NEWS LINEUP 2026.10.09

The 22 news items published in the morning and evening of Friday, October 9, 2026, with the day's 2 features.

Artists in the day's news

Features

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TMG's Jack Blades and Eric Martin Visit Best Hit USA on October 15 — With a Night Ranger Song in the Set

TMG's Jack Blades and Eric Martin come into the studio for Best Hit USA on BS Asahi at 23:30 on Thursday, October 15. The show plays the Ado collaboration SAYONARA and reaches back for a Night Ranger song from Jack Blades's other band.

The full feature: METAL BOOST (October 9, 2026)

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LOVEBITES Will Take 2027 Off From Live Performances — New Music Continues, and the Stage Returns in 2028

LOVEBITES announced on October 9 that they will take 2027 off from live performances. The band itself is not stopping: new songs, the members' own projects and planned releases continue, and the shows return in 2028, after a tenth-anniversary 2026 that took in the Nippon Budokan and Wacken Open Air.

The full feature: METAL BOOST (October 9, 2026)

Morning edition

GUNS N' ROSES Added As 'Very Special Guest Performers' To AEROSMITH's "California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends"

They join the October 29 and November 1 shows at the Hollywood Bowl. The artist presale starts October 9 and the general on-sale October 10 (local time).

Source: Blabbermouth (October 8, 2026)

TRIVIUM Announce Eleventh Album 'Crown In The Grave', Out November 20 Via Roadrunner; Title Track Video Released

The band tour North America as headliners from November 5 to December 19.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 8, 2026)

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TONY IOMMI Announces Global Listening Events For Solo Album 'From The Dark' On October 22, The Night Before Release; Tokyo At Godz

The album is out on October 23. The events take place at rock and metal bars in cities including Birmingham and London.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 8, 2026)

SLASH Honored With 2026 'Les Paul Spirit Award'

The Les Paul Foundation presented the award on October 5 at the Les Paul Recording Studio at Universal Master Recordings in Hollywood.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 8, 2026)

ORBIT CULTURE Release Video For New Version Of "The Path I Walk" Featuring Cellist Tina Guo

The deluxe edition of 'Death Above Life' is out on October 9.

Source: ThePRP (October 8, 2026)

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MENTAL CRUELTY Release Video For "Dämmerbruch / Ride Of The Valkyries" From Upcoming Album 'Echoes Of A Forlorn Land'

The album was produced by Jens Bogren.

Source: BraveWords (October 8, 2026)

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ELEINE Release Video For "Ich Sehe Dich" From Fifth Album 'The Water Taste Of Blood', Out December 4

It is released via Algoth Records / Sound Pollution.

Source: BraveWords (October 8, 2026)

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Evening edition

STMLT Hold Regular Show "Raimei Zensen vol.1 ~ Mofu-chan Presents Idol Show ~" On November 15

Tickets are sold through LivePocket, with DreamARK as the seller.

Source: LivePocket (October 9, 2026)

JUDAS PRIEST's Ian Hill Announces His Retirement; URIAH HEEP's Dave Rimmer To Step In

Hill cites arthritis. Rimmer previously stood in for him at the band's September 21 concert at the Eventim Apollo in London.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 9, 2026)

NICKELBACK Announce 2027 'Everything Under The Sun' World Tour; North American Leg Opens February 6 In Pittsburgh

The arena tour supports their eleventh album, 'Everything Under The Sun', out October 30. The Australian leg runs from October 2 in Perth to October 16.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 9, 2026)

POWER TRIP Release 'Precinct 3' / 'Scavenger', Their First New Music Since Riley Gale's Death; Seth Gilmore On Vocals, New Album In 2027

They are the band's first recordings since singer Riley Gale died in 2020, with longtime friend Seth Gilmore on vocals.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 9, 2026)

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JOURNEY Drummer Deen Castronovo Suffers Medical Emergency During Tulsa Concert; Show Stopped After Two Songs

It happened at the band's October 8 concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The show stopped after two songs and keyboardist Jonathan Cain addressed the crowd.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 9, 2026)

DEAFHEAVEN Surprise-Release 'At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb' EP; 'Hunter' Film Released

The three-song EP is what the band calls their heaviest outing yet.

Source: ThePRP (October 9, 2026)

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THE VIOLENT HOUR To Release Debut Album 'Pretty Girls Do Ugly Things' On January 22, 2027

The 11-track album comes from the band formed by ex-BUTCHER BABIES singer Carla Harvey.

Source: Blabbermouth (October 9, 2026)

PENDRAGON To Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Seventeenth Album 'Go Your Way', Tour And Weekender Events

The UK prog rockers release the album in September 2027.

Source: Louder (October 9, 2026)