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SMASHING PUMPKINS Sign New Management Deal

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, Jared Paul and Paul Geary have snagged the reactivated SMASHING PUMPKINS for the Irving Azoff management empire (VAN HALEN, EAGLES, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, FLEETWOOD MAC, JEWEL, AEROSMITH). As previously reported, S...
February 2, 2006
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THE CULT Holding Drummer Auditions

Reactivated rockers THE CULT are reportedly holding drummer auditions in Los Angeles ahead of their U.S. tour kick-off, which is scheduled for March 1 in San Francisco, California. Among the candidates for the drummer position is Cary Kane, who is said to have previously played with LIARS INC., PRET...
February 1, 2006
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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Headline This Year's LOLLAPALOOZA?

SMASHING PUMPKINS are rumored to be a primary target for a headliner at this year's Lollapalooza festival, which will return to Hutchinson Field at Chicago's Grant Park, with dates tenatively set for Aug. 4-6, according to Billboard.com. The lineup for the event won't be announced for weeks. THIEVER...
February 1, 2006
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AEROSMITH Guitarist Set For LES PAUL Salute Next Week

Launch Radio Networks reports: Guitarists Joe Perry from AEROSMITH and Neal Schon from JOURNEY are among those taking part in a tribute concert to music industry legend Les Paul next week. The Les Paul & Friends: 90th Birthday Salute takes place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Cali...
February 1, 2006
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Former BIOHAZARD Guitarist Keeping Busy With SUICIDE CITY, Production Work

Former BIOHAZARD and current SUICIDE CITY guitarist Billy Graziadei has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "SUICIDE CITY is being courted by labels but we want to be left alone to do our thing, be a band, make music and have some awesome shows. Just rocked The Continental [in New York Ci...
January 31, 2006
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Former WARRANT Frontman To Perform At Lingerie Exhibition

According to Rockdetector.com, former WARRANT singer Jani Lane will be performing at the Los Angeles Coliseum this Sunday (Feb. 5) as part of an international lingerie exhibition hosted by Jenny McCarthy and Dennis Rodman. The band for the occasion, which will see Jani playing the WARRANT hit "Cherr...
January 31, 2006
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BRUJERIA To Play 'Surprise' Concert In San Antonio

BRUJERIA will be playing a "surprise" show at The Sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, February 4. Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the concert. BRUJERIA have just announced the addition of two new members to the group's ranks. After months and months of speculation by fan...
January 31, 2006
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JUDAS PRIEST To Begin Writing New Album In February

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton told Greg Prato of Billboard.com that the band will reconvene next month to begin writing the follow-up to 2005's "Angel of Retribution", which was the band's first album with singer Rob Halford since 1990's "Painkiller". "We've had a break — we've been out for al...
January 30, 2006
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SMASHING PUMPKINS Staying Smashed?

Launch Radio Networks reports: When the lineup for this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is revealed later today (Monday, January 30),rumors are rampant that the reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS will be one of the headliners. But according to FMQB.com, a spokesperson for frontman Billy C...
January 30, 2006
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SOULFLY Bassist Offers Update On Side Project

PARIS IS BURNING, the band featuring SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns on guitar/bass, Billy Keeton (ex-SKRAPE) on vocals and new addition Kobie Jackson (PRIMER 55, ALSTON) on guitar, have changed their name to KING STREET. "Having spent the last month in the studio, we wrapped up the first of many sessio...
January 30, 2006
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BRUJERIA: New Lineup Unveiled

BRUJERIA have announced the addition of two new members to the group's ranks. After months and months of speculation by fans, press, religious officials and government officials, BRUJERIA will once again further the conquest with the help of two new masked members: Angelito on drums and El Cynico on...
January 28, 2006
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THE CULT To Undertake 20-Date U.S. Tour, Explore Possibility Of Making New Music

Reunited THE CULT have officially confirmed that they will undertake a 20-date tour in March 2006. Some had reported the demise of the dark British rock band who've been inactive since 2002. Apparently those rumors were greatly exaggerated. "The eco-world cannot exist without its predators," stated...
January 27, 2006
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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist GLENN TIPTON: Upcoming Album Releases Detailed

Rhino Records has set a March 7 release date for the forthcoming reissue of JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton's solo debut, 1997's "Baptizm Of Fire", and the collection of Tipton's recordings with the late, great THE WHO bassist John Entwistle and drummer Cozy Powell (RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH),enti...
January 25, 2006
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THE CULT: Las Vegas Date Announced

A Las Vegas date has been announced for THE CULT's upcoming U.S. tour. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Mar. 01 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Mar. 03 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Mar. 04 - San Diego, CA @ House ...
January 25, 2006
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Former CARCASS Frontman JEFF WALKER: Solo Album Delayed

Fractured Transmitter Records has pushed back the projected release date of the solo album from former CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker, entitled "Welcome to Carcass Cuntry", to May 9 from the previously announced March 14. No reason was given for the delay. The CD, which consists exclusively of...
January 24, 2006