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KISS Scrap European Tour Plans

According to a posting at KissFanShop.de, KISS appear to have abandoned plans to tour Europe in September. The trek, which was allegedly going to include a performance with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, was reportedly called off because the promoters "were simply not willing to pay what t...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER To Record Two Songs For Japanese Video Game

According to a posting on his official web site, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker is currently working on several European summer festival appearances with his band, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG),to be followed by either a European or American tour in September. In addition, he will be recording...

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MANNHAI Confirmed For Finland's ILOSAARIROCK 2004 Festival

Finnish "stoner rockers" MANNHAI, who feature in their ranks former AMORPHIS bassist Oppu Laine and ex-XYSMA frontman Joanitor Muurinen, have been confirmed for the Ilosaarirock 2004 festival, a three-day event set to take place July 16-18 in Joensuu, Finland. Other groups scheduled to perform at th...

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ULI JON ROTH Postpones Touring Activities Until Late Summer

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) has decided to postpone all touring activities until the end of the summer in order to be able to fully concentrate on the production of the "Requiem For An Angel" project, which he has been working on for quite some time now. The string players of the...

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Report: AEROSMITH To Rock With BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA

AEROSMITH are in talks to appear alongside the Boston Pops Orchestra at their annual Independence Day concert, according to the Boston Herald. According to a source close to the band cited by the newspaper, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and the rest are discussing the prospect of rockin' the house with Ke...

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RHAPSODY Name New Album

Italian symphonic metal band RHAPSODY have set "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands Part 2 - The Dark Secret" as the title of their forthcoming full-length album, due in September through Magic Circle Music/SPV. As previously reported, the upcoming CD will feature a very special appearance by acclaimed acto...

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JIMMY PAGE/ROBERT PLANT: 'Unledded' Enhanced DVD In The Works

An enhanced DVD edition of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's "No Quarter – Unledded" video (cover),featuring an improved audio mix (especially the guitar) and additional footage, is currently being produced, according to Led-Zeppelin.com. There is no release date yet. The video, which was originally re...

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Former EXTOL Guitarist Explains His Departure

Christer Espevoll, half of the guitarist duo that announced its departure from Norwegian progressive thrash/death metallers EXTOL earlier this week, has issued a statement via the group's web site explaining his decision to leave the band. It reads as follows: "So the news is finally out. Yesterday...

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KISS Reunite With The MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

According to Australia's Undercover News, KISS reunited with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra last night in Melbourne for an encore performance of their 2003 Kiss Symphony. The world-renowned MSO performed with KISS at Telstra Dome in February 2003 and the show was released as the "Kiss Symphony" li...

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ULI JON ROTH: More SKY ORCHESTRA Recordings Scheduled

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) is currently preparing for further SKY ORCHESTRA recordings, which are scheduled to take place May 15-20 at his studio in Wales. As previously reported, SKY ORCHESTRA string players spent several days at Skylight Manor Studios last month recording seve...

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ENSLAVED Sign With TABU RECORDINGS

Norwegian extreme metallers ENSLAVED have inked a deal with Tabu Recordings. The band will shortly be entering Grieghallen Studios (last two ENSLAVED albums, MAYHEM, EMPEROR) to begin recording the follow-up to last year's "Below the Lights", tentatively due later in the year. The production team fo...

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APOCALYPTICA Announce First Festival Appearance Of The Summer

Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA have spent the past few months keeping busy with other projects. Perttu concentrated on his work with the orchestra, which included touring in Japan, Brazil and Argentina. Paavo occupied himself with his job as music teacher, while Eicca was working on the "sheet-mu...

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HIRAX To Release New Album In May

Thrash metal veterans HIRAX's latest studio album, "The New Age of Terror", will be released May 18 on Black Devil Records and Deep Six Records on CD and limited-edition picture-disc formats. Upon hearing the raw tracks, which were recorded at another studio, producer Michael Rozon (MELVINS, ADRENAL...

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DARK FUNERAL, ENSIFERUM Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Metal Festival

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL and Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metallers ENSIFERUM are the final acts confirmed for this year's edition of the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, a three-day event set to take place July 16-18 in the Kaisaniemi park in the center of Helsinki, Finland. The...

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Filmmakers: METALLICA Are Incredible Risk Takers

METALLICA documentary filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky recently spoke to U-Wire.com about the band's decision to spend $4 million of their own money to make a film that's some fans may feel make METALLICA seem like selfish whiners who do nothing but bicker and bitch at one another. "These...