Jon Schaffer Extradited, Summer Tour Cancellations Begin, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of January 23 – January 29, 2021

Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below:

• Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer has been extradited to Washington, D.C. But will his participation in the Capitol riot actually hurt his career?
• The summer 2021 tour cancellations have begun.
• Ozzy’s daughter, Aimée Osbourne, discussed opting out of the Osbournes TV show.
• King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toya Willcox returned with a cover of Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle.”
• This very sad lady was catfished into believing she’s engaged to Bret Michaels (Poison) and BFFs with Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe).
• Robb Flynn defended Machine Head’s Catharsis.
• Tool’s Maynard James Keenan fears that social media has “driven a wedge between people.”
• Metallica once played a show… with Ratt… at a roller rink.
• Trapt’s drummer quit the band for political reasons.
• Former members of The Black Dahlia Murder and The Faceless have teamed up for a new band, Shared Trauma.

That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend as usual and be right back at it full-bore next week.