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New England Metal and Hardcore Fest

On September 21^st and 22^nd, The Palladium Outdoors in Worchester, MA will be playing host to the New England Metal and Hardcore Fesr. Killswitch Engaged will be headlining with a 25^th Anniversary set. The band Nails’s first new album in 8 years, and it’s also the first show for Mammoth Grinder show in six years. And Bane, The Red Chord, and With honor will be putting in rare reunions.

New England Metal & Hardcore Fest — Band Lineup
Headliners:
Killswitch Engage (Saturday)
Slaughter to Prevail (Sunday)

In alphabetical order:
200 Stab Wounds
After The Burial
Alluvial
As I Lay Dying
Balmora
Bane
Better Lovers
Brand Of Sacrifice
Brat
Converge
Corpse Pile
Death Before Dishonor
Disembodied Tyrant
Ends of Sanity
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Full of Hell
Incendiary
Integrity
Jarhead Fertilizer
Life Cycles
Machine Head
Mammoth Grinder
Missing Link
Mouth For War
Nails
No Cure
On Broken Wings
Overkill
Pain of Truth
Psycho Frame
Shadow of Intent
Simulakra
Since The Flood
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicide Silence
The Red Chord
The Zenith Passage
Throwdown
Trail Of Lies
Tribal Gaze
Two Piece
Upon Stone
With Honor

Heart

Heart will be kicking off their “Royal Flush Tour” commencing on April 20^th. Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson haven’t played together since 2019, but have played separately. Now they’re not only touring, but adding 30 tour dates to the summer leg of their tour. The new dates will begin April 20^th. They’re being supported by Cheap Trick, and at some of the tour date’s, Jason Bonham’s Led Zepplin and Bachman Turner Overdrive will lend a hand. The pre-sale for the new tour dates began Wednesday, April 3^rd, while Ticketmaster presale began the next day. Heart is currently making the rounds on television.

Heart 2024 Tour Dates:
04/20 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena ^
04/22 – Savannah, GA @ Enmarket Arena ^
04/25 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live
04/26 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena ^
04/28 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
05/01 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
05/03 – Thackerville, OK @ Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and Resort
05/04 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center ^
05/07 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse ^
05/10 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena ^
05/11 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center ^
05/13 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena ^
05/15 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center ^
05/17 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena ^
05/18 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center ^
05/21 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena ^
05/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena ^
05/24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live
06/20 – Dessel, BE @ Graspop Metal Meeting
06/22 – Berlin, DE @ UberEats Music Hall ^
06/24 – Stockholm, SE @ Grona Lund ^
06/25 – Helsinki, FI @ Ice Hall ^
06/27 – Oslo, NO @ Tons of Rock Festival
06/30 – Clisson, FR @ Hellfest
07/01 – London, UK @ The O2 %
07/03 – Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham %
07/05 – Nottingham, UK @ Capital FM Arena %
07/06 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena %
07/08 – Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena %
07/09 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro %
07/11 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal – Club ^
07/12 – Weert, NL @ Bospop Festival
07/30 – Cleveland, OH @ Progressive Field #
08/01 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre ^
08/02 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre #
08/05 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park #
08/07 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre ^
08/08 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre ^
08/10 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena ^
08/11 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center ^
08/13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center ^
08/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum ^
08/16 – Hinckley, MN @ Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater
08/18 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena ^
08/21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena ^
08/23 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Coliseum ^
08/24 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson Boling Arena at Food City Center ^
08/27 – Norfolk, VA @ Scope Arena ^
08/28 – Allentown, PA @ The Great Allentown Fair
09/17 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center ^
09/20 – West Valley City, UT @ Maverik Center ^
09/22 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
09/26 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center ^
09/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena ^
09/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center ^
10/02 – Lubbock, TX @ United Supermarkets Arena ^
10/04 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center ^
10/05 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center *
10/08 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center ^
10/10 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ^
10/12 – North Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena ^
10/14 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena ^
10/16 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum ^
10/17 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum ^
10/19 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena ^
10/21 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
11/13 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at BJCC *
11/14 – Memphis, TN @ FedExForum *
11/16 – Wichita, KS @ Intrust Bank Arena *
11/19 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena *
11/21 – Moline, IL @ Vibrant Arena at The MARK *
11/22 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center *
11/24 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre !
11/27 – Saskatoon, SK @ Sasktel Centre !
11/29 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place !
11/30 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome !
12/03 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum ^
12/05 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena ^
12/07 – Boise, ID @ Extra Mile Arena
12/09 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden1 Center ^
12/12 – Bakersfield, CA @ Mechanics Bank Arena (special guest TBA)
12/13 – San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena ^
12/15 – Las Vegas, NV @ Fontainebleau Las Vegas (An Evening With)

^ = w/ Cheap Trick
# = w/ Journey and Def Leppard
% = w/ Squeeze
* = w/ Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening
! = w/ BTO featuring Randy Bachman

KISS

Legendary band KISS, perhaps in a move to simultaneously cash in and achieve band immortality, is sold not only its music catalog, but also its name and likeness to Pophouse Entertainment out of Sweden. Pophouse is behing ABBA’s Voyage Tour and Kiss’s upcoming Avatar shows. The deal cost Pophouse $300 million dollars. This move would enable Pophouse to continue putting on KISS shows in holographic form using their original music, or creating new music in their style. It also includes their makeup styes.

The Head of Investment for Pophouse, Johan Lagerlöf, told Music Business Worldwide, “The band has consistently been able to appeal to new generations of fans and our mission is to fulfill the band’s vision to become immortal, and to let new generations discover and be part of the KISS journey and carry it forward. With the help of the fans’ energy, the band, our expertise, and creativity — we will make that vision happen.”

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