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DEF LEPPARD Announces First Of Four Planned Career-Spanning Box Sets

On June 1, Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe fires the first salvo in DEF LEPPARD's projected four-volume career-spanning box set series, when the appropriately dubbed "Volume One" appears in multidisc LP and CD collections. The collection arrives in time for this summer's highly anticipated DEF LEPPARD...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Turns Over 1,000 Acres Of Open Space To Marin Agricultural Land Trust

According to The Mercury News, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield has turned over 1,000 acres of land overlooking California's Lucas Valley as open space that will end up with the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. In late 2016, Luiz Ranch Inc., which is owned by James and his wife Francesca, approached...

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Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Classics In Westland, Michigan

Quality multi-camera video footage of legendary hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner's (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) January 19 performance at the Token Lounge in Westland, Michigan can be seen below (clips edited and produced by George S Pogacich and Ken Kitt). Turner last year slammed Ritch...

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METALLICA Co-Manager CLIFF BURNSTEIN Talks Music Streaming

In a brand new interview with All Access, Cliff Burnstein, a co-owner of Q Prime, a talent management company that handles the careers of METALLICA and other major acts, was asked how streaming has impacted the way he works for his artists. "Obviously, we're very statistically minded and we're very...

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SANCTUARY To Tour With ICED EARTH As Farewell To WARREL DANE; Guest Vocalist Announced

Following the unfortunate loss of one of metal's most revered vocalists, Warrel Dane (SANCTUARY, NEVERMORE),prior to SANCTUARY's upcoming dates supporting ICED EARTH across North America, the band has announced the tour will go forth as planned. The shows will act as a farewell tour in tribute to t...

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ROB HALFORD, FOREIGNER, NICKELBACK Among Newly Announced Guests On SAMMY HAGAR's 'Rock & Roll Road Trip'

AXS TV, the premier destination for classic rock programming, has announced the premiere date for the return of the network's most popular original series, "Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar Presented by Mercury Insurance". The Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar, cruises across the country for even more c...

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PAPA ROACH Announces North American Tour With NOTHING MORE, ESCAPE THE FATE

Fresh off its sold-out European tour, PAPA ROACH is coming back stateside, hitting the road in support of its critically acclaimed ninth studio effort, "Crooked Teeth". The tour kicks off on April 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina and runs through May 13, wrapping up in Corpus Christi, Texas. The tour wi...

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ICED EARTH To Tour North America With SANCTUARY; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

ICED EARTH will embark on the North American leg of the "Incorruptible" tour in late February. Support on the trek will come from SANCTUARY and KILL RITUAL. ICED EARTH founding member and main songwriter Jon Schaffer states: "Brothers and sisters! We are very aware at how impatient you have been get...

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TOM KEIFER: 'I Own The Name, But I Would Never Call My New Band CINDERELLA'

CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer was recently featured on the "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" podcast. The full interview can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the recent "deluxe reissue" of his 2013 solo album, "The Way Life Goes": Tom: "The original relea...

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Watch NICKELBACK Perform At Red Rocks Amphitheatre On 'AXS TV Concerts'

NICKELBACK's performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado will air as part of the AXS TV Concert Series presented by Mercury Insurance on Wednesday, November 15 at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT, only on AXS TV. The multi-platinum rock band brings its "Feed The Machine" tour to the historic ve...

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LINKIN PARK's MIKE SHINODA Shares More Memories Of CHESTER BENNINGTON

According to The Pulse Of Radio, LINKIN PARK co-vocalist Mike Shinoda has shared more memories of late lead singer Chester Bennington in an interview with Kerrang!, going as far as to compare Bennington to legendary frontmen like QUEEN's Freddie Mercury, METALLICA's James Hetfield and DEPECHE MODE's...

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GILBY CLARKE On Replacing IZZY STRADLIN In GUNS N' ROSES: 'People Say More About It Now Than They Did Back Then'

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke was recently interviewed by Dave "Higgo" Higgins of Australia's "Distortion" podcast. The full chat can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how he came to produce records by bands like THE BRONX and L.A. GUNS:...

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IAN GILLAN: 'The Voice of Deep Purple: The Gillan Years' 3CD Set Due In November

"The Voice Of Deep Purple: The Gillan Years" from Ian Gillan will be released on November 17 on 3CD digipack through Store For Music. As DEEP PURPLE undertakes its "final" live dates around the globe on "The Long Goodbye" tour, we celebrate the "Gillan years." This set contains three albums taken fr...

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Signed Eight-Foot SLASH Sculpture Arrives At 'British Music Experience'

For a limited time, guests at the British Music Experience will have the opportunity to come face to face to with a larger-than-life metal representation of the rock legend Slash. Famed for his time spent as GUNS N' ROSES lead guitarist, Slash has been hailed as one of the greatest guitar players o...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Guests On NIKKI SIXX's 'My Favorite Riff' Series (Video)

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen is featured in the latest episode of MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx's new original video series, "My Favorite Riff With Nikki Sixx". In the episode, which can be viewed below, Collen takes apart some of DEF LEPPARD's most iconic songs, explains what lessons producer...