Geekwire Week of 04.22.26 - Ep667

About this episode

This episode covers various rock news including Ted Poley's comments on Sebastian Bach, Slayer's anniversary shows, and Alice Cooper's new tour.

GeekWire 04.22.26 is packed with the usual mix of rock drama, reunion talk, tour news, and a few curveballs. This week we’re covering Ted Poley walking back his Sebastian Bach rant, new Slayer anniversary shows, Billy Corgan’s latest NWA move, KISS adding more live activity in Vegas, Alice Cooper hitting the road with a new guitarist, and more from the worlds of Poison, Iron Maiden, Accept, Motörhead, Blue Murder, and beyond. We also touch on one non-rock side story about the iPod making a comeback with listeners looking for a distraction-free music experience. Stories covered in this episode: Ted Poley takes the blame and says he regrets publicly going off on Sebastian Bach Slayer announces California and Minnesota shows celebrating 40 years of Reign In Blood Kyle Thomas says arguing over Pantera’s connection to Exhorder is pointless Billy Corgan lands a major TV deal for the National Wrestling Alliance Joel Hoekstra joins Stephen Pearcy’s solo band for the 2026 tour David Reece says he’d love to take part in Accept’s 50th anniversary activity Phil Campbell’s sons will honor their late father at this year’s Hella Rock Festival Iron Maiden will not attend the Rock and Roll Hall…

Topics covered

• rock drama
• reunion talk
• tour news
• music experience
• anniversary shows

Keywords

• Ted Poley
• Sebastian Bach
• Slayer
• Billy Corgan
• KISS
• Alice Cooper
• Iron Maiden
• iPod
• rock news
• tour announcements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Slayer, KISS, Iron Maiden, Exhorder, National Wrestling Alliance, T3RMINAL

Products: iPod

Places: California, Minnesota

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