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Report: AC/DC Concert Promoter Predicts Record Turnout

CBC News reports that concert organizers are bracing for a potential record turnout at Thursday night's outdoor AC/DC show in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Donald Tarlton said that as of Wednesday night, more than 55,000 tickets had been sold. And with a sunny forecast, Tarlton said he is expectin...

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ANVIL Performs At NYC's Village East Cinemas; Photos, Video Footage Posted Online

This past weekend was a busy one for Canadian metal legends ANVIL. On Friday, July 31, they stormed the stage of Giants Stadium, New Jersey as the opening act for AC/DC and rocked a crowd of thousands of fans, and then on Saturday, August 1 they played yet another "Anvil Experience" show at New York...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Pro-Shot Footage From U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival Available

Professionally filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) performing the BEYOND FEAR track "Scream Machine" on June 13, 2009 at this year's Download festival at Donington Park, United Kingdom can be viewed below. Owens recently wrapped up...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, IN FLAMES To Team Up For 'Rockstar Energy Drink Taste Of Chaos Tour'

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and IN FLAMES will team up for the European installment of the "Rockstar Energy Drink Taste Of Chaos Tour 2009" in November/December. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 27 - Glasgow, UK - Academy Nov. 28 - Bristol, UK - Academy Nov. 30 - Newcastle, UK - Academy Dec. 01 - ....

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TOMBS, ZOROASTER, BISON B.C., THE GATES OF SLUMBER Confirmed For PLANET CARAVAN

TOMBS, ZOROASTER, BISON B.C., THE GATES OF SLUMBER, SOURVEIN, HULL, SALOME and BATILLUS have been confirmed for Planet Caravan, a two-day music festival celebrating the origins of heavy music, set to take place September 18-19 at The Orange Peel Social Aid and Pleasure Club and Mo Daddy's in Ashevil...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: New Video Interview With ADAM DUTKIEWICZ Posted Online

Mark Thompson of SMNnews conducted an interview with guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE on July 12, 2009 at the San Bernardino, California stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Watch the chat below. The new, self-titled album from KILLSWITCH E...

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How Millions Of AC/DC Fans Sparked A Global Cultural Institution

The 27th installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast features a discussion between host Bob Nalbandian, regular contributor Ed Rivadavia and "Beyond Thunder" filmmakers Kurt Squiers and Gregg Ferguson. "Beyond Thunder" is a documentary attempting to answer the question of how millions of...

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MASTODON, DETHKLOK To Team Up For North American Tour

Atlanta's hard rock icons MASTODON will team up with the lifesize version of DETHKLOK, the animated band from Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse", for a co-headlining tour in October/November. Also scheduled to appear are CONVERGE and HIGH ON FIRE. The 34-city trek will kick off October 2 and will scorch t...

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KISS: New Album Rumors

KISS' much-anticipated new album is rumored to be entitled "Sonic Boom". The editor of Guitar Player magazine, who had a chance to preview five songs off the LP last week, wrote on Facebook that this was the title "they had on the studio TV monitors while they were playing the audio files." In addit...

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Report: Fans Still Fighting For Refund After AC/DC Seating Fiasco

SundayMail.co.uk reports that furious AC/DC fans who barely got a glimpse of their idols at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland are still fighting to get their money back. Scores of disgruntled concert-goers paid £60 (approximately $100) a head — only to be given seats behind the stage where they coul...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Interviewed On KATU-TV's 'AM Northwest'

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer was interviewed this past Friday (July 31) on the "AM Northwest" morning show on Portland, Oregon's KATU-TV. Watch the eight-minute interview below. The editor of Guitar Player magazine had a chance to preview five songs off the new KISS album, which is scheduled for rele...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist: 'We've Definitely Talked' About Doing A Deal With WAL-MART

Michael Roberts of Westword.com recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Westword.com: You guys have had a series of health-related issues over the past year or so. For one thing, you had knee-replacement surgery. How long w...

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CRASHDIET, FREAK KITCHEN, FREEDOM CALL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE

CRASHDIET, FREAK KITCHEN and FREEDOM CALL have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Cruise, departing from Stockholm on October 8 and returning the next day. Three more acts will be announced soon. With hard rock DJs, tax-free shops, bars, restaurants, a gaming room, swimming pool and saunas, the 12-d...

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AC/DC's Moncton Concert Expected To Generate About $10M In Economic Spin-Offs

Alan Cochrane of Times & Transcript reports that a huge crowd is expected for next Thursday's (August 6) concert by AC/DC, Irish hard rock group THE ANSWER and Canadian heavy metal band ANVIL at Magnetic Hill in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Promoters won't say exactly how many tickets have be...

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AC/DC Smashes New Zealand Box Office Records

Anglo-Australian hard rockers AC/DC smashed New Zealand box office records when tickets to their "Black Ice World Tour" went on sale for their Wellington and Auckland shows this week. More than 85,000 tickets have been sold across the two cities — that's one in 50 New Zealanders buying a ticket to t...