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28 май 2024 : |
W.A.S.P. To Perform Entire Debut Album On Fall 2024 Tour; DEATH ANGEL To Support |
13 янв 2024 : |
W.A.S.P. Announce Second Edition Of "7 Savage" Deluxe Box Set; Video Trailer |
4 янв 2024 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Issues New Years Greeting - "Something Very Special Is Coming" |
11 ноя 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Denies Using Backing Tapes For His Lead Vocals: 'As A Singer, I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Do' |
9 ноя 2023 : |
W.A.S.P. Is 'Pretty Far Into The Writing Process' For Next Studio Album |
7 ноя 2023 : |
'Gym Rat' BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Is 'Getting There' In His Post-Surgery Recovery |
6 ноя 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS On STEVE RILEY's Death: 'It Was A Big Shock To All Of Us' |
29 окт 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Pays Tribute To Former Bandmate STEVE RILEY: 'His Individual Legacy Will Live On' |
26 окт 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s The 7 Savage: 1984-1992 Unboxed; Video |
25 окт 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On Importance Of Free Speech: 'I Don't Want To Limit Your Ability To Speak' |
3 сен 2023 : |
W.A.S.P. Announces 'The 7 Savage' Deluxe 8-LP Box Set |
13 авг 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Undergoes Successful Back Surgery |
28 июн 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS: Next W.A.S.P. Album Won't Arrive Before Summer 2024 |
15 июн 2023 : |
CHRIS HOLMES Says BLACKIE LAWLESS's 'Narcissism' Ruined W.A.S.P. |
1 июн 2023 : |
Is BLACKIE LAWLESS Using Backing Tapes For His Lead Vocals? 'When I'm Up There, I'm Singing My Ass Off', He Says |
21 май 2023 : |
Watch W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Perform While Seated In Czech Republic |
16 май 2023 : |
Watch W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Perform In Slovenia While Seated |
19 апр 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Has Been Performing With A Herniated Disc In His Lower Back |
10 апр 2023 : |
W.A.S.P. - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Barcelona Show Streaming |
30 янв 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Reflects On W.A.S.P.'s First U.S. Tour In 10 Years: 'I've Never Wanted Something Not To End So Badly Before' |
20 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Looks Back On HEAR 'N AID's 'Stars': 'If Anybody Had An Ego In There, They Didn't Show It' |
19 дек 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS: LEMMY Was 'A Very Complex Individual' |
14 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'The Idea Of Charging People Money To Sign Autographs, I Detest That' |
14 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Recalls Funny Tour Story Involving Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON |
8 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Explains How He Came To Rededicate His Life To Christ |
4 дек 2022 : |
Watch Drum-Cam Video Of W.A.S.P.'s AQUILES PRIESTER Performing At Nashville Concert |
3 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Admits To Using Backing Tracks During Live Performances |
24 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Looks Back On PMRC: 'It Changed My Life' |
14 ноя 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Explains Why No Bandmembers Appear On W.A.S.P. Album Covers |
11 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Has Changed His Mind About 'Operation: Mindcrime' Being A Better Album Than 'The Crimson Idol' |
10 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.: Dallas Concert Promoter Says Venue 'Did Not Intentionally Oversell The Show' |
4 ноя 2022 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform "Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)" On 40 Years Live World Tour; Video |
2 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P. Share Opening Medley From Las Vegas Date Of 40th Anniversary Tour; Video |
1 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P. Performs 'Animal (F**k Like A Beast)' Live For First Time Since 2006 At U.S. Tour Kick-Off: Video, Photos |
24 окт 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Wants Next W.A.S.P. Album To Be 'An Old-Time Rock And Roll Record' |
18 окт 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Says Fans Made First W.A.S.P. U.S. Tour In A Decade A Reality: 'Promoters Didn't Think This Band Could Sell Tickets' |
9 окт 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: Stage Production For Upcoming 40th-Anniversary Tour Will Be Like A 'Dark Carnival' |
18 сен 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Still Doesn't Give A Damn What People Think |
2 сен 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.: New Photo Book By ROSS HALFIN Coming In November |
25 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'I Don't Ever See Myself Retiring' |
19 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Owns Bed That Once Belonged To ELVIS PRESLEY |
10 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'Look Out, America. We're Coming To Hurt You' |
5 авг 2022 : |
Watch W.A.S.P.'s Entire Performance At Sweden's SKOGSRÖJET Festival |
3 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'The Thoughts Of Retirement Just Don't Appeal To Me' |
25 июл 2022 : |
Watch: W.A.S.P. Returns To Live Stage In Stockholm |
25 май 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On Writing His Upcoming Autobiography: 'It's Been One Of The Most Fun Things I've Ever Done In My Life' |
19 янв 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Was 'One Of The First People' To Contract COVID-19: 'It Took Three Months To Shake It' |
3 дек 2021 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Discusses 40th-Anniversary Tour In Extended Teaser Video |
10 ноя 2021 : |
CHRIS HOLMES Says BLACKIE LAWLESS 'Made Some Really Bad Decisions' During His Time With W.A.S.P. |
29 окт 2021 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Teases 40th-Anniversary Tour In New Video |
26 окт 2021 : |
W.A.S.P. Announces 40th-Anniversary World Tour |
14 июн 2021 : |
SLOW DEATH LIGHTS Cover W.A.S.P. Classic “I Wanna Be Somebody” Feat. CHRIS HOLMES |
30 ноя 2020 : |
Former DIZZY BITCH Drummer FIFI LARUE Looks Back On Sunset Strip Days Of W.A.S.P., GUNS N' ROSES, STRYPER And More (Video) |
25 авг 2020 : |
W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR Performs Acoustic Version Of 'Wild Child' With Finland's ATOMIC ANNIE (Video) |
16 июн 2020 : |
W.A.S.P. Cancels '1984 To Headless' European Tour Due To COVID-19 Pandemic |
14 май 2020 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On LITTLE RICHARD: 'He's Now At Home With The Lord… Amen!' |
9 дек 2019 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform At Mexico's FORCEFEST |
9 ноя 2019 : |
W.A.S.P. To Celebrate First Four Albums On '1984 To Headless' World Tour In 2020 |
25 дек 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR Offers Free Download Of 80's Power Ballad Makeover Of "The First Noel"; Features Former KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK |
26 июн 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Recruits Drummer BRIAN TICHY For European Summer Festivals (Video) |
13 мар 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Release "Doctor Rockter" Lyric Video |
27 янв 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Releases 'Chainsaw Charlie' Video From 'ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)' |
21 ноя 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Tilburg |
19 ноя 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. To Release 'Reidolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)' In February |
30 окт 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Paris |
23 окт 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Dublin |
2 окт 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Helsinki |
26 сен 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. Performs With Drummer AQUILES PRIESTER For First Time (Video) |
23 авг 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. Recruits Drummer AQUILES PRIESTER For Upcoming Tour |
30 май 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. Cancels Summer Festival Appearances |
17 май 2017 : |
W.A.S.P.: Watch Trailer For "Re-Idolized: The 25th Anniversary Of The Crimson Idol' |
23 янв 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. To Release Re-Recorded Version Of 'The Crimson Idol', Embark On 'Re-Idolized' Tour |
7 ноя 2015 : |
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26 окт 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs In Helsinki |
9 окт 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs Three New Songs In Eindhoven |
7 окт 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. - Golgotha Limited Metal Box Unboxing Video Streaming |
5 окт 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs In Karlshamn, Sweden |
27 сен 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs New Song 'Last Runaway' In Oberhausen, Germany |
16 сен 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs Title Track Of New Album 'Golgotha' In Leeds |
1 сен 2015 : |
Premiere: W.A.S.P.'s Lyric Video For New Song 'Scream' |
14 авг 2015 : |
New Song Premiere: W.A.S.P.'s 'Last Runaway' |
20 июл 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. Recruits YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drummer PATRICK JOHANSSON |
13 июл 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. Parts Ways With Drummer MIKE DUPKE |
10 июл 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. |
25 мар 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. Signs With NAPALM RECORDS; 'Golgotha' Album Due This Summer |
2 июл 2014 : |
W.A.S.P.: Fan-Filmed Footage Of GRASPOP METAL MEETING Performance |
9 июн 2014 : |
W.A.S.P. To Release 'Golgotha' Album In 2015; First Details Revealed |
15 май 2014 : |
W.A.S.P. привезут в Россию свое юбилейное шоу |
7 янв 2014 : |
W.A.S.P. To Tour Russia In 2014 |
31 май 2013 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Reportedly Breaks Leg In Road Accident; European Shows Canceled |
6 ноя 2012 : |
W.A.S.P. Mainman Mourns Loss Of Brother |
4 ноя 2012 : |
W.A.S.P.'s '30 Years Of Thunder' Tour Hits Holland; Video Available |
9 окт 2012 : |
W.A.S.P.'s '30 Years Of Thunder' Tour Hits Sweden; Video Available |
23 сен 2012 : |
W.A.S.P. Kick Off 30 Years Of Thunder Tour In London; Set-List Revealed |
2 июл 2012 : |
W.A.S.P. Announce More Tour Dates For 30 Years Of Thunder Tour |
23 ноя 2011 : |
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22 сен 2011 : |
W.A.S.P. Announce 30 Years Of Thunder 2012 Anniversary Tour |
26 ноя 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: Pro-Shot Footage From Sofia Posted Online |
6 ноя 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: Deluxe-Edition Reissues Of First Two Albums Due This Month |
18 окт 2010 : |
W.A.S.P. Gig Turns Bloody As Security Guard Loses Ear |
15 окт 2010 : |
W.A.S.P. Kicks Off European Tour In Bergen; Setlist Revealed |
5 авг 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: Performance Footage From Spain\'s SONISPHERE |
25 фев 2010 : |
W.A.S.P. Mainman Says OBAMA Is \'The Ultimate Car Salesman\' And \'A Con Man\' |
13 янв 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'Babylon\'s Burning\' Video Released |
4 ноя 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: More \'The Crimson Covers\' Tribute Album Details Revealed |
18 сен 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: New Song \'Crazy\' Available For Streaming |
16 сен 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'The Crimson Covers\' Tribute Album In The Works |
15 сен 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'Babylon\' Audio Samples Available |
14 авг 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: New Album Details Revealed |
19 фев 2009 : |
W.A.S.P. Mainman Selling Malibu Home For $1.7 Million |
31 мар 2008 : |
W.A.S.P. Planning Anthology Box Set |
23 окт 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: No Cameras Allowed On Upcoming Tour |
14 сен 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: Norwegian Concert To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD? |
11 сен 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Digipack, Vinyl To Be Released |
4 мар 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Release Date, Revised Track Listing Revealed |
17 окт 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. Performs In Athens, Greece: Video Available |
29 сен 2006 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'Dominator\' Pushed Back To January |
20 сен 2006 : |
W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Artwork Revealed |
11 июл 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. Explain European Tour Cancellation |
21 май 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. Welcome Back Guitarist DOUG BLAIR |
1 май 2006 : |
VICIOUS RUMORS Drummer LARRY HOWE Joins W.A.S.P. |
20 мар 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. To Begin Recording New Album In April |
17 фев 2006 : |
Drummer STET HOWLAND Quits W.A.S.P. |
20 дек 2005 : |
W.A.S.P. guitarist working on solo projeсt |
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10 авг 2022
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'Look Out, America. We're Coming To Hurt You'
W.A.S.P.'s first live performance since December 2019 took place on July 23 at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden. A week later (July 30),W.A.S.P. also played at Skogsröjet festival in Rejmyre, Sweden.
W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has issued the following recap of the band's return to the live stage: "It was December 2019, Sao Paulo Brazil, the last time we set foot on any stage of any kind anywhere in the World. Little did any of us know this same 'World' was about to dramatically change… for all of us! At that time we were busy preparing for what was to be the '1984 To Headless' World Tour.
"In late January 2020 James Hetfield [METALLICA] was premiering his Custom Car Collection at the Petersen Car Museum in L.A. and being a vintage 'car guy' myself I was keen on going to check it out. There was a record amount of people attending the show. After taking pic's with a lot of the people there and talking music and cars it all seemed a great time was had by all…. until about a week later. One week later I thought I had come down with the flu and was feeling pretty rotten for about 4-5 days, but then it got worse every day for about 4 more days. Each day seriously worse than the one before. I'd never had anything like this ever happen before. And then I lost all sense of taste and smell for about 10 days. This too had never happened before. So I fought it for about 9 weeks and slowly over the news we start hearing about this strange new illness that nobody really knows what it is. Fast forward a few months and find I'd unknowingly been selected to become a 'Beta Tester' for this horrible new thing that didn't yet even have a name. Well everyone now knows how tragically it all played out all over the World.
"So let's recap the last 2 1/2 years. One global pandemic, One serious worldwide recession with gas prices spinning out of sight, and a monster sitting in the Kremlin deciding now is his time to retake and remake the old Russian Empire.
"Every single persons life was upended and quarantined into mass isolation with literally no where to go but sit and wait. But slowly life, as resilient as it has always been, reared its bloodied head and pushed forward one more time.
"So that brings us to Saturday night, July 23rd in Stockholm, Sweden. It's now been 2 1/2 years since we stood and played in front of an audience. We were seriously concerned about actually getting there. With all the flight cancellations, moving a band and crew and gear is challenging in the best of times. But now there are nightmare scenarios going on out there right now with airlines. But the flight could not have been better and band and crew and gear all arrived safe and ready to make sound.
"The longest break between shows I had ever done before in my life was a 3 year gap after touring the Crimson Idol in 92-93 and then to K.F.D. in 1996. But that was by design, this time it was not. But the funny thing was, when we got ready to do the rehearsals for the K.F.D. tour I had not played live or even been a rehearsal room with a band. I remember putting on the guitar for that first day of rehearsal and I thought, 'I have no idea how to do this anymore'. It was like I was in someone else's body with no clue how to play much less try to sing. That whole first day it was like I was walking around bumping into walls and the simplest of things was like I'd never done it before. But the 2nd day I started getting the hang of it again and the muscle memory returned pretty quickly.
"But although I expected it to be much the same as the K.F.D. rehearsals had been this time was totally different. Don't ask me why. This time the first day in rehearsals I put on the guitar and said to the guy's, 'wow, this is the first time I've stood up with a strap on since Sao Paulo'. Meaning all the guitar playing I'd done during the pandemic was sitting down in a studio. But then I ran back in my head what I had just said. I thought. 'I need to seriously rephrase that' and I told them, 'when I said I had not stood up with a strap on', it sounded like I said 'I hadn't stood up with a Strap-on since Sao Paulo'. Or sit down with one either for that matter. Talk about the ultimate Freudian Slip! Everybody in the room fell over laughing and from that moment forward playing all the songs was joy like I had not experienced in many, many years. Even when we got out on stage in Stockholm and being still totally jet lagged it was joy. The thing I'll remember the most was looking at peoples faces in the crowd. It's something I've seen so many times before but this time it was different. I saw happiness I had not seen in a long, long time and I don't think it was just me. What I believe I was seeing was a collective reaction by the everyone there and it was not like people who had been locked away for a long time, it was more of a collective sense of just joy. That's the best way I can describe it, just pure joy!
"I'm sure there's a lot to be said about 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' and I'm sure deep down on some phycological level we all knew it. And when I say 'we' I mean the band and the whole audience. But that's not what it looked like. It was almost like we were all doing it again for the first time and remembering what all those early shows we saw were all about.
"I'll take your faces with me for the rest of my life. And for that priceless gift…. Thank You Stockholm!
"After the first show in Stockholm we felt pretty good. Considering we had not been on stage in 2 1/2 years it all went pretty smooth. I don't care what anybody says, any Band, and I mean any Band, is going to feel that kind of hesitancy and apprehension after that long of a layoff. You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel that. But within just a song or two it was like we never left. The reviews were positive and the audience all seemed to dig it so we up and running once again.
"I would like to take a moment to explain that these 2 shows, as well as they were received, were never meant to be a representation of what the upcoming tour is going to be. They were festivals and our intention was to treat them as such. The upcoming 40th Anniversary Tour will look, sound and feel different than anything we've ever done before. That's not hype, THAT'S A FACT !
"We've been working on this presentation for a while now and I give you my word, this will be different than any other Rock Show we've ever done. On that note, I can say it's been a while since I was as excited about the elements of a show like what we're going to do this Fall. For the two Sweden shows we did not want to reveal anything that's going to be in this coming tour. I don't wanna keep you in suspense, but I'm sure you understand and I promise it'll be worth the wait. Personally I can't wait to get into rehearsals for this new show.
"The Skogsrojet Show was great. It was a little cold when we took the stage, but I like that because it's way easier to perform when it's cooler than being in a swampy sauna. It was also good to talk to some of the other Bands on the bill that we had not been able to run into in a long time.
"And then came the trip home. We got off stage at 1 AM in the morning and had to leave for the airport at 5:30 AM. After a 2 hour ride back to the airport in Stockholm and an 11 hour plane ride, from the time we got up the day before and the combined trip, we had gone 37 hours with zero sleep before we got back to L.A.
"It's like Ray Charles used to say, 'I don't get paid for playing, I get paid for traveling!' Truer words have never been spoken.
"So Good Night Sweden - We'll See You Next Year.
"BUT - Look out America - Very Soon….We're Coming to Hurt You!!"
W.A.S.P. recently postponed its European 40th-anniversary tour, originally scheduled for spring of 2022, until the spring of 2023. The new dates will take place in March, April and May of 2023. All tickets previously purchased for the 2022 tour will be valid at the rescheduled 2023 shows.
W.A.S.P. will embark on its first U.S. tour in a decade this fall. The trek will coincide the band's 40th anniversary and will include support from ARMORED SAINT and MICHAEL SCHENKER on select shows.
Lawless has led W.A.S.P. as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold-out shows across the globe for four decades. He is joined in W.A.S.P.'s current lineup by bassist Mike Duda and guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band span 26 and 18 years respectively, along with drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester.
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