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RUSH: New Audio Interviews With ALEX LIFESON Available

Two brand new audio interviews with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson, conducted earlier today (Wednesday, April 4),have been posted online at the RushIsABand.com web site. Available for listening is an interview with Doug Podell of Detroit's 101 WRIF and an interview with San Francisco's 107.7 The Bone....

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ZAKK WYLDE: 'I Don't Give A F**k About Being Famous'

Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: The next Ozzy record, what were your contributions? Zakk: I wrote all the songs with Ozzy and everything like that, and Mike...

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The Arockalypse

They won the Eurovision Song Contest, they're coming up with enough merchandising ideas (LORDI Cola?) to make Gene Simmons get a non-Viagra-induced boner, they wear monster suits, and they single-handedly prove wrong anyone who touts Europe as more sophisticated and highbrow than the United States....

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EDENBRIDGE: 'The Chronicles Of Eden' Track Listing Revealed

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will issue a rarities/"best of" compilation, entitled "The Chronicles of Eden", as a double-CD and limited double-digipack on May 25. Disc One will contain three new, previously unreleased songs, all Japanese and European bonus tracks and songs that were incl...

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RUSH Drummer Explains New Album Title, Artwork

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has commented on the cover art and title of the band's new album, "Snakes and Arrows", which comes out May 1 via Anthem/Atlantic. Said Peart, "To my surprise, 'snakes and arrows' called up several links to something called 'Leela, The Game of Self Knowledge', or, incredibly,...

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RUSH: North American, European Tour Dates Officially Announced

RUSH has officially announced the dates for its upcoming world tour via the band's official web site. The tour will kick off in North America on June 13 at Atlanta's HiFi Buys Amphitheatre and will visit over 45 cities throughout the United States and Canada before traveling to Europe. Tickets will...

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The Inner Sanctum

Terrible PR stunts be damned, you can't kill SAXON. Words like "venerable" and "stalwart" get used a lot when talking about these U.K. rockers, who've been bashing it out to uneven returns for three decades now. When they're not embarrassing themselves with ill-conceived promotional ideas far beneat...

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As Our Army Grows

Those wishing for a return to the Matt Barlow days of ICED EARTH will find a measure of it in "As our Army Grows" from England's INTENSE. The band's sophomore full-length, and first for Napalm Records, is a competent batch of catchy power metal songs. Though the sound mix could stand to bring the gu...

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RUSH: First 'Snakes & Arrows' Review Posted Online

U.K.-based music journalist Dave Ling has posted a review of the new RUSH album, "Snakes & Arrows", on his official web site. It reads as follows: "Yesterday afternoon [Thursday, March 22] was occupied by a playback of RUSH's new album. Given the paranoia that exists about downloading, this was...

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French OZZY OSBOURNE Biography Now Available

According to StonerRock.com, a new biography on BLACK SABBATH frontman Ozzy Osbourne has just been published in french under the title "Du Cauchemar A La Réalité" ("From Nightmare to Reality"). The 560-page tome is "full of stories, dates, details, and everything you've ever wanted to know about the...

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RUSH: Official Tour Announcement Coming Next Week

According to a posting on the Rush Is A Band fan site, RUSH will officially announce the dates for its upcoming world tour on Monday (March 26) via a press conference in New York City. Pre-sales will begin Tuesday, March 27 for selected cities and MusicToday.com will conduct the pre-sale similar to...

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RUSH: More Rumored North American Tour Dates Revealed

According to a posting on the Rush Is A Band blog, two more **rumored** RUSH tour dates for both North America have surfaced. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jun. 13 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheater Jun. 15 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater Jun. ...

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RUSH: More Rumored North American, European Tour Dates Revealed

A number of **rumored** RUSH tour dates for both North America and Europe have surfaced. They are as follows: Jun. 13 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Amphitheatre Jun. 15 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre Jun. 16 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre Jun. 19 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Amphitheatre Jun...

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OTEP Frontwoman Says Band Has Not Been 'Officially' Dropped

OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya has issued another statement in response to the persistent rumors that the band has been dropped by Capitol Records as a result of the recently announced merger of Capitol and Virgin Records into the Capitol Music Group. OTEP's third full-length album, "The_ Ascension",...

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RUSH Frontman Featured In ESPN Fantasy Baseball Commercial

RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee appears in a new music-video-esque commercial for fantasy baseball on ESPN. In the commercial, the ESPN crew — including John Kruk and Peter Gammons — appear as a rock band, with a slew of special guest performers, among them Geddy Lee. In addition, a video interview...