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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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13 авг 2023
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Undergoes Successful Back Surgery
On Thursday (August 10),Lawless released the following statement via social media: "I just got out my back surgery earlier today and all is good, the surgery was a big success! The Dr. said he was very pleased and the results were great. Now to get some rest. Thank you to everyone for all the support."
Because of the extensive back injuries Blackie suffered during the European leg of W.A.S.P.'s 40th-anniversary tour, the band's previously announced 2023 U.S. tour was canceled and will be rescheduled for spring 2024. Tickets and VIP packages can be refunded at the point of purchase.
When the U.S. tour cancelation was announced last month, Lawless said in a statement: "The extent of the trauma I endured on the 2023 European tour was far greater than originally diagnosed and surgery will now be needed to correct the problem. In addition to the original herniated disc, as that tour continued, a second disc became herniated. Upon returning home, a second MRI also revealed a broken vertebrae to my lower back.
"I've been fortunate to work with the best specialists in the U.S. and I've been in intensive rehab since we got home. It's going well but the damage was pretty extensive and all the doctors agree moving the tour a few months back will be the safest thing. It's all been as the result of an injury that happened several years ago. I'm working my butt off to get ready and I'll be up riding on [my mic stand nicknamed] Elvis... bigger and badder than ever. If the Torture Never Stops, then the 40th Never Stops!"
During a May 25 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Lawless spoke about completing W.A.S.P.'s recent European tour while seated after suffering a herniated disc in his back. He said: "This past Monday was my 10-year anniversary from when I broke my right femur. And it's a long, complicated story, but what's been going on with my back is a direct reflection of what happened with that femur being broken. Because I wore a lift for nine years, and come to find out I did not need that lift. And that was only determined last summer, so the lift was taken out. But the spine had adjusted to me walking with that lift. And when we took it out, then that's when the problems started. And it actually started at the beginning of the U.S. tour. And I was able to get through the U.S. tour okay, and we thought it had settled into place, but when we got to Europe, we quickly discovered, about two weeks into the tour, that was not the case. And what was happening is that the vertebrae were compressing some of the disks. I ended up rupturing a disk, and then that starts leaking out a gelatin that then wraps itself around the nerves coming out of the spinal cord. And that then creates this thing called nerve pain. And I don't know if people understand what that is, because I had heard of it but I had never experienced it before. And it is pain that you cannot imagine. It is unlike anything you've ever experienced before."
The 66-year-old guitarist/vocalist, whose real name is Steven Duren, continued: "I had to go to Berlin four times to get treatment. I received eight epidurals throughout the tour. That was the only way I was getting through it, because the pain is literally off the charts. And the doctors there told me, they said, 'This thing can become so intense, people commit suicide from it.' And I can see why people would do that.
"The first time I had to go in, you have to go into a surgical center because it's not something that can be done in a regular doctor's office. So we were in a hospital in Berlin. So they take me into the surgical room, or the operating room. And he told me, he said, 'Now I'm gonna inject this needle or insert this needle into you and I'm gonna touch your spinal cord with it.' He said, 'I want you to get ready for this.' Now, I didn't know what that meant — until he did it. And when he did it — I really don't have accurate words to describe what that feels like. The closest way I can explain it is it felt like an explosion, like a bomb went off inside my legs. And he said, 'I'm gonna have to do this one more time.' And I swear to you, I grabbed the table with both hands.
"You see these movies about mafia and things like that, where they're pulling guys' fingernails off with pliers. You don't need that," Lawless added. "You just show somebody a needle — they'll give up their kids. I'm here to tell you — there's nothing like it. I mean, you cannot fathom it unless you've been through it.
"So, anyway, they were able to keep me running, but they were afraid that I was gonna do further damage. So the deal was halfway during the tour that I would pull back about 50 percent of the movement that I was doing. But it started getting worse and worse. And we got to Zurich about two and a half weeks ago, and something happened during the show, and I knew something wasn't right. And that's when we went to sitting after that.
"We got home this past Saturday, and I went straight to the doctor's office. And they looked at me, and we said, 'Okay, let's do new pictures.' So we did new pictures this past Monday.
"I have a thing, and they determined this in Berlin — it's called mechanical compression," Blackie revealed. "And what that means is you get vertebrae that start pushing against each other, but they grind against each other at the same time because they start to cramp. Well, when we were doing the show in Zurich, it was cramping really bad and I couldn't get it to stop. And I was literally, literally hanging on to [my mic stand] Elvis while I was trying to sing and play at the same time.
"So we did the new pictures on Monday, and I have a cracked vertebra now in my spine. But as bad as that sounds, it's not the first time it happened," Lawless said. "It happened the first time in '92 on 'The Crimson Idol' tour. I got a little too close to the edge of the stage one night and some of the fans pulled me off the stage into the audience, and I ended up upside down in the crowd and they fell on top of me, and I broke a vertebra then. So this is the second time I've been through this. So it'll heal on its own. I start therapy tomorrow — it's a swimming pool thing that I'm gonna have to do to start first. But they say they're gonna have me up to speed in eight weeks to start the tour. So I'll be ready to go."
W.A.S.P.'s massive European leg of the 40th-anniversary world tour wrapped on May 18 in Sofia, Bulgaria at Universidada Sports Hall.
Produced by Live Nation, the North American leg of W.A.S.P.'s "The 40th Never Stops World Tour 2023" was scheduled to kick off on August 4 at the Fremont Theatre in San Luis Obispo, California, making stops across North America in Vancouver, British Columbia; Omaha, Nebraska; New York City; Memphis, Tennessee and more before wrapping up on September 16 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. Special guest ARMORED SAINT was supposed join the band across all 33 dates of the tour.
W.A.S.P. wrapped up its first U.S. tour in 10 years with a sold-out show on December 11, 2022 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. This marked the 18th sold-out shows for the U.S. tour, which kicked off in late October 2022. W.A.S.P.'s performances included the return of the band's classic song "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)", which hadn't been played live in over 15 years.
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 by bassist Mike Duda and guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band span 28 and 17 years respectively, along with drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester.
W.A.S.P.'s latest release was "ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)", which came out in February 2018. It was a new version of the band's classic 1992 album "The Crimson Idol", which was re-recorded to accompany the movie of the same name to mark the 25th anniversary of the original LP's release. The re-recorded version also features four songs missing from the original album.
W.A.S.P.'s most recent studio album of all-new original material was 2015's "Golgotha".
W.A.S.P.'s first live performance since December 2019 took place on July 23, 2022 at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden.
I just got out my back surgery earlier today and all is good, the surgery was a big success! The Dr. said he was very pleased and the results were great. Now to get some rest. Thank you to everyone for all the support. - Blackie Lawless#waspnation#wasp#blackielawless#hardrocpic.twitter.com/7uF8q7SuGK
— W.A.S.P. Nation (@WASPOfficial) August 11, 2023
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