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Japan Wins AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENTENCED Guitarist Among Judges

Air Guitar World Championships took place in Club Teatria, Oulu, for the 11th time. Japan's strong presence produced a world champion and this year Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke gets a chance to spread the gospel of air guitars. Yosuke outplayed the other skillful contestants with his simplistic but extreme...

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BLITZKRIEG To Play One-Off Date In Belfast

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have announced a one-off gig at Rosetta Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Friday, September 15. Support at the show will come from Belfast band FIRELAND and GAMA BOMB. As previously reported, BLITZKRIEG will support German metal queen DOR...

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FREDDIE MERCURY Birthday Celebration Cancelled In His Homeland

Launch Radio Networks reports: A celebration planned for this weekend in Zanzibar to honor native son Freddie Mercury has been called off due to religious protests. The population of the Tanzanian islands off the East Coast of Africa is primarily Islamic, and conservative Muslims threatened to disru...

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KISS: No Tour With QUEEN In The Works

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has shot down reports that KISS will be touring with QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS in 2007. KissKollector.com reported yesterday that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons told the "Dudley & Bob" morning show on Austin's classic rock station KLBJ that KISS will take out...

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QUEEN Guitarist Threatens To Beat Up MySpace Bloggers

World Entertainment News Network reports that QUEEN guitarist Brian May has threatened three bogus bloggers on MySpace with violence if they continue to impersonate him. The veteran musician, whose official web site is BrianMay.com, has also demanded the Brian May chatroom on the popular web site be...

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Late QUEEN Singer FREDDIE MERCURY Slammed By Some Muslims

Launch Radio Networks reports: Freddie Mercury would have been 60 years old next Tuesday (September 5),but there's some dispute in his homeland about whether he should be celebrated. The late QUEEN frontman was born Farrokh Bulsara on the East African island of Zanzibar, which is now part of Tanzan...

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KISS To Tour With QUEEN In 2007?

According to KissKollector.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons told the "Dudley & Bob" morning show on Austin's classic rock station KLBJ that KISS will take out QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS on the band's 2007 tour. Gene said that both bands had talked during the "VH1: Rock Honors" show and agreed t...

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OVERKILL, HADES And NON-FICTION Vets Launch THE CURSED

One of the most instantly recognizable voices in all of heavy metal, OVERKILL's Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth has for the first time in his career momentarily stepped out of his full-time band. With the launch of THE CURSED, Ellsworth is joined by guitarist Dan Lorenzo (ex-HADES and NON-FICTION),bassist...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Drummer's NEMHAIN Project To Record Demo In October

NEMHAIN, the new band featuring CRADLE OF FILTH/AT THE GATES drummer Adrian Erlandsson and his wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel (a.k.a. Amber England),will enter a studio in Eastbourne, England on October 2 to begin recording a new four-song demo. The tracks set to be recorded are as follows: 01. An...

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PAIN OF SALVATION: Studio Update

Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION has entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2004's "BE", entitled "Scarsick", for a tentative late 2006/early 2007 release. The group has checked in with the following update: "A lot of fans are wondering about the coming album, 'Scarsick', so what could be...

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HELSTAR: Reunion Audio Posted Online

Nine songs from the first reunion show of the "Remnants of War" lineup of HELSTAR have been posted exclusively at TexasMetalUnderground.com for streaming or download. The soundboard-quality recordings were made during the 4th annual Robb's MetalWorks Showcase, which took place at the White Rabbit in...

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GUNS N' ROSES, VAN HALEN, LED ZEPPELIN Tracks Have Best Guitar Solos Of All Time

News.com.au reports that GUNS N' ROSES' "Sweet Child O' Mine" and VAN HALEN's "Eruption" were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time. PINK FLOYD's "Comfortably Numb" topped the list, with "Sweet Child O' Mine" following in second place. Third was "Freebird" by LYNYRD SK...

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SUPERNOVA: More Tour Dates Announced

It is by no means clear who will be fronting America's most talked about new band, SUPERNOVA, but the band's three founding members, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke announced they will be inaugurating their band wi...

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DANAVA Completes Work On Debut Album

Psychedelic sci-fi hard rockers DANAVA have completed work on their highly anticipated debut. The fast-rising Portland, OR quartet, known for their exceedingly powerful live performances, spellbinding song craft and unequalled blend of sound that combines metal's power with experimental / prog-rock'...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS To Record New Music In The Fall

Launch Radio Netwokrs reports: After successful tours of Europe, Japan, and North America, it looks like QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS have decided to continue their working relationship with some new material. A message on QUEEN guitarist Brian May's web site reads, "We will be heading into the studio in Oc...