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AC/DC Sold Nearly Two Million Concert Tickets In First Nine Months Of The Year

Pollstar magazine, which tracks the concert business, has released a third-quarter recap of top touring artists and concert industry developments in the first nine months of 2010. The following hard rock/heavy metal artists appear on the Top 100 "Third-Quarter Year-To-Date Worldwide Ticket Sales" li...

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SLASH On ALICE COOPER: 'To This Day He's The Best At His Craft Bar None'

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper is among 15 artists who were nominated for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011. Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist) summed up Cooper's influence this way: "Alice Cooper was the first ever to marry rock 'n' roll with dramatic horror thea...

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All-Girl AC/DC Tribute Band AC/DSHE: Dallas Performance Footage Available

Video footage of AC/DSHE — the San Francisco, California-based "original all-girl tribute to AC/DC" — performing on August 28, 2010 at the House Of Blues in Dallas, Texas can be viewed below (courtesy of OutlawVideo.TV). AC/DSHE is the original all-girl AC/DC tribute band doing Bon Scott-era songs....

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GOTTHARD: Previously Unreleased Footage Of Madrid Concert Posted Online

Professionally filmed video footage of GOTTHARD's October 28, 2009 concert at Sala Heineken in Madrid, Spain can be viewed below (courtesy of MSN / Rock Metal TV). GOTTHARD vocalist Steve Lee was killed on Tuesday in what has been described as a freak road accident in Nevada. The cause of the crash...

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Late GOTTHARD Singer Featured On 'Glanz & Gloria' Swiss TV Entertainment Show (Video)

Yesterday's (October 6) edition of the "Glanz & Gloria" Swiss TV entertainment show was dedicated to vocalist Steve Lee of Switzerland's hard rock veterans GOTTHARD who was killed on Tuesday in what has been described as a freak road accident in Nevada. You can now watch the 11-minute German-lan...

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RAINTIME Parts Ways With Guitarist, Bassist; Replacements Announced

Guitarist Matteo Di Bon and bassist Michele Colussi have left Italian melodic metallers RAINTIME for "personal reasons" and have been replaced by Ivan Odorico (ex-SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE) and Dario Battiston, respectively. RAINTIME's third album, "Psychromatic", was released in North America in March....

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GOTTHARD Singer Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Vocalist Steve Lee of Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD was killed when a tractor-trailer skidded into his parked motorcycle on a rainy Nevada highway northeast of Las Vegas. He was 47 years old. According to Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Joe Fackrell, Lee was in a group of motorcyclists — which a...

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ALICE COOPER Bassist DENNIS DUNAWAY To Guest On WJCU's 'Metal On Metal'

Dennis Dunaway, the original bass player from the ALICE COOPER group and current bass player in 5TH AVENUE VAMPIRES, will join host Bill Peters live on the WJCU "Metal On Metal" radio program on Friday, October 1 at 6:30 p.m. EST. Dunaway will discuss the band's recent nomination for induction into...

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It's Official: TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER Joins Cast Of 'Rock Of Ages'

According to the Los Angeles Times, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will join the Broadway cast of the hit '80s hair-metal musical "Rock Of Ages" for an 11-week run starting October 11. Snider will take over the part of Dennis, the owner of the Bourbon Room, which was played by Adam Dannheisser i...

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ATREYU Collaborates With Members Of BLESSTHEFALL, CHIODOS, ARCHITECTS On 'Covers' EP

Before Orange County, California-based modern rock band ATREYU launches its "Congregation Of The Damned" tour October 20 in Anaheim, California, the group will release a free five-song digital EP titled "Covers Of The Damned" on October 12 via www.guvera.com (U.S. only). MonsterEnergy.com will offer...

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER To Join Cast Of 'Rock Of Ages'?

According to Broadwayworld.com, TWISTED SISTER's Dee Snider is rumored to be joining the "Rock Of Ages" cast on Broadway for a 10-week stint. BroadwayGirlNYC, a self-proclaimed "chick who has lucked into a life near Broadway," writes on her blog, "I have it on good authority that Dee Snider, lead ro...

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ALICE COOPER Comments On Nomination For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has released the following statement in response to the announcement that he is among 15 artists who were nominated for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011: "On behalf of Dennis (Dunaway),Neal (Smith),Michael (Bruce) and the late great Glen (Buxton),...

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ALICE COOPER, BON JOVI Nominated For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

ALICE COOPER and BON JOVI are among 15 artists nominated for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011. Other acts who were nominated are BEASTIE BOYS, CHIC, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Dr. John, J GEILS BAND, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits and Chuck Wil...

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METALLICA's HETFIELD: 'The Fact That We Made It 30 Years Is Pretty Unbelievable'

Australia's Video Hits recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. You can now watch the 22-minute chat below. When asked if there are any plans for METALLICA to celebrate its 30-year anniversary in 2011, Hetfield replied, "Yeah, we've gotta do something; there'...

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METALLICA's Version Of 'You Really Got Me' With RAY DAVIES To Appear On 'See My Friends'

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "About a year ago, we had the honor of playing with Ray Davies [THE KINKS] at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25th-anniversary concert in New York . . . it was the first time we had ever met Ray and was definitely ...