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Halestorm has announced the second leg of its North American tour that will showcase all female-fronted hard rock outfits, including co-headliners In This Moment. Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale said, “After the announcement of our tour with In This Moment, the response was so great that we decided to do another run together! It’s going to be so much fun to tour with our good friends! See you all on the road!”

The first leg of the tour kicks off later this month on April 30th in Houston, Texas, with dates through May. The new dates begin July 27th in Kansas City, Missouri and run through the end of August.

• New Years Day and Stitched Up Heart will join the first leg of the tour, while New Years Day will return for the second leg.
• Halestorm is currently finishing up its fourth studio album, which will follow up 2015’s Into The Wild Life. In This Moment is touring behind its latest LP, Ritual, which arrived last July.
• Newly confirmed Halestorm/In This Moment tour dates (subject to change):
  July 27 – Kansas City, MO – Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
  July 29 – Toledo, OH – Centennial Terrace
  July 31 – Baltimore, MD – UMBC Event Center
  August 2 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
  August 3 – Albany, NY – Capital Center
  August 4 – Portland, ME – [to be announced]
  August 6 – Buffalo, NY – Mainstage Theatre at Artpark
  August 7 – Columbus, OH – Express Live
  August 10 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Cove
  August 14 – Missoula, MT – Big Sky Brewing Company
  August 16 – Spokane, WA – Star Theater at Spokane Arena
  August 17 – Seattle, WA – WAMU
  August 18 – Eugene, OR – Cuthbert Amphitheater
  August 20 – Medford, OR – Bi-Mart Amphitheater
  August 21 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort
  August 23 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
  August 24 – Funner, CA – Harrah’s Resort SoCal Events Center

Richie Sambora says that the Rock Hall reunion with Jon Bon Jovi was deeply emotional and went down without any negativity. Sambora, who played his first gig with the Bon Jovi in five years, was asked by Rolling Stone about getting in the room with his former songwriting partner, with Sambora revealing, “He came up and kissed me; I kissed him back. He said, ‘I love you’; I said, ‘I love you, too, man. Let’s get it on.’ . . . It’s always great to see the guys. There’s a lot of love here, that’s for sure. When I first walked in, we hadn’t seen each other in three years, and they go, ‘Does it feel awkward?’ No. . . it doesn’t feel awkward at all. I mean, they’re my songs.” Read More >> Rolling Stone 

Did You Know: 

• Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi co-wrote such legendary Bon Jovi classics as “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “Livin’ On A Prayer,” “Wanted Dead Or Alive,” “Bad Medicine,” “I’ll Be There For You,” “Born To Be My Baby,” “Lay Your Hands On Me,” “It’s My Life,” “Have A Nice Day,” “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” among many more.

Metallica‘s All Within My Hands charitable foundation announced on Monday (April 16th) that its first day of service will take place on Wednesday, May 23rd, with the band and the foundation inviting fans across the United States to volunteer for a day at the community food banks the band supported during last summer’s North American tour. In cooperation with Feeding America, Metallica made contributions to its local partners in each city the band visited during its 2017 stadium tour. With the aim of continuing to support the fight against hunger, Metallica is encouraging fans to give a few hours of their time on May 23rd to make a difference.

The sons of Stone Sour and Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor and Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan have launched their own band. Video footage of singer Griffin Taylor, drummer Simon Crahan and two more unnamed bandmates performing Slipknot’s “The Devil In I” and “Dead Memories” in their rehearsal space has been posted online. Blabbermouth 



Staind frontman Aaron Lewis has fired back at Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland, calling him a “bougie motherf**ker” who didn’t appreciate being reminded where he is from. Lewis made his remarks this past weekend during a solo concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, saying, “Wes Borland, who I love dearly, who obviously has some f**king things to say about me. F**k that motherf**ker!” The PRP

A Perfect Circle pays tribute to pop culture icons who have left us in the band’s new song, “So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish.” Singer Maynard James Keenan references the deaths of Gene Wilder, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali and Carrie Fisher on the track, which is the latest single from APC’s upcoming LP, Eat The Elephant. Keenan told Rolling Stone how so many recent celebrity deaths inspired the track, explaining, “The immediacy of social media made it more impactful with more of a rapid fire to be able to see that list every day of people that you were familiar with over the years passing . . . at the age of 53, you start to take it pretty seriously.” (Rolling Stone)