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WAYSTED Confirmed For UK's HARD ROCK HELL II Festival

WAYSTED, the reunited mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name),has been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The Hard Rock Hell II festival billing is s...

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TYGERS OF PAN TANG Confirmed For UK's HARD ROCK HELL II Festival

NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG have been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The Hard Rock Hell II festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY THIN LIZZY BUDGIE HAWKWIND CLUTCH TYGERS OF PAN TAN...

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CLIVEAID To Host Stage At UK's HARD ROCK HELL II Festival

Cliveaid, the organization which was set up in 2004 as a fund-raising event for former IRON MAIDEN drummer Clive Burr, will host a stage at the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The following groups have been confirmed for the Clive...

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BUDGIE And HAWKWIND Confirmed For UK's HARD ROCK HELL II Festival

BUDGIE and HAWKWIND have been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY THIN LIZZY BUDGIE HAWKWIND CLUTCH BATTLELORE KORPIKLAANI ORANGE GOBLIN RAVENS CREED...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer To Publish Autobiography; More Details Revealed

Original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins will release his autobiography, titled "Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest And Heavy Metal", before Christmas via Iron Pages. Check out the book's front and back cover at this location. Commented Atkins: "For some time now, I have wanted to write m...

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MORTAL SIN To Support BUDGIE In Sydney

Long-running Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN will support BUDGIE on February 19 at the Metro Theatre in Sydney, Australia. In other news, MORTAL SIN's tracks "Deadman Walking" and "Out Of The Darkness", taken from the band's latest CD, "An Absence Of Faith", will be featured in the upcoming Australi...

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GLENN HUGHES, BLACKFOOT, HANOI ROCKS, FASTWAY Confirmed For UK's ROCK & BLUES CUSTOM SHOW

GLENN HUGHES & FRIENDS, BLACKFOOT, MAGNUM, HANOI ROCKS, MOLLY HATCHET, BUDGIE, FASTWAY and GMT (GUY-MCCOY-TORME) have been confirmed to appear at this year's Rock & Blues Custom Show. The event, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2008, will take place at a new location — Catton Hal...

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DIO's CRAIG GOLDY To Tour With BUDGIE

DIO's Craig Goldy — who is currently busy sharing his "incredible knowledge of the inner workings of the record industry" via a program called "Destiny Bridge" — will tour with Welsh hard rock legends BUDGIE as a guest guitarist. The dates featuring Goldy are as follows: UK tour dates: Jan. 31 - Cox...

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ROSE TATTOO's STEPHEN KING To Join HEAD INC For UK Tour

After back-to-back Australian tours supporting RATT, WINGER and the L.A. GUNS, Melbourne rockers HEAD INC have tapped Stephen "Kingy" King from ROSE TATTOO to play bass guitar on their upcoming UK tour with Scottish hard rockers THE ALMIGHTY. Also joining HEAD INC for the oncoming year of hectic tou...

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BUDGIE Announces New Guitarist

Welsh hard rock legends BUDGIE have announced the addition of guitarist Andy James to the group's ranks. According to a posting on his MySpace page, Andy James is one of the UK's most talented and up and coming guitarists. He first picked up the guitar when he was 12 years old and from that day ...

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TROUBLE Drummer Talks Touring Plans, RETRO GRAVE Project

RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted and interview with TROUBLE/RETRO GRAVE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rock My Monkey: What's the schedule for TROUBLE look like as far as touring? Do you guys think you guys might jump on a U.S. tour anytime soon? Jeff Olson: Yeah. The...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS Working On Autobiography

Original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins is working on an autobiography which is to be titled "Dawn of the Metal Gods: My Life in Judas Priest & Heavy Metal". Commented Atkins: "For some time now I have wanted to write my own book about my amazing life in heavy metal. Finally that dream has come ....

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BUDGIE: Australian Tour Dates Postponed

Welsh hard rock legends BUDGIE have issued the following update: "Sadly, due to circumstances way beyond the control of the band, management and promoters, BUDGIE shows announced for October in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane [Australia] have now been rescheduled for February 2008. Apologies to our b...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS Launches THE HOLY RAGE

Original JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Al Atkins has set THE HOLY RAGE as the name of his band. The group's lineup consists of the following musicians: Al Atkins - Vocals Mike De Jager - Guitar Chris Johnson - Guitar Alex Reynolds - Drums Scott Dallow - Bass A MySpace page has been launched, featuring ...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer: I Thought The Band Would Never Make The Big Time

Dark Starr from Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins. An excerpt follows: Wormwood Chronicles: Many people may not know that you were the founding member and original lead singer for JUDAS PRIEST. Can you catch the readers up a bit o...