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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY: More New Solo Album Details Revealed

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will release a new solo album, "A Light In The Sky", on February 25 via Mascot Records. For "A Light In The Sky", Airey has gathered together a different set of collaborators (though Laurence Cottle of Sting/ Eric Clapton/ Brian Eno/ Bill Bruford fame once again con...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist Completes Work On New Solo Album

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will release a new solo album, "A Light in the Sky", on February 25 via Mascot Records. Contributors include Danny Bowes, Chris Childs and Harry James of THUNDER, JAMIROQUAI guitarist Ron Harris and classical violinist Lidia Baich. According to a posting at the Masc...

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OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT, GRAVE DIGGER Confirmed For Portugal's LAGOA BURNING LIVE

OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT and GRAVE DIGGER are among the confirmed bands for the the second edition of the Lagoa Burning Live festival, set to take place July 25-27, 2008 at Estombar-parque de ferias in Algarve, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANCESTRAL ANCIENT RITES ANGRA ANGRIF...

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DEATH's Classic 'Symbolic' Album To Be Reissued With Ultra-Rare Demo Tracks

DEATH's classic 1995 album "Symbolic" will be reissued in March 2008 via Roadrunner Records. The remastered LP will include the original album tracks plus a cover of KISS' "God of Thunder" (previously available as a Japanese bonus track and on the "At Death's Door II" compilation) and several previo...

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ROYAL HUNT: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Denmark-based hard rock band ROYAL HUNT has set "Collision Course - Paradox II" as the title of its new album, due in Europe on March 14, 2008 via Frontiers Records. The CD, which is said to be the conceptual follow-up to the 1997 release "Paradox", marks the recorded debut with the band of new voca...

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Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer MARK BOALS Joins ROYAL HUNT

Danish hard rock band ROYAL HUNT has announced the addition of singer Mark Boals (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE, BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB, RING OF FIRE) to their ranks. The band has just completed mixing its new album, which is said to be the conceptual follow-up to the 1997 release "Paradox". Gue...

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LED ZEPPELIN: Partial Setlist Revealed?

According to a post at Royal Orleans, a select few invited guests were treated to a LED ZEPPELIN soundcheck consisting of the following songs: "Good Times Bad Times" "Ramble On" "In My Time Of Dying" "No Quarter" "Nobody's Fault But Mine" "D'yer Mak'er" "Communication Breakdown" LED ZEPPELIN's 100-m...

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PAIN Mainman: Russian Tour Was 'One Of The Highlights In My Music Career'

PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren (also of HYPOCRISY) has issued the following quick update: "We had a looooong tour/party (October 11th-December 5th) and it's been a lot of fun (hick!). Met a lot of people, drank alot of drinks and we wanna thank you all for coming to the gigs. We were also one of the .....

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Former SKID ROW Drummer PHIL VARONE Talks About Drug Addiction

Debby Rao of SavioursOfRock.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: SavioursOfRock.com: Would you say your addiction was glamorized because you were caught up in the rock and roll lifestyle? Varone: "There w...

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ROBERT PLANT Wanted To Recreate Classic 1970 LED ZEPPELIN Concert For Upcoming Reunion

According to The Pulse of Radio, Robert Plant says that he had originally wanted LED ZEPPELIN's upcoming reunion show to be a song-for-song copy of their legendary January 9, 1970 set at London's Royal Albert Hall. Plant told Rolling Stone, "I had an idea initially that we should do our entire Royal...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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SEX PISTOLS To Return To The Road And Release DVD

According to Reuters, the SEX PISTOLS will follow up their recent brief reunion tour of Britain by returning to the road next summer, guitarist Steve Jones said on Wednesday. Speaking on his Los Angeles radio show, Jones did not give any specifics, other than to say that the punk rock icons might pl...

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It takes balls the size of church bells to refer to your own band as the "evil BEATLES." To actually back that statement up, and then some, requires the kind of talent that comes down the pike once, maybe twice a decade, if we're lucky. BIGELF backs it up, and then some, on an album ...

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SHARON And OZZY OSBOURNE Are 'Honored' To Be Hosting BRIT AWARDS

The world's favorite rock 'n' roll royal couple, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, will take to the stage at Earls Court on February 20 to host the Brit Awards 2008, live on ITV1, the UK recorded music industry association, the BPI, revealed. Known for its history of unpredictable rock 'n' roll antics, the...

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TYGERS OF PAN TANG, WAYSTED To Team Up For Camden Gig

NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG will team up with WAYSTED, the reunited mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name),for a special concert on March 6, 2008 at The Underworld in Camden, UK. The doors open at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are pric...