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SEVENDUST Drummer Comments On Upcoming 'Rockstar' Tour

SEVENDUST is forming its tour plans to support the arrival of the band's seventh studio album, "Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow", on April 1. The group will travel to Australia in mid-March to open three shows for OZZY OSBOURNE, before coming home to the U.S. for a spring headlining run of its own. Aft...

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SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON To Guest On 'Bubba The Love Sponge' Tomorrow

SLIPKNOT member Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) will be a a live, in-studio guest on the Sirius Satellite Radio program "Bubba the Love Sponge" on Thursday, February 7 at 5 p.m. ET. For more information, visit www.btls.com. SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED will lead the first-ever Rockstar Energy Mayhem fes...

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AIRBOURNE Breaks Canadian Top 25

Australian rock band AIRBOURNE sold 1,900 copies of its new album, "Runnin' Wild", in Canada in its first week of release to debut at position No. 25 on next week's chart. As previously reported, the CD landed at No. 106 on The Billboard 200 in the U.S. after shifting 7,000 units since its January 2...

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THE MARS VOLTA, PROTEST THE HERO, AIRBOURNE: First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending February 3, 2008, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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AIRBOURNE: U.S. Dates Announced

Australian rock band AIRBOURNE has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 21 - Urban - Salt Lake City, UT Feb. 23 - The Boardwalk - Sacramento, CA Feb. 26 - Roxy - Los Angeles, CA Feb. 27 - Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV Feb. 29 - Bluebird – Denver, CO Mar. 01 - Black Sheep ...

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SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, MASTODON: Complete 'Rockstar Energy Mayhem' Details Revealed

Multi-platinum rock acts SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED will lead the first-ever Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival, a riotous road show packed with some of hard music's most influential artists and a plethora of the genre's most exciting young voices. The tour is set to kick off July 9 at the White River Amph...

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AIRBOURNE Drummer Is 'Proud' To Be Compared To AC/DC

Jonni Starr of DirtyRock.net recently conducted an interview with AIRBOURNE drummer Ryan O'Keeffe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: DirtyRock.net: Why did you guys choose New Jersey to be your U.S. base? Ryan: As we've discovered, a lot of bands have a U.S. market or UK market. And it's no...

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AIRBOURNE: New Album Available For Streaming

Australian rock band AIRBOURNE is streaming its new album, "Runnin' Wild", on the group's MySpace page. According to a press release, the CD — which was released in Australia last June — "channels the endearing qualities of classic rock while breathing new life through modern production and arrangem...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman Talks To WWE

Joel O'Keefe from Australian rock band AIRBOURNE spoke with WWE about things such as good pubs in Australia closing down where rock bands play, to who his favorite WWE superstar is. Read the interview at this location. In other news, AIRBOURNE's track "Stand Up For Rock 'N Roll" has been chosen as t...

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Runnin' Wild

Color me blown away. "Runnin' Wild" from Australia's AIRBOURNE is the best pure hard rock album I've heard in years. Brothers Joel (vocals/lead guitar) and Ryan O'Keeffe (drums),along with David Roads (guitar) and Justin Street (bass),have written an unequivocally classic rock album with fist-pump...

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AIRBOURNE: New Concert Footage Posted Online

Australian rock 'n' rollers AIRBOURNE performed at the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle, Australia on Thursday, January 3. Watch fan-filmed footage of the concert at this location. One of the clips can be viewed below. AIRBOURNE is touring in support of its album "Runnin' Wild", which was released in Au...

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AIRBOURNE: UK Dates Announced

Australian rock 'n' rollers AIRBOURNE are all set to bring the party to the UK in February 2008, announcing a string of headline shows. Tickets will go on sale shortly; special guests are yet to be announced. The dates are as follows: Feb. 05 - Oxford - Jericho Tavern Feb. 06 - Birmingham - Bar ...

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NIKKI SIXX: New TV Interview Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx visited with TXA 21's Kenneth Taylor in Texas earlier today (December 7) to talk about his new book, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", which debuted at No. 7 on The New York Times Book Review non-fiction bestseller list. Watch the four-...

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SIXX A.M.: 'Accidents Can Happen' Video Posted Online

SIXX A.M., the new band led by MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, has posted the video for its song "Accidents Can Happen" at www.ilike.com. The clip was shot on November 5 and was directed by Paul Brown whom Sixx previously described as "one of the future's brightest stars and darkest souls." The trac...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman Says JET And WOLFMOTHER Are 'Carbon Copies' And 'Not For Real'

Joel O'Keefe, lead singer and guitarist for Australian "pub rockers" AIRBOURNE, recently explained to ChartAttack.com exactly what separates his band from the rest of the Aussie pack. "JET and WOLFMOTHER are not for real. We are," he said. "That's the difference. They're not for real. They're doing...