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JIMMY PAGE To Reunite With JEFF BECK For YARDBIRDS Tour?

RollingStone.com reports: According to an industry insider, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are going to tour as THE YARDBIRDS this fall alongside founding bassist Chris Dreja and drummer Jim McCarty. The tour is said to kick off this October. It's unclear who will be the reformed YARDBIRDS' lead singer (o...

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BUZZOV*EN, EYEHATEGOD Members To Take Part In Louisiana Jam Session

Kirk Fisher (BUZZOV*EN),Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, DOWN) and friends will take part in a jam session on Saturday, July 21 at The Bar (3224 Edenborn Ave.) in Metairie, Louisiana. Show starts at 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/thebarrocks. As previously reported, T-Roy of Southern...

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Zeitgeist

With every rock band under the sun seemingly reuniting, it was only inevitable that founder/songwriter/frontman Billy Corgan would reassemble the SMASHING PUMPKINS, one of the most highly acclaimed alternative acts of the Nineties. Since splitting up the band in 2000, Corgan has failed to achieve th...

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Y&T To Release 'Live: One Hot Night' DVD In August

Locomotive Records has confirmed an August 14 release date for the two-DVD/CD set "Live: One Hot Night" by longtime rock 'n' roll survivors Y&T, a group that has been lighting up stages since their 1973 San Francisco inception. This Netherlands show, recorded in October of 2006, comes complete w...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS, DARKEST HOUR, DANZIG, BEATALLICA First-Week Sales Revealed

SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" sold 145,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Zeitgeist" contains the first new music under the PUMPKINS banner since frontman Billy Corgan disbanded the group in late 2000. Corgan and...

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Report: Vintage AC/DC, NIRVANA Still Big-Sellers

Jake Coyle of The Associated Press reports: AC/DC's "Back in Black" (1980) last year sold 440,000 copies and has thus far sold 156,000 this year, according to the Nielsen SoundScan catalog charts, which measure how well physical albums older than two years old are selling. BON JOVI's 1994 "Cross Roa...

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LED ZEPPELIN Builds A 'Stairway' In Rock & Roll Heaven

Exactly one year after breaking ground on the world's first rock 'n' roll theme park, Hard Rock Park celebrated another milestone Friday (July 13),with the official topping ceremony for the Park's most anticipated attraction, Led Zeppelin - The Ride. The topping ceremony, which marks the completion...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Late Show With David Letterman' Performance Posted Online

SMASHING PUMPKINS performed their new single, "Tarantula", on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in New York City on Monday (July 9). Watch the performance at CBS.com. According to Hits Daily Double, SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" is poised to sell between 140,000 and 150,000 copies in the United...

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What Is PARIS HILTON Doing Inside The New SMASHING PUMPKINS CD?

Launch Radio Networks reports: The new SMASHING PUMPKINS album, "Zeitgeist", features Paris Hilton in a series of photographs in the CD booklet, taken by PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan himself. Hilton's face also adorns the cover of the band's U.K. single for the song "Tarantula". Corgan explained how...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Zeitgeist' On Track To Sell 150K Copies First Week

According to Hits Daily Double, SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" is poised to sell between 140,000 and 150,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. This number would put it in a race for the No. 1 slot on next week's The Billboard 200 chart with this week's chart-topper, Grand...

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PAUL STANLEY: Live Radio Interview Scheduled For Tomorrow

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley will be interviewed on KFNS' "The Press Box with Bob Ramsey". The interview will take place live on Thursday, July 12 at noon (CST). To listen to the interview live via the Internet, click here. As previously reported, a clip from "Live to Dream!" — which is desc...

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JIMMY PAGE Attends METALLICA's Wembley Concert

Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has posted the following message on his web site: "Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] asked me to come to the METALLICA Wembley show [on Sunday, July 8], so off I went late afternoon. "The new Wembley Stadium was impressive. Huge, like an American stadium. "META...

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VELVET REVOLVER's 'Libertad' Enters Billboard Chart At No. 5

VELVET REVOLVER's sophomore album, "Libertad", sold 93,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at position No. 5 on The Billboard chart. This is a little over one-third of the 256,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "Contraband", which landed at No. 1...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Release 'Zeitgeist' After Seven-Year Absence

Launch Radio Networks reports: The SMASHING PUMPKINS release their comeback album, "Zeitgeist", on Tuesday (July 10) and it contains the first new music under the PUMPKINS banner since frontman Billy Corgan disbanded the group in late 2000. After seven years apart, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin said that...

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GRAHAM BONNET's ALCATRAZZ: Video Footage From Japanese Tour Available

Several video clips shot during legendary singer Graham Bonnet's (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI) recent tour of Japan under the ALCATRAZZ moniker have been posted at YouTube. Bonnet is joined in his version of ALCATRAZZ by guitarist Howie Simon, drummer Glen Sobel and bass...