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JUDAS PRIEST Schedules First In-Store Signing Session In 25 Years

On Friday, May 9 at 6:00 p.m. EST, JUDAS PRIEST members Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing will take part in their first in-store signing in 25 years at Vintage Vinyl, an independent record store located in Fords, New Jersey. You need a wristband to get in, which you can obtain by pre-orderi...

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SAXON Confirmed For UK's DOWNLOAD Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for this year's Download festival, set to take place the weekend of June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS ACE FREHLEY AIRBOURNE ALTER BRIDGE ANIMAL ALPHA APOCALYPTICA AS...

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SKID ROW Guitarist / DOWN Manager DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Celebrates '50th Birthday'; Video Available

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo, who works for the successful management company McGhee Entertainment (KISS, DOWN) headed up by Doc McGhee, celebrated his "50th birthday" at DOWN's March 29, 2008 concert at club Stodola in Warsaw, Poland. Watch footage of DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo's on-stage...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, MOB RULES, BENEDICTUM Confirmed For Germany's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG),MOB RULES and BENEDICTUM have been confirmed for this year's Magic Circle Festival, which will take place July 9-12 in Bad Arolsen, Germany. This year's event will feature four days of metal, 20,000 free beers, 20,000 free copies of the new MANOWAR single and four custo...

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MNEMIC Guitarist Comments On Upcoming Dates With METALLICA

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have been added to two dates on METALLICA's European summer tour: May 28 at Slaski Stadium in Chorzow, Poland and June 3 at Slavia Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic. Commented MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie: "We are beyond thrilled and more than happy to be he...

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GENE SIMMONS Visits San Diego To Promote Frank's Energy Drink; Video Available

NBCSandiego.com reports that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons rolled into San Diego Wednesday (April 23) in a limo, accompanied by a group of ladies, with one purpose in mind to promote a new energy drink called "Franks." The rock star and his entourage of models rolled up to six different 7-Eleve...

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MNEMIC To Support METALLICA In Poland, Czech Republic

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have been added to two dates on METALLICA's European summer tour: May 28 at Slaski Stadium in Chorzow, Poland and June 3 at Slavia Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic. MNEMIC's latest album, "Passenger", was produced by FEAR FACTORY's Christian Olde Wolbers at Track Reco...

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PAUL STANLEY On His Paintings: 'People Aren't Buying KISS, They're Buying Art'

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley recently spoke to The Weekly Dig about his "new" passion painting. "You can't get anywhere until you're ready to find it," he says, explaining how he took up painting several years ago during a difficult divorce. "I did it purely as a cathartic release, and I did...

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PAUL STANLEY: We Know Fans Don't Really Want New KISS Material

Josh B. Wardrop of Panorama magazine recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Panorama: What led you to try your hand at painting? Stanley: Well, as a teen I attended the High School of Art and Music in New York but I wasn'...

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PAUL STANLEY Interviewed By WBCN's TOUCHER & RICH; Audio Available

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was interviewed by Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb of Boston's WBCN radio station about Stanley's upcoming art shows at the in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Download the interview as an MP3 file at this location (13 MB). The details of Stanley's Wentworth Galle...

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TESTAMENT, ROSE TATTOO, MUNICIPAL WASTE Confirmed For UK's DOWNLOAD Festival

According to Kerrang! magazine, MUNICIPAL WASTE, TESTAMENT, BRIGADE, CHIODOS, COMEBACK KID, VALIENT THORR, ANIMAL ALPHA, AUGUST BURNS RED, EXIT TEN, HOSTILE, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED and ROSE TATTOO have been confirmed for this year's Download festival, set to take place the weekend of June 13-15 at Do...

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BRUCE KULICK's KKB: '1974' Samples Available

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will release a collection of recordings from September 1974 at the New York Kiss Expo on May 3, and then make it available directly from his web site as a strictly limited hand-signed and numbered edition. According to a press release, "...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Nostradamus' Title Track Posted Online

The title track of JUDAS PRIEST's double disc concept album, "Nostradamus", can be streamed below. "Nostradamus" is scheduled for release via Columbia Records on Monday, June 16 in Europe, and a day later in the U.S. on Epic Records. Long in the works, "Nostradamus" takes epic storytelling to a whol...

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HAMMERFALL Announces New Guitarist

Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL have recruited guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE POODLES, TALISMAN, GREAT KING RAT) to replace Stefan Elmgren, who left the in early April to focus on his new career as a pilot. "Pontus is a fantastic guitar player with musical roots in ACCEPT and neo-classical metal," comme...

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EMPTY DREAMS: 'Winterfall's Symphony' Available For Free Download

EMPTY DREAMS, the Transylvanian female-fronted melodic metal band, has made its "Winterfall's Symphony" EP available for free download via the group's official web site. The EP is available as a promo CD and digipack version, both of them containing the following songs: 01. End Of My Dreams (orchest...