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GLENN DANZIG ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTS A FAN AFTER HE IS CAUGHT TAKING PHOTOS AT A SHOW

Jason Silverstein of the New York Daily News reports:

Singer Glenn Danzig butted heads, literally, with a fan at a Montreal show.

According to TMZ, the singer reportedly ordered his security to assault the fan — and then beat the man personally — because he refused to stop taking pictures at a the show Sunday night (October 18th).

According to TMZ, the singer allegedly ordered his security to assault the fan — and then beat the man personally — because he refused to stop taking pictures at the show Sunday night (October 18th).

This is reportedly second time in four months that Danzig has assaulted a fan for photographing him.

The alleged victim, Neil Dalton, wrote in a now deleted Facebook post that he spent $100 and traveled to Montreal to see the show, only to get an unexpected fright when Danzig spotted him snapping photos. Danzig reportedly stopped his show to call out Dalton for violating his famous no-photo policy — then had security remove the fan and beat him, Dalton said.

Security allowed Dalton back into the show, only to drag him out once again, and this time Danzig joined in the attack, Dalton said.

The furious fan uploaded a photo that might make Danzig himself uneasy, showing his bloodied and battered face. a href=”http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/glenn-danzig-allegedly-assaulted-fan-pictures-article-1.2407568″ target=”_blank”>Click here to see the photo.

Montreal police confirmed it filed a report and is investigating but released no further details. Danzig’s rep did not return requests from the Daily News for a comment.

In July, a fan filmed himself confronting Danzig after a show for stealing a phone from the crowd. Danzig abruptly put him in a headlock and pulled him into a bus — a beating another fan caught on camera.

On the upside, his beatings are a nice change of pace from the infamous video of a fellow rocker knocking him out cold in a backstage brawl.

The New Jersey native, whose real name is Glenn Anzalone, is now touring North America, and photos apparently aren’t his only gripe — he swears he’s ready to stop touring altogether.

“I think this is going to be it,” he told Loudwire after his Wednesday (October 21st) show in New York City.

“I’ll do some shows here or there, but I don’t think I’m going to tour anymore.”

In other Danzig news, the singer will be releasing a covers album called, Skeletons, on November 27th. Danzig will be covering songs by artists such as Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Elvis Presley, ZZ Top, as well as others. To read all about this impending release, please go here.

additional source: nydailynews.com

MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK RELEASE VIDEO FOR “COMMUNION”

Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock have released a video for the song Communion. Listen to it below.

The track appears on the second album Spirit On A Mission and will be released as a single to promote the band’s upcoming European and UK tour dates – on which they’ll play the tune for the first time.

Schenker has also confirmed that the band will film their concert at Joy Eslava, Madrid, on November 19th, for a DVD release early next year.

He said, “We chose Madrid because of the immense support we’ve received there in the past. The crowds have always been very special to me – their passion is second to none, and we hope to capture the energy and excitement of the audience and the band.”

The outfit’s current tour schedule include headline European shows, UK support slots with Judas Priest and a headline run in the UK. Schenker recently spoke about making a third album with the Temple Of Rock lineup, saying it’s become a “very stable band.”

additional source: classicrock.teamrock.com

ANTHRAX RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “EVIL TWIN,” LISTEN HERE

Evil Twin, the first new song from Anthrax’s long-awaited album set for a first quarter 2016 worldwide release (Megaforce/North America * Nuclear Blast/Europe, UK), debuts today. Also released today is the Evil Twin lyric video, a compelling barrage of places, victims, actions, and some of the infamous zealots who have perpetrated violent extremism on innocents around the world, aptly exemplifying the song’s powerful message. Listen to it below.

Evil Twin is now available digitally, and can be purchased via iTunes and Amazon.

Musically, Evil Twin is a full-on thrash-metal tune that blasts off with a raging guitar riff, accelerates expeditiously and is completely uncontrollable.

“Yeah, that opening riff is really evil,” laughed the band’s Charlie Benante. “We had done a lot of touring with Death Angel and Exodus, so I was in a really thrashy state of mind when I starting writing the riffs for that song. I think along with Scott’s lyrics and Frank’s melodies, we came up with a really great, old school thrash metal feel.”

As bassist Frank Bello put it, “it’s a song that begs to be played live.”

Lyrically, the track unapologetically denounces the self-righteous religious extremists who spread their bloody terror under the guise of a holy war.

You represent your discontent
Slaughtering the innocent
Insolence
You’re no martyrs

“I was very affected by the Charlie Hebdo massacre as I have been with all of the shootings that have taken place at schools and movie theatres,” said guitarist/lyricist Scott Ian. “I can’t figure out what would cause someone to think that was the right thing to do. ‘I’ll show the world, I’ll make my God happy.’ It’s just such bullshit. I’m not bagging on religion, that’s not my intent, but people who go to that extreme, who feel they have become judge, jury and executioner over their fellow man because you or I don’t believe the same thing they do, I think that’s the Evil Twin of humanity. Writing words about that is my only catharsis.”

Beginning in the fall of 2014, Anthrax – Benante (drums), Ian (rhythm guitar), Bello (bass), Joey Belladonna (vocals), and lead guitarist Jon Donais – took their time in the studio recording the follow up to their Grammy-nominated, critically-acclaimed 2011 album, Worship Music. The band recorded some 20 original songs, almost twice as many as they had ever brought into the studio in the past. In terms of how the new music sounds, Bello said, “The thing about Anthrax…we have this heavy, thrashy music and Joey’s powerful and melodic vocals. I love heavy music, but I also love melody, so the challenge is to blend them together so they sound like Anthrax. I think we’ve done a really good job of that on the new album.”

In other Anthrax news, the band recently announced that it will be releasing a special 30th anniversary edition of their classic album Spreading The Disease, on November 20th. Read more about this special release here.

Anthrax are set to join their fellow Big Four comrades, Slayer, on a seven-week European tour that kicks off this Sunday, October 25th. The complete itinerary is below.

w/ Slayer, Kvelertak

October:

24 NL Drachten – Poppodium Iduna*
25. NL Tilburg – 013
26 F Paris – Le Zenith
27. CH Zurich – Komplex
28 F Clermont-Ferrand – La Cooperative De Mai*
30 E Bilbao – Santana 27
31. E La Coruna – Coliseum

November:

1 E Madrid – La Riviera
2 E Valencia – Sala Repvblicca*
3 E Barcelona – Razzmatazz
5 I Milan – Alcatraz
6 I Bologna – Zona Roveri*
7 A Vienna – Gasometer
8 D Leipzig – Haus Auensee
10.D Munich – Zenith
11 CZ Brno – Semilasso*
12 D Berlin – C-Halle
13 D Bochum – RuhrCongress
14 D Ludwigsburg – MHP Arena
16 D Frankfurt – Jahrhunderthalle
17 B Brussels – AB
18 B Ostend – De Zwerver*
19 LUX Luxembourg – Rockhal
21 UK Newport – Centre
22. UK Plymouth – Pavillion
24 UK Manchester – Apollo
25 UK Glasgow – Academy
26. UK Glasgow – Cathouse Rock Club*
27 UK Birmingham – Academy
28 UK Leeds – Academy
30 UK Brixton – Academy

December:

1 UK Brighton – Concorde 2*
2 NL Amsterdam – Melkweg The Max*
3 DK Helsinger – Kulturvaerflet
4 N Oslo – Spektrum
5 S Gothenburg – Lisebergshallen
7 FIN Helsinki – Hartwall Arena
9 RUS Moscow – Stadium Live
* only Anthrax + support

JUDAS PRIEST FRONTMAN ROB HALFORD ON ORIGINAL GUITARIST K.K. DOWNING: “I’D LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT THE FRIENDSHIP IS STILL THERE”

The Metal God, Rob Halford, was recently interviewed by Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of his One On One With Mitch Lafon podcast. Excerpts from the interview appear below as transcribed by blabbermouth.net.

On whether he still considers former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing a friend:

“Well, I’d like to consider that the friendship is still there. Yes, we’ve had no communication with K.K. since he retired. There were bits and pieces that have come to the surface from various portions of the media. And, again, it’s not unusual. He’s enjoying his life. He’s having a great time, from what I know, and I’m happy for him. We’ve always had, in this band… We’re always checking on each other’s welfare: ‘How are you doing? How are you feeling? Are you having a good day? What’s going on? [Is there] anything you wanna talk about?’ And so, on that level, we wish K.K. all the best. And, again, that’s just the way it is with the band. When I was away from Priest for ten years, I think it was, I had absolutely no communication with anyone in Priest or Priest’s management, and yet when we reunited, it was as though we just kind of said goodbye last week. That’s just the extraordinary bond that’s created when you’re in music. You know what it’s like, Mitch; you’ve spoken to musicians for many, many years, and you know how groups work. It can still be an extraordinarily fragile thing to be in a group, because it’s the chemistry of the band that’s made up of very individual, separate-minded people. But that collected chemistry makes something very, very special happen in the form of the music that you write and record and perform live.”

Discussing if he disappointed that he wasn’t in contact with the members of of the band during his time away from the band:

“Yeah, there were times when I felt, ‘I wish we were having some kind of communication.’ But having been in the band for so long, and knowing everyone like we do with each other, it wasn’t that perculiar. And I think if you had asked any of my mates who were in the same circumstance — you know who I’m talking about — when they were away during their solo ventures, I’m pretty sure that they went through the same type of thing as well. It’s like you have to kind of get something out of your system. It’s quite difficult to talk about because it is such an ingrained emotional thing that you’re going through. But, yeah, there were days when I was like, ‘I wish I could speak to Glenn [Tipton, Judas Priest guitarist]. I wish I could speak to management.’ And part of it is just a very peculiar human [characteristic] we’ve got about, ‘I don’t wanna pick the phone up and make a call and be rejected or pushed back.’ You know, it’s that hindsight thing. But I think human beings always tend to think about… not the worst possible outcome, but you kind of filter that in your brain before you make a move. And I, on a daily basis, I’m always trying to better myself in that way, through my sober tools and thinking that I have around me.”

Judas Priest are currently on their Redeemer Of Souls. Remaining tour dates, with special guests, Mastadon, can be seen below.

October:

27 – Coquitlam, Canada, @ The Hard Rock
28 – Coquitlam, Canada @ The Hard Rock
31 – Regina, SK, Canada @ Brandt Center

November:

1 – Winnipeg, MB, Canada @ MTS Center
3 – Peoria, IL @ Civc Center
5- Huntington, N.Y. @ Paramount Theater
6 – Huntington, N.Y. @ Paramount Theater
7 – Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center
10 – Halifax, NS, Canada @ Scotiabank Center
12 – Toronto, Canada, @ Air Canada Center

MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE 2016 “SHREDDERS FROM THE DEEP” DEPARTS FROM MIAMI THIS FEBRUARY 22ND-26TH WITH TESLA, EXTREME, QUEENSRYCHE, STEVE VAI, SEBASTIAN BACH, LYNCH MOB, ARMORED SAINT, PLUS MANY OTHERS

Monsters Of Rock Cruise–the four-day, four-night voyage out of Miami this February 22nd-26th, aboard the NCL Pearl–has announced its biggest line-up ever in its five year history. This year’s cruise, appropriately titled Shredders From The Deep, will feature 40+ bands including headliners Tesla, Steve Vai, Extreme, Sebastian Bach, Queensryche; Helloween and Y&T, plus guitar fantasy camps, pre-cruise events and more.

This year’s cruise itinerary includes pre-parties on February 20th and 21st (complimentary to all cruisers with entertainment/location TBA), visiting the private island of Great Stirrup Cay and the cosmopolitan resort meccas of Nassau and Paradise Island in the Bahamas, plus a full day of Metal mayhem at sea. Cabins are available now, starting at $999 per person (double occupancy), with Special EZ Pay financing options also available for as little as $499 USD per person down (double occupancy), with the remaining balance payable over 12 equal monthly installments beginning the month after the initial reservation is completed. For booking and more info, visit: monstersofrockcruise.com and connect on Facebook and Twitter.

The Monsters Of Rock Cruise: Shredders From The Deep will transport fans back to the era when Metal wasn’t just a music genre, it was a way of life. The final artist lin-eup for the 2016 Shredders From The Deep cruise include headliners Tesla, Steve Vai, Extreme, Sebastian Bach, Queensryche, Helloween and Y&T. Joining the headliners is an epic array of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal artists featuring: Michael Monroe, Gotthard, Doro, Lynch Mob, Vixen, Dangerous Toys, Kingdom Come, Armored Saint, Saigon Kick, XYZ, Killer Dwarfs, Metal Church, Hardcore Superstar, Akira Takasaki of Loudness, Jeff Scott Soto, Gus G of Ozzy Osbourne, Uli Jon Roth of Scorpions, Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake, Helix, Michael Angelo Batio, Vinnie Moore, Madam X, Tyketto, Anvil, Hellion, Dio Disciples, Lilian Axe, Soto, D-A-D, Heavy Mellow, Brandon Gibbs, Paradise Kitty and The Kix.

New this year to the cruise are Guitar Fantasy Camp at Sea Shredder Clinics, available to all passengers aboard the cruise for free as part of the cabin fee. Clinics will be given by Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore (UFO), George Lynch (Dokken and Lynch Mob), Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne), Michael Angelo Battio and Akira Takasaki (Loudness), with more instructors to be announced. Instructions to reserve these complimentary clinics will be given to cruisers a few weeks before the cruise.

According to cruise spokesman, Larry Morand, “The clinics are designed to give our passengers the opportunity to hone their guitar skills in an up close and personal experience with some of rock’s greatest shredders. Fans don’t just watch the artist perform, they make music with the artists.” In addition to all instruments being provided, artists in each clinic will be giving away an autographed guitar to one lucky fan in attendance.

In addition to the performances and clinics, the cruise will feature over-the-top special events only experienced on this voyage, including: Artist Meet & Greets, Monsters Rock & Roll Formal, Monster Gong Show Karaoke, Rock Star Dating, and Cooking with Rock Stars, and a “So You Think You Can Shred” Guitar Competition, with more events to be announced. As an added bonus, TV personalities and cruise hosts Eddie Trunk and Don Jamieson from VH1’s That Metal Show will moderate the intimate onboard artist Q&A’s. Rounding out the spectacular celebrity line-up are radio personalities Luc Carl from XM’s Hair Nation, along with San Francisco bay area radio host Nikki Blakk.

DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH STYX AND TESLA

With their new self titled album due for release Def Leppard on October 30th, the Sheffield band have just announced some tour dates that include Styx and Tesla.

The tour will begin on January 27th in Greensboro, N.C. and wind down on February 17th in Allentown, Pa.

Def Leppard are currently on the road will wrap thing up towards the end of December. The band will be hitting Japan, Australia, Singapore, Ireland and the United Kingdom. See a list of the dates on Def Leppard’s website.

Def Leppard, Styx, + Tesla 2016 U.S. Tour Dates

Jan. 27 – Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum
Jan. 29 – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. @ BB&T Center
Jan. 30 – Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center
Feb. 2 – San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center
Feb. 3 – Lafayette, La. @ Lafayette Cajundome
Feb. 5 – Corpus Christi, Texas @ American Bank Center Arena
Feb. 6 – Hidalgo, Texas @ State Farm Arena
Feb. 9 – Little Rock, Ariz. @ Verizon Arena
Feb. 10 – Bossier City, La. @ CenturyLink Center
Feb. 13 – Uncasville, Ct. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Feb. 14 – Atlantic City, N.J. @ Boardwalk Hall
Feb. 16 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center
Feb. 17 – Allentown, Pa. @ PPL Center

additional source: loudwire.com