The 16 news items published in the morning and evening of Saturday, September 12, 2026.
The talk event is held by radio stations FM802 and FMCOCOLO to mark Masa Ito's 50th anniversary as a DJ. Tak Matsumoto, Jack Blades and Eric Martin appear in the second half, billed as “MASA's Talk Battle Royale”. It starts at 18:30 and is due to end around 20:15. Entry is by invitation only, with 250 pairs of listeners invited; applications run from September 12 to October 4.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the suit was filed in Fulton County Court on September 3 and claims the late guitarist had never been bought out of his share of MASTODON and its related businesses before his death. The estate also accuses the band of using Hinds's likeness after his death to promote its recently released album “Marrow Deep”. On September 11 the surviving members said via social media that “a private business dispute with the estate of our dear departed friend Brent Hinds was made public”, and that they believe the claim is meritless and intend to defend it vigorously.
Bleecker Street's event cinema division Crosswalk has acquired the North American rights to the first-ever authorized feature-length documentary on the band, a complete and all-access account of its journey from the U.K. to a global fandom. It was directed by Jeff Feuerzeig (“The Devil And Daniel Johnston”, “Author: The JT LeRoy Story”), who produced it alongside Alice Rhodes and Sam Bridger for VICE Studios, Nicholas Ferrall and Jeanne Elfant Festa of White Horse Pictures, Danny Gabai of The Searchers Documentary Films and Brian T. Nugent of Sobey Road Entertainment. The film was made in close collaboration with the band.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the million-selling compilation arrives worldwide on November 27. The 180g one-step pressing double transparent light brown etched vinyl comes in a gatefold sleeve with new liner notes, limited and numbered to 3,000 copies, with a silent Side D carrying an etching based on original sketch designs by guitarist Paul Gilbert. The SACD hybrid multi-channel edition includes new 5.1 mixes of “Wild World”, “Colorado Bulldog”, “Promise Her The Moon”, “Nothing But Love” and “Seven Impossible Days”. The MQA-CD+CD set adds live material from the ten years leading up to the compilation, including hard-to-find and previously unreleased performances of “Addicted To That Rush” and “Green-Tinted Sixties Mind”.
The 2000 album, recorded with founding guitarist Timo Tolkki, was deliberately left un-remastered for the reissue because the original master still sounds excellent. It is presented as a 2LP 180g gold vinyl edition in a gatefold sleeve with gold foil, an eight-page booklet and three bonus tracks, and is out on October 2.
Play MVThe video is built around a live audio recording captured at the band's performance at Porão do Rock in Brasília, combined with footage from several of Angra's recent appearances on Brazilian stages. It was directed and produced by Maycon Avelino.
Play MVThe U.S. and Canada tour with KK'S PRIEST opened on Thursday, September 10 at The Magnolia in El Cajon, California. The 17-song setlist drew mostly on the band's first four albums — 1984's “W.A.S.P.”, 1985's “The Last Command”, 1986's “Inside The Electric Circus” and 1989's “The Headless Children” — and opened with URIAH HEEP's “Easy Livin'”, a song W.A.S.P. covered on “Inside The Electric Circus” but had never played live. “Mr. Cool” originally appeared on a demo by SISTER, Blackie Lawless's pre-W.A.S.P. band, and later evolved into “Cries In The Night” from “The Last Command”.
The band announced that tickets are now on sale for two nights at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans on November 20 and 21. The bill also features DOWN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, POWER TRIP, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, CROWBAR, PIG DESTROYER, EYEHATEGOD, Rāde and Herakleion.
The clip is the first footage made available from the collaboration shows, which played to sold-out crowds at Planet Hollywood's Criss Angel Theatre earlier this year. Cooper also revealed that Nita Strauss will rejoin his band for the upcoming Las Vegas dates on November 27-28 and December 4-5. Strauss, who joined him in 2014, last appeared with the band in Las Vegas on March 6-8 before taking a leave of absence to have a baby.
Play MVLive Nation Brasil has announced that the band's final concert on November 7 in São Paulo has moved from the Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu stadium, which holds around 26,000, to the Suhai Music Hall, which holds just over 9,000. Previously announced support acts KRISIUN, SACRED REICH and METAL ALLEGIANCE will still perform, and tickets for the original venue remain valid. Those unable to attend at the new location may request a refund.
The U.K. “death pop” outfit led by the former MY DYING BRIDE and current TOWARDS THE SINISTER frontman has released a standalone single via Spinefarm, produced by PARADISE LOST's Gregor Mackintosh and mixed by Lawrence Mackrory (MESHUGGAH, KATATONIA). It is timed to the band's mainstage performance at London Metalfest 2026 at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, on a bill headlined by CANDLEMASS, with a signing session at a nearby record shop at 7:30 p.m.
Play MVThe band have booked a last-minute show at The Sovereign in St. Louis on September 18, a 1,200-capacity venue, with tickets at $30 and all proceeds going to a food bank. Recent years have seen them playing mostly festivals and support slots on large tours, making the small-room date a rare chance to see them up close.
The world premiere of “Unleashed Spirits: The Rise Of The Hollywood Vampires” takes place at the Boch Center Wang Theatre on Friday, September 18 at 7 p.m., opening the 42nd Annual Boston Film Festival.
The trailer for “Yatsuhakamura”, in cinemas across Japan from September 18, has been released using “DOOM”, the song TMG wrote as the film’s theme. “DOOM” is an instrumental and appears on the band’s third album “TMG III SAYONARA”, out on October 14.
Play videoThe twelve-track record is the eleventh studio album from the band, who have stood for German-language metalcore for a quarter of a century. HEAVEN SHALL BURN guest on “Jacuzzi Der Verzweiflung”. Callejon look back on over 1,000 concerts and seven consecutive Top 10 placements in the Official German Album Charts. The video was directed by singer BastiBasti.
Play MVThe EP holds five tracks: “In A Fever Dream”, “Delirium”, “Eclipsed By You”, “Bleeding Sky” and “Lotus”. The physical release comes as a CD, a Deep Blood Red LP in Europe, a Lotus White LP in the US and a clear LP limited to the band’s own store. It arrives in the middle of the band’s European headline tour, which runs from Barcelona on September 23 to Copenhagen on October 15.
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