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VAN HALEN: More 2008 Tour Dates Announced

More 2008 dates have been announced for VAN HALEN's tour with original lead singer David Lee Roth. The Live Nation-produced trek — featuring Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen's teenage son Wolfgang on bass — kicked off Sept. 27 in Charlotte, N.C., with 40 dates in place. The current...

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RUSH: Cities, Venues Revealed For Forthcoming Tour

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, RUSH's forthcoming tour will include stops in the following cities / countries / venues (exact dates to be announced): Coliseo De Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL Amway Arena - Orl...

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EXTREME Guitarist Says LED ZEPPELIN Should Be Allowed To Rock At Any Age

EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has penned a lengthy response to music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz's recent review of LED ZEPPELIN's reunion concert at the O2 arena in London in which Bob wrote, in part, "LED ZEPPELIN is dead. And one of the reasons it's so revered is that the band didn't ca...

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German 'A Capella Metal Band' VAN CANTO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shapi...

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'20 Fathers Of Heavy Metal' Canadian TV Special To Re-Air This Week

"Listed: 20 Fathers of Heavy Metal" will re-air on Canada's MuchMoreMusic this Friday, December 21 at 8 p.m., on Saturday, December 22 at 11 p.m., and on Wednesday, December 26 at 1:00 a.m. According to a program description, "Listed" "counts down the 20 'fathers of heavy metal.' These bands' grandi...

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Fans Of THE RED SHORE Mourn As Smash Kills Lead Singer

Brendan Roberts and Karen Collier of the Herald Sun report: Tributes have flowed for two members of a Geelong, Victoria, Australia-based metal band killed in a horror smash while on tour in New South Wales. The lead singer of THE RED SHORE and a member of the band's entourage were killed when the .....

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THE RED SHORE Singer Reportedly Killed In Australian Car Crash

The West Australian reports that the lead singer of the Geelong, Victoria, Australia-based heavy metal band THE RED SHORE has died in a crash on a New South Wales highway, according to the group's booking agent. An employee for Pan Studios in Geelong said the company had received news that the singe...

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RAGING SPEEDHORN Guitarist Issues European Tour Wrap-Up

Guitarist Gareth Smith of the Corby, UK metallers RAGING SPEEDHORN has posted a lengthy European tour wrap-up on the band's MySpace page. A couple of excerpts follow: "It's weird when you get to the end of a tour… it's usually, as it is now, mixed feelings. I'm going home [to Stockholm, Sweden] tomo...

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DELAIN: 'The Gathering' Video Posted Online

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has released the video for its song "The Gathering". Watch the clip below. The track is taken from the group's debut album, "Lucidity", whi...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Schedules First-Ever Russian Concert

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION will play their first-ever show in Russia on February 17, 2008 at the Shadow Club in Moscow. WITHIN TEMPTATION's November 24, 2007 concert at the Beursgebouw in Eindhoven, Holland was filmed for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due next summer....

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Looks Back On 2007; Video Available

Guitarist Ruud Jolie and drummer Stephen Van Haestregt of the Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION recently took part in sounds2move.de's 2007 Christmas special. They spoke about their most memorable moments of 2007 and discussed their plans for the future. Watch the 13-minute...

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VAN HALEN: 'Visual History: 1978-1984' Book Now Available

From 1978 to 1984, legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower was the "fifth member of VAN HALEN," touring, partying with, and capturing images of the band during the David Lee Roth era, a time when the band was at the height of its powers. His photos capture the all-out, spandexed, high-kicking, hig...

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OBSIDIAN: 'Footprints' Video Posted Online

Dutch death/thrash metal act OBSIDIAN has posted the video for its track "Footprints" on YouTube. The clip, which was directed by Dennis Lubbers from the Film Academy in Amsterdam, can be viewed below. "Footprints" comes off OBSIDIAN's debut album, "Emerging", which was reissued earlier this year vi...

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HAIL OF BULLETS: Four-Song Promo CD To Be Released On Limited-Edition Vinyl

HAIL OF BULLETS' semi-legendary four-track promotional CD, which recently brought the band a deal with Metal Blade Records, will be released on vinyl in January 2008 through Iron Pegasus Records from Germany. The limited-edition EP will be available in two different versions from various mailorders...

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ALEX VAN HALEN Gives Exclusive Interview To MODERN DRUMMER Magazine

VAN HALEN's explosive drummer Alex Van Halen gave an exclusive interview to Modern Drummer magazine about helming the heavy artillery in the iconic band. The extensive 21-page story hits newsstands on February 5. "As the pounding, aggressive heartbeat of one of the greatest bands in rock history, Al...