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DEE SNIDER To Perform At ARNOLD SPORTS FESTIVAL In Columbus

Dee Snider will perform at this year's edition of the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. The TWISTED SISTER singer will appear on Saturday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m. The Arnold Sports Festival will be held March 3-6 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and other venues, including the Ohio Exp...

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Y&T Frontman DAVE MENIKETTI Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti has announced that he is battling prostate cancer. The 68-year-old guitarist/vocalist revealed his diagnosis in a social media post on Friday (February 18). He wrote: "After numerous blood tests, an extensive MRI, and last Friday's biopsy, I have been diagnosed with P...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist MIKE STONE On His Return To Band: 'It's Been Going Great'

Mike Stone says that his latest stint as QUEENSRŸCHE's guitar player has "been going great." Since last May, Stone has been handling second-guitar duties in QUEENSRŸCHE, which announced in July that longtime guitarist Parker Lundgren was exiting the group to focus on "other business ventures." Stone...

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ANNIHILATOR Shares Video For 'Couple Suicide' Feat. ANGELA GOSSOW And DANKO JONES

earMUSIC has released the latest single from ANNIHILATOR's upcoming "Metal II" album, "Couple Suicide", featuring Danko Jones and Angela Gossow (ex-ARCH ENEMY). "Metal II", which arrives February 18, kicks off earMUSIC's long-term ANNIHILATOR catalog campaign, which will include special configuratio...

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THREE DAYS GRACE Shares New Song 'Neurotic' Featuring LUKAS ROSSI

THREE DAYS GRACE has shared "Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)", the second song off its forthcoming album, "Explosions", which will be out on May 6 via RCA Records. The new track originated as a collaboration between Neil Sanderson of the band and Lukas Rossi of ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA for the side project KING...

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DAVE GROHL Has Recorded Entire New Metal Album

Dave Grohl has told Rolling Stone that he recently recorded an entire metal album as the fictional band DREAM WIDOW in the FOO FIGHTERS' horror-comedy film "Studio 666". In "Studio 666", FOO FIGHTERS move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much-anticipated...

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Watch MICHAEL ANTHONY Sing DAVID LEE ROTH-Era VAN HALEN Classics With SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE

Fan-filmed video of SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE performing the VAN HALEN classics "Runnin' With The Devil" and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" live this past Saturday, February 12 as part of Hagar's 2022 "Sammy Hagar & Friends" residency at The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod can be seen below. Han...

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THE WINERY DOGS' Third Album Likely Won't Be Released Before 2023

During an appearance last Friday (February 11) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the third album from THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE R...

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MELVINS' BUZZ OSBORNE: 'Guitar Players Are Some Of The Most Conservative People On The Face Of The Planet'

MELVINS frontman Buzz Osborne recently appeared on the podcast "Side Jams with Bryan Reesman" to talk about his love for golf, photography, and collecting comic books. He addressed how he prefers public courses and how his approach differs from other players. He also spoke about his approach to stre...

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WHITESNAKE: 'Story Of Their Songs' To Premiere On REELZ This Weekend

Reelz will premiere "Whitesnake: Story Of Their Songs" on Saturday, February 19 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. The official synopsis for the episode reads as follows: "Spawned from the mind of former DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale, the British rock band WHITESNAKE first appeared on the English music...

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RICHIE FAULKNER Says Some Material JUDAS PRIEST Is Working On For Next Album Is 'A Bit More Progressive' Than 'Firepower'

In a new interview with Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon of Canada's The Metal Voice, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2018's "Firepower" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Since the 'Firepower' tour, w...

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DROWNING POOL Announces 'Strike A Nerve' Album

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new studio album, "Strike A Nerve", later this year on UMe/T-Boy. It will be the band's sixth full-length studio LP and third with frontman Jasen Moreno. Founding members C.J. Pierce (guitar),Stevie Benton (bass) and Mike Luce (drums) have played...

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Metal II

At best, familiarity breeds indifference, which may be why ANNIHILATOR remain such a perennially underrated force for metallic good. Guitarist and founder Jeff Waters has made a virtue of sticking to his own, ferociously focused script, and while the Canadians have traversed plenty of diverse territ...

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MIKE MANGINI: 'I Made Zero Mistakes' During My DREAM THEATER Audition

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, Mike Mangini was asked if he was friends with the members of DREAM THEATER before joining the band in late 2010 through a widely publicized audition following the departure of Mike Portnoy. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH...

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W.A.S.P. Postpones European 40th-Anniversary Tour Until 2023

Due to coronavirus restrictions, W.A.S.P. has postponed its European 40th-anniversary tour, originally scheduled for spring of 2022, until the spring of 2023. The new dates will take place in March, April and May of 2023. All tickets previously purchased for the 2022 tour will be valid at the resche...