With Joey as the lead singer of Anthrax in the 80's to early 90's the band was nominated for three Grammy awards, appeared on the Fox sitcom Married with Children, and Joey was voted the #1 metal singer two years in a row by Metal Forces Magazine.

Since rejoining Anthrax in 2004, Joey has toured with Judas Priest, Rob Zombie and has played in front of millions of fans across the globe. 2010 has found Joey with Anthrax sharing the stage with the pioneers of Thrash Metal Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth, all collectively known as "The Big Four" playing to sold out audiences across Europe for the Sonisphere festivals.

In the mid to late '90s, Belladonna released his first two solo albums with great press and reviews from around the world. When not on the road with Anthrax, Joey concentrates his spare time writing, recording and touring with his solo band Belladonna and playing local shows in his home town area with his cover band Chief Big Way.

Wednesday, August 25th 2010:
Anthrax is heading to Santiago, Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Valencia, Venezuela in November and the promoter asked for some short video promotions. In this video blooper, Joey Belladonna accidentally calls Santiago San Diego.

My team has been hard at work planning this tour with the promoters down in South America since January. With the recent earthquakes that have happened down there, we thought we would have to postpone or cancel the tour, but the promoters all scrambled to find new venues and we did everything we could to make this tour happen.

My staff has been hard at work trying to salvage these tour dates, but were unable to do so. I hope to see you all out on the road this summer when I am in Europe with Anthrax and the few select shows I have with my solo band Belladonna in America. More solo dates will be announced soon.

You can keep up to date on everything I am doing via my website http://www.joeybelladonna.com and my MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/joeybelladonna

Monday, May 17th 2010:
Joey on the passing of Ronnie James Dio: Ronnie was a big inspiration, influence and dear friend of mine. He was a true gentleman and kind hearted individual. He always would go out of his way to make you feel welcome and important. Without a doubt he was one of the best, top notch and a class act. I will truly miss him. -Joey Belladonna/Anthrax

Monday, May 10th 2010:
THE RUMORS ARE TRUE: JOEY BELLADONNA REJOINS ANTHRAX!

With rumors swirling since Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello were seen together with former Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna late last month in New York, the band - Benante, Bello, and guitarists Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano - is elated to announce that Belladonna has officially rejoined the band. In his once and current capacity, Belladonna will make his first appearance with Anthrax this summer when the band joins Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth - The Big Four founding bands of the thrash genre - to co-headline a series of Sonisphere Festivals in ten European cities, as well as playing a handful of Anthrax-headlined shows (itinerary is below).

"I am super excited about this," said Scott Ian. "Joey and the rest of the band came to see me play at a club in New York, I hadn't seen Joey for years, since the end of the reunion tour. Joey taps me on the shoulder, instant big hug, it felt like no time had gone by. The band dynamic is an interesting one - in Anthrax, Joey and I spent so many years of our lives together, we grew up together, we know each other so well, so it was like no time was lost."

Belladonna, an essential part of Anthrax's lineup from 1985 to 1992, sang on some of the band's most popular albums including Spreading the Disease, Among the Living and Persistence of Time. He had reunited with original members of Anthrax for the 2005 - 2007 "Among the Living Tour," but this situation is different. Explained Belladonna, "I had been in touch with Charlie and Frank, then I got a call from their manager who said that everyone wanted me back in the band. I thought, 'are you guys for real? You want me up there, fronting the band like it was before?' I was thrilled. We've already started to reconnect with the old ways of having conversations. Everything is easy going and feels really good."

"We're going to do these summer shows and gel as a band," explained Charlie Benante, "get comfortable playing with each other again, and the energy from that should go right into making new music."

Immediately following the final Sonisphere festival in early August, the band will fly back to the U.S. and begin writing and rehearsing for a new album that's expected to be out in early 2011.

"We've got an unusual luxury of hindsight," added Ian. "We finished an album a year ago, we've lived with those 12 songs since then, and we can look back on them and see what we really love and what we can make even better, especially with Joey back in the fold."

Added Benante, "There are five or six songs from a year ago that we don't want to change, we love them the way they are, other than having Joey making them his own with his vocals. Then there's another five or six that we may want to rework, and then there are a bunch of other tunes that are still in the early stages, that we want to finish.

"The band has been on an emotional roller coaster since last summer," Benante continued, "but I think everything that we've had to deal with during that time was pushing us toward this, to Joey being back in Anthrax, and the timing couldn't be more perfect or appropriate. To have Joey with us playing these shows with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth is the way it should be - as Anthrax's vocalist from '85 to '92, he was part of 'The Big Four.'"

"John was a real stand up guy about the situation," said Ian, about John Bush, Anthrax's vocalist from '92 - '05. "He knew we wanted to move forward at full speed, that we needed a total commitment to Anthrax, and he knew that wasn't what he wanted. We certainly wish John well. We've had so many great times with him, and we appreciate his stepping in last summer at the last minute, and performing with us since then. He will always be an integral part of the Anthrax family."

With worldwide sales in excess of 10-million, Anthrax is about to celebrate its 29th year as a band. Over its career, Anthrax has received multiple Gold and Platinum albums, multiple Grammy nominations, and a host of other accolades from the press, industry and fans.

Complete dates for Anthrax - with Joey Belladonna on vocals - are as follows:

JUNE

8 Sonisphere Festival, Pori, Finland

Friday, May 7th 2010:
Please note some new South America dates as well as some venue changes to 2 other dates. Check all the dates on the left of this page to be sure the date and location to see Belladonna live!

Thursday, May 6th 2010:
Belladonna adds 2 US dates, 8/25/10 The Hard Rock Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA AND 9/10/10 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY

Wednesday, May 5th 2010:
Belladonna can now be found on iTunes and most large MP3 download websites. iTunes link can be found at http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/belladonna/id28284884

Sunday, April 25th 2010:
Tour date details added for South America! Start date is now June 1st.

Thursday, April 15th 2010:
Belladonna digitally releases 3 more CD's, including one never before available!

Joey Belladonna today announced that three more albums are available immediately online at http://www.CDbaby.com and should be available on dozens of other digital distribution sites within weeks. These include Amazon MP3, Apple iTunes, Emusic, GreatIndieMusic, Lala, Last.fm, LimeWire, Liquid Digital Media, MediaNet, Napster, Nokia, Rhapsody, Shockhound, Spotify, ThumbPlay, Tradebit, Verizon, Zune and possibly more.

The 3 new digital releases are:

• Artifacts 1
• Artifacts 2
• Deadly Night Shade

Last week Belladonna also digitally released:

• Belladonna
• Belladonna 03

Deadly Night Shade is a never before released CD with 13 tracks, including some Belladonna performs live on tour. Tracks can be purchased individually for 99 cents each and all albums are priced competitively with Artifacts 1 and 2 available for only $5.99 each. Samples of all songs are available as well. A new CD is being written and recorded now and should be available soon.

Links:
CDBaby http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Belladonna8
Homepage: http://www.joeybelladonna.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/joeybelladonna


Finally, don't forget the South American tour kicks off on June 1st!

Friday, April 9th 2010:
For the first time ever, Joey has decided to make his solo albums available for digital download and purchase! The first 2 albums are now available on Cdbaby.com and will appear on all major music download sites soon including Napster, iTunes, Amazon and a dozen others. Artifacts 1, Artifact 2, Deadly Night Shade and maybe some surprises will be listed as soon as next week. Finally, the new album will be posted last which is expected soon! You can sample tracks, purchase songs or entire albums at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Belladonna8! Spread the word!

Monday, March 29th 2010:
Big news! Belladonna returns to South America with new tour announced. Dates are to the left and will be updated as more information becomes available. Please be sure to update your Facebook, Twitter, Blog or whatever you have to help spread the word!

Tuesday, December 29th 2009:
Between gigs with Belladonna, Joey plays drums and sings in a classic cover band called Chief Big Way, this link goes to their Facebook page. To book Belladonna or Chief Big Way, email: bookings@joeybelladonna.com

Wednesday, June 24th 2009:
Belladonna to play Mezcal Metal Fest With Testament, Sacred Reich, Grave Digger, Voivod, Alcatrazz and more on September 13th, 2009. Mexico City, Mexico

Wednesday, April 8th 2009:
Couple new dates added, Mass and NJ. More to follow!

Sample and downloadable MP3's are available!