This show has been cancelled due to the growing concerns over the Coronavirus Pandemic. No rescheduled date is available at this point of this update.
The mighty Overkill will take over Montclair, NJ with a host of exciting and crushing Metal bands. You sure don’t want to miss this one if you can help it.
Overkill will be a part of the Sundance/Roxy Reunion gigs and bring along Ludichrist and Toxic Shock as support. Try not to miss this one.
Tuesday might normally be for tacos, but for the duration today let’s call it “Touring Tuesday” as some great runs are being announced for the soon to arrive 2020 year. First up on my day’s alerts comes the news from Team Overkill. Let’s examine.
The Press Release:
Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL are proud to announce The Wings Over USA 2020 tour. Kicking off on February 26th at the House of Blues of Anaheim, the 17-date tour which will feature special guests EXHORDER and HYDRAFORM will make stops in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Atlanta before concluding in New Jersey. The final date will welcome M.O.D. featuring Billy Milano and DEMOLITION HAMMER.
Bobby Blitz comments, “Let’s get this show on the road, “Wings over the USA”, round two! We are bringing two heavy hitters with us, Exhorder and Hydraform, in what will shape up to be a sledgehammer-thrash fest. Looking forward to seeing you all! Horns up!”
Continue reading Overkill Announces “Wings Over The USA” 2020 Tour
The Heavy Metal and Hard Rock music scene of years gone by will leaf backward through the pages of its history book to some really good times and celebrate a famous concert promoter and the two venues that were under his command. Read on down below about the February 2020 “Reunion” Celebrations of The Sundance and The Roxy.
The Press Release:
On Saturday February 15th and Saturday February 22nd 2020, Long Island music venue impresario Frank Cariola’s decades spanning career will be celebrated in a 2 Night event at Mulcahy’s Concert Hall in Wantagh staged with an all star lineup presented by Loaded Concerts. The 90 year old Cariola will be present at the shows to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award that he has certainly proven himself to be worthy of.
Frank Cariola’s Sundance started as a country music club in January 1981 in Bay Shore, New York, eventually switching over to rock in 1985. If that sounds like a familiar story, it is. Hilly Crystal’s CBGB’s, which stood for “Country, Bluegrass and Blues,” was originally a country music bar before changing over to the seminal punk rock mecca that it became. Likewise, after Sundance became a rock venue, it hosted some of the biggest rock and heavy metal bands in history.
Continue reading Coming Early 2020: The Sundance/Roxy Reunion w Zebra, Overkill, Y&T & More
We’ve been sharing the intelligence secured from the folks behind the scenes at the much vaunted Wacken Open Air Festival (as seen HERE) and while it’s a new month for their side of the fence, its still Halloween over here in the states and what better a day to share news involving their event and the insanity that is Slipknot. Read on.
The Press Release:
Midnight, the witching hour – even more so in the final night of October to the 1st of November, when according to the popular American Halloween tradition all sorts of ghosts, vampires, and other nocturnal creatures are roaming around in seach of sweets and other treats.
There is no better time to announce a true metal monster for the upcoming 31st edition of the Wacken Open Air: SLIPKNOT!
Continue reading Wacken Open Air Announces Slipknot For A Headliner Slot In 2020