See 4K Video Of Y&T’s April 2025 Live performance In Napa, California

4K fan-filmed video of Y&T‘s April 4 efficiency at Uptown Theatre in Napa, California could be seen beneath (courtesy of Walter Morgan).

In a March 2024 interview with SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti was requested if he want to make a follow-up to 2010’s “Facemelter” album. He responded: “Sure.” However then he clarified: “It isn’t in manufacturing [yet]. You may slap my face, and I am sorry, however, no, I’ve not written it but, no. We’ll write collectively as a band, hopefully, as a result of that is the way in which I like to put in writing typically. I do like writing by myself as effectively, however I like getting the entire band concerned as a result of that creates a special sound than you arising with every part and saying, ‘Okay, now, you play this.'”

In February 2023, Meniketti, who went public along with his prostate most cancers battle a 12 months earlier, stated that he was in full remission after receiving radiation.

In July 2022, Y&T was pressured to cancel its beforehand introduced European tour with a view to enable Meniketti extra time to get well from the radiation remedies.

Meniketti mentioned his prognosis and remedy throughout an look on an April 2022 episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”. Dave stated that whereas prostate most cancers is the most typical sort of most cancers in males, with one in eight males getting it, it is usually some of the treatable, with a survival price of over 90 p.c after 10 years. “That is a type of cancers, for those who catch ’em early, you could be 100% fastened — it is over; it is executed; you are sorted,” he stated. “I imply, certain, it may come again in some unspecified time in the future, however even when it does, they’ll deal with it once more. You normally outlive this most cancers, for those who get it early sufficient. So, fortunately, I have gotten it early sufficient.”

Meniketti is the one surviving member of the Y&T lineup — then often called YESTERDAY AND TODAY — that recorded the band’s self-titled debut album.

Unique Y&T rhythm guitarist Joey Alves died in March 2017 on the age of 63. Two founding Y&T musicians — Haze, 61, and Kennemore, 57, who each had left the lineup — died from issues of lung most cancers: Kennemore on January 7, 2011, and Haze on September 11, 2016.

Y&T‘s present lineup is rounded out by guitarist John Nymann, drummer Mike Vanderhule and bassist Aaron Leigh.

“Facemelter” got here out in Could 2010 through Frontiers.