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Presenting The 2nd Annual Drumeo “Drummer Of The Year” Awards Winners

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Last month I shared the nominations for the 2nd Annual Drumeo “Drummer Of The Year” Awards and in that post I mentioned that I had not heard of it before publishing that post. I also pointed out that a wide variety of awards show rundowns are shared over on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” since that lets me post a wider variety of them. Now we are back on the Drumeo topic as they just recently revealed the winners in a streamed video on YouTube so if you scroll on down below you will see all of the winners of the awards as well as those honored with some special legacy awards. The streaming cermony was hosted by Jared Falk and Dave Atkinson and a few others. Here now are your winners for “Drummer Of The Year”.

Drummer Of The Year:
Mark Guiliana
WINNER – Chad Smith
Benny Greb
Steve Smith
Todd Sucherman

Rock Drummer Of The Year:
Ray Luzier
Rook
Daniel Fang
Josh Freese
WINNER – Travis Barker
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Features, Tours and Festivals

Orange Goblin Gears Up For US Dates!

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There’s nothing like getting ready for Summer Fridays than some hot touring news and this alert from the folks handling Orange Goblin will definitely be of interest to many of you. Take a look down below.

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The Press Release:
British titans Orange Goblin are preparing for their return to the stage in the United States! Their upcoming U.S Run includes exclusive stops in NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, Dallas and an appearance at The Muddy Roots Festival in Cookeville, TN. Cape Fear sludge stalwarts Weedeater will now be joining the band as direct support in Chicago at Thalia Hall. Find a complete list of dates below.

“Orange Goblin haven’t been able to tour the US since 2014 so it’s been a long 5 years, but we are excited to return in 2019 for a few select shows across the country. We have an amazing array of supports lined up for this special tour and we can’t wait to bring the Orange Goblin thunder back to our rabid US fan base! Grab your tickets now as these will be the most wild and memorable shows we have done in the US, drawing on our full back catalogue of material spanning the bands whole career, including material from last years ‘The Wolf Bites Back’ album! America, we can’t wait to party with you all once again, Orange fuckin’ Goblin is back,” says frontman Ben Ward.
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