The 7 news items published in the evening of Monday, August 24, 2026.
After procedures to remove a kidney stone and insert a ureteral stent, doctors ordered further rest, citing heat, humidity and the effect on the Type 1 diabetic singer’s blood sugar. Seven dates between August 22 and November 14 are affected.
The band returned to the stage on August 22 at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Billy Gibbons did not address Beard’s death directly, calling him “our dear drummer for 50 years” as he introduced his replacement, Michael Monahan.
At the August 22 festival in the band’s hometown of Gothenburg, Heafy guested on “Artifacts Of The Black Rain” from 1996’s “The Jester Race”, while Stanne — who sang on IN FLAMES’ 1994 debut “Lunar Strain” — shared vocals on “Behind Space”.
At the same Göteborg Brinner festival on August 22, the band closed its set with the 1995 AT THE GATES song, joined by IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén.
Speaking to Czech Republic’s Metalshop TV, Ice-T said the follow-up to November 2024’s “Merciless” has a working title but is only just starting, beginning with riffs.
Cavalera says last October’s thirteenth album “set up the blueprint for what SOULFLY is gonna become on the next 10 years”. The band plays a 25-date U.S. tour this fall with NAILBOMB and INCITE.
Speaking to IndiePower TV, Lawless said the working title “Tales From The Square Mile” refers to the square mile he lived in nearly five decades ago; six years in, the book is still unfinished.