DEEP PURPLE Postpone Leipzig (October 31) And Hamburg (November 1) Shows Of The "Splat!" World Tour As Ian Gillan Is Hospitalised After A "Medical Emergency"
The band announced it on X; both shows will be rescheduled and tickets remain valid. No further detail on Gillan's condition was given.
Ex-ACCEPT Singer David Reece Says He Will Join The Band At Two 50th-Anniversary Tour Shows: November 21 In Oberhausen, Germany And December 2 In Milan, Italy
He told Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice that he will sing a few songs, with Wolf Hoffmann putting the set together. ACCEPT have not announced it themselves.
STEVEN WILSON Says The Second STORM CORROSION Album With OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt Is Built Around A Single 45-Minute Piece
Speaking to the U.K. magazine Prog, he said they spent a week in Stockholm this year creating a 45-minute framework, that it is almost entirely acoustic and that the vocals have not been tracked yet. No release date has been given.
[Japan] BAND-MAID Introduce Lottery Merch Queue Tickets For Their November 13 And 14 Nippon Budokan Shows, "BAND-MAID WORLD TOUR 2026 FINAL NIPPON BUDOKAN"; Applications Via The Official LINE Account From 18:00 November 2 To 18:00 November 4
Winners are announced from 12:00 on November 5. Queue tickets can only be used with a ticket for that day's show, free-sale hours without one are also set, and the merch line-up will be announced later.
OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt Looks Back On The Band's Early Days: "We Were Accepted In The Norwegian Black Metal Scene Because There Were No Pictures Of Us"
Speaking with Loudwire, he recalled that the band only used silhouette photos at the time and talked about the influence of BATHORY. He said he was never too involved in the black metal scene because he was into DEEP PURPLE, SCORPIONS and later prog.
QUEENSRŸCHE's Todd La Torre Says He Is Working On Material For The Band's Next Album, Shares A Video Of Himself Singing IRON MAIDEN's "Powerslave" As A Warm-Up
In the video, filmed at his home studio, he said he was getting ready to continue working on new QUEENSRŸCHE material for the new album, and that he sometimes sings along to his favorite songs to break his voice in.
DIMMU BORGIR, SATYRICON And ENSLAVED Draw Nearly 10,000 To "Unholy Halloween" At Oslo Spektrum On October 31
BraveWords called it the biggest black metal event in Norway's history. ENSLAVED played "Forest Dweller" from their new album "Mið", released the day before.
[Japan] Sally Opens Her Fan Club On November 11, The Release Day Of Her Second Album "RE:RAIGN", With A Presale Lottery For Her March 21, 2027 Headline Show
The presale is open to both fan-club and YouTube Membership members; details on joining and on reserving tickets will follow.
[Japan] Sally Guests On FM NACK5's "Chameleon Party" In The 14:00 Hour On November 8, A Public Live Broadcast From Studio ALCHE At Omiya ALCHE That Anyone Can Watch
The show is hosted by Reo Tsuchiya and Moyoko Sasaki.