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RUSH's ALEX LIFESON Performs At 'Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger' All-Star Concert: ARTISAN NEWS Report

Alex Lifeson (RUSH),Alice Cooper, Tommy Thayer (KISS),Lita Ford and Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) are among the musicians that performed at the all-star concert which capped off the Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger St. Jude Invitational golf classic benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The e...

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SEPULTURA Plays NYC's Times Square With LES TAMBOURS DU BRONX: Rehearsal, Performance Footage Available

Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA performed with the French industrial percussion group LES TAMBOURS DU BRONX in Times Square in New York City last night (Friday, September 26) to to celebrate Rock In Rio festival's 30th anniversary and the announcement of Rock In Rio's first U.S. edition, to b...

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DEF LEPPARD Recruits TRIXTER's STEVE BROWN To Fill In For VIVIAN CAMPBELL At Upcoming Shows

DEF LEPPARD has tapped TRIXTER guitarist Steve Brown to fill in for Vivian Campbell while Vivian is undergoing stem-cell treatment in his continuing battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Brown will make his live debut with DEF LEPPARD at the pre-game show at the first of this year's three NFL Internationa...

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DEF LEPPARD's VIVIAN CAMPBELL On Stem-Cell Treatment: I'm Very Much Looking Forward To A Most Successful Outcome

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell, whose cancer is once again in "remission," has just finished undergoing a new round of chemotherapy before receiving a stem-cell transplant later in the month. Campbell — who before joining DEF LEPPARD in 1992 was well known for his work with DIO and WHITESNAKE...

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ALEX LIFESON, ALICE COOPER, LITA FORD, SEBASTIAN BACH Perform At 'Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger' All-Star Concert (Video)

Alex Lifeson (RUSH),Alice Cooper, Tommy Thayer (KISS),Lita Ford and Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) are among the musicians that performed at the all-star concert which capped off the Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger St. Jude Invitational golf classic benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The e...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Says Songs For Next Album Are 'Very Varied'

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen was recently interviewed by Shor Bazaar, Pakistan's first international artist management services. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for DEF LEPPARD's new studio albu...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Says Guitarist VIVIAN CAMPBELL Will Be 'Out Of Action' Until Christmas

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell, whose cancer is once again in "remission," has just finished undergoing a new round of chemotherapy before receiving a stem-cell transplant later in the month. Campbell — who before joining DEF LEPPARD in 1992 was well known for his work with DIO and WHITESNAKE...

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DEF LEPPARD Needs To Keep Making New Music To Stay 'Fresh,' Says JOE ELLIOTT

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott was recently interviewed by the Appleton, Wisconsin radio station 105.7 WAPL. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about DEF LEPPARD's three-decade-plus-long career, Elliott said: "We were kids [when we first formed the band]. [Drumme...

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CHAD SMITH And WILL FERRELL Perform THE ROLLING STONES Classic With DUFF MCKAGAN, MIKE MCCREADY

PEARL JAM's Mike McCready, former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS/CHICKENFOOT drummer Chad Smith performed a cover version of THE ROLLING STONES classic "Honky Tonk Women" as part of a makeshift all-star band that was dubbed I PISSED MY PANTS last night (Friday, Septembe...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Cancer Fund Presents $100,000 To Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the late heavy metal singer, last week presented a check for $100,000 to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. This donation is the second installment in a commitment to fund gastroesophageal cancer research spearheaded...

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DEE SNIDER Talks To CHICAGO SUN-TIMES About 'Rock & Roll Christmas Tale' (Video)

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times about "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale", starring and written by the iconic rocker, directed by Adam John Hunter and produced by John B. Yonover, which will play the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E Chestnut) N...

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SEPULTURA: 'Roots Bloody Roots' Performance Clip From 'Metal Veins - Alive At Rock In Rio' DVD, Blu-Ray

In celebration of their astounding thirty-year career, Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA will unleash a new live offering titled "Sepultura And Les Tambours du Bronx: Metal Veins - Alive At Rock In Rio" in North America on September 16 via Eagle Rock Entertainment. In a spectacular performance...

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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS/CHICKENFOOT Drummer CHAD SMITH Issues New Drum Challenge To WILL FERRELL

According to The Pulse Of Radio, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith says he's ready for a second drum-off with his lookalike, actor Will Ferrell, after the latter won their first round in a controversial decision on "The Tonight Show" earlier this year. Smith wrote online, "Will Ferrell claims...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Talks About Band's Classic Track 'Animal' (Video)

DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott recently talked UK's Classic Rock magazine through the band's track "Animal" — its influences and the changes that the song went through during production. Check out the clip below. DEF LEPPARD released a deluxe, expanded edition of 1996's "Slang" album on February 11....

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Former METAL MANIACS Magazine Editor KATHERINE LUDWIG Is Battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; How You Can Help

Katherine Ludwig, former editor of the long-running heavy metal magazine Metal Maniacs, is battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which has spread in pockets throughout her body. A Facebook page has been launched to "relieve some of the burden to ease costs that go along with all of the guts and glory tha...