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Swedish Airline Will Not Be IRON MAIDEN Frontman's New Employer

Despite a previous report to the contrary, the Swedish low-fares airline Flyme has decided to not go through with its takeover of the British air carrier Astraeus (whose most high-profile pilot since 2003 has been IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson),reports DinaPengar.se. Instead Flyme will lease...

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Review: AXL ROSE's Delayed Return At INLAND INVASION Falls Flat

Ben Wener of The Orange County Register reports: The harder-edged sixth staging of KROQ's Inland Invasion festival was supposed to be remembered for the highly anticipated but somewhat dubious return of headliner GUNS N' ROSES, marking oft-ridiculed, long-missing Axl Rose's first major performance n...

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MASTODON To Support TOOL In Europe

Atlanta's MASTODON has reportedly been confirmed as the support band for the entire TOOL European tour. A list of upcoming TOOL dates can be found at Toolshed.down.net. MASTODON's "Blood Mountain" sold over 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release — significantly more than the...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Is Hangin' And Chillin'

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's MySpace page has been updated with the following message: "Well, people, the LAD is hangin' and chillin'...well, not really... "Devin [Townsend, guitar/vocals] and [wife] Tracy are to be proud parents at any time or day now...and we wish them nothing but the best. I guess we'll...

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MASTODON: Audio Interview Available

A recent audio interview with Atlanta's MASTODON, which aired Tuesday night (September 12) on the "Mike Davies Rock Show" on BBC Radio 1, is available for streaming online at BBC.co.uk. As previously reported, MASTODON's "Blood Mountain" album will receive a vinyl release via Relapse on October 3. T...

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MASTODON: 'Blood Mountain' To Receive Vinyl Release Next Month

MASTODON's "Blood Mountain" album willl receive a vinyl release via Relapse on October 3. The LP will be released on with expanded artwork and in a range of limited-edition vinyl colors. For more information, click here. As previously reported, MASTODON's video for the song "The Wolf is Loose" can b...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Attends Malta's AERO GP Competition

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson attended the Aero GP competition in Malta Sunday (September 10) where Gabor Varga, the Swedish aerobatics champion, died after his aircraft collided with another plane, according to Reuters. Officials said that his aircraft started losing altitude, hit another pl...

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Japan Wins AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENTENCED Guitarist Among Judges

Air Guitar World Championships took place in Club Teatria, Oulu, for the 11th time. Japan's strong presence produced a world champion and this year Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke gets a chance to spread the gospel of air guitars. Yosuke outplayed the other skillful contestants with his simplistic but extreme...

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AEROSMITH Drummer Checks In From Hartford

AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer has posted the following message on the Aero Force One (AEROSMITH's official fan club) web site following the band's September 7 performance in Hartford, Connecticut: "I thought that for the second show of the tour it was pretty damn good. There were a couple of little...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman's Airline Taken Over By Sweden's FLYME

It is common knowledge that IRON MAIDEN has some of its most loyal fans in Sweden. In 2005, the British heavy metal band sold out the 56,000-capacity soccer stadium Ullevi in Gothenburg in less than two hours. The 50,000-plus tickets to the band's three concerts in Stockholm and Gothenburg in Novemb...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer On Double Duty With Tour And TV Show

Launch Radio Networks reports: With the AEROSMITH/MÖTLEY CRÜE Route Of All Evil tour now underway, Tommy Lee has possibly replaced James Brown as the hardest working man in show business. In addition to the shows, the CRÜE drummer is also wrapped up in the last episodes of his "Rock Star: Supernova"...

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IRON MAIDEN Gets Political On New Album

United Press International reports that heavy metal icons IRON MAIDEN have taken a topical direction on their new album, "A Matter of Life and Death". Many of the songs on the British sextet's first new album in three years — including "These Colors Don't Run", "The Longest Day" and "For the Greater...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Premieres Spanish Version Of 'Practice What You Preach' At Tour Opener

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Damjan has submitted the following report: "Went to opening night Thursday [August 31] of the ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO [the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick] tour [at The Van Dyck in Schenectady, NY]. They previewed four new songs, including 'Práctica...

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DANGEROUS TOYS To Perform At Austin's BAT FEST Tonight

DANGEROUS TOYS will reunite once again to perform tonight (Sunday, September 3) at the second annual Bat Fest — a celebration of crafts, music, food and flying mammals — in Austin. Texas. "We get together once or twice a year," DANGEROUS TOYS singer Jason McMaster told Austin360.com. "It's more succ...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON To Fly Norwegian Fans To Stockholm

Hearing that many of Norway's fans were booking onto the special Bruce Air flight from Stockholm to Milan, IRON MAIDEN singer and Astraeus Airlines First Officer Bruce Dickinson decided that he should charter a special "Bruce Air 666" plane from Oslo to Stockholm and back so that Norwegian fans coul...