About The Concert Floodgates...

Here's another tour announcement. Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium and In Flames will kick-off their rescheduled tour August 20. The run is called The Metal Tour Of The Year. I don't hate that title!

The Metal Tour of the Year is coming for you! The rescheduled #Megadeth & @lambofgod co-headline dates with special guests @TriviumOfficial & @InFlames_SWE are announced and will be back on-sale Friday, May 7.

For dates, tickets and VIP packages go to: https://t.co/CiTgZgOshg pic.twitter.com/T6NQCBWQvS

— Megadeth (@Megadeth) May 4, 2021

Not Even Surprised This Happened At Kid Rock's Bar

Well, some nut took off his colostomy bag outside Kid Rock's bar in Nashville over the weekend. And people got covered in poo, including the responding police. Folks wearing masks were the real winners this night.

Nashville is BACK.#KidRockhttps://t.co/pG7YPfqIsJ

— Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) May 2, 2021

Some painful scanner traffic on the incident. Yikes.

male took off his colostomy bag and started swinging it at others, some units have feces on them; this is third time i've heard this colostomy bag guy past two nights...

— Nashville Scanner (@ScanNashville) May 1, 2021

dispatch also advising central was out twice with this unit tonight, keeps refusing medical; well now, he is going to jail...

— Nashville Scanner (@ScanNashville) May 1, 2021

well kid rock is already marked off on the bingo card, and we did not have man flinging feces from his colostomy bag even in our distant thoughts as a possible call type...

— Nashville Scanner (@ScanNashville) May 1, 2021

dont think i'd want to be the transport car on this arrest...now where is that hot tub wagon...some officers may need to take a quick bath...

— Nashville Scanner (@ScanNashville) May 1, 2021

News Of The Week Roundup: Week 17, 2021

I can't believe it's May already. Seriously, we're almost at the halfway point of the year. Where did the time go?!?

A reminder that you really do need to get your second COVID-19 shot if your first dose was either Moderna or Pfizer.

Your second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine gives you more protection than you might think. Here’s why you should still get it, even if it’s later than planned. https://t.co/o7FQCYcOmL

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 1, 2021

The pandemic is at epic crisis proportions in India. It's a true humanitarian disaster. Other countries are sending aid, including America. Starting Tuesday, America is banning travel from India to the homeland.

India records its highest daily Covid death toll since the pandemic began https://t.co/ssDdZ18UQW

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 2, 2021

In U.S. politics news, the Biden's are getting ready to welcome a First Cat! This is very exciting to me as a cat person. I hope the First Cat is a rescue. Barn cats are total bros.

NBC: Major Biden is getting trained for a cat to arrive at the White House https://t.co/cRQe5nX3Qf

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) April 30, 2021

Also in American political news... the story of Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz just keeps getting worse.

EXCLUSIVE: Bombshell letter from Matt Gaetz's wingman says the congressman paid for sex with a 17-year-old girlhttps://t.co/xogREpGBt2

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) April 30, 2021

This NFT business is crazy. $500k for a meme.

The NFL Draft just happened. Yes, I watched quite a lot of it. As expected, the Jaguars took Clemson's Trever Lawrence.

Jacksonville gets its franchise QB 🚨

The Jaguars select Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence with the No. 1 pick in the #NFLDraft @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/s2FqRkauTX

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 30, 2021

I'm an Ohio State Football household - and this tweet does not surprise me at all:

Sheesh 🥵 Guess you could say these Buckeyes in the NFL are #DevelopedHere 😤😤😤#GoBuckeyes #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/9F6EgZnVIf

— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) May 2, 2021

And I leave you with this:

Steel Panther Announce Europe Festival Appearances

The European festival circuit is mostly not happening this summer, but there are already tons of announcements for 2022. Steel Panther will play both Nova Rock (Austria) and Download (U.K.). Iron Maiden and KISS will headline Download next summer. Foo Fighters will headline a day of Nova Rock. Overall, both lineups look awesome.