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MICHAEL SCHENKER Blasts K.K. DOWNING Over Flying V Guitar Claim: 'Why Would He Lie About This?'

In a brand new interview with the "Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen & Shane McEachern" classic rock show, legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker was asked about ex-JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing's claim that he "was the first guy to bring the Flying V [guitar] to heavy metal ever." Sc...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Announces New Album 'Digital Noise Alliance'

QUEENSRŸCHE has set "Digital Noise Alliance" as the title of its new studio album, due on October 7 via Century Media Records. Earlier today (Friday, May 20),QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton shared a short video teaser for the upcoming follow-up to 2019's "The Verdict", and he included the foll...

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AVANTASIA Announces 'A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society' Album, Drops 'The Wicked Rule The Night' Single

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project has just released a new single, "The Wicked Rule The Night". The song, which features a guest appearance by PRIMAL FEAR singer Ralf Scheepers, is taken from the ninth AVANTASIA album, "A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society", due in the fall...

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WHITESNAKE's DAVID COVERDALE Says It Wasn't His Idea To Re-Record 'Here I Go Again' For 1987 Album

WHITESNAKE has revisited its multi-platinum career by remixing some of its biggest hits for a new collection, "Greatest Hits", which was made available on May 6 on digital and streaming services. WHITESNAKE founder and lead singer David Coverdale had 16 tracks remixed and remastered for this collect...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist MATTHIAS JABS's Fretboard Covered In Blood At New York City Concert: Photo

Rock journalist Robert Cavuoto has shared a photo of SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs performing with his bandmates in New York City a little over a week ago, with the fingertips on Jabs's left hand covered in multi-colored Band-Aids and blood visible on his guitar's fretboard. The picture in quest...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist's Injury Forces Postponement Of European Shows

German hard rock legends SCORPIONS have been forced to postpone the first three concerts on the European leg of their 2022 world tour due to an unspecified injury suffered by guitarist Matthias Jabs. The concert promoter will announce in the next few days when the shows in Lisbon, Portugal (original...

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DAVID COVERDALE Looks Back On Making Of WHITESNAKE's 'Still Of The Night': JOHN SYKES 'Took The Riff To Cosmic Levels'

WHITESNAKE has revisited its multi-platinum career by remixing some of its biggest hits for a new collection, "Greatest Hits", which was made available last Friday (May 6) on digital and streaming services. WHITESNAKE founder and lead singer David Coverdale had 16 tracks remixed and remastered for t...

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WHITESNAKE's 'Greatest Hits' Have Been Revised, Remixed And Remastered For 2022 Collection

WHITESNAKE continues to revisit its multi-platinum career as it remixes some of its biggest hits for a new collection, "Greatest Hits", which was made available on Friday (May 6) on digital and streaming services. WHITESNAKE founder and lead singer David Coverdale had 16 tracks remixed and remastere...

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SCORPIONS And WHITESNAKE Announce Summer/Fall 2022 North American Tour

SCORPIONS, one of the most iconic and influential hard rock bands of all time, will return to North America on the "Rock Believer" world tour with special guests WHITESNAKE on the David Coverdale-fronted outfit's farewell tour. Fresh off of their sold-out "Sin City Nights" Las Vegas residency, SCORP...

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Watch: SCORPIONS Perform At Madison Square Garden For Bangladesh's 50th Anniversary Of Independence

SCORPIONS performed a historic concert last night (Friday, May 6) at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate Bangladesh's 50 years of independence. The Golden Jubilee Bangladesh Concert featured as special guests one of Bangladesh's most prominent artists, CHIRKUTT. Fan-filmed video of t...

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New SKID ROW Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL Covers JOURNEY's 'Separate Ways' (Video)

New SKID ROW frontman Erik Grönwall has uploaded a video of him singing a cover version of JOURNEY's "Separate Ways". The track was recorded at Tone Factory Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada in between shows during SKID ROW's recent stint as the as the support act on SCORPIONS' "Sin City Nights...

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SCORPIONS' KLAUS MEINE On Retirement: We Have 'Scratched That Word' Out Of Our Vocabulary

During a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's "Metal Global", SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine assured fans that there is no more talk of retirement, as there was back in 2010 with what was purported to be a final album and a farewell tour that never quite took hold. "No, we scratched that word...

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Ex-ACCEPT Singer UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: I Will 'Never' Work With WOLF HOFFMANN Again

In a new interview with Australia's "Scars And Guitars" podcast, former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider was asked if he has had any contact with ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann in recent years. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Never. And I don't wanna have any contact with him… I'm...

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JEFF PILSON On DON DOKKEN's Vocal 'Difficulties': 'I Hope He Has Less Problems In The Future'

In a brand new interview with the Tulsa Music Stream, ex-DOKKEN bassist Jeff Pilson spoke about the difficulties Don Dokken has had preserving his voice as he gets older and the issues Don has encountered trying to reproduce DOKKEN's classic material in a live setting. He said (as transcribed by BLA...

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DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Says SKID ROW 'Had Been Starting To Drift Apart' From Singer ZP THEART

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo says that singer ZP Theart "had been starting to drift apart" from the rest of the band before he was replaced by ex-H.E.A.T. frontman Erik Grönwall. Theart, a former member of DRAGONFORCE, who hooked up with SKID ROW in 2016 following the departure of Tony Harne...