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IRON MAIDEN Frontman's Airline Taken Over By Sweden's FLYME

It is common knowledge that IRON MAIDEN has some of its most loyal fans in Sweden. In 2005, the British heavy metal band sold out the 56,000-capacity soccer stadium Ullevi in Gothenburg in less than two hours. The 50,000-plus tickets to the band's three concerts in Stockholm and Gothenburg in Novemb...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer On Double Duty With Tour And TV Show

Launch Radio Networks reports: With the AEROSMITH/MÖTLEY CRÜE Route Of All Evil tour now underway, Tommy Lee has possibly replaced James Brown as the hardest working man in show business. In addition to the shows, the CRÜE drummer is also wrapped up in the last episodes of his "Rock Star: Supernova"...

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IRON MAIDEN Gets Political On New Album

United Press International reports that heavy metal icons IRON MAIDEN have taken a topical direction on their new album, "A Matter of Life and Death". Many of the songs on the British sextet's first new album in three years — including "These Colors Don't Run", "The Longest Day" and "For the Greater...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Premieres Spanish Version Of 'Practice What You Preach' At Tour Opener

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Damjan has submitted the following report: "Went to opening night Thursday [August 31] of the ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO [the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick] tour [at The Van Dyck in Schenectady, NY]. They previewed four new songs, including 'Práctica...

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DANGEROUS TOYS To Perform At Austin's BAT FEST Tonight

DANGEROUS TOYS will reunite once again to perform tonight (Sunday, September 3) at the second annual Bat Fest — a celebration of crafts, music, food and flying mammals — in Austin. Texas. "We get together once or twice a year," DANGEROUS TOYS singer Jason McMaster told Austin360.com. "It's more succ...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON To Fly Norwegian Fans To Stockholm

Hearing that many of Norway's fans were booking onto the special Bruce Air flight from Stockholm to Milan, IRON MAIDEN singer and Astraeus Airlines First Officer Bruce Dickinson decided that he should charter a special "Bruce Air 666" plane from Oslo to Stockholm and back so that Norwegian fans coul...

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THE STEVE MORSE BAND: 'Live In Baden-Baden' DVD Available

According to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, THE STEVE MORSE BAND has just released a DVD, entitled "Live In Baden-Baden", featuring performances from 1990 — a few years before guitarist Steve Morse joined DEEP PURPLE. The DVD features two concerts culled from the vaults of t...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman : 'The Band Has Come Full Circle By Finally Playing In Norway'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Flying in, coming from Bergen, Norway, on Monday evening [August 28], the weather awaiting us in Zurich could not have been more appropriate. The ravaged clouds were dark grey, almost black, and layered...

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ARCH ENEMY, LACUNA COIL Singers Present Award To SLAYER: Photos Available

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "I was invited to the Kerrang! Awards on Thursday [August 24]. It's all industry and business, not much of a metal party with bands like PLACEBO and MUSE. I had to do a couple of Jagermeister shots with Kerry K...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist: AXL ROSE Is Just Misunderstood

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates. An excerpt from the chat follows: Ultimate-Guitar.com: How was the whole Ozzfest experience like for AVENGED SEVENFOLD? Zacky: It was a big deal for us to be on Ozzfest especiall...

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ION VEIN Finishes Tracking Bass For New Album, Continues Vocalist Search

Guitarist Chris Lotesto from Chicago-based progressive-power metallers ION VEIN has issued the following update: "Just a quick update to let everyone know that we finished tracking bass for the new album on Tuesday and everything is sounding absolutely crushing so far! Everything is complete musical...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer 'RIPPER' OWENS Talks About Inspiration For BEYOND FEAR Debut

Dr. Abner Mality of Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently interviewed former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR singer Tim "Ripper" Owens. Many aspects of Ripper's career were touched on, including the upcoming ICED EARTH album, his days with JUDAS PRIEST and some of the lyrical ideas be...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Prevented From Boarding Flight To U.K.

According to an Earache Records press release, U.S. crossover thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE were yesterday prevented from flying from their hometown in Richmond, Virginia to play a series of festival shows in the U.K. The band allegedly appeared at the check-in desk for their US Airways flight US3224, b...

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SICK OF IT ALL Pulls Out Of Spain's VIVEIRO SUMMER FESTIVAL

New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have been forced to cancel their previously announced August 20 appearance at the Viveiro Summer Festival in Viveiro, Spain "due to a sinus and ear problem that has made flying temporarily painful for Armand [Majidi, drums]," according to a statement from the...

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Ex-KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK Offers Summer Update

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. An excerpt from his message follows: "GRAND FUNK RAILROAD has been keeping me busy as usual as it is the season for the band to get out touring every week. This summer we have had gre...