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Guitarists Being Called To London For World Record 'Smoke On The Water' Performance

Launch Radio Networks reports: Harrods department store in London is inviting guitarists to come down next week for a mass performance of DEEP PURPLE's "Smoke on the Water". The store is hoping to bring in 2,000 players for the event, in a bid to break the world record for most guitarists simultaneo...

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ANGRA: More Tour Dates Announced

After a succesful first leg of the "Aurora Consurgens World Tour", Brazilian power metallers ANGRA get back on the road, starting Far East on February 2. The band will do an eight-show tour in Japan as a co-headler alongside Germany's BLIND GUARDIAN. The trek is being hailed as one of Japan's metal...

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LED ZEPPELIN Members File Lawsuit To Stop Sales Of Concert Memorabilia And Merchandise

Members of LED ZEPPELIN are among the musicians who are taking a music memorabilia web site owner to court, claiming he is illegally selling vintage recordings and memorabilia. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against William Sagan, w...

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LINKIN PARK Guitarist BRAD DELSON to Visit Los Angeles Middle School

Little Kids Rock (LKR),a program providing free instruments and instruction for public school students, has announced that LINKIN PARK guitarist and Little Kids Rock Honorary Board member, Brad Delson, will be visiting Los Angeles' Nightingale Middle School on Thursday, December 14. During his visi...

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KROKUS Confirmed As Special Guests On HAMMERFALL's European Tour

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS have been confirmed as special guests on HAMMERFALL's 2007 European tour. The dates are as follows: Jan. 18 - Stora Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark Jan. 19 - Scandinavium - Göteborg, Sweden Jan. 20 - Arenan - Stockholm, Sweden Jan. 21 - Rockefeller - Oslo, Norway Jan. 23...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist's Limited-Edition GIBSON To Go On Display In Dublin

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has lent one of his guitars to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin for a new exhibition called "RockChic: The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar 1931-2006". The exhibition will feature more than 100 legendary, vintage, rare and customized guitars, including...

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SOULFLY's MARC RIZZO Guitar Lesson Featured In GUITAR ONE Magazine

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has a four-page interview and flamenco guitar lesson in the current issue of Guitar One magazine (Carlos Santana on the cover). The magazine also comes with an instructional DVD featuring a lesson from Marc himself. As previously reported, Marc has lined up the following...

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METALLICA, TESTAMENT, Y&T Axemen Are Among Top 25 Guitarists From Bay Area

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett, TESTAMENT's Alex Skolnick, Y&T's Dave Meniketti and PRIMUS' Larry LaLonde (ex-POSSESSED) are among the musicians who made East Bay newspaper Contra Costa Times' list of top 25 guitarists from the San Francisco Bay Area. The entire list is as follows: 01. Carlos Santana...

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AEROSMITH Frontman Checks In From The Road

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler has posted the following message on the AeroforceOne.com web site: "ST here. I've been dyin' to do this...... "I've never done this before, in the way that Joey [Kramer] and Tom [Hamilton] have, but I'm coming to you live in Chicago, where I'm resting up for our next...

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EXODUS: More European Tour Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have announced the following European headlining dates in November/December: Nov. 01 - Music Box - Manchester, UK Nov. 02 - J7 - Nottingham, UK Nov. 03 - Rio - Bradford, UK Nov. 05 - Trillians - Newcastle, UK Nov. 06 - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton, UK...

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LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC And METALLICA Are Among Top-Selling Artists Of All Time

LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC, GUNS N' ROSES and METALLICA have released some of the top-selling albums in the United States of all time, according to the figures released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Here is a list of the all-time top selling albums (number in perenthesis indicate...

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OPETH: European Tour Dates Announced

Sweden's OPETH has announced a number of European dates in December. The details are as follows: Dec. 02 - Berlin, GER @ Columbia Club - GER Dec. 03 - Cologne, GER @ Live Music Hall - GER Dec. 05 - Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmartre - FR Dec. 06 - Lyon, FRA @ Transbordeur - ...

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UFO Guitarist To Guest On SANTANA Tribute Album

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore has posted the following message on his official web site: "The new UFO album will be released at the end of September [September 26 in North America]. It's called 'The Monkey Puzzle' and will be out on SPV. We'll be doing a series of shows in July and August and then ...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'I Have Almost No Friends'

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with part two of a brand new interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. It is reproduced here in its entirety: KissOnline.com: With so many band member changes over KISS' career, why do you think both you and Paul [Stanley] have alway...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Confirm Japanese Tour Dates

The reunited ALICE IN CHAINS are scheduled to take part in one of Japan's biggest music festivals — the Udo Music Festival. Set over two days in two different locations, the Udo Music Festival features dozens of acts and about 50,000 concert-goers. And for the first time ever, AIC will be part of th...