It sucks to say that Machine Head guitarist Reece Scruggs is sitting out the band’s upcoming summer European and UK tour. He’s got a more than good reason, but of course he will be missed. The band ...

Sometimes, you just want to go to a show where you just see the headliner and that’s that. No frills. No extra bullshit. Just you, scores of fellow fans, and the band you came to see for a few hours.

Machine Head have announced an evening-with tour of Europe and the UK. Oakland’s groove metal pioneers will return to the other side of the Atlantic in April and May, for a run of dates where they’re ...