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SHARON OSBOURNE Opens Up About Father's Death

According to ContactMusic.com, Sharon Osbourne has described her "relief" that her father Don Arden's long and harrowing battle with Alzheimer's Disease is over. Music mogul Arden passed away at a nursing home in Los Angeles last month. He was 81. Osbourne was estranged from her father for 20 years,...

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CHRIS CAFFERY: I Don't Want SAVATAGE To End

Andy Laudano of HarderBeat.com reports that SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery recently completed a tour of the U.S. with Germany's Doro Pesch in support of his latest solo CD, "Pins & Needles". He was pulling double duty, opening the show and then playing in Doro's band....

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SHARON OSBOURNE's Father Buried In His Birthplace

Britain's This is Lancashire reports that more than 100 mourners converged on Agecroft Jewish Cemetery last week for the funeral of well-known former music mogul Don Arden. Absent from the ceremony, however, was the 81-year-old's daughter, Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon, who was reportedly "too traumat...

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GLENN HUGHES: 'Don't Let Me Bleed' Live At The Whisky Clip Posted Online

Video footage of legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) performing the song "Don't Let Me Bleed" live at the Whisky a Go Go this past June with a backing band that includes Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. According to...

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The Dark Secrets Of SHARON OSBOURNE's Dad Revealed

Mick Wall of Britain's Daily Mail reports: Like everybody else who ever knew him, I'd heard about Don Arden, who died last week, long before I met him: he was the self-styled Al Capone of Pop, as he enjoyed being known. He was the music-business gangster who'd hung fellow pop impresario Robert Stigw...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Says Some Songs On New CD 'Don't Sound Like Anything We've Ever Done'

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott recently spoke to Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily about the group's upcoming album, entitled "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge". "It's named so because we wrote much of the songs in a little room backstage on the tour," Joe said. "We set it up every day. No matt...

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MANDY LION: 'DON ARDEN Represented Everything This Industry Should Be About But Rarely Ever Is'

WWIII frontman Mandy Lion has issued the following statement regarding the passing of music mogul Don Arden (Sharon Osbourne's father),who died on July 21 at the age of 81: "I am sad to let everyone know that one of the greatest men I ever knew died on Saturday... "Don Arden was more than just ...

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SHARON OSBOURNE 'Too Traumatized' To Attend Father's Funeral

According to ContactMusic.com, Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon failed to attend her father Don Arden's funeral — because she was too upset to go. Arden passed away on Saturday (July 21) in a Los Angeles nursing home from undisclosed causes, although he was known to have Alzheimer's Disease. He w...

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DOKKEN Guitarist Comments On ROCKLAHOMA, Upcoming East Coast Run

DOKKEN will embark on an East Coast beginning on July 26 at Meadowbrook Farms Musical Arts Center with POISON / RATT / VAINS OF JENNA in Gilford, NH; July 27 at Jaxx in Springfield, Virgina, with PRETTY BOY FLOYD; and July 28 at Mulcahy's in Wantagh, NY. DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin stated about the g...

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After stumbling drunkenly into a club one evening and experiencing the vintage heavy metal bombast (with stunning and tight dual-guitar fireworks) of SLOUGH FEG I decided it was high time to check out a band that I've heard a slew of critics and fans raving about. And boy, were those fans and critic...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Manager DON ARDEN Dead At 81

Sharon Osbourne's father Don Arden (born Harry Levy),the English music manager, agent and businessman best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups THE SMALL FACES, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA and BLACK SABBATH, died on Saturday (July 21) at the age of 81. According to Telegraph.co.uk, Arden be...

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QUIET RIOT, Ex-DEEP PURPLE, GUNS N' ROSES, YNGWIE Members Pay Tribute To JOHN BONHAM

RSM Records (distributed by MVD Entertainment),in association with Jeff Roberts & Jack Edward Sawyers, will release FRANKIE BANALI & FRIENDS' "24/7/365 - The Tribute to Led Zeppelin" on September 18. According to a posting on QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali's web site, "the album is dedic...

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ARCTICFLAME: Drums For New Album Completed

New Jersey power metallers ARCTICFLAME recently entered the studio to begin recording their second album, "Declaration", tentatively due before the end of the year. "Drums were completed early yesterday morning," the band writes on its web site. "The remaining two songs 'Disciples of the Flame' and...

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INTO ETERNITY Prepares For DREAM THEATER Tour

INTO ETERNITY mainman Tim Roth has issued the following update: "Our drummer Steve [Bolognese] flew in from Boston last week so we could start heavy rehearsals for the DREAM THEATER tour. Everything is going well and the set is going smoothly. I think we will have around 35 minutes for a set, so we...

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ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY Concerts To Feature Famed Cello Player ANDREW SHULMAN

One of the world's leading cello players and classical conductors, Andrew Shulman, will participate in Uli Jon Roth's Sky Academy concerts this year. ULI JON ROTH & FRIENDS will also perform one of Andrew's compositions, which is going to feature Andrew on electric cello and Uli on guitar. Accor...