Five Finger Death Punch will no longer be opening for Metallica‘s upcoming show in Amsterdam this weekend.
Ivan Moody and company are among the many artists providing support for the “Enter Sandman” outfit on their M72 world tour. Their first date on the bill was set for Saturday, April 29, in the Dutch capital. However, in a Facebook post, Metallica shares that FFDP “cannot join” the show “due to unforeseen circumstances,” and Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen will perform a solo set in their place.
Five Finger Death Punch’s next scheduled show on the M72 tour is set for May 17 in Paris.
Other openers on the M72 tour include Mammoth WVH, Architects, Ice Nine Kills, Volbeat, Greta Van Fleet and the reformed Pantera.
Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus.
Lopez Obradour, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, wrote on Twitter on Sunday that his case is mild and that “my heart is at 100 percent.”
Studies suggest that most Americans have been infected with COVID at least once but a growing number have been infected multiple times.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not provide reinfection data but state-level data paints a varied picture.
Data from the New York State Department of Health shows that about 8.5% of total infections are reinfections. In Washington state, about 1% of all infections are reinfections as of October 2022, the latest date for which data is available, the state health department said.
Experts say reinfection is caused by a number of factors — including waning immunity and more transmissible variants — but the risk is highest for those who are vulnerable to serious complications from COVID.
What is the risk of being reinfected?
There are several factors tied to a person’s likelihood of being reinfected.
As of March 19, CDC data shows the COVID-19 case rate for unvaccinated people was 81.11 per 100,000 — more than three times higher than the rate of 25.81 per 100,000 among people fully vaccinated and boosted.
While being fully vaccinated and getting the bivalent booster shot can lower the risk of reinfection, studies have shown that immunity does wane over time.
Additionally, the chances of reinfection increases if a person lives in a county with high community transmission levels versus low transmission levels.
Another study from the CDC looked at essential workers who had previously been infected. It found that being unvaccinated, not frequently wearing a mask since first infection and being Black all increased the risk of being reinfected.
“The reality is three years into the pandemic, we know that infection is dependent on a variety of factors, including prior immunity,” said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation office at Boston Children’s Hospital and an ABC News contributor. “It’s not impossible especially over a long period of time, with immunity waning, whether that’s through infection or through vaccination.”
He continued, “We’ve seen many people with two, three, even four times COVID infection. It’s related to behavior. It’s related to practices around masking or travel.”
Role of variants
Currently, XBB.1.5, a subvariant of omicron, makes up the majority of new COVID cases in the U.S., CDC data shows.
Meanwhile, another subvariant, XBB.1.16, which was first detected in India, makes up nearly 10% of new cases.
Dr. Maria van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for COVID-19, said at a briefing that the variant “has one additional mutation in the spike protein, which in lab studies showed increased infectivity.”
Currently, no data suggests XBB.1.16 causes an increase in more severe illness, hospitalizations or deaths.
Brownstein said it’s important to stay vigilant because a new variant could change how likely reinfection is.
“We still have concern about being thrown a curveball when it comes to variants,” Brownstein said. “So far, we’re seeing a pretty predictable path along this omicron front but it is possible we’ll see something completely out of left field that could challenge that underlying immunity that we’ve had from previous infections and vaccines.”
Is reinfection dangerous?
Brownstein said there has been conflicting data on whether or not COVID reinfection raises the risk of chronic illness. Having a prior infection, however, does offer some protection, experts say.
“At the end of the day having the underlying immunity is beneficial … some level of immunity will provide some cross protection to new variants,” he said.
Brownstein said there is still a risk for those who are more likely to have severe complications from COVID-19, including the elderly and those who are immunocompromised.
Additionally, every COVID infection increases the risk of someone developing long COVID, which occurs when a person has ongoing symptoms of COVID lasting three months or longer.
“The concern that we have is not just about hospitalizations and deaths; it’s the long-term chronic impact of COVID,” Brownstein said. “And each time that you get infected, there’s a potential for having longer-lasting symptoms, which we’ve seen strong data support, how debilitating some of these impacts can be for the population.”
Cole Swindell has announced his brand new 12-date fall tour.
The aptly titled Twelve Tour kicks off in Fargo, North Dakota, October 12, before hitting states such as Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Cole’s headlining trek will then wrap in Rome, Georgia, on November 4.
Fast-rising newcomers Nate Smith, Conner Smith, Avery Anna and Greylan James will serve as openers on select dates.
“My fans know 12 is my number… so, here we go… 12 SHOWS. 12 DIFFERENT SETS. We are kicking this off October 12th and I can’t wait to be out on the road with Nate, Conner, Avery Anna and Greylan!” Cole shares.
Ticket sales start on Friday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time. Members of Cole’s Down Home Crew fan club will get access to presale tickets on Tuesday, April 25, at 10 a.m. local time.
For a full list of dates and to grab tickets, visit Cole’s website.
Cole’s new single, “Drinkaby,” is currently climbing up the country charts. The track is off his upcoming Stereotype Broken deluxe album, which drops Friday, April 28.
Willie Nelson, who turns 90 on April 29, has announced a fall leg of his annual Outlaw Music Festival Tour, where he’ll be joined by Bobby Weir & Wolf Brothers featuring The Wolf Pack, Gov’t Mule, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs and more.
The new leg kicks off September 8 in Raleigh, North Carolina, wrapping October 15 in Pelham, Alabama. Lineups will vary per show, but other artists on the bill include Tedeschi Trucks Band, The String Cheese Incident, Los Lobos and The Avett Brothers.
“I am so thrilled to announce these additional dates for our 2023 Outlaw Music Festival Tour,” says Willie. “I can’t wait to keep the celebration of my 90th birthday going into the fall with this great lineup of artists, my friends and family, and of course, the amazing fans.”
A presale for the new shows begins Wednesday, April 26, at 10 a.m. local time, with a general sale set for Friday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time.
The first leg of the 2023 Outlaw Music Festival kicks off June 23 in Somerset, Wisconsin, with a lineup that includes Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, John Fogerty and more. A complete list of Outlaw Music Festival dates, and lineups, can be found at willienelson.com.
Scottish duo The Proclaimers have been dropped from King Charles‘ official coronation playlist — because of their “anti-royal” views.
Their worldwide 1993 hit “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, was one of 27 songs selected for the playlist, which includes music by artists from all over the U.K. and the Commonwealth. It no longer appears on the playlist, however, and the BBC reports it’s been removed by the British government.
The reason? According to the BBC, during an event for the king last year, a man was arrested for shouting, “Who elected him?” Following the arrest, Proclaimers member Charlie Reid said, “I thought that guy spoke for me, and he speaks for loads of other people. Not just in Scotland, but right around the UK.”
In addition, the band released a song called “In Recognition” in 2007, which they said was about “our overwhelming contempt for people on the left in this country who snipe against the royal family and then end up taking honors [like knighthoods].”
They continued, “For people who believe in the monarchy (we’re don’t, we’re republicans) then that’s fair enough, we don’t have a problem with that. But we feel total contempt for people who … declare that they’re against the monarchy but then think it’s ok to take an honor in later life.”
Artists remaining on the playlist include The Beatles, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, David Bowie, Coldplay, Spice Girls, Harry Styles, Kate Bush and Michael Bublé.
Thomas Rhett has added a second hometown show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena as part of his upcoming HOME TEAM TOUR 23.
The newly added show will take place on Saturday, September 30, just a day after his now-sold-out first show on Friday, September 29. Cole Swindell and Nate Smith will open both shows.
“It’s always a dream come true to play your hometown,” Thomas shares. “But getting to play the arena two nights in a row is going to be one of those things I tell my grandkids about one day.”
Home Team Members get access to the presale happening Tuesday, April 25. General sales start Friday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time at ThomasRhett.com.
The HOME TEAM TOUR 23 kicks off May 4 in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 2002, former Van Halen frontmen Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth toured together on Song for Song, the Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour, but apparently it did not make them friends. In fact, Hagar doesn’t have very many nice things to say about Roth.
“He’s not a fun guy. He doesn’t play well with others. I’m not sure what his problem is … He just always is about, ‘How can I make this guy look bad?’” Hagar said on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast. “[I thought] he’d be a fun guy to know. But he ain’t like that. He ain’t like his persona. When you get around him, he ain’t that guy. He’s some other cat.”
While Hagar acknowledges Roth’s “early stuff is frickin’ great,” he’s not that impressed with any of Roth’s later solo stuff. “He’s a showman. … He doesn’t care about singing,” Hagar says. “If he did, he’d take care of his voice or he’d take voice lessons, and get warmed up and do something.” He adds that the last time Roth played shows he “sang so bad” that “it was embarrassing.”
“He doesn’t care about his voice, which drives me nuts, man. I care more about my voice than I do my d***,” Hagar said. “If my d*** didn’t work a couple of times, I’d be OK with it — I’d be bummed out — but if my voice f**** up onstage, I’m f****** bummed, man.”
His first foray into television, Netflix’s FUBAR, is set to debut on May 25, but Arnold Schwarzenegger will also be back on the big screen.
Deadline reports the action icon will star in Breakout, a movie from the director of the upcoming Expendables 4, Scott Waugh. Arnold appeared in the first three Expendables movies.
According to the trade, Arnold will play Terry Reynolds, a dad who concocts a plan to bust out his wrongly convicted stepson from a foreign prison and flee the country.
It will be Arnold’s first movie since 2019’s franchise-killing flop Terminator: Dark Fate.
Incidentally, this isn’t Arnold’s first movie about a jailbreak: He and Sylvester Stallone teamed up to spring themselves from a supermax pokey in the 2013 movie Escape Plan.
Breakout will start shooting later this year in Eastern Europe.
Adele‘s 2016 episode of The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke with James Corden was an instant classic. With Corden’s gig coming to a close, she joined the talk show host for “one final Carpool Karaoke commute to work” — and you can watch it on YouTube now.
In the episode Adele “sneaks” into Corden’s bedroom and “wakes him up” by crashing two cymbals next to his head. She then announces she’s driving him to work and gets behind the wheel.
Adele warns Corden that she’s not a good driver, but says she’ll be careful because, as she puts it, “If I crash, I know you’ll keep it in the f****** edit!”
The two harmonize on “Rolling In the Deep”; “Love Is A Game”; “I Drink Wine”; Adele’s first single, “Hometown Glory”; and even a version of Barbra Streisand‘s “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”
Corden reveals that at first “everyone said no” to Carpool Karaoke, but after Stevie Wonder agreed to do the segment, it became easier to book artists. In addition, he credits Adele’s appearance for encouraging artists like Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga to say yes.
Adele, in turn, credits a six-hour conversation with Corden for inspiring “I Drink Wine.”
When Corden asks Adele about being just a Tony win away from an EGOT — having already won Grammys, an Oscar and an Emmy — she says, “I really don’t think that that is ever gonna happen. I would never write a musical. I f*****’ hate musicals … I also think the ‘EGO’ suits me better.”
The two are in tears by the end, declaring that they are both one of each other’s “best friends in the world.” But Adele says she’s “not ready to come back” to England, which is where Corden is heading.
