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SMASHING PUMPKINS Planning Live Return On European Festival Circuit

The reactivated SMASHING PUMPKINS likely will return to the stage for the first time since their final December 2000 concert "at some European festivals this summer," according to a post on the band's MySpace page. Meanwhile, the PUMPKINS continue plugging away at their reunion album. "We are four s...

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Ex-DIO Guitarist TRACY G Lines Up California Dates

THE TRACY G GROUP, the band led by former DIO/WWIII guitarist Tracy G, will play on December 23 at Rude Dog in Covina, California. Call (626) 332-8922 for club info. In other news, EPIC, the new band featuring Tracy G, has lined up the following dates in January: Jan. 06 - Roxy - Hollywood, CA ...

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OZZY OSBOURNE, ACE FREHLEY To Participate In 'Six-String Masterpieces' DIMEBAG Art Tribute

Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH) and Ace Frehley (KISS) are among the latest artists who have signed on to participate in the "Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute" — the art exhibit of guitars that have been hand-painted, illustrated and sculpted by top rockers and modern artists i...

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CAMP FREDDY: 'Merry Christmas Everybody' Video Posted Online

To coincide with the iTunes release of CAMP FREDDY's cover of SLADE's "Merry Christmas Everybody", the band — which features guitarists Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members...

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ALICE COOPER Psyched About Charity Show Lineup

Launch Radio Networks reports: Alice Cooper's sixth annual charity concert takes place this Saturday (December 16) in Phoenix, to benefit Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation, which helps young people deal with situations including gangs, drugs, and guns. The show, called the Christmas Pudding concert, wi...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Tour Europe In April

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message: "As TV Tokyo's weekly 'Rock Fujiyama' [program featuring Marty] continues to score high in the ratings, Marty has now become a regular on Japan's NHK network as well. Aside from often appearing...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Hailed As One Of CLASSIC ROCK's 'Icons Of Rock'

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi was named one of the "100 Icons of Rock" in the December issue of Classic Rock magazine. Commented ex-WARRIOR SOUL/current DIRTY RIG frontman Kory Clarke: "Tony Iommi's guitar tone is awesome, and it's got such power. Listen to him on the song 'Black Sabbath' — he...

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IMPETIGO's STEVO Launches CONVULSIONS Project

After a nearly 12-year hiatus from the metal underground, Stevo (IMPETIGO) has announced the formation of his newest project, CONVULSIONS. What can you expect from this outfit? Think of the big three… MASTER, AUTOPSY, and REPULSION…sprinkle in some MANTAS, MASSACRE, SLAUGHTER, MACABRE, and CELTIC FR...

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Former EVANESCENCE Guitarist Destroys 'Fallen' Platinum Award; Video Available

A video has surfaced on YouTube this weekend that shows "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson riding in the back of a van with former EVANESCENCE guitarist Ben Moody and known adult filmmaker and singer for SOCIETY 1, Matt Zane, allegedly en route to "vandalize" EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee's house. T...

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D'MOLLS Cancels Reunion Show

D'MOLLS members Billy Dior (a.k.a. Billy McCarthy; drums),Desi Rexx (vocals, guitar),Lizzy Valentine (bass),and S.S. Priest (guitar) have cancelled their previously announced 16-year reunion show, which was to take place on January 22, 2007 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California as the ope...

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ALLHELLUJA: 'Superhero Motherf*cker Superman' Video Posted Online

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, has posted its video for the song "Superhero Motherfucker Superman" at YouTube.com. The clip was shot on October 21 in the Arizona desert with renowed artist/director Chad Mich...

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INFECTION CODE Prepares To Record New Album

Italian noise-makers INFECTION CODE have issued the following update: "We are finishing the pre-production of [the new INFECTION CODE album] 'Intimacy'. Formally the recording session will start on 25th January at Nadir Studios [in Genova, Italy] and in February the wizard of mixing, Billy Anderson...

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DIMEBAG Art Tribute Curator: 'I Saw Many Cry Looking At These Amazing Pieces'

Chris "Curse" Mackey, curator of the Six-String Masterpieces "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott art tribute, issued the following message on the two-year anniversary of Dimebag's tragic passing: "Where we stand.... I take a moment of silence... a moment of retrospection, a time to reflect a time to respect wh...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer: DIMEBAG Was 'An Absolute Joy To Be Around'

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following message: "Today marks the two-year anniversary that I was awoken out of a sound sleep at 6:21 in the morning by a friend of mine very concerned that I was 'OK.' I said, 'What the hell are you talking about?! I'm in bed!' Well, it was ...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Working On Movie About ALEISTER CROWLEY

Rock star, pilot and expert swordsman — now IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson has even becomes a movie producer. This week, Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that Dickinson is working on a film about the satanist Aleister Crowley. "They are hoping for the Cannes festival," a source told Expresse...