Helloween

Helloween’s ”United Forces” outing with HammerFall is their first outing supporting their 2021 self-titled album, their most recent release, in the US and Canada.

Plus: Snapped Ankles / Working Men’s Club, Skanksgiving at Starland Ballroom, Archers of Loaf, Uneath / 200 Stab Wounds, Dawn Richard and more tour and festival news.

To make up for the two lost years, Hellfest returns for two weeks in 2022, and it would be easier to list which heavy bands *aren’t* playing…

Helloween are back with Kai Hansen (who sang lead on their 1985 debut Walls of Jericho and moved to guitar for the next two albums before leaving the band in 1989) and Michael Kiske (who sang lead from 1987’s Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I through 1993’s Chameleon), and they join Kiske’s replacement Andi Deris who has been fronting the band since 1994…

Plus: Tim Kinsella, Oh Sees, Tracyanne & Daniel, Amber Mark, Helloween, Nick Lowe, Simian Mobile Disco, Natalie Prass, Hot Tuna, and more tickets on sale.

German power metal OGs Helloween are back with “classic lineup” vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist Kai Hansen for an ongoing tour, a new single, and potentially a new album.

UB40 and The Wailers are playing Terminal 5 on August 23. Tickets go on Ticketmaster presale today at 10 AM and AmEx presale at noon and general sale starts on Friday (2…