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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Attends Malta's AERO GP Competition
IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson attended the Aero GP competition in Malta Sunday (September 10) where Gabor Varga, the Swedish aerobatics champion, died after his aircraft collided with another plane, according to Reuters. Officials said that his aircraft started losing altitude, hit another pl...September 10, 2006
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Japan Wins AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENTENCED Guitarist Among Judges
Air Guitar World Championships took place in Club Teatria, Oulu, for the 11th time. Japan's strong presence produced a world champion and this year Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke gets a chance to spread the gospel of air guitars. Yosuke outplayed the other skillful contestants with his simplistic but extreme...September 9, 2006
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AEROSMITH Drummer Checks In From Hartford
AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer has posted the following message on the Aero Force One (AEROSMITH's official fan club) web site following the band's September 7 performance in Hartford, Connecticut: "I thought that for the second show of the tour it was pretty damn good. There were a couple of little...September 9, 2006
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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...September 9, 2006
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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"...September 6, 2006
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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...September 5, 2006
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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...September 3, 2006
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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...September 3, 2006
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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...September 2, 2006
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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...August 30, 2006
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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...August 30, 2006
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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...August 27, 2006
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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...August 25, 2006
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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...August 24, 2006
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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...August 24, 2006
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