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METALLICA To Appear On LYNYRD SKYNYRD Tribute Album?

METALLICA will be contributing a LYNYRD SKYNYRD cover to a forthcoming tribute to the Southern rock band, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The album, due in early 2004, will also feature 3 DOORS DOWN (who recently recorded a version of "That Smell" for the collection),FUEL and KID ROCK. No...
May 26, 2003
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SAMMY HAGAR, LYNYRD SKYNYRD To Tour Together

SAMMY HAGAR and LYNYRD SKYNYRD will team up for a summer tour kicking off July 19 at Wisconsin's Rock Fest, according to Billboard.com. The full list of dates for the Jim Beam-sponsored Party of a Lifetime tour is not yet finalized, although the acts are expected to be out together well into August....
April 29, 2003
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DEEP PURPLE To Embark On World Tour In September

DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan has revealed in a "Q&A" session posted on his official web site that the group will embark on a world tour in September in support of their upcoming CD and has described the band's forthcoming summer tour with LYNYRD SKYNYRD as "one of those fun things." "I unders...
April 11, 2003
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DEEP PURPLE, LYNYRD SKYNYRD To Tour Europe

DEEP PURPLE and LYNYRD SKYNYRD will be teaming up for a European tour in May/June. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 29 – Schwung Hallen - Roeselare, BEL May 31 - Filaforum - Milan, ITA Jun. 01 – Campo Fiera - Conegliano Veneto (Treviso),ITA Jun. 03 – Palaghiaccio - Roma, ITA Jun. 04 – ...
March 5, 2003
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ANTHRAX Sign With SANCTUARY, Set American Release Date For New CD

ANTHRAX have set a May 6 American release date through Sanctuary Records for their latest CD, "We've Come For You All". "We've Come for You All" is the first new studio effort in five years from vocalist John Bush, guitarist Scott Ian, bass guitarist Frank Bello, drummer Charlie Benante and new guit...
March 3, 2003
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SAMMY HAGAR Confirms Live Album, PLANET US Delay

Former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar has sent out a message to his mailing list updating fans on his upcoming plans. It reads as follows: "Hey REDheads, The Internet moves quicker than me so I'll give you a half-ass version, lol, of what's going on. The tour this year is still being put together. T...
February 10, 2003
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DEEP PURPLE, GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Belgium's SCHWUNG 2003 Festival

DEEP PURPLE, GIRLSCHOOL, and LYNYRD SKYNYRD are among the artists confirmed for Schwung 2003 festival, set to take place May 29 in Roeselare, Belgium (located around 40 km from Bruges). For more information, visit www.debevers.be. ...
December 21, 2002
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BACKDRAFT Split With Singer, Seek Replacement

Sweden's BACKDRAFT, who are described as a bland of "the best of LYNYRD SKYNYRD, ALLMAN BROTHERS and ZZ TOP," have fired singer Jonas Åhlén (a.k.a. Reverend Soarthroat) as a result of the rest of the band's "dissatisfaction with his contributions to the songwriting process," according to the group's...
December 4, 2002
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KABÁT: Czech Metal Veterans Launch Seven-City American Tour

KABÁT, the Czech Republic's #1 metal band, kick off their first American tour Thursday, Nov. 7 in New York at Brooklyn's Club Warsaw. Formed in 1984 in the northern Bohemian city of Teplice, KABÁT's early sound could be termed as old-school thrash, which effectively put them on the Czechoslovakian c...
November 7, 2002
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EXODUS' GARY HOLT: 'Living In The Past Is For Losers'

Even though EXODUS are best known for their classic late '80s recorded output, guitarist Gary Holt refuses to live in the past, insisting that the Bay Area thrash veterans' decision to continue performing their earliest material has nothing to do with nostalgia. "Living in the past in for losers and...
October 4, 2002
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ACE FREHLEY, DAVE LEE ROTH, VINCE NEIL, Others Confirmed For Florida's ROCKTOBERFEST

KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, DAVE LEE ROTH, MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil, DOKKEN, WARRANT, FIREHOUSE and QUIET RIOT are among the artists confirmed for Rocktoberfest, an all-day rock festival set to take place on Saturday, October 19th in Polk City, Florida. Billed as the biggest one-day outdoor f...
September 30, 2002
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KID ROCK, LYNYRD SKYNYRD Record New Version Of Southern Classic

KID ROCK and LYNYRD SKYNYRD have recorded a new version of "Gimme Back My Bullets", the title song to the Southern rock band's 1976 album, but have no firm plans to release it. SKYNYRD frontman Johnny Van Zant says that the song could appear on the next SKYNYRD studio album or on an archival collect...
September 24, 2002
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RAGE Announce Asian Mini-Tour

Germany's RAGE will follow up an August 17th appearance at the World Rock Festival in Seoul, Korea (where they are scheduled to appear alongside SAVATAGE and LYNYRD SKYNYRD, among others) with a three-date headlining tour of Japan. The details are as follows: Aug. 17 – Seoul, KOR @ World Rock Festiv...
May 27, 2002
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America's Volume Dealer

Four years after the group's Wiseblood release, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY have returned with a new album that sees the group sticking to a tried-and-tested formula without having made any attempts to update their songwriting in a way that would make it more consistent with the current music trends. Co...
December 17, 2001
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Archive News Jun 25, 2001 - update 2

CORPORATE AVENGER, who feature in their ranks former MIND FUNK vocalist Pat Dubar, have lined up a host of live shows in support of their upcoming Koch Records debut. The dates are as follows: ... July 14 - Las Vegas, NV @ Sanctuary July 17 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain ...
June 25, 2001