{"id":442422,"date":"2026-05-10T23:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/442422\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T23:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T23:38:08","slug":"dragonforce-play-their-first-show-with-alissa-white-gluz-on-vocals-marc-hudson-absent-due-to-hearing-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/442422\/","title":{"rendered":"DragonForce Play Their First Show With Alissa White-Gluz On Vocals, Marc Hudson Absent Due To Hearing Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newest incarnation of DragonForce hit the stage for the first time yesterday, May 09th, at the annual \u2018Welcome To Rockville\u2018 festival in Daytona Beach, FL. Last week the platinum-certified power metal outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2026\/05\/06\/news\/dragonforce-welcome-ex-arch-enemy-vocalist-alissa-white-gluz-to-their-lineup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made a shocking announcement<\/a>, revealing that ex-Arch Enemy\/The Agonist vocalist Alissa White-Gluz has joined them in an additional vocalist role.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s show delivered another surprise altogether however, as it found Alissa taking on the lead vocal role without Hudson. The latter has been sidelined by issues with his hearing loss\/tinnitus. The band explained:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis hasn\u2019t been a sudden decision, but something he has been managing behind the scenes for quite some time. After careful consideration, it\u2019s become clear that taking a little break is the best move for his long-term health and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>We know many of you were looking forward to seeing him on stage again with Alissa, but don\u2019t worry. We have new music with Marc and Alissa in the works. In the meantime, Billy [Wilkins, touring guitarist\/vocalist] will be stepping in to handle the next two live performances.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for all your love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band will once again be performing in this latest configuration at the \u2018Sonic Temple Art &amp; Music\u2018 festival in Columbus, OH on May 17th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newest incarnation of DragonForce hit the stage for the first time yesterday, May 09th, at the annual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[75404,120580,93,61,60,192636,278],"class_list":["post-442422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-alissa-white-gluz","tag-dragonforce","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marc-hudson","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}