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DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE Says 'It's Great' To Be Talking To MIKE PORTNOY Again: We 'Carried Around Negativity Far Too Long'

Ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy attended the group's concert on March 4 at Beacon Theatre in New York City. It was the first time Portnoy witnessed his former bandmates perform live since his exit from the iconic progressive metal outfit more than 11 years ago. According to DREAM THEATER fans...

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JORDAN RUDESS On DREAM THEATER's First-Ever GRAMMY AWARD: 'It's A Really Big Deal'

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess spoke to Andrew Daly of VWMusic about the band winning its first-ever Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. DREAM THE...

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Sons Of METALLICA Members Announce BASTARDANE And OTTTO Spring 2022 West Coast Tour

BASTARDANE, the new band featuring drummer Castor Hetfield, the son of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield, will team up with OTTTO, the three-piece band featuring Tye Trujillo, the son of METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo, for a co-headlining West Coast U.S. tour in late May. The California trek will...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Releases Lyric Video For New Single 'AfterLife'

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has released the official lyric video for "AfterLife", the title track of the band's upcoming studio album. Check it out below. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's follow-up to 2020's "F8" was once again recorded at the Hideout Recording Studio, the Las Vegas, Nevada facility owned and...

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MEGADETH Pays Visit To USS Lexington Ahead Of Corpus Christi Concert

Ahead of MEGADETH's concert tonight (April 14) at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine and bassist James LoMenzo paid a visit to the USS Lexington Museum. Mustaine and LoMenzo got a tour of the Blue Ghost, the longest-serving Essex-class aircraft carrier of...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'If You Don't Like What I'm Saying, F**k You'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has blasted people who object to his stage banter, saying they shouldn't be attending his band's concerts anyway. The 60-year-old guitarist/vocalist, who has a history of making wacky political conjectures, made his comments during MEGADETH's performance last night (Tu...

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DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE Launches New Solo Single 'Give & Take'

James LaBrie, known internationally as the vocalist for progressive metal icons DREAM THEATER, embarks on uncharted waters with his fourth solo album, titled "Beautiful Shade Of Grey", due out on May 20 via InsideOut Music. Today sees the launch of the album's second single, "Give & Take", and y...

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Raised On Radio

By this point, everybody should know who Ronnie Romero is. Arguably best known as the one man Ritchie Blackmore decreed fit to front his recent, RAINBOW-shaped return to amplified rock 'n' roll, Romero has been a perpetually charismatic presence in hard rock and heavy metal for the last decade. Curr...

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DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE On Winning GRAMMY AWARD For 'The Alien': 'It's An Amazing Feeling'

DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie spoke to Robert Cavuoto of Myglobalmind about the band winning its first-ever Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. DREAM T...

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Watch: MEGADETH Kicks Off 2022 Leg Of 'The Metal Tour Of The Year' In Las Vegas

MEGADETH kicked off the 2022 leg of "The Metal Tour Of The Year" with LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES last night (Saturday, April 9) at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. MEGADETH's setlist was as follows: 01. Hangar 18 02. Dread And The Fugitive Mind 03. Sweating Bullets 04. She-Wolf 05....

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LARS ULRICH 'Couldn't Heal' DAVE MUSTAINE's 'Pain' During Filming Of 'Some Kind Of Monster' Scene

METALLICA's "performance coach" Phil Towle, a former psychotherapist who was brought into the picture in January 2001 to help James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich repair their relationship with Jason Newsted, was interviewed on the latest episode of the METALLICA-centric podcast "…And Podcas...

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KID ROCK Opens New Tour With Video Message From DONALD TRUMP: 'Let's Make America Rock Again'

Kid Rock played a video message from his friend and golf partner, former U.S. president Donald Trump, during the kick-off concert of his "Bad Reputation" tour Thursday night (April 7) in Evansville, Indiana. Before launching into his anti-Joe Biden anthem "We The People", Rock, who was born Robert J...

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MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO On Playing With Returning Bassist JAMES LOMENZO: 'It's Amazing'

In a new interview with Tulsa Music Stream, MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro was asked what it's been like to play with bassist James LoMenzo who rejoined the band last year. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It's amazing. It's great. James is such a great guy. [He has] a lot of st...

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Watch: JUDAS PRIEST Returns To Live Stage After ROB HALFORD's Recovery From The Cold

JUDAS PRIEST returned to the live stage last night (Thursday, April 7) at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the band's first performance since Saturday, April 2 when PRIEST played at the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. This past Tues...

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GRAMMY AWARDS Producer Apologizes For 'In Memoriam' Snubs

A producer of this year's Grammy Awards has apologized for the exclusion of a number of notable names from the televised portion of the ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment. After the 2022 Grammy Awards were broadcast on Sunday, April 3 live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, many hard...