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MÖTLEY CRÜE To Headline New York Stop Of HARD ROCK's AMBASSADORS OF ROCK TOUR

Hard Rock International has announced that internationally-acclaimed hard rock band MÖTLEY CRÜE will headline the New York stop of the Ambassadors of Rock Tour. On Monday, September 18, MÖTLEY CRÜE, who is also kicking off the Root of All Evil tour with AEROSMITH in September, will take the stage at...

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HAMMERFALL Debuts New Song At Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

HAMMERFALL debuted its new single "The Fire Burns Forever" — the track the band recorded with some of the Swedish participants in the European Athletics Championships — on Saturday (August 5) at their exclusive headlining show at the Gates Of Metal festival in Hultsfred, Sweden. They will perform th...

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ANTHRAX Drummer On Upcoming 'Reunion' CD: 'I Don't Want To Make A Record That Is Forced'

Roger Lotring of Metal Edge magazine (MetalEdgeMag.com) recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Edge: Do you foresee a point where you will actually bring more recent ANTHRAX songs [from the John Bush era of the band] into the...

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AEROSMITH: New 'Best Of' Album On The Way?

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler has told Roger Friedman of FOXNews.com that the band is getting a "best of" album together for Christmas and may include one new song as well. Then they will begin thinking about a totally new album early next year. Tyler recently told Rolling Stone magazine that his...

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GORGOROTH To Headline Next Year's HELLFLAME Festival

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will headline headline next year's edition of the Hellflame festival, set to take place September 8, 2007 in Osnabrück, Germany. More information is available at www.hellflame.de. GORGOROTH entered the national chart in their home country at position No. 22 with t...

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REBELANGELS Changes Name To ELIZIUM

Former MARDUK members Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted vocals) and B.War (a.k.a. Roger "Bogge" Svensson bass) have changed the name of their new project to ELIZIUM from the previously announced REBELANGELS. According to reports, the name change was implemented because "the old name doesn't really go well...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Reports On ARVIKA, EARTHSHAKER Festivals

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "We had two rather bizarre and chaotic festival weekends. The Arvika festival is a weird mélange between disco, pop, gothic, rock and a pinch of metal. The audience there is mostly dressed in stockings with no...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist: 'It's An Honor For Us To Be A Part Of GIGANTOUR'

ARCH ENEMY will be making their triumphant return to the U.S. this September as part of the mighty Gigantour, which features the legendary MEGADETH, genre titans such as LAMB OF GOD, OPETH and Century Media labelmates INTO ETERNITY, among others. The month-long trek will be the group's fourth and fi...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Discusses Lebanese Concert Cancellation

Launch Radio Networks reports: After initially saying they would do everything they could to play this week, DEEP PURPLE has postponed their Thursday (July 27) show in Lebanon. Their booking agent told the concert industry trade publication Pollstar, "The band and the festival have agreed it's best...

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LIVING COLOUR's Lineup Intact Despite COREY GLOVER's Absence From European Tour

LIVING COLOUR singer Corey Glover and guitarist Vernon Reid have commented on the band's decision to utilize guest singer Doug Pinnick of KING'S X for ther upcoming European tour dates in August. Said Reid: "It's a weird situation to be in but two things up front should be made clear: 1) This is ONL...

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Win Two Tickets To See MÖTLEY CRÜE In New York

MÖTLEY CRÜE's official web site has been updated with the following message: In celebration of its 35th Anniversary, Hard Rock International kicks off the Ambassadors of Rock Tour — a summer-long concert tour around the globe! Beginning with a groundbreaking concert in London, featuring THE WHO and...

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ARCH ENEMY Cancel METALCAMP Festival Appearance, Announce 'Kerrang! Day Of Rock' Participation

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have posted the following message on their official web site: "We very much regret that due to a personal family crisis for one of the band members, ARCH ENEMY will not be able to play at the Metalcamp festival n Slovenia as advertised on Friday, July 21st...

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DEEP PURPLE Return To MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival ended on Saturday (July 15) with a concert by DEEP PURPLE. Lead singer Ian Gillan told Bernard Léchot of Swissinfo ahead of the gig what it meant to be back lakeside. The band, who composed their influential track "Smoke on the Water" in Montreux in 1971, lit up ...

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Texas Heavy Metal Fan Charged With Murder Of Classmate

Houston Chronicle reports that an 18-year old Texas heavy metal fan, whose MySpace profile opens with a blaring "Meaning in Tragedy" by AS I LAY DYING, is charged — along with his best friend and next-door neighbor — with murder in the death of a classmate, accused of shooting her in ...

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ALICE COOPER Remembers SYD BARRETT

TheRockRadio.com has issued the following report: You might not think that the king of shock rock and Syd Barrett had much in common, but that's not the case. When the ALICE COOPER band was still making their name in Los Angeles in the late '60s, they were the house band at the Cheetah ...