I do. And I was comfortable with that. I was resigned with that, because if there was some physical reason why I couldn't sing the way I do normally, there's nothing you can do about that. If things have been changed irreversibly, you have to learn to do something differently. You have to sing a different way. It doesn't mean you cannot sing, but it means you have to be able to sing a different way. And that's when the thought formed, what do I actually do in my life? Am I just a human noise generator, or am I actually telling stories? And that's when I went, 'Actually, you know what? No matter what happens, I can still tell stories.'"
After Zharoff expressed her surprise that Dickinson was seemingly at peace with the idea of not being able to sing anymore, Bruce clarified: "Everybody has a voice in the world. Everybody has a voice. And I tell people this when they say I can't sing. I said, yes, you can. You might not be able to sing like me, but when you tell your story with your voice, it's unique to you, and nobody else can tell your story, and that's authentic. Leonard Cohen does not have any kind of classical voice whatsoever, but my God, what a great storyteller with his voice. Johnny Cash — a great voice but not Pavarotti. It's the unique character of people's voices that enables them to tell the stories. And so I developed my style and it tells stories. But if I didn't have my style anymore, I'd develop another style in order to tell stories. I wasn't going there. I was thinking, that's my backstop. Let's just see what happens and wait.
"I'm the world's most impatient man, and I tried to sing after about six months, and I was shocked how awful it sounded," he continued. "It sounded like a wounded buffalo. It just made this — what is it, 'Young Frankenstein'? When the monster comes out and they're doing 'Puttin' On The Ritz', and he goes, 'Ritz.' And that was me. And I was just, like, 'Oh my God.' And I was in the bathroom doing it. I was just, 'Just stop. It's been five months. They said 10 months. Wait.' And then gradually my body started to recover, and I got energy back and I started putting on a little bit of weight. So one day I was just walking around the house, and I was feeling all right. So I went, [starts singing a few notes. It didn't hurt. And then it was there. And then I just thought, 'I wonder if I could do a little bit of [MAIDEN's] 'Run To The Hills'.' And I did. And I went, 'Oh my God, it's there. Oh my God.' And that was, like, I'm thinking, probably the end of September, October. And I thought, 'It's there.' And then I went, 'Right. You know it's there. So leave it alone. Put it back in its box 'cause you know it's going to be all right. And the longer you leave it, the more all right it will be when you want to go balls out and start pushing it.'"
Bruce previously told iNews that he wanted to cover his cancer battle in his 2017 autobiography, "What Does This Button Do?", to raise awareness of the condition, which affects people who often have no or minimal history of tobacco or alcohol abuse. The individuals with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo treatment have a disease-free survival rate of 85 to 90 percent over five years.
During a 2024 appearance on the Swedish TV show "Malou Efter Tio", Dickinson spoke about how his singing voice has changed following his cancer diagnosis 10 years ago. "[It's] a little bit different," he said. "Two things are slightly different. One is my saliva, which obviously lubricates your throat a little bit, is a bit less than it used to be. Although, back ten years ago, if I had the same cancer, I wouldn't be making any saliva. But now, I'm probably 70 percent, which is great. Thanks very much, everybody upstairs. [Laughs] And the other things is that I think that the shape of possibly the back of my tongue, which forms vowel sounds and things like that, might have changed shape slightly, because, obviously, it had a big lump in it, and the lump's gone. So maybe the surface has changed shape. So I notice a few differences. Funnily enough, the top end of my voice is maybe even a little bit better than it was before. [Laughs]"
Dickinson said that he was given "the all-clear" by his specialists following an MRI scan after a course of chemotherapy and radiology.
"I was amazed," he said. "My cancer was a 3.5-centimeter tumor in my throat and a 2.5-centimeter one in my lymph node, and that was the one that I could feel — that was the secondary one. But I did 33 sessions of radiation and nine weeks of chemo at the same time, which is fairly standard therapy for it. And it was gone. And I said to my oncologist: 'What do you mean it's gone? Where has it gone?' And he said, 'Well, your body just gets rid of it.' A body is an amazing thing."
Bruce is currently touring North American in support of his latest solo album, "The Mandrake Project", which was released in March 2024 via BMG.
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JERRY CANTRELL On Guitarists Who Influenced Him: 'I Think RANDY RHOADS Might Qualify As An Otherworldly Being'
 During a new appearance on "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell was asked about some of the guitarists who influenced him over the years, either tonally or with their technique and musicianship. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Oh, God. There's just too many to too many to single out. Tonally — tone's a really unusual thing, because you can line up 50 guys with the same guitar on the same amp and plug them in, and they're all gonna sound a little bit different. It's the relationship between the flesh and the wood and the metal, with the electricity running through it, and soul of the individual flowing through it. So it's so unique, and it's like a fingerprint — it really is. It's unique to them. And I grew up listening to Davey Johnstone and Lindsey Buckingham and the Young brothers and Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page. Billy Gibbons. I can go down the list. Ted Nugent. Tom Scholz, for that matter. I've taken a little piece from anything that inspires me or makes me feel good, or songs that I keep coming back to, or albums that I still love listening to. And so the dream then is the same as it is today. I wanna make something that makes somebody else feel — makes me and somebody else feel like that record made me feel when I was a kid, made me want to become a musician and make music myself. So it's hard to really boil it down to who maybe influenced me the most. There's standouts that are just like aliens to me. [Jimi] Hendrix was one. Eddie Van Halen is another. I think Randy Rhoads might qualify as an otherworldly being."
This past May, ALICE IN CHAINS canceled all of its previously announced concerts due to drummer Sean Kinney's health. The decision came after a previous gig was called off on May 8 because Kinney experienced medical complications.
ALICE IN CHAINS was scheduled to appear at a few festivals in May, including the MMRBQ in Camden, New Jersey, Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio and Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida. They had also lined up several other headlining shows, in Nashville, Tennessee and Dothan, Alabama.
Kinney had recovered enough in time to join his ALICE IN CHAINS bandmates at the final BLACK SABBATH/Ozzy Osbourne show on July 5 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
In the last four years, Cantrell has released two solo albums, 2021's "Brighten" and 2024's "I Want Blood", and has toured extensively in support of both efforts, performing material spanning his solo career and ALICE IN CHAINS.
ALICE IN CHAINS regrouped in 2006 with singer William DuVall joining the band, and released its third LP with DuVall in the lineup, "Rainier Fog", in August 2018.
Prior to joining ALICE IN CHAINS, DuVall was a member of punk rock bands AWARENESS VOID OF CHAOS, NEON CHRIST, BL'AST! and FINAL OFFERING. DuVall's long musical history also includes COMES WITH THE FALL and Cantrell's solo work.
Cantrell befriended the members of COMES WITH THE FALL in the early 2000s, playing shows with the band on the West Coast, then enlisting the musicians to tour with him as both opening act and backing group in support of his album "Degradation Trip".
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BASTION ROSE Releases Soul-Stirring Single / Video “Garden Of Stone”
 Hard rock band Bastion Rose returns with their emotionally charged new single, “Garden Of Stone”. The track is the third single from their full-length debut album, Traces Of Gold, produced by three-time Grammy-winner David Bottrill (Tool, Rush, Godsmack).
“Garden Of Stone” delves into the complexities of human emotion and grief, with lyrical themes that explore the internal struggle between past and present, love and hatred, and life and death. The song opens with powerful imagery of breaking down “castle walls” to let in “ghosts,” suggesting a confrontation with one’s inner self and past. As the song progresses, it paints a picture of finding a unique kind of peace amidst turmoil, with the chorus proclaiming: “All my ghosts. All my angels. Just fly from my heart and make shadowplay on the walls. All my love. All my hatred. Fades away. Just like a rose. Garden of Stone.”
This lyrical journey culminates in a poignant acceptance of life’s fleeting nature, finding strength in the present moment, and acknowledging the importance of every day.
The single’s opening track, “Parallax”, is a clean, short instrumental that builds an atmosphere of suspense and anticipation. It features a haunting, arpeggiated guitar melody with a subtle piano texture and a rising percussive rhythm that gradually intensifies, creating a perfect sonic bridge into the powerful themes of “Garden Of Stone”.
“Garden Of Stone” follows the success of the band’s debut EP, Fade To Blue, which has garnered over a million streams across platforms, as well as previously released singles “Humble Me” and “Cinnamon Fire”, from their upcoming debut full-length album, Traces Of Gold.
For more information and to listen to “Garden Of Stone”, head here.
In case you missed it, Bastion Rose previously dropped a gripping music video for “Cinnamon Fire” shortly after the single’s release. Sensual, intense, and cinematic, this one’s worth a watch:
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GALUNDO TENVULANCE Roars Back With Sophomore Album, Insomnis Somnia
 Hailed as one of Japan’s most promising symphonic/melodic death metal acts, Galundo Tenvulance returns with theiR sophomore album, Insomnis Somnia. Mixed and mastered by Finnish engineer Saku Moilanen (Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Horizon Ignited), this 13-track opus marks a new era for the band, introducing powerhouse vocalist Sao, whose ferocious roar injects even greater intensity into the band’s soaring symphonic soundscapes.
Since forming in 2020 under the vision of guitarist and main composer Asukun, Galundo Tenvulance has carved a unique niche blending symphonic elements with the brutal precision of modern deathcore and metalcore. Early singles and EPs — including Genesis (2020) and Tenvulancy (2021) — established their signature sound, culminating in the self-produced EP, The Disruptor Descends (2022) that spread the band’s reputation both in Japan and internationally.
The debut full-length, Lunar Eclipture (2023), released through Spiritual Beast and mixed by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Warbringer), solidified the band’s position in the global metal scene, earning critical acclaim across Europe and South America.
With Insomnis Somnia, Galundo Tenvulance escalates their sonic assault. Featuring artwork by Rib:y(uhki) (Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, Thousand Eyes, The Art Of Mankind), the album fuses epic orchestration, relentless riffing, and deeply emotive lyricism, delivering a powerful, immersive listening experience that pushes the boundaries of melodic death metal.
Insomnis Somnia drops worldwide on September 17, 2025 via Spiritual Beast. Pre-orders can be placed now at this location.
Tracklisting:
Sleepless Dreams
Abuse Of Hatred
The Skylight Above Us
The Soul To Be Punished Dwells Within Me
Sweet Suffering
One Step Closer
Till Death Reaches You
Cursed Bloodline
Noble Rot
Conclusion
Regret Never Sleeps
In The Realms Of The Unreal
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JOE ELLIOTT: 'DEF LEPPARD Now Is More Known For Selling Tickets Than Albums'
 In a new interview with Ben Jones of Virgin Radio UK, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott was asked if it's fair to say that he and his bandmates still love touring, nearly five decades after the group's formation. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, and it's something that, fingers crossed, has never gone away. In 48 years since we formed, and this lineup's been together for 33 years, which has a ridiculous achievement, when you think about it. Through all the hardships that we've had — I mean, we lost Pete [Willis, former DEF LEPPARD guitarist] along the way, we lost Steve [Clark, late DEF LEPPARD guitarist], and Rick [Allen, DEF LEPPARD drummer] had a really terrible accident but stayed in the band. So there's been a lot of kind of odd times, but there's been so much more good times, if you like. And it's, like, well, what's not to like? I mean, we are just all on the same page, and I think that's why we like it so much. And I think that just comes from the working class background that we came from. I mean, our parents were the children of World War II, and when you've had those [Monty] Python-esque-like, 'You don't know what it's like to have to choose between a cardboard box and a pair of wellies for a Christmas present.' You never lose those stories 'cause they told you when you were a kid and you just remember 'em forever. They become more comical the older you get. But I think that that working class kind of upbringing that we had, when you get to become this, I suppose now people would say elitist rock band, we just jump on the opportunity to just keep this thing going because it's so much fun."
Elliott also talked about what keeps him and his DEF LEPPARD bandmates motivated to write and record new music. He said: "Let's be honest: DEF LEPPARD now is more known for selling tickets than albums. Albums, it's Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, et cetera. Us, yeah, we sell records. I think we just went into some — not Guinness book, but whatever — we've Top 10ed an album in five different decades, which is pretty cool. It's a great story for the aunties and uncles and stuff like that. But we still wanna make records. That's the great thing.
"When the lockdown came along, literally the day that everybody was supposed to fly into my studio, fly into Ireland, into my studio, they shut down all flights. So I got on the phone with Phil [Collen, DEF LEPPARD guitarist] and I said, 'What are we gonna do now?' And in a 40-minute conversation, he said, 'Well, we could do it remotely.' I said, 'What have you got?' He said, 'Well, I've got three [songs].' And I then explained to him he actually had four because we had this song called 'This Guitar' that we'd been sitting on for years and we've got to do it. I had three. And then we brought Sav [bassist Rick Savage] into the conversation. He had two. So in 40 minutes we had nine songs. And we decided to do what QUEEN always did. If we wrote a song and you had a start, middle and an end, that was it. No argument — we're doing it. No 'oh, can we take that bit out and put my bit in?' We just trusted each other that we'd written songs, and that's how we did the last album. It was the most freeing thing we've ever done. We had the most fun making an album where we were essentially 3,000 miles apart from each other and gluing it all together in our engineer's studio. And it sounds like we did it in Abbey Road [studio]. And we're doing it again."
Earlier this month, DEF LEPPARD announced a European tour for the summer of 2026. The trek, with special guest EXTREME, will kick off in Rättvik, Sweden on June 26 and wrap up on July 30 at the Wacken Open Air festival on July 30.
DEF LEPPARD's third Las Vegas residency, "Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency", will set the strip alight from February 3 through 28, 2026 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. These new shows follow the band's sold-out residency successes in 2019 and 2013.
Tickets for the following 12 shows went on sale on July 25: February 2026: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28
Late last year, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell underwent a bone marrow transplant as part of his treatment plan for Hodgkin's lymphoma, with which he was diagnosed in 2013.
In June, Campbell revealed that he is "completely in remission" from the cancer of the lymphatic system.
This past January, DEF LEPPARD released a cover of Ben E. King's 1961 classic "Stand By Me". All proceeds from the song are going to FireAid, which raises money for those impacted by the fires that swept through Los Angeles early this year.
DEF LEPPARD's version of the song is featured in the Netflix film "Bank Of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger", which was released on January 10. The band can be seen performing the track before the credits.
Campbell — who before joining DEF LEPPARD in 1992 was well known for his work with DIO and WHITESNAKE — went public with his Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis in June 2013.
Vivian underwent three separate spells of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, only for his Hodgkin's lymphoma to return.
Six years ago, Campbell underwent spine surgery.
Vivian and his DEF LEPPARD bandmates were finally inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March 2019 — 14 years after the British rockers first became eligible.
DEF LEPPARD's latest album, "Diamond Star Halos", arrived in May 2022 via UMe.
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HOLY MOSES Frontwoman SABINA CLASSEN Pays Tribute To Drummer ATOMIC STEIF – “You Will Remain A Part Of My Story And Forever In My Heart”
 Holy Moses frontwoman / founder Sabina Classen has shared the following message:
“Yesterday, I received the sad news that my former drummer and longtime comrade Atomic Steif passed away on Sunday 31st. August, departed this world at the age of just 57.
Our history began in the early ’80s in the Velberter and Tipsy Apes metal fan clubs. We lived through nights, celebrated, philosophized, dreamed, and played countless concerts, including at the legendary Wacken Open Air.
Atomic Steiff was part of Holy Moses from 1990 to 1992, and returned to the drums from 2007 to 2011. But more than just a great musician, he was a person with whom you could laugh, have deep conversations and feel life in all its facets.
Dear Steiff, we have gone through good and hard times together as musicians and as humans. Now your soul has taken its journey to another dimension. I will never forget you. Your energy, your presence and your heartbeat will live on in me forever. You will remain a part of my story and forever in my heart.
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VAN CANTO To Celebrate 20th Anniversary In 2026; New Album In The Works
 German a capella metal band, Van Canto, have checked in with the following update:
“After the pure joy of meeting so many existing (and new!) fans at our 2025 festival shows in Germany, Czech Republic and Spain, we came to the conclusion that we should prepare for our 20 year anniversary in 2026.
So this message is to let you know we started songwriting, producing and recording new material. We are not 100% sure what is the best way to release new material these days as nobody owns CD players anymore, but we will figure something out. If you have ideas – let us know.
For those who want to see us live, check out our German tour dates in November (6 Cologne, 7 Herford, 8 Stuttgart, 9 Aschaffenburg)
The picture captures our motivation quite well. See you soon.
Rakkatakka forever. We love you.”
Fan-filmed video of Van Canto performing at Leyendas Del Rock Festival in Villena, Spain on August 8 can be viewed below.
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NEAL MORSE Shares New Single “Leavin’ California” From Upcoming Solo Album
 Acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock visionary, Neal Morse, returns to his singer-songwriter roots with the heartfelt and introspective new solo album, Never Been Down This Road.
Available on October 31, you can pre-order the album here. Check out the single “Leavin’ California” below.
Known for his work on recent prog-rock masterpieces including No Hill For A Climber (with Neal Morse & The Resonance) and Deep Water (with Cosmic Cathedral), Morse now offers fans a more personal collection, rich with storytelling, emotion, and spiritual depth.
Written in the quiet early hours at the grand piano in his studio – a daily practice for Morse – Never Been Down This Road captures the spontaneous magic of inspiration as it comes. The result is an album that blends deeply personal reflections with narratives of people he has encountered and songs came from day to day inspiration, spanning genres from folk and pop to worship and soul.
Following in the tradition of 2024’s Late Bloomer, this new release showcases Morse’s solo artistry in full. With the exception of saxophone and backing vocals, all instruments and vocals were performed by Morse himself, further emphasizing the album’s raw, intimate nature.
“Never Been Down This Road feels like a journey through my heart, my memories, and sometimes the hearts of characters I’ve imagined,” says Morse. “It’s a quieter kind of album—less about the epic, more about the honest moment. I hope people connect with it the way I have.”
Tracklisting:
“Leavin’ California”
“New Man”
“Reach Deep”
“Open Up Again”
“Never Been Down This Road”
“The Most Important Person”
“The Heart Always Known”
“Breathe The Air”
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