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RUSH Guitarist's Painting Raises $5,700 For Kidney Foundation Of Canada

For the second consecutive year, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson auctioned one of his original paintings (preview) on eBay to support The Kidney Foundation of Canada. The winning bid was $5,700. Last year, Lifeson, along with about 90 other Canadian celebrities, created paintings to help bring attention...

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RUSH, LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN Songs To Be Featured On New Orchestral Jazz Covers Album

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, the song "Available Light" from the legendary Canadian rock trio's 1989 album "Presto" is one of four tracks which have been recorded for an all-new full orchestral jazz covers project to be released mid-to-late 2008. The as-yet-unnamed band...

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RUSH: More Details Revealed About Forthcoming Documentary

Boutique distributor Grindstone Media is working on "Rush: The Documentary", the $1.5 million feature film produced and directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn — the creative team behind the 2005's "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" — and executive produced by Grindstone president Paul Zimic. According...

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CRADLE TO GRAVE: New Song Posted Online

CRADLE TO GRAVE, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has posted the track "Five Years of Fire" on the group's MySpace page. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Texas Medicine", which was mixed and mastered by Devin Tow...

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RUSH Drummer Says Rotterdam Shows 'Represented True Climax Of Tour'

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has updated his web site with the latest journal entry from the road, "Haste Ye Back". In it, he details his travels over the fifteen show Eurorpean leg of the "Snakes & Arrows" tour. He also recounts his feelings of shame and anger at reading he was voted second worst ro...

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JIMMY PAGE, STEVEN TYLER, ALICE COOPER At CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOUR; Video Available

UK-based music journalist Dave Ling has posted the following report from last night's Classic Rock Roll of Honour event, which was held at the Landmark Hotel in London, England: "Astonishingly, given that last night Classic Rock's third annual awards ceremony took place, I awake in a blissfully hang...

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ROBERT PLANT Talks About His Admiration For AHMET ERTEGUN

Scott Colothan of Gigwise.com reports: In an interview with the Scotsman, LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has revealed his admiration for Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun — in whose memory of course the band are performing a tribute concert for this December. Before LED ZEP were even sig...

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Full Track Listing For 'Rock Band' Game Announced

The Pulse of Radio reports: Harmonix Music announced the final track listing for its highly anticipated Rock Band video game on Thursday (November 1). The 58-song soundtrack includes dozens of original master recordings by artists such as FOO FIGHTERS, METALLICA, NIRVANA, BLACK SABBATH, RADIOHEAD, S...

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DAVE NAVARRO Issues Update On His 'Spread Entertainment' Internet TV Show

Guitarist Dave Navarro (THE PANIC CHANNEL, ex-JANE'S ADDICTION) launched an online TV show earlier in the year on ManiaTV.com called "Spread Entertainment" that finds him taking to the role of interviewer. In a new posting on his web site, Navarro has issued the following update on the current statu...

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NEIL PEART Commemorative 'Snakes & Arrows' Snare Drum Available

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, the November Guitar Center catalog includes a new item that will make some RUSH fan's holiday season a happy one. Coming this month to select Guitar Center stores, the Neil Peart signature "Snakes & Arrows" snare drum. Guitar Center will...

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Brazilian RUSH Fan Gathering Scheduled For This Weekend

RUSH fan site Power Windows reports: "Just five years after RUSH toured Brazil for the first time, performing for the largest crowds in their history, Brazilian fans are gathering once again for the largest RUSH celebration in Latin America! 'Rush Fest 8: Good Friends First' will once again attract...

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RUSH To Announce 40 More Shows?

RUSH fan site Power Windows reports: RUSH's "Snakes & Arrows" tour kicked off June 3 in Atlanta, Georgia, and came to a close October 29 in Helsinki Finland. The sixth highest US tour gross of the summer with $21 million, third among rock acts, over 38 shows RUSH had an attendance of 399,000 ...

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RUSH Documentary To Include Interviews With METALLICA, NIRVANA And IRON MAIDEN

Micol Marotti of PlaybackMag.com reports that boutique distributor Grindstone Media is hoping to have a hit on its hands with "Rush: The Documentary". The $1.5 million feature doc about the famed rock band is produced and directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn — the creative team behind the 2005's "...

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TILES Films 'Sacred & Mundane' Video

Detroit-based progressive rock band TILES has finished filming footage for the edited version of the song "Sacred & Mundane". The raw material has since been shipped off to Kentucky where Highway Run Productions will work its magic and create a quirky promotional video. As previously reported, T...

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MOURNING BELOVETH: New Album Details Revealed

Irish doom titans MOURNING BELOVETH have issued the following update: "We have just finished recording album number four, and first with bass player Brendan Roche. Recording sessions were held over two weeks in the now-familiar surrounds of Studio E with Markus Stock at the helm. "The album contains...