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SMASHING PUMPKINS: More Tour Dates Announced

SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced their first live performance since December 2, 2000 — a very special and intimate theatre show to take place May 22 in Paris, France at the historic and elegantly appointed Grand Rex. Tickets will go on sale April 11. This marks the first time the SMASHING PUMPKINS w...

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TOM MORELLO Joins ANTHRAX, DISTURBED Members For AC/DC Jam

MTV.com reports: On Monday nights, West Hollywood, California's Key Club is home to cover band METAL SKOOL, and they bring '80s classics, big hair and tight spandex. So the last thing you'd expect to see there is one of today's big-name guitarists taking the stage — behind a drum kit. Earlier this w...

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DOWN: New Orleans Headlining Show Announced

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' To Arrive In June

Opening for the likes of RATT, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE, KROKUS, STRYPER and LITA FORD, working with some of rock's most respected producers and scoring several "Headbanger's Ball"-approved video clips, LILLIAN AXE certainly carved (or perhaps more appropriately, chopped) a niche for themselves with meta...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Says Singer AL ATKINS' Use Of PRIEST Name Is 'Verging On Ridiculous'

"The Classic Metal Show" recently spoke to legendary JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing about how ex-PRIEST vocalist Al Atkins allegedly continues to use the PRIEST name when promoting any musical project he is involved in despite the fact that he hasn't been in the band in 30 years. An excerpt fro...

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FAMILY VALUES 2007: KORN, EVANESCENCE, ATREYU, FLYLEAF, HELLYEAH, TRIVIUM Confirmed

KORN and EVANESCENCE will co-headline this year's Family Values tour, which is set to kick off July 20 in St. Louis, Missouri. Also scheduled to appear are ATREYU, FLYLEAF, HELLYEAH and TRIVIUM. More acts will be announced soon. The tour will hit the following cities: St. Louis, MO Albuquerque, NM A...

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PAMELA MOORE: New Song Available For Download

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has posted a fifth song titled "Shotdown" on her MySpace page. The song is taken from her recent CD, titled "Sto...

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VELVET REVOLVER: North American Tour Dates Announced

VELVET REVOLVER has lined up the following tour dates during the coming months: South American tour: April 10 - Pista Atlética Del Estadio Nacional - Santiago, Chile April 12 - Estádio do Morumbi - São Paulo, Brazil April 13 - Citibank Hall - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 15 - Quilmes Rock 2007 @ Est...

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Report: THE END RECORDS' Heavy Metal Makeover

David Whitford of Fortune Small Business magazine reports: Never before in the history of the planet has there been so much music floating around, of all kinds and easily accessible. Thanks to iTunes and its cousins, from YouTube (great for live concert clips) and MySpace (unsigned bands) to satelli...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Voted #1 'Rock Icon'

According to Sony BMG, U.K. music magazine Kerrang! has tallied up the hardest, most legendary rockers of this century and crowned AC/DC's Angus Young as the top "Rock Icon," beating some of the biggest names in the business. Young was also awarded the Kerrang! "Legend" award last August after the b...

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ROB HALFORD Limited-Edition Sculpture To Include Hat

JUDAS PRIEST management representative Jayne Andrews has issued the following statement regarding the upcoming resin sculpture of PRIEST frontman Rob Halford: "There has been some confusion from various fans regarding the Knucklebonz figurine of Rob Halford that has recently gone on sale through the...

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AC/DC Bassist Co-Producing T.J. KELLY & KEROSENE

Charles Runnells of The News-Press has posted an article on the Florida-based band T.J. KELLY & KEROSENE, whose current recordings are being produced by AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams and Steve Luongo, former drummer for MOUNTAIN and the JOHN ENTWISTLE BAND. "They've got a lot of promise," William...

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PARADISE LOST To Release 'The Enemy' Single In April

On April 13, 2007, long-running British gothic metal leaders PARADISE LOST will release the first single taken off their much-anticipated upcoming Century Media Records debut "In Requiem", which sees the band combine the classic heaviness of "Draconian Times" with the melodic feel of their more rece...

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AC/DC, GUNS N' ROSES Book Author Working On SLASH Biography

Paul Stenning — author of the GUNS N' ROSES book "The Band That Time Forgot", the AC/DC book "Two Sides to Every Glory", and the recently released 130,000-word biography on IRON MAIDEN, entitled "30 Years of the Beast - The Complete Biography 1976-2006" — is putting the finishing touches on his biog...

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GENE SIMMONS Discusses All Things Comic

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently spoke to WizardUniverse.com about all things comic, the status of KISS today and whether he's ever turned down sex to read a comic. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Wizard: Is it safe to say that the name KISS Comics Group is a nod to Marvel's fo...