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Guitarist CLINT LOWERY Leaves KORN Tour

DARK NEW DAY/ex-SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery, who has spent most of this year fulfilling his touring duties with KORN, has been forced to leave KORN's current "Bi#%h! We Have A Problem" tour "due to a family emergency." "Everything's fine — just had to get home," Lowery writes on his MySpace pag...

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MACHINE HEAD's Concert Promoter Defends Band Over New Zealand Concert Cancellation

A.J Maddah, Managing Director of KMW Productions — which acts as MACHINE HEAD's concert promoter for the Australia/New Zealand territory — has issued a statement regarding the cancellation of MACHINE HEAD's October 26 concert in Auckland, New Zealand over what the group called "difficulties [in secu...

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KISS To Tour Australia In March

According to KissNews.de, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley revealed in a new interview that the band will play the Melbourne Grand Prix 2008 and that they will be touring in Australia and New Zealand in March 2008. So far there has been no official announcement on the matter. KISS guitarist/voca...

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KAYSER: European Tour Cancelled

KAYSER, the Swedish band featuring former SPIRITUAL BEGGARS frontman Spice and ex-THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND drummer Bob Ruben, has been forced to cancel its previously announced European tour dates due to "logistical problems." KAYSER released its sophomore album, "Frame the World…Hang It on the Wall"...

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CELTIC FROST To Headline Holland's ROADBURN FESTIVAL

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST will headline the Roadburn Festival on April 19, 2008 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Back in August, CELTIC FROST was forced to postpone its Mexican shows after the group's drummer, Franco Sesa, was diagnosed with an acute otitis media (an inflammation of th...

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Exclusive: AT THE GATES Guitarist Discusses Reunion Plans, Possibility Of New Studio Album

Legendary Swedish extreme metal band AT THE GATES has announced its plans to reform for several festival appearances next summer, including Wacken Open Air (Germany),Bloodstock (UK) and Ruisrock (Finland). In an exclusive interview with BLABBERMOUTH.NET, AT THE GATES guitarist Anders Björler discus...

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UFO: Essen Show Cancelled

Legendary hard rockers UFO have been forced to cancel their previously announced November 6, 2007 concert in Essen, Germany "due to the illness of the promoter who is currently in hospital." According to a statement released by the band, "this cancellation only affects the Essen show — the rest of t...

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NIGHTWISH: Quebec City Show Announced; More Concert Footage Available

Another date has been released for NIGHTWISH's upcoming spring 2008 North American tour: May 9, 2008 at Centre de Foires in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. This show is now on sale through EnterTheVault.com. To help accomodate the demand for tickets for NIGHTWISH's sold-out concert at the Metropolis th...

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THUNDERSTONE Announces New Touring Keyboardist

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson will be unable to join Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE on their European tour as a replacement for the recently departed Kari Tornack. According to the band, Johansson has been forced to bow out of...

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WOLF Announces New Bassist

Swedish metallers WOLF have announced the addition of bassist Anders "Tornado" Modd to the group's ranks. Commented Johannes Axeman Losbäck: "Anders was the first and only choice for WOLF, since he's such a professional and talented bassplayer, and we're happy that he wanted to be a part of the meta...

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DEEP PURPLE Launches First VIP Fan Experience Concert Package Sales

DEEP PURPLE is now offering VIP fan experience packages in conjunction with its European tour performances that kick off in Bucharest, Romania on October 31. The tour includes Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, France and Belgium. The VIP packages are now on sale through DEEP PURPLE...

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MUDVAYNE Singer On Illegal Music Downloading: 'Stealing Is Stealing'

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray recently accepted an offer to contribute a guest entry for the Headbanger's Blog in order to vent about the bane of every recording artist's existence — illegal downloading. An excerpt from the blog follows: "If I take a bunch of wood and build a chair, and som...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Moscow Concert Photos Available

Russia's HeadBanger.ru portal has uploaded photos of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's October 13, 2007 performance at Moscow's Shadow Club. Check them out at this location. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE played in Moscow without their enigmatic guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who has once again been forced to leave the tour due t...

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MELIAH RAGE: Rhode Island, New Hampshire Shows Cancelled

Veteran Boston metallers MELIAH RAGE have been forced to cancel the last two dates on their recent tour due to recording commitments. According to the band, they have called off the shows at Mark's Showplace in Bedford, NH and Club Hell in Providence, RI and "will be spending the next three to four...

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DESTINY Postpones Album Recordings

Long-running Swedish metallers DESTINY have issued the following update: "Due to a knee injury DESTINY has been forced to delay the recording of their seventh album. "It was on September 19, just two days before the scheduled recording, that DESTINY drummer Birger Löfman was in the Swedish wildernes...