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TESLA Announces New Dates For 'Let's Get Real!' Spring/Summer 2022 Tour
TESLA, the iconic hard rock band from Sacramento, California, has announced new dates for its spring/summer "Let's Get Real!" tour. "We are so excited about getting back to performing 'real' live concerts again," states TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon. "There's nothing like the energy of being in the...April 27, 2022
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DIO's 'Holy Diver' Certified Double Platinum In U.S.
DIO's classic debut album, "Holy Diver", was recently certified double platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of two million copies. The RIAA developed its gold and platinum awards program in 1958 to honor artists and create a standard by which to measur...April 26, 2022
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RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO Doesn't Think There Are Plans For The Band To Do Anything In Near Future
In a new interview with Jeff Gaudiosi of MisplacedStraws.com, RAINBOW singer Ronnie Romero was asked about the current status of the band, six years after the Ritchie Blackmore-led outfit first reformed to play sporadic shows. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We normally keep in contac...April 19, 2022
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My Way
There are certain figures in the grand pantheon of heavy metal that are and will always remain 100% unfuckwithable. Udo Dirkschneider is plainly one such figure: a revered and acclaimed legend, both as frontman with ACCEPT in their early days and, ever since, as leader of his own titular crew. From...April 19, 2022
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MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO Names His Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time
In a recent Cameo video message requested by Jonathan Montenegro of Sobre La Dosis, MEGADETH's Brazilian-born guitarist Kiko Loureiro was asked to name his favorite heavy metal album of all time. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "That's hard. When I was young, I was really into BLA...April 18, 2022
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How One Italian AC/DC Fan Gave ANGUS YOUNG His Guitar Sound Back
The latest episode of "AC/DC Beyond The Thunder" features Italian AC/DC fan Filippo "SoloDallas" Olivieri discussing a story spanning four decades, three continents, a prolific inventor and eventually a summons to the recording studio from the band's guitarist Angus Young. During the show, Olivieri,...April 14, 2022
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Raised On Radio
By this point, everybody should know who Ronnie Romero is. Arguably best known as the one man Ritchie Blackmore decreed fit to front his recent, RAINBOW-shaped return to amplified rock 'n' roll, Romero has been a perpetually charismatic presence in hard rock and heavy metal for the last decade. Curr...April 12, 2022
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GRAMMY AWARDS Producer Apologizes For 'In Memoriam' Snubs
A producer of this year's Grammy Awards has apologized for the exclusion of a number of notable names from the televised portion of the ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment. After the 2022 Grammy Awards were broadcast on Sunday, April 3 live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, many hard...April 8, 2022
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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: TAYLOR HAWKINS's Death Was 'Like A Kick In The Gut'
Former VAN HALEN bassist and current MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen has reflected on the passing of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins, whose death shook the music world late last month. Speaking to Jonathan Clarke, host of "Out Of The Box" on Q104.3, New York's classic rock station, he sa...April 7, 2022
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Former SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK Says Climate Change Is 'Total B.S.': 'It Is A Money-Making Machine'
Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak has once again expressed doubt about climate change. Apparently reacting to the latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),which lays out the path for averting the worst consequences of climate change,...April 7, 2022
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MAMMOTH WVH Cancels Remaining 'Young Guns' Tour Dates
MAMMOTH WVH has canceled the remaining six shows of the "Young Guns" tour starting with tonight's (Tuesday, April 5) performance in Raleigh, North Carolina at The Ritz due to members of the touring personnel testing positive for COVID-19. The other affected dates are April 6 in Charlotte, North Caro...April 5, 2022
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SAMMY HAGAR's Las Vegas Residency To Return To The Strat For Two Shows Only This Summer
Due to overwhelming demand from the Redheads, Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Sammy Hagar is bringing the party back to Vegas this summer with two additional shows added on Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2, to his sold-out Las Vegas Strip residency, "Sammy Hagar & Friends", at The STRAT Hotel, Ca...April 4, 2022
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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Explains How He Was Able To Buy A Ferrari On His 'Bleak' DIO Salary
DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell, who had an acrimonious split with Ronnie James Dio in the mid-1980s when the two worked together in the first incarnation of Dio's solo band, has once again claimed that he and his DIO bandmates were earning "less than the crew." Ronnie, Vivian, drummer Vinny A...April 4, 2022
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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Is 'Feeling Pretty Damn Grateful' After Failing To Win GRAMMY AWARD For 'Distance'
Former VAN HALEN bassist and current MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen says that he is "feeling pretty damn grateful" after failing to win "Best Rock Song" at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday night (April 3). Wolfgang, the 31-year-old son of legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen, was n...April 4, 2022
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TAYLOR HAWKINS Gets Extended Tribute, JOEY JORDISON Is Excluded From GRAMMY AWARDS' 'In Memoriam' Segment
FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away at 50 a little over a week ago, was honored during the televised portion of the Grammy Awards ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment. "This was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the FOO FIGHTERS," host Trevor Noah announced be...April 4, 2022
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