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RUSH To Play More North American Dates In The Spring

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, the Canadian rock power trio will play several indoor dates in the U.S. and Canada in the spring of 2008. This leg will kick off with a two- or three-night stand at the Etess Arena at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic ...

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ANTHROPIA Hard At Work On New Material

French metal band ANTHROPIA has commenced work on material for the follow-up to last year's "The Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 – The Journey of Beginnings" album. "Is this the following of 'The Ereyn Chronicles Part 2'? No, it's a brand new concept this time, full of surprises again, experiments and of c...

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MOURNING BELOVETH Preparing To Record New Album

Irish doom titans MOURNING BELOVETH have issued the following update: "We are set to record [the new MOURNING BELOVETH album] in Studio E in Germany from October 1st to 14th, bring it home and then master it. Four songs complete at the moment and three more in the pipeline. Titles include 'The Burni...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'I Have A Very Entrepreneurial Brain, And Sometimes I Have To Stop Myself'

Jim Kaz of IGN Music recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: IGN Music: How long have you been officially clean? Nikki Sixx: I've been clean for six years. On December 23, 2007, it will be the 20th anniversary of my death. ...

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NEIL PEART Of RUSH: The Beat Of A Different Drummer

Brian McCollum of the Detroit Free Press reports: RUSH's Neil Peart is a drummer's drummer, a player whose high-end work has made him a legend among fellow musicians. He dominated Modern Drummer magazine's annual best-of polls so comprehensively during the 1980s that the publication eventually took...

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ARCH ENEMY Preparing For Two Video Shoots, American Tour

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has issued the following update: "We are back home from our little festival and promo trip in the UK, France and Germany and now preparing for two video shoots and our departure to America this week. It's all a bit frightening, as we will be away from home for alm...

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GIRLSCHOOL Performs At KELLY JOHNSON Tribute Concert

U.K.-based music journalist Dave Ling has issued the following report on the tribute to late GIRLSCHOOL guitarist Kelly Johnson which was held on August 20 at the Rock N Roll Kabaret at the Soho Revue Bar in London, England: "[Monday] night I visited London's Soho Revue Bar for a tribute event to ho...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Begins Recording New Album

Germany's groundbreaking death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have issued the following update: "We're just getting ready to take off to Japan in a few hours and look forward to be on the road again. Some of the upcoming shows are already sold out, so we're even more glad to start m...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Producer To Make Appearance At Rock Hall DVD Screening

The producer of HEAVEN AND HELL's forthcoming "Live From Radio City Music Hall" DVD/CD (release date August 28),Barry Ehrmann, will make an appearance at Rhino Records' special DVD screening taking place at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, August 29 from 6:...

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JIMMY PAGE Unveiled As 'Living Legend' At Third Annual CLASSIC ROCK AWARDS

Legendary guitarist Jimmy Page, is to be honored as the Living Legend at this year's Classic Rock Roll of Honour, Classic Rock magazine's third annual award show, which this year takes place on Monday, November 5, 2007 at London's prestigious Landmark Hotel. Elsewhere in the awards, one of the most...

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KORN Guitarist Is In No Rush To Find Replacements For Departed Members

Denver Westworld recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Westworld: Let's talk about the new disc, then. You guys started working with the Matrix again, and they you decided to go in a different direction, right? Munky: Well, we...

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GODHEAD Hard At Work On New Album

GODHEAD frontman Jason Miller has issued the following update: "We just played an amazing concert in Madison, WI a few weeks ago called 'Band Camp.' It was great to meet up with a lot of bands we hadn't seen in a while like STONE SOUR, SEVENDUST, NONPOINT, DOPE, KITTIE and many others! "Here ...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Is In No Rush To Make Wrong 'The Dirt' Movie

Artisan News Service reports: It seems MÖTLEY CRÜE's movie based on the band's tell all book "The Dirt" is still moving forward. "The Dirt" is the story behind one of rock 'n' roll's most notorious bands and tells their tale of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll through the eyes of the band. ...

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RUSH Drummer Is Entertained By His Audience

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has issued the following update: "Standing backstage while the opening movie played the other night, poised to run on, sticks in hand, ear-monitors in, I found myself excited by two thoughts. I was idly pondering how I might start my solo that night (since I have been improvi...

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ANKLA Bassist Checks In From OZZFEST

ANKLA, the Los Angeles-based band led by former PUYA guitarist Ramón Ortíz, is currently touring the U.S. as part of Ozzfest 2007 alongside OZZY OSBOURNE, STATIC-X, LAMB OF GOD, LORDI, HATEBREED and BEHEMOTH, among others. The group's bassist, Tony Castaneda, has issued the following update from the...