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HEAVEN AND HELL: New VINNY APPICE Audio Interview Available

A brand new audio interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN AND HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH),conducted earlier this month by Sergi Ramos of The Metal Circus, has been posted online at this location. In the interview, Vinny speaks frankly about how Ronnie James Dio doesn't mind singing Ozzy...

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VELVET REVOLVER, THIN LIZZY, TRAMP'S WHITE LION Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

VELVET REVOLVER, THIN LIZZY and TRAMP'S WHITE LION have been confirmed to appear at this year's Gods of Metal festival, which will take place in two separate installments at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The first part of the festival will be held on June 2-3 while the second installment will take plac...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Drawing Huge Interest From Fans

Launch Radio Networks reports: Fan interest in the BLACK SABBATH reunion, under the name HEAVEN AND HELL, has been huge. The band's tour, which starts March 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia, is Number One on the Top 50 list for the concert industry trade magazine Pollstar, indicating that more peop...

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'Metal: The Definitive Guide' Book Due In April

Garry Sharpe-Young's next book, a 608-page, 600,000-word treatise simply titled "Metal: The Definitive Guide", will be published in the U.S. on April 28 by Backbeat Books. Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST provided the foreword. He wrote, in part, "From its beginnings out of Birmingham, England in the lat...

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TONY IOMMI Doesn't Rule Out Recording Full Album With RONNIE JAMES DIO

Philip Wickstrand of MetalEater.com recently conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony Iommi. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MetalEater.com: Now I know the question has already been answered in various outlets, but there's still a lot of people that aren't...

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RUDY SARZO To Guest On 'Maximum Threshold' Tomorrow

Bassist Rudy Sarzo (DIO, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, OZZY OSBOURNE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will be the featured guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show tomorrow (Saturday, February 10). The program will also be available for download at this location. "Maximum Threshold" replays the shows on a "live feed" on M...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Records 'Latin' Version Of 'Practice What You Preach'; Audio Available

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, will release its new album, "Last Day In Paradise", on March 15 via Magnatude Records. The CD consists of seven original compositions along with three arrangements of hard rock "standards" (a concept upon which the trio has built...

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RUDY SARZO To Guest On KTLA-TV's 'Morning Show'

Bassist Rudy Sarzo (DIO, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, OZZY OSBOURNE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will be a special guest on KTLA-TV's "Morning Show" on Monday, February 19 between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. For more information, visit ktla.trb.com. Sarzo recently published a book, "Off the Rails", which includes a f...

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ZAKK WYLDE Donating Million-Dollar Lab To St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde is in the process of donating a million-dollar lab to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital over a five-to-ten-year period. The foundation is in the process of becoming established and there have already been sizeable donations. St. Jude...

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OZZFEST 2007: More Ticketing Information Revealed

The Ozzfest 2007 Fans unofficial MySpace page has been updated with the following information regarding the ticketing system for this year's event: Q: Will OZZY OSBOURNE play at my show? A: Ozzy will headline ALL Ozzfest dates on the main stage. Q: How do I get tickets? A: Those signed up to Ozzfest...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says She Still Gets Hit On By Musicians

World Entertainment News Network reports that Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon was once approached by an aging rocker who wanted to wind up her husband Ozzy by sleeping with her. The 54-year-old wasn't flattered to be propositioned by the veteran musician, because she knew he was only attracted t...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's CATANESE Says Pneumonia Was To Blame For Abbreviated Acoustic Tour

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese was forced to leave the band's current radio promotional acoustic tour due to "personal reasons." In an exclusive interview with Glam-Metal.com, Catanese attributed his decision to cut short the trek to the fact that "I had a relapse of pneumonia and I am...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says Last Year's OZZFEST 'Nearly Destroyed Us'

Brad Kava of The Mercury News spoke to Ozzfest promoter Sharon Osbourne by phone on Tuesday (February 6) about the organizers' announcement that admission to the 25-city heavy metal tour will be free this summer. Sponsors will pick up the tab for the tickets, bands will not be paid to perform and ex...

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Report: At New OZZFEST, Freedom Ain't Free

Lee Bains of CMJ (College Music Journal, a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada) reports: "Announcing yesterday that this summer's Ozzfest will be a free event, Sharon Osbourne waxed altruistic, saying, '[We] want the kids to be abl...

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HELLYEAH's VINNIE PAUL Tries To Figure Out Free OZZFEST

Launch Radio Networks reports: As the news spreads about Ozzfest 2007 being free, fans, musicians, and industry insiders are trying to figure out just how Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are going to make the numbers work. Former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul told Launch he's not exactly sure...