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AC/DC Drummer CHRIS SLADE To Host Clinic In Dublin

AC/DC drummer Chris Slade has announced details of an exclusive U.K. and Ireland drum clinic at Whelan's on Tuesday, June 30, the day before AC/DC play the Aviva Stadium. Tickets go on sale at 9.00 a.m. on Friday, May 1. Strictly over 18s. This up-close-and-personal clinic aimed at the hardcore AC/D...

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AC/DC's PHIL RUDD Pleads Guilty to Drug Possession And Threatening To Kill Charges

According to The New Zealand Herald, AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd entered a guilty plea to charges of methamphetamine and cannabis possession in a New Zealand court Tuesday morning (April 21). He also pled guilty to one charge of threatening to kill. A second threatening to kill charge was dropped. Rudd...

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MIKE PORTNOY On His Rumored Project With DAVID ELLEFSON, ALEX SKOLNICK: 'It's A Great, Great Metal Album'

Drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) spoke to Loudwire about his recently announced metal project in which he is collaborating with a couple of other well-known musicians — rumored to be Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and David Ellefson (MEGADETH). He s...

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FILTER's RICHARD PATRICK: 'The Biggest Enabler For SCOTT WEILAND Is The Audience'

FILTER frontman Richard Patrick says that the "biggest enabler" for former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland are the STP fans who refuse to embrace the band's new vocalist, LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington. Patrick, who in 2005 formed a short-lived band called ARMY OF ANYONE with Rober...

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STONE SOUR To Release Two More Covers EPs Containing Songs From MÖTLEY CRÜE, BAD BRAINS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

STONE SOUR is planning on releasing two more covers EPs to follow "Meanwhile In Burbank…", a five-song "Record Store Day" exclusive EP featuring covers of legendary artists BLACK SABBATH, METALLICA, KISS, JUDAS PRIEST and ALICE IN CHAINS. According to STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor, each of the foll...

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More Than 300,000 Tickets Sold For AC/DC's Upcoming Australian Tour

According to News.com.au, more than 300,000 tickets were snapped up for AC/DC's upcoming Australian tour within hours of the "Rock Or Bust" stadium shows going on sale Monday morning (April 20). Due to overwhelming demand, the promoter added second concerts in Sydney and Melbourne just an hour after...

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AC/DC Plays Second COACHELLA Concert; Video Footage Available

AC/DC played its second full North American show in over five years on Friday (April 17) when the band headlined the second of two shows at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. Aside from two songs performed at the Grammy Awards in February, this also marked the second...

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AC/DC: Two-Camera Mix Of 'Baptism By Fire' Performance From COACHELLA (Video)

ACDC-Italia.com has uploaded a two-camera fan-filmed mix of AC/DC performing the new song "Baptism By Fire" on April 10 when the band headlined the first of two shows at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. Check it out below. Aside from two songs performed at the Gramm...

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GEOFF TATE Asks Wife To Marry Him Again

Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate has asked his wife of nineteen years, Susan, to marry him again. In a post on his Facebook page, Geoff wrote: "To Susan, my best friend. Thank you for sharing my life and sticking by me through hard work and children, motorcycles and sail boats, good friends and...

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TRIXTER Returns With New Album 'Human Era'

Frontiers Music Srl will release of the new studio album from good-time rock 'n' rollers TRIXTER, titled "Human Era", on June 5 in Europe and June 9 in North America. Following on the heels of the successful comeback album "New Audio Machine", TRIXTER is returning stronger than ever. "After the succ...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON: 'I'm Just Not Afraid Of Death'

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has told U.K.'s The Telegraph that the stimulus for the band's upcoming world tour actually came from AC/DC's founding guitarist Malcolm Young, whose dementia has rendered him unable to play or write music anymore. "It's just given us that impetus to just do it for him, be...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: New DEF LEPPARD CD Is 'The Best Album We've Made In 23 Years'

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell spoke to Canada's The Province about the band's forthcoming studio album, which is expected before the end of the year. "The first thing we did was go into the studio and set up live," Campbell explained. "I know a lot of bands do it, but we haven't done ...

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ROYAL HUNT Completes Writing New Album

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have completed the songwriting/pre-production process for their thirteenth studio album, to be released later this year. Recordings will start shortly at NorthPoint Productions, with keyboardist André Andersen producing. ROYAL HUNT has launched a pre-order cam...

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Video: SEBASTIAN BACH, TOMMY THAYER, ERIC SINGER, JACK BLADES Perform AC/DC's 'You Shook Me'

Video footage of Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Eric Singer (KISS),Tommy Thayer (KISS),Jack Blades (NIGHT RANGER) and Teddy Andreadis (GUNS N' ROSES, ALICE COOPER) performing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "You Shook Me All Night Long" on March 19 covers at ‪the Baselworld watch and jewellery sh...

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SLAYER Completes Work On Eleventh Album, Sets Six Songs Aside For Follow-Up Effort

Even though SLAYER has only just completed work on its eleventh studio album, the band has already set aside several tracks for the follow-up CD, which is not expected for the next several years. During an appearance on this week's edition of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", SLAYER guitarist Kerry K...