- Metallica was still on top in 2021 with the band streaming a whopping 1.3 billion times across 58 million listeners — which figures 22.4 songs per listener. The band posted on Instagram: "With all the ups and downs of 2021, one thing remained consistent: you listened to a lot of Metallica on @Spotify! Honestly, we don’t even know what to say. But a massive THANK YOU, 'TALLICA FAMILY feels pretty appropriate. Happy New Year; we’ll see ya in 2022!" (Metal Injection)
- Kiss drummer Eric Singer joined the band's former-guitarist Bruce Kulick onstage on December 30th in Las Vegas for a 20-song Kiss retrospective. The setlist at \ Count's Vamp'd mainly featured 1980's classics — with a handful of '70s and '90s favorites thrown in. Singer was a last-minute fill-in for Kulick's drummer Brent Fitz, who fell ill with covid. (Ultimate Classic Rock)
Bruce Kulick's Las Vegas setlist from December 30th, 2021:
"Creatures Of The Night"
"Unholy"
"Uh! All Night"
"Domino"
"Heaven's On Fire"
"Watchin' You"
"Tears Are Falling"
"I Love It Loud"
"Detroit Rock City"
"King Of The Night Time World"
"God Gave Rock And Roll To You"
"Forever"
"War Machine"
"Jungle"
"Paralyzed"
"I Just Wanna"
"Spit"
"Star Spangled Banner"
"Crazy Crazy Nights"
"Turn On The Night"