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2017 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2017.

Contents

Bands disbanded

  • Amoral
  • Black Sabbath

    • Events

  • On February 2 and 4, Black Sabbath played their final two shows at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. These dates were the final two dates of the band's farewell tour The End.
  • Aerosmith will embark on their final tour after 47 years together, titled the Aero-Vederci Baby! tour.
  • Canadian festival Heavy Montreal will take a year off, returning in July 2018.

    • Deaths

  • January 28 – Geoff Nicholls, former keyboardist of Black Sabbath, died from lung cancer at the age of 68.
  • February 8 – Tony Särkkä, former multi-instrumentalist of Abruptum, Ophthalamia, Vondur and War, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 45.
  • February 13 – Trish Doan, bassist of Kittie, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 31.

    • References

    2017 in heavy metal music Wikipedia
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