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GIRLSCHOOL: Seattle Date Announced

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL have scheduled the following U.S. dates: Sep. 02 - Power Box Festival - Darrington, WA Sep. 03 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA In addition to GIRLSCHOOL, the Power Box Festival will feature performances by BENEDICTUM, THE IRON MAIDENS, KITTIE, MCQUEEN and VI...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Keyboardist Schedules Acoustic Tour

According to the Bucks Free Press, former IRON MAIDEN keyboardist Tony Moore — who played in the earliest incarnation of the British heavy metal band in 1977 — will launch his solo career in front of the U.K.'s music press with a special performance tomorrow at Booker's Wycombe Air Centre. Tony, who...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Signs 10-Foot Hand-Painted Guitar For Charity

Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the legendary British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, took time out to sign his 10-foot hand-painted Gibson Les Paul on site at the Gibson GuitarTown London charity exhibition. The free standing fiberglass guitar named "His Masters Voice 2007" was specially designed and...

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VOIVOD Members To Attend PIGGY's 'Quebec Metal Hall Of Fame' Induction

VOIVOD members Michel "Away" Langevin, Denis "Snake" Belanger and the family of the group's late guitarist Denis "Piggy"D'Amour, as well as the band's former bassist Jean-Yves Theriault (a.k.a. Blacky),will be present at Club Soda in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Saturday, September 1 for Piggy's ind...

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GIRLSCHOOL Tribute In London To Feature Live Performance by Former Members

Rock N Roll Kabaret at the Soho Revue Bar in London, England will hold a tribute to late GIRLSCHOOL guitarist Kelly Johnson on August 20. The event, dubbed "Kelly Johnson In Sound & Vision", will feature a four-song set by former members of the band. Kelly Johnson passed away on July 15 after a...

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TESTAMENT: Italian Dates Cancelled

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have cancelled their previously announced dates in Italy due to "scheduling conflicts." The promoter of the Italian gigs, Debbie Bisceglia of Get Smart! Promotion & Booking Agency, has released the following statement from TESTAMENT's management...

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GIRLSCHOOL: Tribute To Late Guitarist To Be Held This Month

Rock N Roll Kabaret at the Soho Revue Bar in London, England will hold a tribute to late GIRLSCHOOL guitarist Kelly Johnson on August 20. The event, dubbed "Kelly Johnson In Sound & Vision", will feature special guests to be announced. Kelly Johnson passed away on July 15 after a six-year battle...

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OBITUARY Frontman Discusses Illegal Music Downloading

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY vocalist John Tardy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: What do you think hurts the music industry more? Bad choices inspired by their paranoia, or actual downloading? John Tardy: (laughs) Rock My M...

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TESTAMENT To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO's 'Hard Files'

TESTAMENT members Chuck Billy, Alex Skolnick, Eric Peterson and Greg Christian will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack this Thursday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. Hear the me...

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Friend Of Late GIRLSCHOOL Guitarist Shaves Head To Raise Money For Charity

Rosa Silverman of WimbledonGuardian.co.uk reports: A friend of GIRLSCHOOL guitarist Kelly Johnson, who died of cancer last month, shaved off her waist-length hair on Friday to raise money for Clapham's Trinity Hospice. Dianne Clark, 39, of New Cross, became a skinhead after growing her locks for sev...

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BENEDICTUM, THE IRON MAIDENS Confirmed For POWER BOX Festival

BENEDICTUM, THE IRON MAIDENS and SCARLET SINS have been confirmed for the first annual Power Box Festival, which is scheduled to be held August 31 - September 3 (Labor Day Weekend) at the White Horse Amphitheatre, Darrington Music Park Washington in Darrington, Washington. The lineup consists of som...

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GIRLSCHOOL: This Weekend's Shows To Go Ahead As Scheduled

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL have posted the following message on their official web site: "Well, as you can imagine things aren't exactly 'cheery' in the GIRLSCHOOL camp right now with the loss of our beautiful and talented friend Kelly Johnson. For anyone planning to come along t...

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MOTÖRHEAD Pays Tribute To Late GIRLSCHOOL Guitarist

MOTÖRHEAD has issued the following update: "It is with extreme sadness to inform you that Kelly Johnson, original lead guitarist of GIRLSCHOOL, passed away on Sunday night, 15th July. She has been suffering from spinal cancer for the last six years. "Joining GIRLSCHOOL in 1978, Kelly was a face in t...

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THE AMENTA: New Album Details Revealed

Australia's extreme industrial metal collective THE AMENTA in the studio recording "n0n", the full-length follow-up to its 2004 release "Occasus". All guitars, samples and effects have been tracked and the band will fly to Hobart, Australia later this month to commence recording drums at Red Planet...

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JAGUAR Pays Tribute To Fallen GIRLSCHOOL Guitarist

NWOBHM heavyweights JAGUAR have posted the following message on their web site: "It is with much sadness that we have been told that Kelly Johnson, the ex-GIRLSCHOOL guitarist, passed away on Sunday after losing a six-year battle with cancer. JAGUAR extends it sincerest condolences and regards to Ke...