The 12 news items published in the morning and evening of Monday, August 31, 2026.
Part of the band's worldwide farewell tour, the two shows play Grand Cube Osaka on February 22 and Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on February 24. It is their 17th visit to Japan and their first in four years, with a combined attendance of 10,000 expected. Tickets are 18,000 yen (S seat) and 17,000 yen (A seat) including tax, with the general on-sale opening on September 19 in both cities. Promoted by Udo Artists.
The band join MAZE -BAND SET- and AILIFDOPA on the bill for 'RAGING PIT' at Nishi-Eifuku JAM in Tokyo on October 25. Advance tickets are 4,400 yen and door tickets 4,900 yen including tax, on sale through LivePocket from 21:00 on August 31.
The band opened the North American run on August 29 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the first of two nights at the venue. The set featured five Paul Di'Anno-era songs, and "Infinite Dreams" was performed in Canada for the first time since the 1988 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' tour.
The band returned to the stage on August 28 at Casa Cafe in Chicago, their first show since guitarist Bo Lueders died in April. Bassist Casey Soyk moved to guitar alongside Nick Gauthier, with Drew Brown of Weekend Nachos joining on bass. A tribute show for Lueders followed on August 29 at Chicago's Ramova Theater, with guest appearances from the Young brothers of Twitching Tongues, Anthony DiDio of Vein.fm and former Harm's Way guitarist Jay Jancetic.
Guitarist Marcos Curiel and bassist Mark "Traa" Daniels revealed that recording is complete on the follow-up to 2024's 'Veritas'. The sessions took place at producer Will Yip's new Memory Music Studios in the Whitman section of South Philadelphia.
Udo Premium Members book from 12:00 on September 1 to 23:59 on September 6, and Udo Members from 12:00 on September 3 to 18:00 on September 18. Both presales cover S seats only, and general on-sale begins at 10:00 on September 19.
The one-night Tokyo show at SGC Hall Ariake on September 30, part of the band's Asia tour, will be broadcast on WOWOW Prime and streamed on WOWOW On Demand, followed by a 14-day archive.
The second advance single from the band's first full-length album, due October 7. The lyric video was created by the VJ and video artist COCOA*.
Play MVThe band has revealed that the illness which forced them to abandon their One Last Ride Tour of Europe, announced on August 10, was a cardiac arrest. Anderson, 79, is in hospital receiving treatment.
The single dropped earlier this month and debuted on SiriusXM's Octane.
Play MVThe first single of a new chapter for the Detroit quartet, with a video shot and edited by Full Send Studios. The band plays a hometown show at The Shelter in Detroit on December 4.
Play MVLee Richards, the original guitarist of Godsmack and a key songwriter for Dropbox and Another Animal, composed and produced 'Songs From A Broken World' entirely on his own. Metalville releases it on October 30.