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KIX To Play San Diego, Phoenix For First Time In Nearly 15 Years

Reactivated rockers KIX will be heading to San Diego and Phoenix for the first time in nearly 15 years to perform at the San Diego venue 4th & B on Friday, May 8 and KDKB Desert Invasion Festival on Saturday, May 9. At the Desert Invasion Festival, KIX will share the stage with other '80s ...

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LILLIAN AXE: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed

New Orleans-based rockers LILLIAN AXE will release their new album, entitled "Sad Day On Planet Earth", on June 30 via the Swedish label Blistering Records. The CD is described in a press release as "by far [the band's] strongest album, musically speaking. There are so many different-sounding songs...

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JUDAS PRIEST: More Tour Dates Announced

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic album "British Steel" this summer (it was originally issued in April 1980) by performing the LP in its entirety for the very first time ever live on stage! In addition they will be playing some old favorite...

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Former MELDRUM Singer MOA HOLMSTEN: Footage From Stockholm Show Available

Video footage of former MELDRUM frontwoman Moa Holmsten performing live at Sjöhästen in Stockholm, Sweden in March 2009 can be viewed below (clips shot by Ken Haake). Holmsten will release a new solo EP, "All Blade No Handle", in May. More information will be made available soon. Moa announced her d...

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TOOL, JANE'S ADDICTION 'Officially' Confirmed For LOLLAPALOOZA

The Pulse of Radio reports: As more or less confirmed over the past few weeks, TOOL, THE KILLERS, JANE'S ADDICTION, BEASTIE BOYS, KINGS OF LEONand DEPECHE MODE will headline the 2009 Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for its fifth year at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7-9. More than 100 performers...

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GUNS N' ROSES Sound Engineer Talks About Preparations For Upcoming Tour

Video footage of GUNS N' ROSES live front-of-house (FOH) engineer Ken "Pooch" Van Druten talking about preparations for the band's upcoming tour can be viewed in two parts below. He says, "Right now we're in rehearsals, and we are gonna be here probably for a month and a half or so getting ready to...

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PAPA ROACH Singer Comments On Crappy Manchester Concert

PAPA ROACH vocalist Jacoby Shaddix has commented on reports that a fan attending the band's concert in Manchester had taken a crap in the middle of the crowd while the group was performing on stage. The story made it as far as the band and Shaddix recently emailed U.K.'s Rock Sound ...

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THE DESTRO Begins Recording New Album

Texas' THE DESTRO has entered System Studios with producer Ken Susi (UNEARTH) to begin recording its sophomore CD. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2007's "As The Coil Unwinds" is tentatively scheduled for release in August via Ironclad Recordings. Commented the band, "The last six months have been...

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AC/DC Fans In Regina Looking To Point The Finger

Brendan Wagner of News Talk 980 reports that some rock fans are still fuming over the sale of tickets for AC/DC's August 24, 2009 concert at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A quick sellout this past weekend combined with online logjams and greedy ticket scalpers left many people out...

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Ex-MEGADETH, ALICE COOPER Members Film 'Northern Lights Orchestra' DVD; Video Available

Bassist David Ellefson (F5, ex-MEGADETH) performed with Northern Lights Orchestra in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday (Friday, April 17) at the Orpheum Theatre. The show was filmed for an upcoming DVD, entitled "The Spirit Of Christmas". Ellefson also played bass on the Northern Lights Orchestra album, wh...

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JUDAS PRIEST 'Going Retro With The Look Of The Band' On 'British Steel' Anniversary Tour

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic album "British Steel" this summer (it was originally issued in April 1980) by performing the LP in its entirety for the very first time ever live on stage! In addition they will be playing some old favorite...

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UNEARTH Guitarist Teams Up With His Five-Year-Old Niece For 'I Want Candy' Video

Guitarist Ken Susi of New England metallers UNEARTH writes: "I recently wrote a song with my five-year-old niece [Alison] as a gift to her, and tons of people have told me that this song makes them soooo totally happy. So Tim [Timmi Dennesen] and [Anthony] Jarvis at Punchdance, who also loved the so...

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DAWN OF AZAZEL: New Songs Posted Online

New Zealand-based extreme metallers DAWN OF AZAZEL have issued the following update: "We've been uncharacteristically quiet for the last few months. We have been carefully assembling getting all the necessary pieces together for album No. 3. However this is now behind us and we therefore want to pre...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Continuing Vocalist Search

Guitarist Robin Sjunnesson of the Swedish modern metal band SONIC SYNDICATE has issued the following update: "On March 30, we released the breaking news about [vocalist] Roland [Johansson; who is responsible for the "clean"/melodic singing in the group] leaving SONIC SYNDICAT. "When we found our Rol...

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SLAYER's ARAYA Interviewed By METAL INJECTION At EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

Bassist/vocalist Tom Araya of SLAYER was interviewed (with his wife and kids standing at his side) by Metal Injection on the "black carpet" of last Tuesday night's (April 7) Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Araya and SLAYER guitarist Kerry King presented th...