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SAMMY HAGAR Having Fun With His Fans

John Black of BostonNOW reports: Whether he's on stage making music or behind the bar making margaritas, there's one thing for certain about Sammy Hagar: He's having a blast. "If I have a genius for anything," Hagar says in a theatrically self-important voice that has him — and the interviewer — lau...

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WOLVERINE Confirmed For PROGPOWER UK Festival

Swedish metallers WOLVERINE have been confirmed for the ProgPower UK festival, set to take place on March 28-29, 2008 in Bristol, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANDROMEDA CIRCUS MAXIMUS DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA POWER QUEST SERENITY THY MAJESTIE VANDEN PLAS WOLVERINE Commented...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Discusses New U.D.O. Album 'Mastercutor'

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with former ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: You have a video for the song "Wrong Side of Midnight". Who thought of the concept for that? Udo Dirkschneider: There was a young...

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OZZFEST 2007: More Than 428,000 Tickets Given Away So Far

When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world's largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 Ozzfest as a free show, some industry people said it would never work. Today Ozzfest yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken. Over the past f...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS To Release New Album In October

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),has commenced the songwriting process for its second album, tentatively due in October via Dockyard 1. SAVAGE CIRCUS annou...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has issued the following update: "Well, we are done tracking our new record, 'Colors', and we couldn't be happier. It was an amazing experience, as always, working with the mighty Jamie King, and we couldn't thank...

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ADAGIO To Team Up With KORPIKLAANI For Japanese Tour

French progressive metallers ADAGIO will team up with Finland's KORPIKLAANI for a short tour of Japan in September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 12 - Tokyo, JPN - Club Quattro Sep. 13 - Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro Sep. 14 - Osaka, JPN - Club Quattro ADAGIO has also confirmed several headlinin...

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DAVE NAVARRO Says 'Rock Star' Reality TV Show Didn't Cause JANE'S ADDICTION Split

Former JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has responded to singer Perry Farrell's claim that JANE'S ADDICTION began falling apart while Navarro started hosting the "Rock Star" reality series. "My band broke up basically over reality TV, and I just couldn't believe it," Farrell recently told Lau...

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CIRCUS DIABLO Frontman Hates The Term 'Supergroup'

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with CIRCUS DIABLO frontman Billy Morrison (CAMP FREDDY, ex-THE CULT). Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: What inspired the name CIRCUS DIABLO? Billy: "I could spout some shit to you for an answer, but the real honest truth is that...

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VAN HALEN, METALLICA, KISS Items Featured In Michigan's ROCK STARS' CARS & GUITARS Exhibit

VAN HALEN and METALLICA are among the artists who have contributed legendary cars and signature guitars to be displayed at the Rock Stars' Cars & Guitars exhibit beginning on Saturday, June 9 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The exhibit will feature items pulled from the Petersen...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Daughter Falls Prey To 'Nipple Slip'; Photo Available

The Bulgarian newspaper Sega has published a photo of Lauren Harris, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, falling prey to the "nipple slip" during her performance as the opening act for MAIDEN on June 4, 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Check out the picture at Pro-Rock.net. According to Sega, Laur...

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FATAL SMILE Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE has parted ways with bassist Markus Johansson and has replaced him with Alex Johnson. FATAL SMILE recently inked a deal with Locomotive Music. The group's sophomore album, "Neo Natural Freaks", was released in the U.S. on February 20. The...

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CIRCUS MAXIMUS Completes Work On New Album

Norwegian progressive metal band CIRCUS MAXIMUS has issued the following update: "It's been a while, but for the last 9 months we have been preparing a new album for you and now it is finally DONE!! "The name of the album is 'Isolate' and has this dark approach to it, although we have of course ...

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M.A.N Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

M.A.N, the new band formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich),has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The band will perform on June 7 at 7:30 p.m. on the Restaurant Stage. The f...

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ANDROMEDA Confirmed For PROGPOWER UK Festival

Swedish progressive metal band ANDROMEDA has been confirmed for the 2008 edition of the ProgPower UK festival, set to take place on March 28-29 in Bristol, England. Also scheduled to appear are VANDEN PLAS (headliner),CIRCUS MAXIMUS, THY MAJESTIE, POWER QUEST, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA and SERENITY. F...