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'Everything's Falling' on The Warning's new album, inside and out

'Everything's Falling' album artwork. (Lava/Republic Records)

Everything is looking up for The Warning, even as Everything's Falling.

The sister trio of vocalist/guitarist Daniela "Dany" Villarreal, drummer Paulina "Pau" Villarreal and bassist Alejandra "Ale" Villarreal will release their fifth studio album, Everything's Falling, on Aug. 28. It's the follow-up to 2024's Keep Me Fed, which was the band's biggest album to date and spawned the top-10 Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay hit "S!CK."

"We went into [Everything's Falling] with such a clear battle plan of what we wanted to do, what we wanted to say, how we wanted it to sound, how we wanted it to be seen, visually," Pau tells ABC Audio.

The album kicks off with the songs "Ritual" and "Perfect Daughter" before getting to the title track, which establishes the themes of Everything's Falling.

"Everyone in their lives can maybe relate to having an 'everything's falling' moment, and it's what we sorta talk about throughout the album," Dany says. "Having that point of falling, failure or being a little bit lost and kind of the journey back upwards, where it takes you, what you can find about yourself, and knowing that maybe everything can either fall apart or fall into place."

While the beginning of Everything's Falling largely deals with internal strife, after the title track, the album shifts as the language becomes more physical in songs such as "Bite My Tongue," "Kill or Be Killed," "Bloodsport" and "Bruises."

"When we were at that point in this narrative of when everything falls apart, most of the struggle that we all live is very internal and it's very within yourself," Pau says. "But when you are in a troubled space or mindset, you start projecting things outwards, whether you like it or not."

The Warning then burns it all down with the closing track, lead single "Kerosene," which not only brings Everything's Falling to a narrative close but also reminded the band members why they make music in the first place.

"I think ['Kerosene'] is the closest I've felt to when we were writing, the three of us when we were children," Pau says. 

The Warning will celebrate the release of Everything's Falling with three Los Angeles shows taking place Sept. 9-11.

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Ghost shares live 'Umbra' video from '2 Big to Rig' concert film

'2 Big to Rig' film poster. (Trafalgar Releasing)

Ghost has shared a live video for "Umbra," taken from the band's upcoming 2 Big to Rig concert film.

As previously reported, 2 Big to Rig was recorded during Ghost's two sold-out Mexico City shows in 2025 during their Skeletour world tour. 

You can watch the 2 Big to Rig "Umbra" performance on YouTube.

2 Big to Rig will premiere in theaters and IMAX on Aug. 26. For the full list of screening locations and all ticket info, visit 2BigtoRig.com.

The studio version of "Umbra" appears on Ghost's 2025 album, Skeletá.

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Injured Yungblud crowd-surfs in wheelchair during Portugal show

Yungblud performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on May 01, 2026 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images for Live Nation)

Yungblud wasn't letting a leg injury stop him from interacting with his audience.

Photos from the "Zombie" artist's recent show in Portugal shows him crowd-surfing during the show while sitting in a wheelchair.

"Good way to break my leg," Yungblud writes in an Instagram post alongside the photos.

Yungblud shared that he'd suffered an injury in an Instagram post on Aug. 16, writing, "Leg f*****. Still giggin. Still standin (sort of)."

Yungblud is set to perform next on Friday at Belgium's Pukkelpop festival.

 

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Let there be Foo: Foo Fighters to open for AC/DC in St. Louis

In this image released on May 2, 2021, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Brian Johnson of AC/DC perform onstage during Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE)

In between dates on their own stadium tour, Foo Fighters are taking a detour on the "Highway to Hell."

Dave Grohl and company will be opening for AC/DC during the "Back in Black" legends' upcoming show in St. Louis on Sept. 8. They will be filling in for The Pretty Reckless, who have been supporting AC/DC's ongoing U.S. run.

"Foo Fighters are taking a special one-off detour from their Take Cover Global Stadium Tour to fill in for their friends The Pretty Reckless as special guests of AC/DC for one night only in St. Louis," a press release reads. "The performance brings two generations of rock's biggest live acts together for a one-night-only event, with the Foo Fighters opening for [AC/DC's] September 8 St. Louis tour stop."

The Foos tour, meanwhile, continues Saturday in Los Angeles. The trek supports the "Everlong" outfit's new album, Your Favorite Toy.

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Producer Butch Vig reflects on 35th anniversary of 'Nevermind': 'It changed my life'

Butch Vig at The Royal Albert Hall on October 04, 2022 in London, England. (Kate Green/Getty Images for EON Productions & Prime Video)

Here Nevermind is now, three-and-a-half decades later.

Nirvana's massive 1991 album will celebrate its 35th anniversary in September. The RIAA Diamond-certified Nevermind made worldwide stars out of the trio -- made up of frontman Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl -- while launching the generation-defining grunge scene of the '90s.

Needless to say, Nevermind also had a huge impact on Butch Vig, who produced the album.

"It was a zeitgeist moment for me, making that album," Vig tells ABC Audio. "It changed my life. Everyone, including the band and everyone close to the band, Nevermind changed their life, and I'm very thankful for that."

Thirty-five years later, Vig doesn't put on Nevermind and listen to it himself, though he doesn't have to go far to hear its songs, which include the iconic anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "In Bloom," "Come as You Are" and "Lithium," out in public.

"It's nice that [Nevermind is] out there in the world, that it's omnipresent," Vig says. "I go into a coffee shop and there's a kid there with a Nevermind T-shirt on or a Nirvana T-shirt on."

Nirvana followed Nevermind with 1993's In Utero. They disbanded a year later following Cobain's death by suicide in 1994. 

Today, the legacy of Nevermind continues to live on, even in new ways. The album track "Something in the Way," for example, experienced a resurgence when it was used in the 2022 movie The Batman.

"It's one of those albums that just has connected with so many people, and continues to do that," Vig says. "There's something in there, this incredible energy and power and mystery."

"[There are] so many things going on in Kurt's voice when he sings, and it still affects people," he continues. "That's a cool thing." 

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Halestorm's Lzzy Hale announces new Epiphone Explorer signature guitar

Lzzy Hale of Halestorm performs at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on March 05, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale has announced a new signature guitar with Epiphone.

The Lzzy Hale Explorer Custom comes in a black diamond holographic sparkle finish, and is "designed to match the force of her performances: powerful, unapologetic, visually striking, and built to deliver night after night," according to a press release.

"Lzzy has always brought a rare combination of power, precision, and unmistakable style to the stage," says Epiphone product manager Aljon Go. "The Lzzy Hale Explorer Custom captures that same energy in an instrument that looks unforgettable, plays fast, and delivers the clarity and punch players need to own the moment."

The guitar costs $999, and is available now via Epiphone.com.

Halestorm, meanwhile, will launch a U.S. tour in September with BABYMETAL.

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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine announces 'In My Darkest Hour' book event in NYC

'In My Darkest Hour' book cover. (Da Capo)

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has announced a launch event celebrating the release of his upcoming book, In My Darkest Hour.

The event takes place Sept. 8 at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City, and will feature a conversation with Mustaine. Tickets include a pre-signed copy of the book.

For more info, visit KaufmanMusicCenter.org.

In My Darkest Hour, which will be released Sept. 8, recounts Mustaine's battle with throat cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2019. It marks Mustaine's third book, following Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir and Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece.

Megadeth, meanwhile, is set to launch a North American tour with Iron Maiden on Aug. 29. It's part of their world farewell tour in support of their final, self-titled album.

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Jack White responds after Charley Crockett says he lost respect for him amid Twin Temple saga Rock

Jack White at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)

Jack White has shared a response after country artist Charley Crockett reportedly said he lost respect for the "Seven Nation Army" rocker.

As you may recall, Crockett made headlines in July after the self-described "satanic doo wop" group Twin Temple said that they'd been dropped from opening for Crockett due to their use of "Satanic imagery." White then got involved when he invited Twin Temple to open for his upcoming show in Los Angeles, which they then accepted.

According to Rolling Stone, Crockett addressed the whole saga in a since-deleted Instagram post, in which he wrote that White "used it to sell tickets too and I lost a lot of respect for him." Crockett also maintained that Twin Temple was not let go due to "Satanic imagery," but rather because of "production requests" that "raised eyebrows," and that Crockett's tour "couldn't accommodate them physically."

"We told em the vibe just wasn't right for an all ages audience, and we paid em in full," Crockett reportedly wrote.

White, meanwhile, has now taken to his Instagram to reply to Crockett, writing, "I never said nothing about this young buck before but since he's trying to drag me into this here rodeo again, here's my official response to Cowboy Charley's accusations."

The rest of the post contains the lyrics to the 1984 hip-hop song "Rappin' Duke," a novelty track in which artist Shawn Brown pretends to rap from the perspective of actor John Wayne. The track begins, "So you think you're bad, with your rap/ Well I'll tell ya pilgrim I started the crap."

White's LA show with Twin Temple takes place Sept. 29.

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Pearl Jam's Mike McCready looks back on 35 years of 'Ten': 'I knew this was gonna be special'

'Ten' album artwork. (Epic)

Pearl Jam's massive 1991 debut album, Ten, celebrates its 35th anniversary on Aug. 27. 

"Ten to me is deep in my heart," guitarist Mike McCready tells ABC Audio. "It's a record that sounded like a band that was together for many years but wasn't, in my mind."

Indeed, the members of the original Pearl Jam lineup — McCready and guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen — had already been a part of several other bands, including Green River, Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog.

"It's the combination of efforts of those five guys that had been in a bunch of bands for a long time, and then all coalesced into one," McCready says.

In recording Ten with Pearl Jam, McCready sensed its significance pretty much from day one.

"Ten was the example of the first situation I was in when everything was firing on all cylinders," McCready says. "From the first day Ed showed up and we worked on 'Once,' and the five of us were in the room, I knew this was gonna be special. I didn't know to the extent, but we all knew it was gonna be something."

That "something" turned into a defining and seminal record of the '90s grunge and alternative scene on the way to earning Diamond certification by the RIAA and spawning classic singles including "Even Flow," "Alive" and "Jeremy."

Three-and-a-half decades later, McCready calls performing Ten songs live a "mythical," "spiritual" experience.

"We feel that the crowd has lifted 'Alive' and 'Even Flow' and these songs to a song that's bigger than when we first recorded it," McCready says. "It's more of a universe in itself." 

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Maynard James Keenan announces launch of Queen B Sushi restaurant

Maynard James Keenan attends the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan is launching a new restaurant.

Queen B Sushi is set to open its doors on Sept. 4 in Cottonwood, Arizona, where Keenan's Queen B Vinyl Café is also located.

"Led by Chef Brett Vibber, Queen B Sushi's opening lineup brings together Chefs Thomas Kato and Sher Chase to deliver world-class artistry from day one," Keenan writes in an Instagram post.

Queen B Sushi joins Keenan's long list of non-musical ventures, which also includes winemaking and jiujitsu.

Keenan's most recent musical project is the Puscifer album Normal Isn't, which dropped in February.

 

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Posthumous Jennifer Finch memoir to be published in 2027

'Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7' book cover. (Da Capo)

The memoir of late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch will be published on Jan. 19, 2027.

The book, titled Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7, was completed before Finch's death on July 18 following a diagnosis of brain cancer. She was 59.

"Jennifer's memoir was the last major project she completed before she passed away," says the book's co-writer Jeff Alulis. "She and I worked together for two years to make sure she was happy with every word of it, 
and with someone as intentional and thoughtful as Jennifer that was no small task!"

Alulis adds, "I'm heartbroken that she won't get to see it published, but I'm thrilled to share her life and legacy with the world."

Along with the memoir announcement, Rolling Stone has published a piece featuring L7's Donita Sparks, Hole's Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan sharing their remembrances of Finch.

L7 is set to launch a farewell tour in October.

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Twenty One Pilots, mgk, Noah Kahan & more among 2026 MTV VMA nominees

CBS presents MTV Video Music Awards. (©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)

The nominees for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced.

The best alternative category nominees are Twenty One Pilots' "Drag Path," mgk and Fred Durst's "FIX UR FACE," Noah Kahan's "The Great Divide," Tame Impala's "Dracula," sombr's "Homewrecker," Geese's "Taxes" and Olivia Rodrigo's "the cure."

Unlike in previous years, the nominations list does not include a best rock category.

The 2026 MTV VMAs will air live on Sept. 27 starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+. Voting is open through Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. ET via Vote.MTV.com.

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Watch new trailer for upcoming Oasis documentary, 'Don't Look Back in Anger'

'Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger' film poster. (Magna Studios/Sony Music Vision)

A new trailer for the upcoming Oasis documentary Don't Look Back in Anger is out now.

As previously reported, the film follows the "Wonderwall" outfit's 2025 reunion tour, which marked the first time the formerly feuding brothers Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher had shared the live stage in 16 years. 

"The songs are one thing, but I'd forgotten what he means to people," Noel says in a voiceover, presumably referring to Liam. "I certainly wasn't prepared for the intense outpouring."

Don't Look Back in Anger is set to hit theaters and IMAX on Sept. 11. Limited IMAX early access screenings will take place Sept. 9. Tickets are on sale now.

The doc will be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+ later in 2026.

Disney is the parent company of Hulu and ABC News. 

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A celebration or a funeral? Billy Corgan previews The Smashing Pumpkins' Rats in a Cage tour

Billy Corgan performs onstage during the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 11, 2026 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for for Songwriters Hall of Fame)

The Smashing Pumpkins will launch their Rats in a Cage tour in September. Each show will feature one set dedicated to the 1995 Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness in honor of its 30th anniversary, as well as a second, career-spanning set.

"The Rats in a Cage tour is interesting, because I've made the choice that we're gonna play the Mellon Collie set first," frontman Billy Corgan tells ABC Audio. "Which means you're gonna have 15-18,000 people in a room wondering, 'OK, now what are they gonna do?'"

Indeed, the RIAA Diamond-certified Mellon Collie has some of the biggest Pumpkins hits, including "1979," "Tonight, Tonight," "Zero" and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," which spawned the famed lyric that inspired the tour's name.

"We're planning something sort of different," Corgan says. "It'll be interesting 'cause some people will take the journey and other people will think, 'What are they doing? Because I came here to celebrate, and they're taking me through a funeral.'" 

The Rats in a Cage tour kicks off Sept. 30 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Ozzfest confirms return at England's Villa Park in 2027

Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on February 6, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Chad Buchanan/Getty Images)

Ozzfest will officially be making its return in the hometown of its late namesake, Ozzy Osbourne.

The famed heavy metal festival, which has been dormant for nearly eight years, is confirmed to take place at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, in 2027.

A post to the Ozzfest Instagram teases "more info on everything coming soon!" 

Following Ozzy's death in July 2025, his widow, Sharon Osbourne, started teasing the return of Ozzfest, which was last held in 2018. During a March episode of the Osbournes Podcast, Sharon said that she hoped for the festival to be held in Birmingham in 2027, followed by a return to the U.S.

Ozzy performed at Villa Park during 2025's massive Back to the Beginning concert, which marked his final live performance before his death just over two weeks later.

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Faith No More adds reunion concert in Brazil

Mike Patton from Faith No More performs at 2015 Rock in Rio on September 25, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Raphael Dias/Getty Images)

The reunited Faith No More has added a show in Brazil as part of their 2027 live comeback.

The concert will take place Jan. 15, 2027, in Rio de Janeiro. System of a Down will also be on the bill.

Presales begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. Brasilia Time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at noon Brasilia Time. For all ticket info, visit FNM.com.

Faith No More announced in July that they were reforming, ending the band's 10-year hiatus. The "Epic" rockers haven't performed live in 2016, and subsequent attempts at returning to the live stage were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health issues affecting frontman Mike Patton. 

Faith No More's 2027 plans also include January and February dates in Australia and New Zealand, which will feature System of a Down, as well.

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Ritchie Blackmore says Deep Purple reunion was a ‘very emotional moment’

Ritchie Blackmore at the Velodrom on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns)

Ritchie Blackmore is reflecting on his recent reunion with Deep Purple.

Blackmore joined the band onstage at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Aug. 12 for a performance of “Smoke on the Water," his first performance with the band in over 30 years.

“It was very moving because I went on very quickly and had to play immediately,” Blackmore told Guitar Player. “I couldn’t warm up, but I wasn’t there to be playing correct notes. I was there to see old friends [who] I hadn’t seen in 40 years and were all getting older.”

He added, “I think we realized it could be the last time we see each other, maybe.”

Blackmore co-founded Deep Purple in 1968, then left the group in 1975 to form his band Rainbow. He was part of Deep Purple's 1984 reunion and last played with them in 1993.

And while the reunion was an emotional one for Blackmore, he does say it wasn’t quite perfect.

“It was tricky; I didn’t play anything too technical, as I felt I should stick to the rudiments of being simple. I still lost my place at one point, but it’s not why I was there,” he said. “I was there to heal any wounds — but there weren’t any wounds. Everyone was like, we were in the army, all along the Western front and we were all getting together again. Very emotional moment.”

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Sid Wilson marks departure from Slipknot with bio change

Sid Wilson attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Former Slipknot turntablist Sid Wilson is marking the end of a chapter in his life.

Following the news that he'd parted ways with the masked metal outfit, Wilson updated the bio section on his Instagram to read, "@slipknot 1997-2026."

According to outlets including the Knotfest website, Slipknot confirmed Wilson's departure in an update late Friday. The news followed a TMZ report published in July that Wilson had been fired from the band.

With Wilson no longer in Slipknot, only four members of the group's classic nine-piece lineup remain: frontman Corey Taylor, percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan, and guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson. Bassist Paul Gray died in 2010, while drummer Joey Jordison was let go from the 'Knot in 2013 and died in 2021. Percussionist Chris Fehn and sampler Craig Jones parted ways with Slipknot in 2019 and 2023, respectively.

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Queens of the Stone Age, Courtney Love share new album updates

Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs at The Forum on February 17, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Multiple artists shared updates on their upcoming albums over the weekend.

Queens of the Stone Age revealed that their next record, the follow-up to 2023's In Times New Roman..., is called Perfecth.

In a video skit posted to the band's Facebook, frontman Josh Homme says that the record will arrive Sept. 30 before then accidentally stabbing his band with a knife, causing blood to shoot out everywhere. The video ends with the date Sept. 30 crossed out and a voiceover teasing that the album is "coming soon sometime."

Meanwhile, Courtney Love announced that her long in-the-works solo album is done.

"It's kinda been done," Love said in a video posted to her Instagram. "It's a really good record, I put a lot into it."

Also in the video, Love said that she got really sick when she traveled to England in 2019.

"My body just exploded," she said. "I was in hospitals a lot, and almost died."

Love said that she's better and healthy now. In the post's caption, she writes, "When I made [the album] i believed this was my last record so I made the record I always wanted to make. I was in the hospital mostly but when I wasn't all I did was write & record it." 

She also thanked Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and her former Hole bandmate Melissa Auf der Maur for their support.

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Evanescence's Amy Lee reflects on the success of 'End of You': 'It was really, really cool to see'

"End of You" single artwork. (Sumerian Records)

In 2025, Evanescence's Amy Lee, Poppy and Courtney LaPlante dropped a bombshell on the world of hard rock and metal with their collaborative single, "End of You." With the track's one-year anniversary approaching in September, Lee looks back at "End of You" while speaking with ABC Audio.

"[Producer] Jordan [Fish] reached out to me, Jordan and Poppy had been working on a song and they just had the idea, 'Wouldn't it be cool to make this an all-girl collab?'" Lee remembers. "Then we got Courtney, too, and everybody put in their spices and it turned into a song that blew up."

"End of You" didn't just blow up, it made history, becoming the first song led by three women to hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart since it began in 1981.

"It was really, really cool to see such a fantastic response," Lee says. "I'm not surprised, from the beginning I was like, 'People are gonna love this!'"

"People are gonna love to see us join forces, see strong women in heavy music join forces, because women are kinda ruling heavy music right now," the "Bring Me to Life" singer recalls thinking. "It deserves to have a little bit of light shined on that." 

Evanescence recently wrapped a U.S. tour in support of their new album, Sanctuary, which featured Spiritbox on the bill. They'll launch a U.K. and European tour with support from Poppy in September.

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