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RUSH Lighting Director Interviewed

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com,, the December issue of Projection, Light and Staging News contains an interview with RUSH lighting director Howard Ungerleider where he discusses the "Snakes & Arrows" tour and his history with the band. Read the interview atthis locat...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: 'Taste Of Chaos' Tour Dates Announced

AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and BLESSTHEFALL have been confirmed for next year's "Taste of Chaos" tour, which is set to kick off Friday, February 29 in Denver, CO, and play more than 40 cities in the U.S. and Canada through to late April. The 2008 installment of the trek will...

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RUSH: Cities, Venues Revealed For Forthcoming Tour

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, RUSH's forthcoming tour will include stops in the following cities / countries / venues (exact dates to be announced): Coliseo De Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL Amway Arena - Orl...

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EXTREME Guitarist Says LED ZEPPELIN Should Be Allowed To Rock At Any Age

EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has penned a lengthy response to music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz's recent review of LED ZEPPELIN's reunion concert at the O2 arena in London in which Bob wrote, in part, "LED ZEPPELIN is dead. And one of the reasons it's so revered is that the band didn't ca...

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RUSH Officially Announces Plans To Extend World Tour Into 2008

After a hugely successful 2007 run, RUSH have announced they will extend their "Snakes & Arrows World Tour" into 2008. The band will begin rehearsals in March to revamp the set list before kicking off the tour with their first-ever appearance in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April. 2008 will see RUSH...

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GODSMACK: 'Good Times Bad Times' First-Week Sales Revealed

GODSMACK's greatest-hits collection, "Good Times Bad Times....Ten Years of Godsmack", sold 40,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart. The 16-track collection is loaded with career-defining milestones and seminal GODSMACK classics. Among the son...

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MARILYN MANSON: U.S. Dates Announced

MARILYN MANSON has scheduled the following U.S. dates: Jan. 19 - Hard Rock - Orlando, Florida Jan. 20 - The Fillmore - Miami, Florida Jan. 22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, Georgia Jan. 24 - Rams Head - Baltimore, Maryland Jan. 26 - The Orpheum - Boston, Massachusetts Jan. 27 - Electric Factory Ballroo...

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STRYPER Frontman Featured In 'Noëlle' Movie; Trailer Available

The new Gener8xion Entertainment motion picture "Noëlle" — which features STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet as part of the supporting cast — is now in theaters. In the movie, Sweet plays one of the three "Tree Kings" and sings in Latin in the climatic ending of the film. Michael's wife Kyle was also th...

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EXTREME: Clip Of New Song Posted Online

Reunited hard rockers EXTREME — featuring original members Nuno Bettencourt, Gary Cherone, Pat Badger and new sticksman Kevin Figueiredo — performed a three-song set at the Boston Music Awards on December 1 at the Orpheum in Boston consisting of "Slide", "Decadence Dance" and "Communication Breakdow...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Honored At BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS

2007 has proven to be a sweet year for metal maestros KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. After headlining the Vans Warped Tour, getting awarded a gold RIAA certification for 2004's "The End of Heartache", and seeing "Holy Diver" (cover of the DIO classic) crash into the Top 10 on the Active Rock charts, the band ki...

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GODSMACK Covers LED ZEPPELIN's 'Good Times, Bad Times'; Video Available

GODSMACK's video for its cover version of LED ZEPPELIN's "Good Times, Bad Times" can be viewed below. The clip was shot on October 20, 2007 on the corner of Milk Street and Oliver Street in Boston's financial district. The newly recorded song appears on GODSMACK's greatest-hits collection, "Good Tim...

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TESLA, STRYPER, AARON LEWIS To Perform At Benefit Concert For Victims Of GREAT WHITE Fire

TESLA, STRYPER (with a special guest appearance by Tom Scholz of BOSTON),Aaron Lewis (STAIND),Eric Martin (MR. BIG) and Carmine Appice's SLAM (a drum thing) are among the confirmed performers at a benefit concert for the victims of the February 20, 2003 nightclub fire, which claimed 100 lives, ser...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Honored With Personal Achievement Award at BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton accepted the Personal Achievement Award from Christopher Guest at the 2007 Boston Music Awards (BMAs),with two of the evening's best jokes. "Turn that crap down," he said of his entrance music of "Sweet Emotion", and later, "I feel like I'm at home. This place is like...

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BURY YOUR DEAD Begins Recording New Album

Never ones to dwell on the past, Boston natives BURY YOUR DEAD are forging ahead to the future with new vocalist Myke Terry (formerly of CASSIUS) in tow. The band has returned to Florida's Audiohammer Studios, the exact facility where their previous release, "Beauty and the Breakdown", was recorded....

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AEROSMITH Drummer To Take Part In Online Chat Tomorrow

AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer will take part in an online chat tomorrow (Friday, November 30) at 12:00 p.m. (noon) EST on Boston.com. Joey will talk about his involvement with the 2007 Boston Music Awards (the 20th anniversary of the BMAs). For more information, click here. Joey Kramer from AEROSMIT...