Glenn Hughes Retires From The Stage And Faces Heart Surgery | Linkin Park's Unshatter | Tool's Drummer Clears His Autumn

On Saturday night in Rancho Mirage, Glenn Hughes sang four Deep Purple songs with Kings Of Chaos, including "Stormbringer." Nobody in that room knew what they were watching.

The Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath and Black Country Communion legend has announced his retirement from touring and live performances, revealing he needs another open-heart surgery. Scott Penfold looks at the career, and at the interview from twelve months ago where Hughes told Eddie Trunk that retirement wasn't a word he used — that he'd come home from a European run reinvigorated, with new purpose, and had never felt so strong.

Plus Linkin Park announce Unshatter, a documentary opening in theatres September 30 and directed by DJ and creative director Joe Hahn. It covers the seven years between Chester Bennington's death in 2017 and the band's 2024 return with Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain, running from 2022 studio sessions through the From Zero launch show in São Paulo. Mike Shinoda on what it isn't: "don't think reality TV." A companion live album recorded in São Paulo arrives alongside it.

And Danny Carey has dropped off BEAT's fall tour with Tony Levin citing his Tool commitments — which is interesting, because Tool have exactly two shows on the books. The arithmetic, the case for optimism, and the reason Maynard James Keenan would tell you to calm down.

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