A representative of the band reportedly tells TMZ that last week's shooting of 22-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Christina Grimmie and the terrorist attack in Orlando played a factor in the group's decision.
The band say: "Filter just received a death threat at the club tonight. We will not be performing." In addition, Combichrist, who were due to issue a new music video this week, say they've postponed its release in light of the US shootings. Read more
here.
He tells exclusively TeamRock: "It's the big anniversary of two big rock albums next year. One is Def Leppard's Hysteria, the other one is Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses. It was a big year in 1987.
"I'd love to have the reformed Guns N' Roses here, who knows? I'm certainly not giving any clues and I've not booked them, but that would be an amazing thing." Read more
here.
Ian and Gower discuss how the design for the king of the White Walkers came about. The producers wanted him to have a regal, almost royal, look about him. Gower explains how they were toying with the idea of having him wear a crown but instead altered his appearance instead. "Maybe we do something to his physiology so he's actually got these ice-like thorns growing out of his skull," he recounts of their decision.
Once Ian begins to don the different prosthetics, he's struck by how flexible everything is. For every little movement, the mask moves with him as if it were a second skin. Once the prosthetics have been applied, designers step in to add texture, hair, and colored contact lenses. The result is one creepy Ian.
Ian now has the distinction of having played both a White Walker on Game of Thrones, and a Walker on The Walking Dead; he told Radio.com about his Walking Dead experience last year. Watch the NSFW transformation in full
here.
The band say in a statement: "We are honoured to announce our biggest ever UK headline tour later this year. We are going to be playing some huge venues - including the iconic Roundhouse in London - and we want to see all of you.
"We are also bringing our friends in Northlane, Stray From The Path and Wage War." Tickets for all shows go on sale on July 17 at 10am GMT. See the dates
here.
It was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, and guitarrist and vocalist Matt Page praised the music veteran for his work behind the desk on the follow-up to 2014's Heretics.
He said: "We decided we needed help realising the vision we had for the new album. The songs were different enough from our earlier material that we felt they needed a new treatment and a fresh set of ears to help pull out the strengths and tighten up the ambiguities of each song.
"We contacted several producers we wanted to work with, and sent them the demos. We were thrilled to learn Nick Raskulinecz was interested in working with us. We went to Nashville to meet him and jam at Rock Falcon Studio and had a blast. There was a real chemistry between all of us and we knew we'd found our guy." Watch the video
here.
Singer Elin Larsson said of the album title: "Lady Gold is a character who symbolises death. We wanted a twist on the typical stereotype of death being the grim reaper. So instead we made her a lady in gold."
Last month, the band revealed the cover art for the record and announced a UK and Ireland tour, which gets under way in November. Prior to those shows, Blues Pills have a number of European dates scheduled, kicking off in Norway on June 23. Watch the video and see the tour dates
here.
Now the band has confirmed the tour dates for the trek, which will take place in October and November, with (Hed) p.e, Sumo Cyco and Kaleido in support.
Mitchell said: "October, we will be back in the UK. It's 15 years of Anthology so we're gonna come back and probably do Anthology back-to-back."
AAF released their fifth album Always And Forever last year and head out on the road across the US later this month. See the dates
here.
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