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ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Team Up For Hollywood Show

ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will be teaming up for a special performance on Friday, July 7 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. ARMORED SAINT will play several West Coast dates in June/July in adition to their upcoming European mini-tour, which is scheduled to k...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: German Castle Tour Announced

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT have announced the details of their German castle tour, "The Village Lanterne Summer 2006", also featuring THE GEYERS in the "special guest: slot. The dates are as follows: Jul. 28 - Freyburg – Neuenburg Jul. 29 - Creuzburg bei Eisenach - Cruzburg Jul. 30 - Konigstein bei Dresden -...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Talks About Playing With IAN GILLAN At Royal Albert Hall

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "Here we are in April and us usual I am surprised that the year is nearly a third over. Does everyone go through that? Then again, I have to acknowledge that I've been rather busy lately, to say ...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT To Perform On German TV

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's latest album, "The Village Lanterne", entered the German national chart at position No. 13 before dropping down to No. 32 in its second week of release. The CD was issued in the U.S. on April 4 via SPV. BLACKMORE'S NIGHT will perform "Child In Time/Mond Tanz" on May 21 on Germany...

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DANKO JONES, FLESHGORE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DANKO JONES and FLESHGORE have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ARCH ENEMY ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CALIBAN CELT...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman: 'We Were Always A Lot More Pop Than Heavy Metal'

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott recently spoke to Billboard.com about the band's upcoming covers album, "Yeah!", due in stores May 23. "We wanted to put it out, tour it and make it a legitimate record rather than just some throwaway thing," Elliott said. "And we were kind of happy with the way it ....

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JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, IAN GILLAN: More Photos of Royal Albert Hall Gig Posted Online

More photos have been posted online of what will apparently turn out to be JUDAS PRIEST's only live appearance of 2006 — the March 31 gig at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. This special performance in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity was a tribute to to the late DJ Tommy Vance ...

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ULI JON ROTH Says 'Virgin Killer' Album Cover Makes Him Cringe

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCOPRIONS). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: You are basically introducing your Sky Academy to the United States. Uli: "At the end of May we are doing a se...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Ron Halford will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing on Tuesday, April 4. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radio Networks. Air times differ, so make sure to check out Ni...

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JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, IAN GILLAN Perform At London's Royal Albert Hall: Photos Available

JUDAS PRIEST made what will apparently be their only live appearance of 2006 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on Friday, March 31. This special performance in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity was a tribute to to the late DJ Tommy Vance (of the U.K.'s "Friday Rock Show"),who passed...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman On Tomorrow's Gig At Royal Albert Hall: 'It's Just Incredible'

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com spoke to JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford this week about the group's appearance tomorrow (March 31) at the Royal Albert Hall in central London for a benefit gig in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Rockdetector.com: I can r...

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ARCH ENEMY, HERMAN RAREBELL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ARCH ENEMY and HERMAN RAREBELL have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ARCH ENEMY ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CALIBAN CELTIC F...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Confirmed For ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY Concerts In L.A.

Former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland will participate as a "guest of honor" in the upcoming Sky Academy concerts featuring former SCORPIONS guitar legend Uli Jon Roth. The list of guests is now shaping up as follows: Andy Aledort (Guitar World Editor) Chris Poland (OHM:, MEGADETH, DAMN THE MACHINE...

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VREID, CALIBAN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

VREID and CALIBAN have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CALIBAN CELTIC FROST CHILDREN OF BODOM D...

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KISS Featured On 'Legends Of Heavy Metal & Rock' DVD Set

According to KissKollector.com, Icestorm Entertainment in Germany is releasing a three-DVD box/digipack on the history of heavy metal and rock, entitled "Legends of Heavy Metal & Rock". The 500-minute documentary features KISS, BON JOVI, POISON, DEF LEPPARD, DAMN YANKEES, SCORPIONS and others. K...