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AC/DC: Scottish Gig Sells Out In 75 Minutes

According to The Daily Record, Anglo-Australian rockers AC/DC sold out their Scottish concert at Hampden Park on June 30, 2009 in just 75 minutes. The gig will be a return home for brothers Malcolm and Angus, who were born in Glasgow. Guitarist Malcolm even revealed earlier this year that the name o...

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Rare AC/DC, METALLICA, DEEP PURPLE, VAN HALEN Posters On Sale In Melbourne

According to Undercover News, Rock Prints, an exhibition of rare and limited-edition posters, is back in Melbourne, Australia this weekend. The second round of Rock Prints features posters from AC/DC, BON SCOTT, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, DEEP PURPLE, IGGY POP, JIMI HENDRIX, MC5, METALLICA, NEW YORK D...

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Austrian AC/DC Concert Sells Out In Minutes

According to AFP, tickets for a concert by AC/DC in Vienna sold out within minutes on Wednesday, a spokesman for the group said. The concert is set for May 24 at the 50,000-capacity Ernst Happel stadium where the final of the Euro 2008 football tournament was held in June, and promoters are said ...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist's HDK: Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

HDK (formerly HATE DEATH KILL),the Dutch project led by AFTER FOREVER co-founder, main songwriter and guitarist Sander Gommans, will release its debut album, "System Overload", on February 23 in Europe and on April 21 in North America via France's Season of Mist. The track listing is as follows: 01...

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RHINO BUCKET Song Featured In 'The Wrestler' Movie

Hard rock band RHINO BUCKET has placed a track in the upcoming Darren Aronofsky feature "The Wrestler", which is set to open in theaters on December 19. The movie stars Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, both nominated for a Golden Globe, and it features BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's original song "The Wrestler"...

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Producer BRENDAN O'BRIEN Talks About Working With AC/DC

Jonathan Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently conducted an interview with acclaimed Atlanta music producer Brendan O'Brien (PEARL JAM, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AC/DC, MASTODON). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: You've worked...

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MASTODON: New Album Concept Revealed

Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the "Tinitus" radio show, which airs every Wednesday on Norway's NRK P3, spoke to MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor in late November prior the band's concert in Oslo as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" tour with SLAYER, TRIVIUM and AMON AMARTH. Although MASTODON's new a...

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AC/DC's 'Black Ice' Is Fourth-Best-Selling Album Of Year Despite Lack Of Digital Sales

redOrbit reports that AC/DC's new "Black Ice" album was released exclusively at Wal-Mart, and has become the fourth-best-selling album of the year with 1.6 million copies sold, despite the lack of any digital sales. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" was the third-best-se...

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DROWNING POOL Bassist Sets Record Straight On 'Music-As-Torture' Practice

DROWNING POOL bassist Stevie Benton has commented on the reports that the band's music has been used to prepare detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay for interrogation. He said in a statement: "I would like to set the record straight to say that upon our return from Baghdad (in 2006) and...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman Slams Military Use Of His Music As Torture

NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor has commented on the reports that the band's music has been used to prepare detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay for interrogation. "It's difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music yo...

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How Did GUNS N' ROSES 'Chinese Democracy' Fall So Short Of Expectations?

Ed Christman of Reuters/Billboard reports: When Wal-Mart sold 784,000 copies of AC/DC's "Black Ice" during the album's first week in stores, many label executives believed that more superstars would release albums exclusively through big-box retailers. And when Best Buy experienced disappointing sal...

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AC/DC: New European Shows Announced

Anglo-Australian rockers AC/DC have added stadium shows to their Black Ice World Tour beginning in Leipzig, Germany on May 13, 2009 and running through June 30, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. The newly confirmed dates are as follows: May 13 - Leipzig, DE Zentralstadium May 15 - Munich, DE - Olympic Stad...

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GUNS N' ROSES: No Reunion Planned

Contrary to published reports, Axl Rose has no plans to reunite the most successful GUNS N' ROSES lineup. GUNS' co-manager Irving Azoff told Sal Cirrincione of Premiere Radio Networks, "There are no plans of a reunion, nor have there been any discussions of a reunion, with former GUNS N' ROSES band...

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MASTODON, TRIVIUM: New Interviews To Air On Tonight's 'The Moshpit'

MASTODON's Brann Dailor and Troy Sanders, along with TRIVIUM's Travis Smith, were interviewed for tonight's (Thursday, December 11) edition of 103.2 Dublin City FM's "The Moshpit". You can listen to the program live via the Internet at www.dublincityfm.ie. For more information, visit www.myspace.com...