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STRYPER Explain Mexican Cancellation

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER have issued the following press release regarding the cancellation of their previously announced concert in Mexico City: On November 20, 2004, STRYPER was contracted to play Mexico City at the Palacio de los Deportes. Unfortunately STRYPER was forced to cancel...

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RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Talks About Upcoming Album

NWOBHM trio RAVEN are all set for a return with a brand new album in 2005, their first new product since 1999's "One For All". The band was forced out of action in 2001 when guitarist Mark Gallagher suffered serious injuries. Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com spoke to bassist/vocalist John Gall...

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Injured OZZY OSBOURNE Forced Out Of Variety Show

BBC News is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne has been forced to pull out of the Royal Variety Performance, which is being filmed on Tuesday (Dec. 14),because of a shoulder injury. Osbourne needs another operation because the metal plate he had inserted after a quad bike accident last year has become so...

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Why Did NATHAN GALE Kill Former PANTERA Guitarist DIMEBAG DARRELL?

Ryan Horns of Marysville Journal-Tribune reports: A phone rang unanswered all day Thursday in the empty Marysville apartment of the man who shot and killed four people at the Alrosa Villa music venue in Columbus. People across the world are wondering who Nathan Gale is. Gale, 25, of Marysville force...

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SUNRIDE Forced To Re-Record Parts Of New Album

Finland's SUNRIDE recently spent time in the studio recording their third album, "The End Justifies the Means". The following update was posted at the group's official web site: "Not-so-good news this time. The scratch disk of one of the computers in the studio broke around a week ago. This incident...

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Report: DIMEBAG DARRELL Shooting May Change Concerts

Dave Lavender of The Herald-Dispatch is reporting that in Nashville, opening up a 40,000-square-foot club called The Red Iguana, long-time Huntington-based promoter Rick Widdifield already has been dealing with some of the fallout from the Columbus, Ohio, shootings that left a popular guitarist dead...

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Club Owner: Little Could Have Been Done To Prevent DIMEBAG's Murder

Mark S. Krzos of Southern Florida's The News-Press reports: While PANTERA's local fans called Dimebag Darrell's death one of metal's greatest losses — perhaps the most significant death in the genre since OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash in 1982 — some nightclub managers an...

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NIGHTWISH Singer Falls Ill, Band Postpone Sao Paulo Concert

NIGHTWISH were forced to postpone by one day their scheduled performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil after singer Tarja Turunen was taken ill. The concert will now take place on Sunday, December 5. NIGHTWISH will be teaming up with ANGRA for a Japanese tour next March. A U.K. tour will take place in Februa...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Ticket Pre-Sales Announced, New Fan Club Details Revealed

MÖTLEY CRÜE have issued the following update regarding their official fan club, S.I.N., and ticket availability for their upcoming reunion tour: MÖTLEY CRÜE and Motley.com are pleased to announce the return of the official MÖTLEY CRÜE fan club, S.I.N.! Along with the return of S.I.N. MÖTLEY CRÜE are...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBERT FLYNN Gets Dissed By SLAYER's KERRY KING

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted another installement in his online "diary" at the group's official web site. An excerpt from the entry follows: "Played in Paris with SLIPKNOT and SLAYER. MASTODON opened the show, which was really cool. Hung with them for a while, really nice guys, drin...

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H.I.M. Frontman Diagnosed With Acute Laryngitis; Band Reschedule Dates

Finnish goth-metallers H.I.M. have been forced to postponed their San Francisco and Los Angeles dates after singer Ville Valo was diagnosed with "acute laryngitis," according to a posting on the group's web site. "The symptons started already in Las Vegas and got really bad in San Diego," the postin...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: When People Bring Up METALLICA, It's Like Reliving A Car Crash

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to the U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine about the group's new album, "The System Has Failed", and his former bandmates in METALLICA, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Kerrang!: A lot of the reviews of your new album, "The System Has...

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THE 69 EYES Drummer Hospitalized

Finnish goth-metallers THE 69 EYES were forced to cancel shows in Finland and Sweden after drummer Jussi 69 was rushed to the hospital in Porvoo and later taken by ambulance to Helsinki," according to a posting on the group's web site. "[Jussi's] appendix perforated and was later removed. Mr. 69 is...

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GLUECIFER Singer Taken Ill, Band Cancel Shows

Norwegian rock 'n' rollers GLUECIFER were forced to cancel their previously scheduled shows in Bochum, Germany, and Hasselt, Belgium after their singer, Biff Malibu, was taken ill. "Biff has been set back by some weird virus infection, but he's slowly getting back on track," the band write on their...

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SIRENIA Drummer Forced To Sit Out Tour, Replacement Named

SIRENIA drummer Jonathan Perez will be forced to sit out the band's European tour with TIAMAT, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY and PAIN. According to a posting on the group's web site, "Jonathan does not have the possibility to join the up-coming European tour, but everyone can be assured that there is absolutel...