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OZZY OSBOURNE Confirmed For New Zealand's ROCK2WGTN Festival

According to Stuff.co.nz, OZZY OSBOURNE will join KISS in the two-day Rock2Wgtn music festival at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand next Easter. Osbourne will headline the second night on March 23, 2008. KISS will open the festival on March 22. Promoter Phil Sprey said other acts would be a...

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DISMEMBER, HATESPHERE, FALL OF SERENITY To Team Up For European Tour

DISMEMBER will team up with HATESPHERE and FALL OF SERENITY for the "Europa Burns Tour 2008" beginning on February 7. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. DISMEMBER will release its self-titled new album in March 2008 via Regain Records. The CD was recorded at B.A.S. studios with producer...

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JUDAS PRIEST To Launch New World Tour In June

JUDAS PRIEST's official web site has been updated with the following message: "The JUDAS PRIEST machine will be rolling out on the road again next year. The tour starts in June 2008 — dates to be announced shortly! Please note that only when dates are announced here on our website are they actually...

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QUEEN Frontman Dubbed Greatest Rock Legend Of All Time

According to Australia's Herald Sun, Brits have dubbed QUEEN frontman Freddy Mercury the greatest rock legend of all time in a new survey out today. Elvis Presley narrowly missed out on the rock n' roll crown coming in second, while Woodstock veteran Jimi Hendrix was hot on his heels in third place....

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SWALLOW THE SUN: Pratteln Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of SWALLOW THE SUN's November 18, 2007 performance at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland can be viewed below (courtesy of "mellipossu"). The double-LP vinyl release of "Hope", the third album by Finnish doomsters SWALLOW THE SUN, has been postponed until early 2008 — most likely Ja...

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CHRIS CORNELL: More Footage With PETER FRAMPTON Posted Online

Former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN vocalist Chris Cornell's YouTube channel has been updated with several new videos, including a much better version of Peter Frampton performing "Black Hole Sun" with Chris on November 14, 2007 in Nashville. Also available are two other clips — one of Peter Frampton help...

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PRIMAL FEAR: Haugesund Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of German melodic metallers PRIMAL FEAR performing the song "Running in the Dust" on November 17, 2007 at at Byscenen in Haugesund, Norway can be viewed below (courtesy of "Lund666"). PRIMAL FEAR's new album, "New Religion", recently landed on the Swedish chart at No. 67. It...

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SCAR SYMMETRY: New Album Title Announced

Swedish metallers SCAR SYMMETRY have issued the following update: "We're back home from the Live Consternation North American tour, together with KATATONIA, INSOMNIUM and SWALLOW THE SUN. It's been an amazing month and we've had nothing but the best of times. We would like to sincerely thank everyon...

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NIKKI SIXX: More Book-Signing Appearances Announced

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has announced the following book-singing appearances for "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star": Friday, December 7 7:00 p.m. Borders Books and Music 3600 McKinney Ave Dallas TX 75204 214.219.0512 Sunday, December 9 2:00 p.m. Borders Books an...

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ELUVEITIE Confirmed For UK's BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Swiss folk metal band ELUVEITIE has been confirmed for next year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES COMMUNIC DIMMU BORGIR ELUVEITIE EVILE MOONSORROW OPETH PRIMAL F...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist On Music, Movies, Internet And Living In L.A.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian recently answered 20 questions about music, movies, comics and life for the Our World's At War web site. A couple of excerpts follow: Our World's At War: Being a New York guy, what's it like living in LA? Scott Ian: The NY I grew up in and lived in ...

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VAN HALEN, JUDAS PRIEST Rumored For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

VAN HALEN and JUDAS PRIEST are among the bands who are rumored to be playing next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 4-7, 2008 in in Sölvesborg, Sweden. It should be noted, however, that neither of these acts has been officially confirmed for the event and their possible participati...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: Tonight's San Diego Show Postponed Due To Illness

OZZY OSBOURNE's Tuesday, November 20 show in San Diego is being postponed due to a stomach virus. The concert will be rescheduled for Sunday, December 2 and tickets for the original show will be honored. OZZY's tour with ROB ZOMBIE resumes Saturday, November 24 at The Joint in Las Vegas. OZZY OSBOUR...

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FOZZY Frontman On MTV Canada; Video Available

Chris Jericho — lead vocalist for FOZZY and former WWE wrestling champion — was recently interviewed on MTV Canada about his autobiography, "A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex" (Grand Central Publishing),which focuses on the early days of his wrestling and performing career. Watch the seven...

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…And Back to Earth Again...

I cannot think of any circumstance in which I would have guessed that I'd be giving a compilation album a perfect score. There are some great collections out there, but one always seems to find a reason, no matter how small, to take the rating down at least a notch. Then again, I never thought ...