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November 8th – 15th
Death Metal Singer Wins, AC/DC Thunders, KISS Kruise Launches, Limp Bizkit Gets Cancelled & David Coverdale Retires
Gene Simmons
11/9 Get Your Motor Runnin’
The 34th installment of Love Ride, powered by Harley-Davidson, is hosted by grand marshal Jay Leno in Glendale, CA.
There are live performances by Gene Simmons (KISS), Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses), Rikki Rockett (Poison), among others.
Proceeds support of Wounded Warrior Project and Adopt The Arts.
Love Ride has raised over $25 million benefiting more than a dozen charitable organizations.
Ignacia Fernández,
11/9 Death Metal Singer Crowned
Ignacia Fernández, a 27-year-old model who is also the vocalist and founder of the Chilean Progressive Death Metal band Decessus, is crowned Miss World Chile 2025 during finals of the talent competition.
Decessus has managed to establish itself as one of the most promising emerging acts in Chilean Metal.
Fernández, who goes viral after performing a Death Metal song during the Miss World Chile semifinals, beats out 19 other finalists to be named Miss World Chile.
She will now prepare for next year’s 73rd edition of the Miss World competition.
Slayer
11/10 Slayer Unveils Online Collection
Slaytanic Verses, the official Slayer online museum (Slayer.net), unveils its latest collection: “Hell On Tour.” The exhibit celebrates the 40th anniversary of “Hell Awaits” and revisits the 1985 world tour that carried the album across seven countries and sixty shows.
Doro
11/10 Doro Throws A Party
Doro Pesch holds a special album release party for “Warriors Of The Sea.” The German Metal Queen debuts the album at Rock N Roll Ribs in Coral Springs, FL.
The exclusive event includes a private meet-and-greet, personal photo ops, autograph signings and a live question-and-answer session.
“Warriors Of The Sea” is Doro’s 20th album.
Simone Simons
11/11 Epica Postpones Tour
Epica postpones a six date Asian tour that was scheduled to launch in early December.
“After dealing with multiple health issues, doctors have advised Simone (Simons, Epica’s singer) not to tour until the end of the year,” writes the band in a statement. “As much as it pains us, health comes first.”
Epica’s ninth studio album, “Aspiral,” dropped in April.
The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash
11/12 Bagpipes Celebrate AC/DC
374 bagpipers in Melbourne’s Federation Square play AC/DCs “It’s a Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” during what is considered to be a world record setting performance.
Dubbed “The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash,” the event is organized to coincide with the start of AC/DC’s Australian tour.
AC/DC Logo
11/12 AC/DC Has Fans Shakin’
AC/DC’s Melbourne show, their first Australian concert in a decade, registers in the 2-5 hertz range on a seismograph two miles away.
A resident some 6 miles away claims they could hear the concert.
Jesse Hughes
11/13 Bataclan Memorial In Paris
Eagles Of Death Metal guitarist Jesse Hughes attends a commemoration ceremony at a newly created memorial garden near Paris City Hall. It comes ten years after the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people, including 90 attendees of an EODM show at the Bataclan.
Hughes was onstage on 11/13/15 when three Islamic State extremists carried out the horrific massacre.
David Coverdale
11/13 David Coverdale Retires
Whitesnake leader David Coverdale officially retires.
“After 50 years-plus of an incredible journey with you, with Deep Purple, with Whitesnake, Jimmy Page, the last few years has been very evident to me that it’s time really for me to hang up my Rock and Roll platform shoes and my skintight jeans.” writes Coverdale.
Limp Bizkit (Fred Durst Center)
11/14 Limp Bizkit Cancelled
A planned 2026 concert in Estonia is called off due to lead singer Fred Durst’s past favorable comments on Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke against Limp Bizkit’s concert when it was first announced making it clear “there is no place in Estonia for a supporter of an aggressor state.”
KISS Kruise Poster
11/14 KISS Kruise Gets Underway
Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer join forces for the three-day “KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas” at Virgin Hotels.
The “Kruise” has two “unmasked” performances, one acoustic and one electric (including a tribute the late KISS guitarist Ace Frehley), marking the first time KISS performs together since retiring from touring in 2023 after Simmons announced that a second Madison Square Garden “End Of The Road” concert would be “the final KISS-in-makeup appearance.”
This KISS Army fan event celebrates the band’s five-decade career and the 50th anniversary of the KISS Army.
Deryck Whibley
11/15 Sum 41 Frontman Presents Clothing Line
Deryck Whibley’s clothing brand Walking Disaster is unveiled at Warped Tour Orlando.
Designed entirely by Whibley, Walking Disaster is also a movement, encouraging people to own their chaos with a DIY, Punk spirit. The entire collection is available at the Walking Disaster tent staffed by Whibley during the festival, as well as online at WalkingDisaster.com.
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