Twisted Sister announce farewell tour

By Stef Lach
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Band will go on world jaunt in 2016 with sticksman Mike Portnoy filling in for the late AJ Pero

Twisted Sister have announced they’re planning a 2016 farewell tour.

TMZ reports the band have confirmed they’ll hit the road for the final time next year on a global jaunt titled Forty And Fuck It.

Guitarist Jay Jay French previously said the band’s future was in doubt following the death of drummer AJ Pero who passed away last month while on tour with Adrenaline Mob. He’ll now be replaced by Mike Portnoy for the 2016 dates.

Further details will be issued in due course.

The band announced this week that they would hold a tribute night for Pero at New Jersey’s Starland Ballroom on June 13.

Portnoy said last month that he was working on a “full-blown” heavy metal album, but didn’t say who he was working with.

Stef Lach

Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.