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Exhibition Of Oil Paintings Inspired By FREDDIE MERCURY To Be Held In London
Between November 23 and December 5, the POSK Gallery in London will host an original collection of oil paintings, "Freddie Mercury - Creations", by a Polish artist, Renata Przenioslo, to coincide with the late QUEEN vocalist's twelfth death anniversary (November 24). The idea to create these paintin...October 20, 2003
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New SPEARFISH CD To Feature High-Profile Guest Appearances
Paul Dianno (IRON MAIDEN),Mick Box (URIAH HEEP),Nicky Moore (SAMSON),Manny Charlton (NAZARETH),Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL),and Dave Hill (DEMON) are among the guest artists featured on the forthcoming SPEARFISH CD, "Back, For The Future", due on October 31 through Sweden Rock Records. All proce...October 8, 2003
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AFTER ALL To Support OVERKILL, SEVEN WITCHES In Europe
Belgium's AFTER ALL have been added to a number of dates on the forthcoming OVERKILL/SEVEN WITCHES European tour beginning on November 16 in Bordeaux, France. Prior to touring with OVERKILL, AFTER ALL will play two live dates in Holland and Belgium as special guests of legendary U.S. speed metal ban...September 28, 2003
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Former ZWAN Members To Tour With PAPA M Project
Former A PERFECT CIRCLE/ZWAN member Paz Lenchantin will join her former ZWAN bandmate David Pajo's PAPA M project for a fall tour and new studio album, according to Billboard.com. The U.S. portion of the trek begins Sept. 20 in Baltimore and wraps October 27 in Champaign, Illinois. Nine European dat...September 18, 2003
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AFTER ALL To Support AGENT STEEL In Holland, Belgium
Belgium's AFTER ALL will embark on a three-date mini-tour of Holland and Belgium in late October as special guests of legendary U.S. metallers AGENT STEEL. Upcoming AFTER ALL tour dates: Oct. 18 – Brugge, BEL @ Magdalenazaal (w/ RED ZEBRA, SPACEMAN SPIFF, THE CHUMPS) Oct. 25 – Roeselare, BEL @ Bang...September 15, 2003
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TERRA FIRMA Call It A Day
TERRA FIRMA, the Swedish band headed by UNLEASHED guitarist "Fast" Freddie Eugene and former ST. VITUS/COUNT RAVEN vocalist Lord Chritus, have decided to disband, according to Stoner Rock. Freddie is said to be in the process of launching a new project with TERRA FIRMA drummer Izmo which will report...September 15, 2003
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THE DARKNESS Tipped to Win U.K. Mercury Music Prize
British retro-rockers THE DARKNESS are favorites to eclipse COLDPLAY and RADIOHEAD to win one of Britain's most prestigious popular music awards, according to Reuters. The quartet are expected to grab the Mercury Music Prize on Tuesday (September 9) with their first album, "Permission To Land". The...September 8, 2003
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Frontman Says He Is Equally Disgusted By Men And Women
Newt Briggs of The Las Vegas Mercury recently asked STRAPPING YOUNG LAD frontman Devin Townsend about the potential homoerotic implications of the band's name, which Briggs argued sounded like a gay Irish porno film. "In retrospect, I guess I could see that," Townsend said. "The thing is, I'm equall...August 31, 2003
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IRON MAIDEN Singer Says They Are Performing Like They Are Still 25 Years Old
IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson recently spoke to Jon Matsumoto of The Mercury News about the group's announcement that their current world tour will be their last extensive tour. "We all have families, and we want to have lives apart from music," he said. "Nicko McBrain, our drummer, will be 5...August 24, 2003
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HASTE To Hit The Road In Support Of 'The Mercury Lift'
Birmingham, Alabama sextet HASTE will embark on their first national U.S. in support of their third release, "The Mercury Lift", on September 11 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group will tour alongside AS I LAY DYING and STILL BREATHING with additional support from BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, BLEEDING THROU...August 24, 2003
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EDGUY Replace HAMMERFALL At England's BLOODSTOCK Festival
German melodic metallers EDGUY have replaced HAMMERFALL on the bill of this year's Bloodstock Festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. As previously reported, HAMMERFALL were forced to cancel their appearance at the festival after guitarist Os...August 13, 2003
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Review: METALLICA Blows Away Competition At San Francisco Event
Mark Whittington of The Mercury News reports that METALLICA returned home to San Francisco on Sunday (August 10) as rock's triumphant warlords. "The band that brought heavy metal to the mainstream was greeted by 45,000 loyal subjects at Candlestick Park. They reveled for eight hours as the 18-city S...August 12, 2003
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KISS: Top-Charting Albums Ordered By Peak Position
Billboard magazine has published a list a the 20 top-charting albums from KISS spanning a 24-year period — from their 1975 self-titled release, which peaked at No. 87, to 1998's "Psycho Circus", which peaked at No. 3 (the chart was compiled prior to the release of "Kiss Symphony: Alive IV"). Titles...August 8, 2003
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Newspaper Report: Australian Singer Asked To Join QUEEN
Australian singer John Farnham has reportedly been asked to join rock legends QUEEN. The Daily Telegraph reported Farnham had been offered "the gig of a lifetime" — to follow in the footsteps of the late Freddie Mercury as QUEEN's lead singer. Farnham "blew away" the band after recording a new versi...August 4, 2003
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GILBY CLARKE's CANDY: Collection Of Rare And Unreleased Cuts To Surface In August
A collection of rare and unreleased recordings by CANDY, the first "real band" of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke, is set for release on August 19 through SongTree Records. Titled "Candy - Teenage Neon Jungle", the album features "a walloping 25 tracks of original raw demos, live and re-...July 30, 2003
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