Some weeks feel like the last hour of a great party: half the room grabbing coats, the other half shouting for one more song. That’s the rock news this week in a nutshell. Faith No More got a missing piece back, Jimmy Page told us he’s done with the road, and we lost one of the great New York guitarists. Last week the legends were pre-selling 2027. This week’s thesis: the old guard is taking its bows while the bands we wrote off plug back in.
Faith No More Bring Back Trey Spruance for Their 2027 Reunion Tour
Trey Spruance, the guitarist on King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime, is rejoining Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould and Mike Bordin for the 2027 return. The 16-date run opens January 15 in Rio supporting System of a Down, runs through Australia, New Zealand, Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple, and closes at NOS Alive in Lisbon on July 9. Longtime guitarist Jon Hudson is not in the lineup, and Stereogum counts this as their first tour in 11 years.
ZRock take: We’ve waited on this since June, and bringing Trey back says this isn’t a victory lap. Like the Allman Brothers in Monday’s This Week in Rock History, some bands just refuse to stay finished.
Sources: Consequence, Stereogum
Jimmy Page Says Touring No Longer Appeals, but He’s Still Playing
At the Music Industry Trust Awards in London on Monday, the Led Zeppelin guitarist told The Sun that life on the road “doesn’t really appeal to me any more.” He’s still playing, though. His last real tour was in 2000, with the Black Crowes.
ZRock take: The man behind Led Zeppelin IV owes us nothing. But “still playing” is doing a lot of work in that quote, and we’d take a new studio record in a heartbeat.
Sources: Louder, Consequence
Remembering Richard Lloyd of Television, Dead at 75
Television co-founder Richard Lloyd died on Saturday, November 7, aged 75. His tangled, conversational guitar lines with the late Tom Verlaine on Marquee Moon (1977) helped write the rulebook for punk, post-punk and indie guitar.
ZRock take: Put on “Marquee Moon” tonight, all ten minutes of it, and listen to two guitars talking. Thank you, Richard.
Sources: Louder, Stereogum, Consequence
Deftones and Knocked Loose Team Up for a 2027 North American Tour
Deftones announced 23 North American dates from May 5 in Dallas to June 20 in Toronto, with Knocked Loose and julie in support, plus a Kilby Block Party slot on May 14. The artist presale opens Tuesday, November 17, with general on-sale Thursday, November 19, both at 10am local.
ZRock take: Deftones handing the opening slot to the heaviest band of the new class is torch-passing done right.
Sources: Consequence, The Rock Revival
Download 2027: Blink-182, Bring Me the Horizon and Evanescence Headline
Download Festival returns to Donington Park June 9 to 13, 2027, with Blink-182, Bring Me the Horizon and Evanescence on top. Mötley Crüe, Faith No More, The Prodigy, Turnstile, Parkway Drive and a reunited Murderdolls are also on the bill. PayPal presale passes are on sale now.
ZRock take: Three headliners from three eras is how a festival should look. The sleeper hit? Murderdolls.
Sources: Louder, Consequence
Rock Hall Induction Is Saturday, and the No-Shows Keep Coming
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony is Saturday, November 14, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Iron Maiden will be on tour in Australia, and neither Sade nor Oasis will be there. Phil Collins, inducted for his solo career, said he’d “gotten quite used to being overlooked.”
ZRock take: We cheered Maiden’s induction in April. If the Hall can’t get them in the room, that tells you who needs whom.
Your turn: One ticket, 2027. Faith No More with Trey Spruance back, or Deftones with Knocked Loose? Tell us which, and why, in the comments.
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