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CAGE Booking Mexican Tour

San Diego, California-based heavy metal band CAGE is in the process of booking a tour of Mexico, dubbed the "Hell Destroyer Over Mexico Tour 2007". Shows have been confirmed for Tijuana; Mexicali, Monterrey; Mexico D.F and Estado de Mexico. Additional dates are being considered for Hermosillo, Ciuda...

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'METAL' MIKE On GUNS N' ROSES Tour: 'It Felt Wonderful To Reach Over 700,000 People'

The fourth and last installment of guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) diary from SEBASTIAN BACH's tour with GUNS N' ROSES has been posted online at www.jacksonguitars.com. An excerpt follows: "I have played four or five more shows on the off days from the GN'R t...

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JUDAS PRIEST Looking At Mid-Year Release For 'Nostradamus' Concept Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: Things are going well with the recording of the new JUDAS PRIEST album. It's a concept album about the 16th Century French prophet Nostradamus, and the band has started thinking about release dates. Frontman Rob Halford told Launch that everyone's excited about the pro...

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ROB HALFORD: Photos Of Limited-Edition Sculpture Available

KnuckleBonz, Inc. has posted several pictures of its upcoming resin sculpture of JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, which is being released as part of the company's Rock Iconz Sculpture Series. Check out the photos at this location. The Rob Halford limited-edition sculpture is an officially licensed...

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HATESPHERE Announces New Album Title

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have issued the following update: "Saturday the 27th of January we will do a very special show in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event will take place in the venue Lille Vega, and only very few tickets will be set out for sale. This night we will perform the whole new album liv...

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MNEMIC To Support DEFTONES In U.K. Only

Due to "personal scheduling conflicts," Danish metallers MNEMIC will not be able to support the DEFTONES on their entire European tour as previously announced. Instead MNEMIC will only be doing the U.K. DEFTONES dates, which are scheduled to kick off in early March. Commented MNEMIC in a statement:...

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CAGE: New Song Posted Online

San Diego, California-based heavy metal band CAGE has uploaded a new song, entitled "Hell Destroyer", to its MySpace page. The track is the title cut of the group's recently completed new album, tentatively due in early 2007. CAGE "has spent the last thee years in making the ultimate concept album b...

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ROB HALFORD To Guest On XM RADIO Christmas Day

Metal god Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST, FIGHT, HALFORD) will sit with Kevin Kash on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) at noon EST for "Halford Holiday Takeover" on XM Radio's The Boneyard (41). Halford will play some of his favorite songs, tell stories about the songs and clue the listeners in as to what is up i...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Says Don't Forget The Real Meaning Of Christmas

Launch Radio Networks reports: It might seem funny to some people, what with all the black leather and everything, but JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford is really into the holiday season. He wishes the advertising was toned down, but he told Launch that the real meanings behind Christmas — peace and...

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JUDAS PRIEST's Management Dismisses 'Unauthorized' GLENN TIPTON MySpace Page

JUDAS PRIEST management representative Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "It has come to our attention that someone is trying to falsely impersonate [PRIEST guitarist] Glenn Tipton on a MySpace site. Please note that this site is totally unauthorised, u...

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ROB ZOMBIE Guitarist JOHN 5: 'ROB HALFORD Changed Heavy Metal'

In a recent issue of Classic Rock magazine, ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5, who played with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford in the ill-fated TWO project, spoke about his first experience meeting Halford and his impressions of The Metal God, both from the perspective of a metal fan a...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Hailed As One Of CLASSIC ROCK's 'Icons Of Rock'

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi was named one of the "100 Icons of Rock" in the December issue of Classic Rock magazine. Commented ex-WARRIOR SOUL/current DIRTY RIG frontman Kory Clarke: "Tony Iommi's guitar tone is awesome, and it's got such power. Listen to him on the song 'Black Sabbath' — he...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Guitarist METAL MIKE Reports On Madison Square Garden Show

The third installment of guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) diary from the SEBASTIAN BACH tour with GUNS N' ROSES can now be found at this location. This special installment spotlights the November 10, 2006 date which found the tour at New York's legendary Madis...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Performs 'Devil's Child' With JIM BREUER: Video Available

A video clip of JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and "heavy-metal comedian" Jim Breuer dueting on PRIEST's "Devil's Child" live on the "Breuer Unleashed" show on Sirius Satellite Radio in New York City last week has been posted online at YouTube.com. The last time Halford apparently sang this song...