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IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN Shares Part Two Of Video Tour Of Drum Kit He Is Using On 2022 Leg Of 'Legacy Of The Beast'

IRON MAIDEN's Nicko McBrain has shared a new seven-minute video breakdown of the drum kit he is using for the 2022 leg of the band's "Legacy Of The Beast" world tour. The trek, which launched on May 22 in Zagreb, Croatia, is scheduled to hit North America in September and October. In November 2019,...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE: Lighting Flares At Concerts Is 'A Celebratory Thing' For Greek People

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre says that lighting flares at stadium concerts and soccer games is a "very common" thing for the people of Greece and is meant to be a "celebratory" gesture. The 48-year-old Florida-based musician, whose wife hails from Athens, offered his comments just two days aft...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says He 'Never' Got A Call From JUDAS PRIEST About Upcoming ROCK HALL Induction

Ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he never got a call from his former bandmates about them finally getting inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Owens joined PRIEST in 1996 after being discovered when the band's drummer was given a videotape of him performing with the PRIES...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Got Spat On' And 'Booed' When He First Replaced OZZY OSBOURNE In BLACK SABBATH

Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in BLACK SABBATH in 1980, recording the "Heaven And Hell" and "Mob Rules" albums, plus "Live Evil", before leaving in 1982. He rejoined the group 10 years later for an album called "Dehumanizer", and again teamed with the group under the HEAVEN & HELL bann...

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Watch EXODUS Play Cover Of AC/DC's 'Beating Around The Bush' In Berlin

Fan-filmed video of EXODUS's July 13 performance at Hole 44 in Berlin, Germany can be seen below. The band's set included a cover of the AC/DC classic "Beating Around The Bush". EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza is also the frontman of the long-running San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Blasts 'Greek C**t' For Lighting Flare During Athens Concert: 'You F***ing C***sucker'

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson blasted a fan as a "Greek cunt" and a "fucking cocksucker" for lighting a flare during the band's concert Saturday night (July 16) in Athens, Greece. The incident occurred as MAIDEN launched into the tenth song of its set, "The Number Of The Beast", at the Olympic...

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Former MANOWAR Guitarist KARL LOGAN Sentenced To Five And A Half Years In Prison For Downloading Child Porn

According to The Charlotte Observer, former MANOWAR guitarist Karl Logan has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for possessing child pornography. Judge Max Cogburn Jr. handed down the sentenced to the 57-year-old musician on Monday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office told Th...

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NITA STRAUSS Is 'Excited' About Her New Gig As DEMI LOVATO's Touring Guitarist

Former ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss says that she is "excited" about her new gig as a touring member of singer Demi Lovato's solo band. Nita made her live debut with Demi Thursday night (July 14) with a performance of Lovato's new single, "Substance" on ABC's Emmy Award-winning late-night sho...

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Watch: ENTOMBED Joined By VENOM, AT THE GATES, UNLEASHED And REPULSION Members For GEFLE METAL FESTIVAL Performance

Cronos (VENOM),Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES),Scott Carlson (REPULSION),Johnny Hedlund (UNLEASHED) and Urskogr (SERPENT OMEGA) are among the special guests who performed with influential Swedish metallers ENTOMBED at their exclusive show last night (Thursday, July 14) at the Gefle Metal Festival i...

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NITA STRAUSS Officially Joins DEMI LOVATO's Touring Band, Performs On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Former ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss has officially joined the touring band of singer Demi Lovato. Nita's new gig was first reported as a rumor on Monday (July 11) on the Metal Sludge web site. Nita made her live debut with Demi Thursday night (July 14) with a performance of Lovato's new singl...

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GARY HOLT: SLAYER 'Had A Lot More Music In Them' Before Calling It Quits

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt says that SLAYER "had a lot more music in them" before calling it quits nearly three years ago. Last October, Kerry King made headlines in the metal world when he said that SLAYER retired "too early." While recording a short video message to congratulate MACHINE HEAD on th...

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Ex-GHOST Member LINTON RUBINO Says 'Nobody Was A Hired Gun' While He Was In The Band

In a new interview with Rocking With Jam Man, PRIEST vocalist Linton Rubino, who played bass in GHOST as one of the Nameless Ghouls under the stage name Water, was asked if it was hard for me to be in a band like GHOST knowing that he was just a "cog in the machine" and that he could be replaced at...

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SHINEDOWN's 'Planet Zero' Tops All Four BILLBOARD Rock Album Charts

SHINEDOWN's "Planet Zero" has topped all four Billboard rock album charts in its first week of release: Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums. The set sold 50,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 43,000 are via...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Shares Music Video For New Single 'Don't Pray For Me'

WITHIN TEMPTATION has released the official Jeb Hardwick-directed music video for the band's new single, "Don't Pray For Me". It is the fourth single of the band's independent releases and will lead up to WITHIN TEMPTATION's next studio album. In recent years, WITHIN TEMPTATION shifted its focus fro...

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Aviation Firm Of IRON MAIDEN Singer BRUCE DICKINSON Creating 100 New Jobs

Caerdav, a fully approved and certified Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and pilot training company owned by IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, is set to create 100 jobs following a £4 million investment from independent asset manager BOOST&Co, which will support Caerdav's growth ambition...