Tag Archives: Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate welcome new bass player Becky Baldwin

Posted by on January 19, 2024

  Following the recent announcement of parting ways with bassist Joey Vera, Mercyful Fate wasted no time revealing their replacement. Today (19th), these legends officially welcomed Becky Baldwin as their new bassist. Baldwin, no stranger to the group, stepped in during Mercyful Fate’s 2022 tour when Vera could not attend. Although this reveal may have […]

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Mercyful Fate amicably part ways with bassist Joey Vera

Posted by on January 17, 2024

  Reformed Danish metal legends Mercyful Fate and bassist Joey Vera have mutually decided to part ways. Mercyful Fate leader and frontman King Diamond confirmed the split via social media. The statement reads: “Mercyful Fate and Joey Vera have mutually decided to split ways. “Our friendship and respect for each other will always remain the […]

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Mercyful Fate drop ‘Melissa’ digitally for the album’s 40th anniversary

Posted by on October 31, 2023

  Metal Blade Records has celebrated the 40th-anniversary of Mercyful Fate’s classic album, Melissa, with a digital release, which arrived yesterday (30th). This special rendition features the 2005 remaster by Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound in NYC, previously unavailable digitally. To enhance the celebration, Mercyful Fate collaborated with merch company Bravado to introduce a new line […]

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Concert Calendar (11/14-11/18): Never Stop Attending Gigs: Mercyful Fate, W.A.S.P, & more

Posted by on November 14, 2022

  Thanks for checking out this calendar this week. Have yourselves an amazing November, never stop attending gigs, and do all the best shopping for gifts. Concert tickets are presents. This November is gonna rule, Ian November 14th – November 18th: Mon. Nov. 14th, 2022: Mercyful Fate, Kreator, Midnight at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA […]

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Concert Calendar (11/9-11/13): Early November Gigs Before the Holidaze. Mercyful Fate, Katatonia, & more:

Posted by on November 10, 2022

    Hey, all. Thanks for reading another well-organized Metal Insider concert calendar! We listed a bunch of new high-octane shows for you this week. So yeah, November is what you make of it, and we hope you embrace the extra hours by celebrating with family and attending some gigs in the very near future. […]

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Mercyful Fate announce first North American headlining tour in over two decades w/ Kreator & Midnight

Posted by on September 6, 2022

  Mercyful Fate have announced their first North American headlining tour in over two decades. The trek is scheduled to kick off on October 25th in Dallas, TX and will run through November 16th in Atlanta GA. Support on the trek will come from Kreator and Midnight. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00am […]

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Thirteen tour, event, and festival updates – 4/27

Posted by on April 27, 2022

  From Testament to Buckcherry here are thirteen tour, event, and festival updates.   01) Testament – Second leg of Bay Area Strikes Back Tour w/ Exodus & Death Angel:     Tour Dates: 09/09/2022 Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren 09/10/2022 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater 09/12/2022 Wichita, KS @ Cotillion 09/13/2022 Kansas City, MO […]

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Mercyful Fate, Emperor, Mayhem will return to 2022 Psycho Las Vegas Festival

Posted by on August 24, 2021

    Psycho Las Vegas Festival has announced additions to its 2022 line up. Due to this years’ travel restrictions, many bands from overseas had to withdraw from the 2021 festival including Emperor, Satyricon, Mayhem, etc.. Read about that here. A number of US bands were added to the bill to round out that line […]

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Lamb of God and Mercyful Fate to headline Bloodstock Open Air 2022

Posted by on August 16, 2021

  Bloodstock Open Air is a long running outdoor music festival that takes place, every year, at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. This year’s festival is going on right now with headliners Devin Townsend, Kreator, and Judas Priest. It has been announced that the headliners of the 2022 festival will be Lamb of God and […]

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Danzig, Mercyful Fate and Emperor to headline 2020 Psycho Las Vegas; tickets on sale now

Posted by on January 30, 2020

The full lineup is here for 2020 Psycho Las Vegas. The three day festival will be held on August 14-16th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. This marks the second year in a row at the resort and overall fifth consecutive year. This unique event will take over the entire resort including four stages: […]

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