The Meffs will play the UK in November. It's called the Broken Brains tour. Aerial Salad and noah and the Loners open. You can see the dates below.

Halford, the band fronted by Rob Halford of Judas Priest in the early 2000s, will re-release their second and fourth albums, Crucible and Made of Metal. This is the first time these albums have been released on vinyl. They are self-released and are being distributed by Vision Merch. Each record is limited to 2,000 units total (in various color combinations). In related Halford news, Rob is also a guest on the upcoming Dolly Parton (4xLP!) album, out this fall.

Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Jann Wenner has been removed from the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation (which he also co-founded) after comments he made about women and Black musicians in a recent New York Times interview. During the interview, Wenner said that his upcoming book doesn't feature any interviews with women or Black musicians because he doesn't find them "articulate" enough when compared to white male musicians. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation responded to these comments on September 16 by saying simply, “Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation”.After he was removed from the Board of Directors, Wenner then released a statement apologizing for his comments which reads, “In my interview with The New York Times, I made comments that diminished the contributions, genius, and impact of Black and women artists and I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks. The Masters is a collection of interviews I’ve done over the years that seemed to me to best represent an idea of rock ‘n’ roll’s impact on my world; they were not meant to represent the whole of music and its diverse and important originators but to reflect the high points of my career and interviews I felt illustrated the breadth and experience in that career. They don’t reflect my appreciation and admiration for myriad totemic, world-changing artists whose music and ideas I revere and will celebrate and promote as long as I live. I totally understand the inflammatory nature of badly chosen words and deeply apologize and accept the consequences". Rolling Stone (which Wenner left in 2019) also released a statement on Twitter following the comments which reads, "Jann Wenner's recent statements to the New York Times do not represent the values and practices of today's Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner has not been directly involved in our operations since 2019. Our purpose, especially since his departure, has been to tell stories that reflect the diversity of voices and experiences that shape our world. At Rolling Stone's core is the understanding that music above all can bring us together, not divide us".

Blink-182 have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called One More Time… and will be out on October 20 via Columbia Records. The band has also released an announcement video that features them talking about the reasons for their break-up and clips of new songs. This will be the first album since 2011’s Neighborhoods to feature Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker. Blink-182 released NINE with Matt Skiba in 2019. Check out the video and tracklist below.

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Jeff Rosenstock has announced the postponement of the remainder of their September shows after members of the touring party tested positive for COVID-19. The new dates will be announced soon and will take place in March and April next year. A statement released on Instagram reads in part, ”With COVID on the loose in our crew, we've made the very difficult decision to postpone the remaining dates of our September tour. We are going to do our best to be back with Sidney Gish & Gladie in March/April next year. I'm so so so sorry to everyone looking forward to these shows and especially sorry to anyone who made travel plans. Ugh. It sucks. This tour has been an all time great, the shows have been the best and none of us wanted to do this but it felt necessary. More details? Don't have many but here goes! I'll be fine eventually but I'm quite sick at the moment. I know people are generally pretty casual about COVID these days but I imagine no one would go out and sing karaoke in a room with ten of their friends if they had the constant COVID cough. Like I said yesterday, I'm not trying to play shows with COVID or be untruthful about my sickness – and I've never cancelled a show because I was sick in my life – but by the time Mike and I are safe to scream in yr face it seems incredibly likely more of us will have COVID considering that we spend every waking hour with each other. We've been down this road before and we know where it goes. And it sucks!! So trying to make the best of a bad thing, we're gonna reschedule those remaining dates with Sidney Gish & GLADIE and add a few more in some spots we couldn't hit this time around due to my work schedule (Ohio! Buffalo! Etc!!) and get this thing going better than ever. The expanded edition. Jeffy Sidney Gladdy Deluxe Re-Issue. That's all I got. Love y'all see you soon but not soon enough and again very very very very sorry.” Jeff Rosenstock released HELLMODE earlier this year. See the statement in full below.

Earlier this year, Screaming Females played seven shows in snowy Alaska. Director Kate Sweeney went with the group and recorded a documentary about the trek. You can see it below. The band released Desire Pathway earlier this year.

The Manchester Punk Festival has announced its lineup for 2024. Hot Water Music, Pissed Jeans, A Wilhelm Scream, Martha, Tsunami Bomb, Stop The Presses, Noseblled, Cheekface, Random Hand, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, and The Bar Stool Preachers are among the bands playing. Manchester Punk Festival will take place on March 29-31, 2024 across 7 venues in Manchester, UK. See the lineup in full below.

Hot Water Music, A Wilhelm scream, and Catbite will hit the UK in 2024. The jaunt kicks off in Mid-March and the crew hits England and Scotland. You can see the dates below.