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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: New Audio Interview With HOWARD JONES Available

HeadbangersBlog.com conducted an interview with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Howard Jones about a week after the band performed at at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. During the conversation, Jones discusses the ban...

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AC/DC Fans Get Ready For Moncton Show

Alan Cochrane of Times & Transcript reports: Tickets have only been on sale for a few days and the concert is still 105 days away, but fans of AC/DC are getting ready to beat a path to Metro Moncton. "I've had calls from Afghanistan, from Canadian soldiers who will be home in time ...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Says METALLICA's ULRICH Was A 'Serial Urinator'

On a recent episode of VH1 Classic's hit weekly series "That Metal Show", QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about sharing the same management as METALLICA back in the late '80s and opening for the San Francisco heavy metal giants on a U.S. arena tour. Tate said, "We toured with METALLICA during th...

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THE ANSWER Frontman Discusses Drummer's Injury; Video Available

Belfast Telegraph TV reporter Gary Grattan conducted an interview this week with Cormac Neeson, lead singer with the Irish rock band THE ANSWER. Watch the five-minute report below. Due to ligament/tendon damage to drummer James Heatley's left hand, THE ANSWER has announced the postponement of its U....

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AC/DC: Moncton Show Is Only Canadian Concert That Is Not Sold Out

According to Times & Transcript, AC/DC's Moncton show, thanks to the massive capacity of the Magnetic Hill Concert site, is now teh band's one Canadian concert that is not sold out. Even the 60,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Montreal is out of tickets, meaning there should be more than the usual fa...

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AC/DC: Third And Fourth Episodes Of 'Rock N Roll Fannation' Posted Online

A new documentary about AC/DC and their fans, in the style of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", was filmed from October 24, 2008 to October 26, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania — the site of the band's first show in five years. Dedicated fans travelled from all over the world to be there. The third and f...

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AC/DC Fans In Regina Looking To Point The Finger

Brendan Wagner of News Talk 980 reports that some rock fans are still fuming over the sale of tickets for AC/DC's August 24, 2009 concert at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A quick sellout this past weekend combined with online logjams and greedy ticket scalpers left many people out...

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THE ANSWER Forced To Cancel U.S. Club Shows

Irish rock band THE ANSWER has been forced to cancel its previously announced U.S. club shows next week due to drummer James Heatley breaking his hand. The group has been touring with rock 'n' roll heavyweights AC/DC and was to hit Los Angeles (April 29 at The Troubadour) and New York City (May 2 at...

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New GOTTHARD Song To Be Featured In MAX SCHMELING Movie

Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD will contribute a brand new song to the soundtrack of the upcoming film about the spectacular life of German boxing legend Max Schmeling. The movie will be directed by Uwe Boll ("Postal", "Swords Of The King") and will be in theaters in April 2010. German boxing sta...

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Romanian AC/DC Fans Conned

Croatian Times reports that more than 8,000 AC/DC fans have been conned in a ticket scam on the band's world tour. Organizers raked in 300,000 GBP (approximately $437,000) in ticket sales for a bogus show in Bucharest, Romania, next month before the con was rumbled. If they'd managed to sell all the...

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No Montreal's HEAVY MTL Festival This Year

According to Voir.ca, the organizers of Montreal, Quebec, Canada's Heavy MTL festival have abandoned plans to stage another edition of the event this year. "We are very pleased with the [success of the] first edition, but with all metal concerts already scheduled in Montreal this year (KISS, TESTAME...

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AC/DC: Saskatchewan Concert Sold Out

DiscoverMooseJaw.com reports that tickets for AC/DC's August 24, 2009 concert at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada went on sale this morning at 10 o'clock and though it hasn't been confirmed by Live Nation, all 38,000 of them appear to be sold out. Tickets have already begun to pop up o...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' Gydget Available

A gydget for "Play My Game", the first solo album from powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH),is available below. "Play My Game" will be released in May via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen bra...

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EDEN'S FALL, ANCIENT CREATION, DIVISION Confirmed For MIDWEST METAL ANTHEM

ANCIENT CREATION, DIVISION and EDEN'S FALL have been confirmed for the Midwest Metal Anthem 2009 festival. The fourth annual event is set take place August 21-22 at J.J. Kelleys in Lansing, Illinois. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: EDEN'S FALL DIVISION ANCIENT CREATION SACRED DAWN CON...

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AC/DC Tribute Album Coming In The Fall

Versailles Records has announced plans to release "Rock & Roll Train: A Millennium Tribute to AC/DC" in the fall. The record will feature contributions from current/former members of the ALICE COOPER band, GUNS N' ROSES, DANGEROUS TOYS, LILLIAN AXE, CIRCLE JERKS, FUEL, STEELHEART, HEART, MICHAEL...