Legendary Metal Icons To Announce Worldwide Performances Celebrating 50 Years of Not Taking It.
While full details remain under wraps, founding guitarist and manager Jay Jay French couldn’t contain his excitement about reaching a milestone that once seemed impossible:
“Beginning on February 2nd, 1976 in a little bar called The Turtleneck Inn in Hunter Mountain, NY, Dee Snider, Eddie Ojeda and I have called ourselves Twisted Sister and stood shoulder to shoulder for nearly five decades, through multiple personnel changes and thousands of performances. We are proud to celebrate a milestone that once felt unthinkable: a 50-year anniversary!! We have created a music and performance legacy that has and will continue to inspire millions of fans around the world. Twisted Forever, Forever Twisted!”
“If you’re lucky enough to be in a band that people still want to see after fifty years(!), how can you not answer the call? In 2026, Twisted Fucking Sister will hit stages around the world because WE STILL WANNA ROCK!!” frontman Dee Snider added.
Twisted Sister last toured with drummer Mike Portnoy in 2016, following the tragic death of drummer A.J. Pero. The band’s last proper studio album is Love Is for Suckers (1987), which was originally supposed to be a Dee Snider solo record. However, they re-recorded Stay Hungry under the new title Still Hungry in 2004, including bonus tracks, and also released A Twisted Christmas in 2006, which is a collection of traditional and modern Christmas songs on their own, twisted perspective. Many compilations and live albums have been released since, and Dee Snider also recorded a few solo albums.
Dee Snider used to speak loudly about how he disliked bands and artists doing farewell tours and then returning again, naming Ozzy Osbourne and Scorpions, but he also mentioned in 2024 that as a result of all bands retiring and dying, the offers get bigger and bigger for the holdouts to come back.
Twisted Sister will hit stages around the world in 2026 and the confirmed line-up is Dee Snider (vocals), Jay Jay French (guitar), Eddie Ojeda (guitar), Russell Pzütto (bass), Joe Franco (drums). Tour dates and details remain under wraps.
