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LORDI Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish metal monsters LORDI have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXXIS CARCASS CHILDREN OF BODOM COR...

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SCORPIONS: Tonight's Concert In Shillong Expected To Draw 30,000

According to The Assam Tribune, the SCORPIONS' concert in Shillong, India Wednesday night (December 12) is expected to be attended by 30,000 fans, making it the biggest performance by an international artist the city has seen in recent months. Organizers of the event have taken on the task of ferryi...

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ONSLAUGHT Forced To Cancel Five Shows In Germany

Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have been forced to cancel the final five shows of their current German tour with EKTOMORF due to what they claim were "continuing breaches of contract" by the tour's organizers. ONSLAUGHT singer Sy Keeler says in a statement: "The organization behind the tour...

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It's Official: ANTHRAX Taps Former DEVILSIZE Singer

As first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET back on December 6, ANTHRAX has now officially confirmed that it has recruited former DEVILSIZE and ME, MY ENEMY singer Dan Nelson (photo) as the replacement for Joey Belladonna. The announcement was made earlier this evening during an online chat with between A...

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PRIMAL FEAR Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ASP BORN FROM PAIN DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KATAKLYSM...

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EVANESCENCE Singer Issues End-Of-Tour Update

EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee has posted the following message on the band's official message board, EvThreads: "You have all been so wonderful to me, and to all of us. It is absolutely true that this tour would have ended long ago if it weren't for all of the fans. "I don't know if ...

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ELVENKING Pulls Out Of GOTTHARD's Italian Tour

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have been forced to cancel their support slot on the Italian leg of GOTTHARD's European tour. "We have been told that we were out of the tour for major organizing reasons (that are absolutely not related to our will) tonight and we're very sorry for the people that s...

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AVANTASIA: 'The Scarecrow' Trailer Available

A three-and-a-half-minute video trailer for AVANTASIA's (the solo project of EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet) upcoming album, entitled "The Scarecrow", can be viewed below. "The Scarecrow" will be released on January 25, 2008 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl. "The Scarecrow" trac...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist Schedules Solo Performance

An audio interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarists Mike Stone and Michael Wilton conducted by the "Chop Shop Guitar Show" is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. In other news, Stone has scheduled a solo performance at Bobby Rocket's in Lyons, Wisconsin on Saturday, December 22....

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MACHINE HEAD Forced To Cut Milan Concert Short

According to several e-mails received by BLABBERMOUTH.NET from people attending last night's (December 6) MACHINE HEAD show in Milan, Italy, the group was forced to cut its performance short after guitarist Phil Demmel apparently fainted on stage 35 minutes into MACHINE HEAD's set (during the intro...

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KING DIAMOND Comments On GRAMMY Nomination

KING DIAMOND has received a Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the track "Never Ending Hill" off the group's latest album, "Give me Your Soul… Please". Commented the band's leader and namesake: "It's a great honor to be picked as a nominee; it's totally shocking and unexp...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'This Band Is Not Going To Sue TOMMY LEE'

In Court and in papers filed with the Court, in MÖTLEY CRÜE v. Carl Stubner, et al., attorneys for defendant Carl Stubner argued that MÖTLEY CRÜE's proper claim should not be against Stubner, but rather should be made against Stubner's client, Tommy Lee. MÖTLEY CRÜE, through their attorney, disagree...

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KISS Suing Promoter Over Cancelled Canadian Concert

TMZ.com reports that KISS is seeking $900,000 in unpaid performance fees from a Vancouver concert promoter who allegedly promised to let the band rock and roll all night, then failed to secure a venue. In docs filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia, lawyers for KISS contend Big Mountain Co...

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THIS ENDING: New Songtitles Revealed

THIS ENDING, the Stockholm, Sweden-based band formerly known as THE PLAGUE (before they were forced to change their name for legal reasons),is working on material for its sophomore album, due next year via Metal Blade Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Dead Harvest" and "Instigato...

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BUCKCHERRY Guitarist: 'I'm Stoked On The New Stuff!'

BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson has issued the following update: "This is the first entry in the studio blog for the upcoming record. "We came off the road at the end of September and took a few days off, then got right back to work writing and rehearsing new material. Right now things are going w...