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DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara Says COVID-19-Related Heart Damage Is Preventing Him From Flying Overseas

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DevilDriver have dropped off of this year’s Bloodstock Open Air festival in Derbyshire, UK. The band scrapped the performance as Dez Fafara continues to suffer from complications related to his past battle with COVID-19.

Fafara issued the following statement:

“Hello Bloodstockers, this is Dez from DevilDriver.

In 2021, I came down with Covid which left me with heart problems. I had to live downstairs in my house, as I could barely walk more than a few feet without collapsing. I, in fact was saying goodbye to my family at the time and didn’t think I would pull through.

I took 2022 off and very slowly started to walk one block, then two blocks, and had to fight my way back very hard – it took me 14 months to get to a point where I could perform again on stage.

My cardiologist (who saved my life) has asked me to not take any long flights this year at all as we monitor the situation. It has been a very long road for myself and my family, but am returning to form. Even on tour [in the U.S.] now with DevilDriver, I must do the show, then go straight to my bunk to rest, as I still have inflammation in my lower heart and it’s that what’s preventing me from taking flights overseas. So it is with the heaviest of hearts that DevilDriver must pull down our long awaited Bloodstock performance. I am sorry if this causes any inconvenience and I hope within the next 12-24 months to get the all clear from my doctor to fly and tour overseas.

I want you all to know it’s thinking about touring, being on stage again, and playing music that’s actually helped me to survive this.

I love you all please be good to each other and I’m grateful for any prayers you can send our way as they will certainly be well received. We certainly would not be pulling out had health not come into play.

We sent Bloodstock a mail regarding this a little ago, but due to us being on a tour bus, we have now realized it went to our outbox and had not sent, so that’s where the confusion is with Coal Chamber announcing US shows at that time. We see Bloodstock as extended family to us and feel horrible our mail didn’t get sent.

Stay blessed, Dez Fafara”

As Fafara mentioned, Coal Chamber will be touring with Mudvayne, GWAR, Nonpoint, and Butcher Babies this summer. It’s worth noting that Nonpoint have since pulled out of Bloodstock as well.

Mudvayne Announce Summer Tour With Coal Chamber, GWAR, Nonpoint, & Butcher Babies

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Mudvayne have announced a summer headlining tour. Coal Chamber, GWAR, Nonpoint, and Butcher Babies will open.

Tour Dates:

07/20 West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
07/21 Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
07/23 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
07/25 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
07/26 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/28 Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
07/29 Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
07/30 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
08/01 Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
08/02 Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
08/04 Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
08/05 Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
08/06 Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
08/08 Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
08/09 Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center
08/12 Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
08/13 Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
08/15 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
08/16 Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
08/17 Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
08/19 Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
08/20 Reno, NV – Grand Theatre
08/22 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
08/23 Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
08/25 West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
08/26 Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

Three Days Grace, The Pretty Reckless, BABYMETAL, Dethklok, Etc. Added To 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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Three Days Grace, The Pretty Reckless, BABYMETAL, Dethklok, Sleeping With Sirens, Of Mice & Men, and I See Stars have been added to this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival. That event is scheduled to take place in Alton, Virginia on September 7-10.

Here’s the updated lineup:

  • Pantera
  • Shinedown
  • Limp Bizkit
  • Evanescence
  • Megadeth
  • Three Days Grace
  • Chevelle
  • Pierce The Veil
  • Parkway Drive
  • Motionless In White
  • Coheed And Cambria
  • The Pretty Reckless
  • BABYMETAL
  • Beartooth
  • Highly Suspect
  • Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
  • Coal Chamber
  • Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm)
  • Bad Omens
  • Black Label Society
  • Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)
  • Machine Head
  • Blue October
  • Dethklok
  • The Ghost Inside
  • Asking Alexandria
  • Spiritbox
  • VV (aka HIM’s Ville Valo)
  • Tech N9ne
  • Testament
  • Biohazard
  • Job For A Cowboy
  • Cavalera Conspiracy (Sepultura set)
  • Jinjer
  • Scott Stapp (Creed)
  • Avatar
  • Static-X
  • The Amity Affliction
  • Sleeping With Sirens
  • Slaughter To Prevail
  • Of Mice & Men
  • Sleep Token
  • Stephen Pearcy (RATT)
  • The Black Dahlia Murder
  • Exodus
  • Overkill
  • Electric Callboy
  • Atreyu
  • Finger Eleven
  • Taproot
  • Death Angel
  • Drowning Pool
  • Trust Company (original lineup)
  • Memphis May Fire
  • I See Stars
  • Crown The Empire
  • Dayseeker
  • Senses Fail
  • Stabbing Westward
  • 10 Years
  • Nonpoint
  • The Color Morale
  • Cold (“Year Of The Spider” 20th anniversary set)
  • CKY
  • Dope
  • After The Burial
  • Emmure
  • Northlane
  • Bury Tomorrow
  • Escape The Fate
  • Attila (performing “About That Life”)
  • Fit For An Autopsy
  • Gemini Syndrome
  • Adema
  • Alpha Wolf
  • Woe, Is Me
  • Make Them Suffer
  • Holding Absence
  • Born Of Osiris
  • Kublai Khan TX
  • Like Moths To Flames
  • Upon A Burning Body
  • Caskets
  • I Set My Friends On Fire
  • Vended
  • Landmvrks
  • Tantric
  • Psychostick
  • Rain City Drive
  • Bleed From Within
  • Bodysnatcher
  • Stitched Up Heart
  • Eva Under Fire
  • Thousand Below
  • AngelMaker
  • Paleface
  • Catch Your Breath
  • No Resolve
  • Tallah
  • ten56.
  • Hanabie
  • Patient Sixty-Seven
  • Until I Wake
  • Dropout Kings
  • Eternal Frequency
  • Heartsick

Dez Fafara Says Latest Coal Chamber Reunion Came About During His Near-Death Experience With COVID-19

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During an appearance on 96.7 KCAL-FM’s Radioactive With Mike Z, Dez Fafara opened up about the recent Coal Chamber reunion. According to him, the band regrouped while he was battling a serious case of COVID-19.

Dez Fafara said the following:

“Unbelievable turn of events. That actually happened… I was on my way out from COVID. And my wife called [the other members of Coal Chamber] and said, ‘Hey, you guys may wanna text Dez or call Dez ’cause I don’t know if he’s gonna make it through the night. He’s telling me where he wants to be buried and not to sell his ’78 Cadillac.’

So they started to call me, they started to text me, and over a period of six, seven, eight months, we didn’t talk any business at all. And we realized that, you know, why are we not playing shows? Those guys are totally different people than when we broke up. I have always been the same — I’ve just been solid as a rock; and I told them, ‘I’m solid as a rock. If I come out of this, I would love to do at least one show with you guys.’ And that’s how this all started — very organically.”

He continued:

“I’m very excited for the Sick New World fest and to see what we’re gonna do. There’s a lot of tours that have been offered. But we’re gonna take it slow and we’re gonna do what’s appropriate for the brand and for the band and especially the fans that have been with us for so long.”

He also added the following when asked about the possibility of new music:

“I’ve had e-mail after e-mail after e-mail with offer after offer after offer, and it’s really just up to the camp to what we’re gonna do. As of right now, we have these few festivals. There’s an amphitheater tour that’s offered to us in June or July. We’re not sure what’s gonna be happening. We will see. And only the future time will tell. But we’re gonna do what’s best for us and for the fans.”

[via Blabbermouth]

Sleep Token, Overkill, And Vended Added To 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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Sleep Token, Overkill, and Vended have been added to this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival. That event will be held in Alton, VA on September 7-10.

Here’s the updated lineup:

  • Pantera
  • Shinedown
  • Limp Bizkit
  • Evanescence
  • Megadeth
  • Chevelle
  • Parkway Drive
  • Pierce The Veil
  • Motionless In White
  • Coheed And Cambria
  • Beartooth
  • Highly Suspect
  • Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
  • Coal Chamber
  • Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm)
  • Bad Omens
  • Black Label Society
  • Machine Head
  • Blue October
  • The Ghost Inside
  • Asking Alexandria
  • Spiritbox
  • VV (aka HIM’s Ville Valo)
  • Tech N9ne
  • Testament
  • Biohazard
  • Job For A Cowboy
  • Cavalera Conspiracy (Sepultura set)
  • Jinjer
  • Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)
  • Scott Stapp (Creed)
  • Avatar
  • Static-X
  • The Amity Affliction
  • Slaughter To Prevail
  • Stephen Pearcy (RATT)
  • The Black Dahlia Murder
  • Exodus
  • Overkill
  • Electric Callboy
  • Sleep Token
  • Atreyu
  • Finger Eleven
  • Taproot
  • Death Angel
  • Drowning Pool
  • Trust Company (original lineup)
  • Memphis May Fire
  • Crown The Empire
  • Dayseeker
  • Senses Fail
  • Stabbing Westward
  • 10 Years
  • Nonpoint
  • The Color Morale
  • Cold (“Year Of The Spider” 20th anniversary set)
  • CKY
  • Dope
  • After The Burial
  • Emmure
  • Northlane
  • Bury Tomorrow
  • Escape The Fate
  • Attila (performing “About That Life”)
  • Fit For An Autopsy
  • Gemini Syndrome
  • Adema
  • Alpha Wolf
  • Woe, Is Me
  • Make Them Suffer
  • Holding Absence
  • Born Of Osiris
  • Kublai Khan TX
  • Like Moths To Flames
  • Upon A Burning Body
  • Caskets
  • Vended
  • Landmvrks
  • Tantric
  • Psychostick
  • Rain City Drive
  • I Set My Friends On Fire
  • Bleed From Within
  • Bodysnatcher
  • Stitched Up Heart
  • Eva Under Fire
  • Thousand Below
  • AngelMaker
  • Paleface
  • No Resolve
  • Tallah
  • Catch Your Breath
  • ten56.
  • Hanabie
  • Patient Sixty-Seven
  • Until I Wake
  • Dropout Kings
  • Eternal Frequency
  • Heartsick

Limp Bizkit, Corey Taylor, Testament, Etc. Added To 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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More bands have been added to this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival. That event will be held in Alton, VA on September 7-10 and the updated lineup can be found below.

Lineup:

  • Pantera
  • Shinedown
  • Limp Bizkit
  • Evanescence
  • Megadeth
  • Chevelle
  • Parkway Drive
  • Pierce The Veil
  • Motionless In White
  • Coheed And Cambria
  • Beartooth
  • Highly Suspect
  • Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
  • Coal Chamber
  • Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm)
  • Bad Omens
  • Black Label Society
  • Machine Head
  • Blue October
  • The Ghost Inside
  • Asking Alexandria
  • Spiritbox
  • VV (aka HIM’s Ville Valo)
  • Tech N9ne
  • Testament
  • Biohazard
  • Job For A Cowboy
  • Cavalera Conspiracy (Sepultura set)
  • Jinjer
  • Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)
  • Scott Stapp (Creed)
  • Avatar
  • Static-X
  • The Amity Affliction
  • Slaughter To Prevail
  • Stephen Pearcy (RATT)
  • The Black Dahlia Murder
  • Exodus
  • Electric Callboy
  • Atreyu
  • Finger Eleven
  • Taproot
  • Death Angel
  • Drowning Pool
  • Trust Company (original lineup)
  • Memphis May Fire
  • Crown The Empire
  • Dayseeker
  • Senses Fail
  • Stabbing Westward
  • 10 Years
  • Nonpoint
  • The Color Morale
  • Cold (“Year Of The Spider” 20th anniversary set)
  • CKY
  • Dope
  • After The Burial
  • Emmure
  • Northlane
  • Bury Tomorrow
  • Escape The Fate
  • Attila (performing “About That Life”)
  • Fit For An Autopsy
  • Gemini Syndrome
  • Adema
  • Alpha Wolf
  • Woe, Is Me
  • Make Them Suffer
  • Holding Absence
  • Born Of Osiris
  • Kublai Khan TX
  • Like Moths To Flames
  • Upon A Burning Body
  • Caskets
  • Landmvrks
  • Tantric
  • Psychostick
  • Rain City Drive
  • I Set My Friends On Fire
  • Bleed From Within
  • Bodysnatcher
  • Stitched Up Heart
  • Eva Under Fire
  • Thousand Below
  • AngelMaker
  • Paleface
  • No Resolve
  • Tallah
  • Catch Your Breath
  • ten56.
  • Hanabie
  • Patient Sixty-Seven
  • Until I Wake
  • Dropout Kings
  • Eternal Frequency
  • Heartsick

Evanescence, Bad Omens, Asking Alexandria, Etc. Added To 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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More bands have been added to this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival. That event will be held in Alton, VA on September 7-10 and the updated lineup can be found below.

Lineup:

  • Pantera
  • Shinedown
  • Evanescence
  • Megadeth
  • Chevelle
  • Parkway Drive
  • Pierce The Veil
  • Motionless In White
  • Coheed And Cambria
  • Beartooth
  • Highly Suspect
  • Coal Chamber
  • Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm)
  • Bad Omens
  • Black Label Society
  • Machine Head
  • The Ghost Inside
  • Asking Alexandria
  • Spiritbox
  • VV (aka HIM’s Ville Valo)
  • Tech N9ne
  • Biohazard
  • Job For A Cowboy
  • Cavalera Conspiracy (Sepultura set)
  • Jinjer
  • Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)
  • Scott Stapp (Creed)
  • Avatar
  • Static-X
  • The Amity Affliction
  • Stephen Pearcy (RATT)
  • The Black Dahlia Murder
  • Exodus
  • Electric Callboy
  • Atreyu
  • Crown The Empire
  • Finger Eleven
  • Taproot
  • Death Angel
  • Drowning Pool
  • Trust Company (original lineup)
  • Dayseeker
  • Senses Fail
  • Stabbing Westward
  • 10 Years
  • Nonpoint
  • The Color Morale
  • Cold (“Year Of The Spider” 20th anniversary set)
  • CKY
  • Dope
  • After The Burial
  • Northlane
  • Emmure
  • Bury Tomorrow
  • Escape The Fate
  • Attila (performing “About That Life”)
  • Fit For An Autopsy
  • Gemini Syndrome
  • Adema
  • Alpha Wolf
  • Woe, Is Me
  • Make Them Suffer
  • Holding Absence
  • Born Of Osiris
  • Kublai Khan TX
  • Like Moths To Flames
  • Upon A Burning Body
  • Caskets
  • Landmvrks
  • Tantric
  • Psychostick
  • Rain City Drive
  • I Set My Friends On Fire
  • Bleed From Within
  • Bodysnatcher
  • Stitched Up Heart
  • Eva Under Fire
  • Thousand Below
  • AngelMaker
  • Paleface
  • No Resolve
  • Tallah
  • Catch Your Breath
  • Hanabie
  • Patient Sixty-Seven
  • Until I Wake
  • Dropout Kings
  • Eternal Frequency
  • Heartsick.

Slipknot, Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Etc. Set For 2023 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival

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The lineup has been revealed for this year’s Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. The event will take place at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH on July 14-16 and it will feature the following:

July 14: Limp Bizkit, Volbeat, Highly Suspect, Coal Chamber, Hatebreed, P.O.D., Slaughter To Prevail, We Came As Romans, Fit For A King, Chelsea Grin, Kublai Khan TX, Vended, Mothica, A Killer’s Confession, Thousand Below, Fox Lake, Violent New Breed, Dark Signal, Lonewolf, Sid Stratton, Southbound Beretta, and Bittersweet Revenge.

July 15: Pantera, Lamb Of God, In This Moment, Motionless In White, Underoath, The Ghost Inside, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire, Mushroomhead, Fire From The Gods, The Violent, Varials, Woe Is Me, Like Moths To Flames, Uncured, Heartsick, Asava, Set For Tomorrow, Fight From Within, Half Heard Voices, Harmless Habit, and Ghostatic.

July 16: Slipknot, Megadeth, Bush, Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm), Asking Alexandria, Wage War, GWAR, Crown The Empire, 10 Years, Fame On Fire, Dayseeker, Gideon, Eva Under Fire, Slay Squad, Last Of Our Kind, Clifford, Nerv, Scarlett O’Hara, More Than Never, Traverse The Abyss, Frayle, God Of Nothing, and Darkhorse Saloon.

Job For A Cowboy To Return To The Stage At 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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Job For A Cowboy will be taking the stage for the first time since 2016 at this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival. That event will take place in Alton, VA on September 7-10 and it will also feature: Pantera, Shinedown, Megadeth, Chevelle, Parkway Drive, Pierce The Veil, Motionless In White, Coheed And Cambria, Beartooth, Highly Suspect, Coal Chamber, Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm), Black Label Society, Machine Head, The Ghost Inside, Spiritbox, VV (aka HIM’s Ville Valo), Tech N9ne, Biohazard, Jinjer, Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe), Scott Stapp (Creed), Avatar, Static-X, The Amity Affliction, Stephen Pearcy (RATT), The Black Dahlia Murder, Exodus, Electric Callboy, Atreyu, Crown The Empire, Finger Eleven, Taproot, Drowning Pool, Trust Company (original lineup), Dayseeker, Senses Fail, Stabbing Westward, 10 Years, Nonpoint, Cold (“Year Of The Spider” 20th anniversary set), CKY, Dope, After The Burial, Northlane, Emmure, Bury Tomorrow, Escape The Fate, Attila (performing “About That Life”), Fit For An Autopsy, Gemini Syndrome, Adema, Alpha Wolf, Woe, Is Me, Make Them Suffer, Holding Absence, Born Of Osiris, Kublai Khan TX, Like Moths To Flames, Upon A Burning Body, Caskets, Landmvrks, Tantric, Psychostick, Rain City Drive, I Set My Friends On Fire, Bodysnatcher, Eva Under Fire, Thousand Below, Paleface, No Resolve, Tallah, Catch Your Breath, Hanabie, Patient Sixty-Seven, Until I Wake, Dropout Kings, Eternal Frequency, and Heartsick.

Biohazard’s Classic Lineup To Perform At 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

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Biohazard’s classic lineup, Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel, Danny Schuler, and Evan Seinfeld, will be performing at this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival. That event will take place in Alton, VA on September 7-10 and it will also feature: Pantera, Shinedown, Megadeth, Parkway Drive, Motionless In White, Beartooth, Highly Suspect, Coal Chamber, Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm), Black Label Society, Machine Head, The Ghost Inside, Spiritbox, VV (aka HIM’s Ville Valo), Tech N9ne, Jinjer, Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe), Scott Stapp (Creed), Avatar, Static-X, The Amity Affliction, Stephen Pearcy (RATT), The Black Dahlia Murder, Atreyu, Crown The Empire, Finger Eleven, Taproot, Drowning Pool, Trust Company (original lineup), Dayseeker, Senses Fail, Stabbing Westward, 10 Years, Nonpoint, Cold (“Year Of The Spider” 20th anniversary set), CKY, Dope, After The Burial, Emmure, Bury Tomorrow, Escape The Fate, Attila (performing “About That Life”), Fit For An Autopsy, Gemini Syndrome, Adema, Alpha Wolf, Woe, Is Me, Holding Absence, Born Of Osiris, Kublai Khan TX, Like Moths To Flames, Upon A Burning Body, Caskets, Landmvrks, Tantric, Psychostick, Rain City Drive, I Set My Friends On Fire, Bodysnatcher, Eva Under Fire, Thousand Below, Paleface, No Resolve, Catch Your Breath, Patient Sixty-Seven, Dropout Kings, and Heartsick.