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by Andy Morris | Photos by Wenn

Tags: Download Festival 

Twisted Sister announce that they are splitting up

The Download favourites will call it a day after one last tour

 

TwisteD Sister announce farewell tour Photo: Wenn

One of the greatest hair metal acts of all time, Twisted Sister have announced that they will be splitting up.

The band are performing one farewell tour and then will hang up their guitars and guyliner for good in 2016.

A representatIve of the band told TMZ that Dee Snider and col made the decision last month, a week before their drummer AJ Pero died from a heart attack.

Watch Twisted Sister's video for 'We're Not Going To Take It' below

The band's 2016 tour will be brilliantly called 'Forty and F**k It' and they will also be honouring their drummer AJ with two tribute shows. The farewell tour will feature the lineup of Dee, Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza, and Eddie Ojeda .who will be joined by Adrenaline Mob's  Mike Portnoy on drums. 

No UK dates have been announced so far. The band last played the UK at Download Festival in 2014 on the Zippo Encore Stage.

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