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STING Sells Songwriting Catalog For An Estimated $300 Million

 Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group's leading global music publishing division, has announced the acquisition of 17-time Grammy Award winner Sting's career catalog of music. Financial terms were not disclosed, but according to The New York Times, the deal is estimated to...

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Current Owner Of VINNIE PAUL's Home In Texas: 'It Was Meant To Be A Party House'

The current owner of the Arlington, Texas home that was once owned by late PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott recently listed the property for $750,000. Vinnie Paul designed the 3,784-square-foot home, which sits on 1.5 acres and offers expansive views of Arlington, downtown Fort Worth and Las Colin...

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Late PANTERA Drummer VINNIE PAUL's Arlington, Texas House Can Be Yours For $750,000

Late PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott's home in Arlington, Texas has just been listed for $750,000. The secluded hilltop 3,784-square-foot house, which was completed in 1995, sits on 1.5 acres and features 40-plus-foot ceilings, four bedrooms, four and a half baths, two game rooms and a secret/saf...

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JIZZY PEARL Has 'Mixed Feelings' About RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'If People Wanna Go See It, Then That's Okay'

QUIET RIOT singer Jizzy Pearl, whose JIZZY PEARL'S LOVE/HATE band opened for the "Dio Returns" tour in 2019, was asked in a new interview with the "Cobras & Fire" podcast for his take on the Ronnie James Dio hologram. "Dio Returns" featured a holographic image of the legendary metal singer perfo...

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Watch SHINEDOWN Perform New Single 'Planet Zero' Live For First Time

SHINEDOWN performed its new single, "Planet Zero", live for the first time last night (Wednesday, January 26) at the opening show of its "Shinedown Live In Concert" tour at The Warfield in San Francisco, California. Fan-filmed video and photos of the performance can be found below. "Planet Zero" is...

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EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT Is Working On Two Separate Solo Projects

EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt says that he is working on two new solo projects, including a follow-up of sorts to his debut solo album, "Schizophonic", which came out in 1997 on A&M Records. On Wednesday (January 26),Bettencourt took to his social media to write: "NEW MUSIC ANNOUNCEMENT 20...

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SHINEDOWN Announces 'Planet Zero' Album, Unveils Title Track

SHINEDOWN will release its seventh album, "Planet Zero", on April 22 via Atlantic Records. The official lyric video for the LP's title track can be seen below. Vocalist Brent Smith stated about the new disc: "If we shut each other down and allow ourselves to be divided by the information we consume...

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Ex-ICED EARTH Singer MATT BARLOW Says He Has Spoken To JON SCHAFFER: 'He's Okay'

Former ICED EARTH frontman Matt Barlow says that Jon Schaffer is doing "okay," more than one year after he was arrested for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. The 50-year-old singer, who is married to Schaffer's sister, touched upon his current relationship with ICED EARTH's founder, songwriter, gui...

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SHINEDOWN To Release New Single Next Week

SHINEDOWN will release the first single from the band's upcoming seventh studio album on Wednesday, January 26. Last month, SHINEDOWN singer Brent Smith told 95.9 The Rat's Carl Craft about the new LP's more "stripped-down" approach: "We wanted to push everything to the front. And what I mean by tha...

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TED NUGENT Says He Doesn't Take His Exclusion From ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Personally: 'I Don't Need It'

Ted Nugent says that he doesn't take his exclusion from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame personally. The conservative rocker, who been eligible for the honor as a solo artist since 2000, has enjoyed a remarkably successful and eventful musical career over the past five decades, but his music is increa...

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Watch Speed Painter Complete Portrait Of Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA In Less Than Six Minutes

A video of Dave Santia, a premier performance speed painter from the Detroit area, painting an amazing portrait of late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza in less than six minutes can be seen below. With a combination of rock and roll and attack of speed and color, Santia creates his speed paintings right...

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Ex-ICED EARTH Singer MATT BARLOW: 'Everybody Needs To Be A Lot Less Judgmental'

In a new interview with Sonic Perspectives collaborator Rodrigo Altaf, former ICED EARTH and current ASHES OF ARES singer Matt Barlow said that we must try to get along better, regardless of political, religious or socioeconomic differences. "We're very divided as human beings right now," he said (a...

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SHINEDOWN Releases First Teaser Video For Seventh Studio Album

SHINEDOWN has released a short teaser video for the band's upcoming seventh studio album. The 42-second clip, which can be seen below, was accompanied by the message: "So it begins... #nowiknowmyabcs… Do you? #SD7". Last month, SHINEDOWN singer Brent Smith 95.9 The Rat's Carl Craft about the new LP'...

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TED NUGENT: The People Who Run ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Are 'Rotten' And 'Dishonest'

Ted Nugent says that he hasn't been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame because the people that run the organization are "dishonest" and "rotten." The conservative rocker, who been eligible for the honor as a solo artist since 2000, has enjoyed a remarkably successful and eventful musical c...

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ZAKK WYLDE Has 'No Problems' With RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'I Think It's Awesome'

Zakk Wylde says that he had "no problems" with the recent "Dio Returns" tour, which featured a hologram of legendary metal singer Ronnie James Dio performing alongside a living backing group consisting, in large part, of Ronnie's onetime DIO bandmates. The Dio hologram was created by a company calle...