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AC/DC Guitarist Slams Apple's iTunes: 'We Don't Make Singles, We Make Albums'

Telegraph.co.uk reports that Australian hard rockers AC/DC refuse to allow their work to be sold on iTunes because they argue that their albums are complete pieces of work that represent them at a certain time and place in their musical career and are not just a bunch of individual downloads to be c...

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BLAZE BAYLEY's Wife/Manager Suffers Stroke In Hospital

The official web site of the UK-based heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (ex-IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) — whose wife/manager Debbie collapsed at the couple's home in Tamworth on July 6 — has been updated with the following message: "At 7pm on Tuesday, September 23rd, Debbie suffered a stroke in hospital....

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AC/DC Tribute Band BACK IN BLACK To Headline 'Tribute Tour'

Southlake, Texas AC/DC tribute band BACK IN BLACK has accepted an offer from Live Nation to headline the first House of Blues U.S. Tribute Tour. The Tribute Tour will commence December 4 in Chicago and will end December 21 on the Sunset Strip, Hollywood. The tour will also include a date at the hist...

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MESHUGGAH: New Video Interview Posted Online

Asif Salam of Soundshock.net conducted an interview with guitarist Mårten Hagström of the Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH on September 5, 2008 in London, England. Watch the chat below. Six months after its debut at No. 59 on The Billboard 200 chart, MESHUGGAH has cracked the 50,000...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON And Wife BRENDA, Sarasota's Rock Royalty

Jennifer Shea of HeraldTribune.com reports: Brian and Brenda Johnson, Sarasota's [Florida] rock royalty, are on the cutting edge of redefining the colloquialism "party like a rock star." The new definition? A laptop, couple of bikinis for the petite green-eyed Brenda, stereo system for Brian, a coff...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Announce 20th-Anniversary Tour

This fall marks one of the busiest and most creative times in the history of the SMASHING PUMPKINS. They are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 1988 formation with a unique fall tour, a precedent-setting new single ("G.L.O.W.", to be released via the Guitar Hero World Tour game) and a reveali...

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AC/DC: 18 'Black Ice World Tour' Concerts Sell Out In Record Time

Fans responded enthusiastically to the first AC/DC world tour in eight years with 18 "Black Ice World Tour" concerts selling out in record time. Unprecedented fan response forced additional shows in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland. "Black Ice World Tour" ticket sales highlights include: * Chicago'...

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Win Tickets To See 'Secret' AC/DC Show In New York

The ACDC.com official store wants you to be a part of a very special "secret show" before the start of the AC/DC North American tour. All AC/DC fans who pre-order the group's new album, "Black Ice", will be automatically entered to win a pair of tickets to the show. On Friday, October 10, ...

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WARGASM's BOB MAYO To Release ROBOT MONSTER ARMY Debut

WARGASM bassist/vocalist Bob Mayo's ROBOT MONSTER ARMY project has posted two rough mixes of songs from its forthcoming debut release on the project's MySpace page. The entire album, plus two bonus tracks, will be available for download via iTunes and other online digital outlets in October. Recorde...

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AC/DC's 'Black Ice' To Be Released On Limited Heavyweight Vinyl

UK's What Records is taking pre-orders for AC/DC's new album, "Black Ice", as a limited heavyweight vinyl, deluxe packaged (book) CD and CD album. The vinyl will come with an exclusive AC/DC badge. Anyone ordering the CD or limited CD before October 1 will also get a badge. Also available are "Black...

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Report: Fans Frustrated By Resellers After AC/DC Sells Out In Four Minutes

Amy O'Brian of the Vancouver Sun reports: When tickets to AC/DC's November concert at GM Place went on sale Friday morning, Annette Romano and thousands of others were poised at their computers, ready to click for tickets. The $99 tickets went on sale at precisely 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster's website,...

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AC/DC Tickets Double Up The Competition In The Top Events

TicketNews reports that AC/DC's fans have shown their support by making the band's first tour since 2001 the top-selling event for the week ending September 21. Most of the tickets for the North American leg of their "Black Ice World Tour" went on sale this past week, helping move AC/DC up seven spo...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN: 'Records Are Less Important Now'

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: The band's most recent studio outing, "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" features a mixture of both old and new sounding DEF LE...

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AC/DC: Second Shows Added In Chicago, Los Angeles

Due to overwhelming demand, AC/DC have added second dates at the Allstate Arena in Chicago (November 1) and at The Forum in Los Angeles (December 8). The band's official fan club is holding an on-sale for these tickets that will function exactly as all others have. If you have already picked up a pa...

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AC/DC Fanatics Angered By Ticket Sales In British Columbia

According to Prince George Citizen, almost 20 Price George, British Columbia, Canada residents who had hoped to charter a plane from Prince George to Vancouver in November to see AC/DC had their plans short-circuited Friday when the concert sold out in less than a minute. A few of the 19 fans of the...