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Former BLACK SABBATH Vocalist To Sing With 'A Whole Lotta Metal'

Former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin will be one of three featured singers at an upcoming show about rock music of the '70s and '80s. Dubbed "A Whole Lotta Metal", the show will hit the road in the U.K. in May for a minimum of 25 dates and will feature music from such bands as ...

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SILENT FORCE Singer Says American Fans Are More Demanding Than Their European Counterparts

SILENT FORCE frontman D.C. Cooper (ex-ROYAL HUNT) recently spoke to Pittsburgh's The Tribune-Review about the differences between the American fans and those in Europe and Japan, where Cooper is said to be looked upon as "a heavy-metal superstar." "The music programs in schools (in Europe) emphasize...

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MOTÖRHEAD To Rock Royal Opera House

MOTÖRHEAD will play a gig at London's most refined concert hall, The Royal Opera House, this Sunday (Feb. 22). The Covent Garden concert hall is more used to staging classic opera and ballet. But for one night only it will play host to MOTÖRHEAD — who are entered in the Guinness Book of Records as ....

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EDENBRIDGE To Play Russia In April

Austrian "angelic bombast metal" act EDENBRIDGE will play their first show in Russia at The Roxy in Moscow on April 3. As previously reported, EDENBRIDGE will record a live DVD on March 20 at the Building a Force Festival at Stadthalle Widdern near Heilbronn, Germany. More information about the DVD'...

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POISON Singer To Embark On Solo Tour

POISON frontman Bret Michaels will be embarking on an eight-week solo tour beginning March 31, 2004 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Confirmed dates for the tour take Bret Michaels through the Midwest and East coast through April, with additional dates to follow. The tour will return to such venues as Jaxx in S...

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FORCE OF EVIL: Greek Date Canceled

FORCE OF EVIL were forced (ahem!) to cancel their show with VIRGIN STEELE in Thessaloniki, Greece Saturday night (Feb. 14) due to a heavy snowstorm in Greece, according to a posting at the group's web site. The Athens show, scheduled to take place Sunday (Feb. 15),was still on as of late Friday. "W...

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EVIL MASQUERADE Sign With FRONTIERS RECORDS

EVIL MASQUERADE, the Danish metal band featuring guitarist Henrik Flyman (ex-MOAHNI MOAHNA, ZOOL, WUTHERING HEIGHTS) and original ROYAL HUNT vocalist Henrik Brockmann, have inked a deal with Frontiers Records. The group's debut CD, entitled "Welcome to The Show" (view cover here),is due on April 5...

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Former Member Of JETHRO TULL Changes Sex

A former member of JETHRO TULL has had a sex-change operation and become a woman, it was revealed today. Once bearded keyboard player David Palmer now has long blonde hair and wears make-up and black leggings and calls herself Dee, reports the Evening Standard. She broke the news to flute-playing fr...

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FORCE OF EVIL Announce Hometown Gig

FORCE OF EVIL, the new Danish all-star band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (IRONFIRE),will be performing at the Vega concert hall in Co...

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APARTMENT 26 Replace SKRAPE On LIFE OF AGONY Tour

APARTMENT 26, the British group led by singer Biff Butler (son of former BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler),have replaced SKRAPE on the upcoming LIFE OF AGONY/FLAW tour. LIFE OF AGONY, FLAW, APARTMENT 26 tour dates: Jan. 20 - Northern Lights - Albany, NY Jan. 21 - Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA Jan...

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LIFE OF AGONY, FLAW, SKRAPE: More Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for the forthcoming U.S. tour featuring headliners LIFE OF AGONY along with openers FLAW and SKRAPE. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 20 - Northern Lights - Albany, NY Jan. 21 - Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA Jan. 23 - Paladium - Worcester, MA Jan. 24 - Starla...

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'LED ZEPPELIN DVD' Sales In The U.S. Pass Half-Million Mark

LED ZEPPELIN's double-disc DVD, entitled simply "Led Zeppelin DVD", has sold 525,000 copies so far this year in the U.S., according to the New York Times. Released in May by Atlantic Records, "Led Zeppelin DVD" achieved by far the highest-ever first-week and single-week sales for a music DVD, its 12...

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SKYCLAD: New Song Available For Download

A brand new SKYCLAD track, titled "Do They Mean Us?", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. This version of "Do They Mean Us?" — one of several new SKYCLAD songs that feature The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — was taken from the Demolition Records Xmas promo sampler and might sound...

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ROYAL HUNT Split With Bassist, Guitarist

Bassist Steen Mogensen and guitarist Jacob Kjaer have officially left Danish melodic/progressive metallers ROYAL HUNT. No reason was given for their departure. Mogensen is expected to continue his collaboration with ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White in CORNERSTONE, whose thir...

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Report: IRON MAIDEN Meets Heavy Metal

Victoria Mitchell of the Scottish Press Association is reporting that IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson toured a Royal Navy submarine base on Monday (Dec. 8). Ahead of IRON MAIDEN's concert at the SECC in Glasgow tonight, he visited HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh. A self-confessed submarine f...