Glenn Danzig has reunited with the Misfits

For gigs 'they said would never happen'

After more than 20 years and an infamous legal battle, Glenn Danzig has finally returned to the Misfits to pay his bills play shows in Chicago and Denver.

The Misfits that everyone loved ceased to exist when frontman Danzig left in 1983, though bassist Jerry Only eventually won the rights to use the band name and recorded and toured under it in the 1990s.

Danzig busied himself with his slightly more metal-orientated eponymous band meanwhile, putting out several albums.

If you thought Axl Rose returning to Guns N’Roses/standing in for Brian Johnson in AC/DC was unlikely, this is something else, given Danzig’s notoriously capricious behaviour.

Glenn Danzig on stage in 2005 (Getty)

In 2011, he threatened to cancel his appearance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas because it was too cold, demanding vitamins, French onion soup and a Wendy’s chicken sandwich.

Lengthy negotiations with promoters and several stage heaters later, he eventually agreed to play, starting his set 45 minutes late.

Billed under the slogan ‘They said it would never happen’, the Misfits shows run 2 - 4 September at Riot Fest in Denver and 16 - 18 September in Chicago.