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GUNS N' ROSES To Tour With VAN HALEN?

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, GUNS N' ROSES is rumored to be planning a co-headlining tour with VAN HALEN. RollingStone.com reported earlier this week that Axl Rose intends to take the current lineup of GUNS N' ROSES out on a worldwide stadi...

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Ask GUNS N' ROSES A Question

At GUNS N' ROSES' request, two major GN'R-dedicated fan sites (MyGNR.com and HereTodayGoneToHell.com) have set a up a section on their online forums for their members to pose questions to GN'R bandmembers. Brain (a.k.a. Bryan Mantia),Chris Pitman, Dizzy Reed, Frank Ferrer, Richard Fortus, Ron "Bumb...

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GUNS N' ROSES Planning Summer Stadium Tour?

RollingStone.com reports that Axl Rose intends to follow last November's release of "Chinese Democracy" with a worldwide GUNS N' ROSES stadium tour this summer, according to industry insiders. GUNS' manager, Irving Azoff, tells RollingStone.com that the band has big plans for this year. "Axl has bee...

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Reunited Original Lineup Of ELECTRIC BOYS Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

The reunited original lineup of the Swedish hard rock band ELECTRIC BOYS has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The event's organizers write in a press release: "ELECTRIC BOYS' debut, 'Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride', was an unprecedented t...

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SLASH's Wife Calls AXL ROSE A 'Loser'

Perla Hudson, wife of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash (real name: Saul Hudson),has responded to a newly published interview with GN'R singer Axl Rose in which he describes the top-hatted axeman as "a cancer." Addressing the possibility of a reunion of GUNS N' ROSES' classic lineup, Rose said i...

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AXL ROSE On SLASH: 'I Consider Him A Cancer And Better Removed, Avoided'

Longtime Axl Rose friend and associate Del James, whose short story, "Without You", inspired the epic clip for GUNS N' ROSES' "November Rain", recently sat down for a chat with Rose and is sharing the results of that one-on-one exclusively with Spinner.com. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow...

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GUNS N' ROSES Confirmed For Spain's KOBETASONIK Festival

According to MTV Spain, GUNS N' ROSES has been confirmed for the Kobetasonik festival, set to take place June 19-20 in Bilbao, Spain. The festival billing is now as follows: ANTHRAX BUCKCHERRY BUCKCHERRY CRADLE OF FILTH CRUCIFIED BARBARA DEVILDRIVER DRAGONFORCE DREAM THEATER GOD FORBID GOJIRA GUNS N...

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TRIVIUM: Video Interview With MATT HEAFY Available

TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy was interviewed on February 11 by Turtle of Greenville, South Carolina's New Rock 93.3 Planet X. Watch the five-minute chat below. TRIVIUM's latest album, "Shogun", has sold around 70,000 copies in the United States since its late September release, according to Nielsen SoundSca...

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Tinnitus Sanctus

I'm curious about EDGUY leader and vocalist Tobias Sammet stating about "Tinnitus Sanctus" that "I am sure this could be the album we'll be measured by in the future". But that is only because it is not as strong as either "Rocket Ride" or "Hellfire Club", which is more a testament to the excellence...

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REECE: First Audio Samples Available

REECE, the solo project of former ACCEPT/BANGALORE CHOIR and current GYPSY ROSE frontman David Reece, has posted audio samples of three songs — "Chasing Shadows", "I'll Remember You" and "We Were Alive" — at www.reecerocks.com. Due in early 2009 via AOR Heaven, the group's debut CD is being produced...

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HOUSE OF HEAVY: DEF LEPPARD Cover Available For Streaming

HOUSE OF HEAVY, the Swedish band formed by MASQUERADE bassist Henrik Lundberg and P.I.G. singer Mattias Wellhag, has posted its cover version of the DEF LEPPARD track "Billy's Got a Gun". The song comes off HOUSE OF HEAVY's debut album, out now on Metal Blade and Spiritual Beast. Commented Henrik: "...

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CENTURY Announces Lineup Changes, Plots Next Album

The Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based post-metal act CENTURY — whose 2008 Prosthetic debut, "Black Ocean", was named one of Revolver magazine's Top 20 albums of 2008 — were recently rejoined by original drummer Grant McFarland and bassist Ricky Armellino, the respective drummer and vocalist of fellow La...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: I Love AXL ROSE

RollingStone.com conducted a brief interview with bassist Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) last week. A couple of excerpts follow below. On a possible GUNS N' ROSES reunion: "People ask me that all the time. I certainly don't sit here and go, 'God, I wish that'...

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DEF LEPPARD, AEROSMITH, QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On 'NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!'

The latest edition of the "NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!" series will be released March 24. Only the strength of NOW could bring together for the first time rock heavyweights JOURNEY, AEROSMITH and DEF LEPPARD for "NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads!" Their "Faithfully", "I Don't Want To M...

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EYES OF NOCTUM Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

EYES OF NOCTUM, the California-based black metal band fronted by Weston "Arcane" Coppola Cage (son of actor Nicolas Cage),has issued the following update: "Just wanted to let you know that we had a lineup change last week. We have parted ways with Asmodeus. His departure was strictly professional a...