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BESEECH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival
Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: The complete list of bands currently scheduled to a...April 26, 2004
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SWEDEN ROCK Festival: SKID ROW Out, Y&T In
SKID ROW have cancelled their previously announced appearance at this year's Sweden Rock festival and have been replaced on the bill by Y&T. SKID ROW's decision to pull out of the festival is being blamed on "the fact that [SKID ROW guitarist] Snake decided to bring his wife to be to the altar a...April 23, 2004
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SWEDEN ROCK Festival Nearing Sell-Out
Last year, Sweden Rock festival sold out all the 15,000 two-day tickets two days before the first band took the stage. That was actually the first time ever the festival was sold out. This year the tickets will sell out much earlier. As of today, more than 13,000 of the 16,000 three-day tickets have...April 22, 2004
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FATES WARNING Drummer Jams With MONTROSE
FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder played with Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips (bass) and Johnny Lesveque (vocals) at the Dallas Guitar Show on Saturday, April 17. Commented Zonder, "I went up to L.A. to rehearse with Montrose on Thursday before the Dallas show. We only rehearsed for about an hour an...April 21, 2004
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Drummer MARK ZONDER To Leave FATES WARNING?
FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder has revealed that he has no intentions of touring with the band in support of their upcoming CD, due later in the year. Asked by a fan what he hopes to accomplish in the future, both personally and with FATES WARNING, Zonder said, "Actually after this recording of t...April 18, 2004
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MONTROSE, TNT, NIFELHEIM Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival
MONTROSE, TNT, DANGER DANGER, NIFELHEIM, CRAZY LED and MARYSLIM are the latest confirmations for this year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: JUDAS PRIEST EURO...March 31, 2004
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FATES WARNING Drummer To Jam With MONTROSE
FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder will be playing old MONTROSE tunes with Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips (bass) and Johnny Lesveque (vocals) at the Dallas Guitar Show on April 17. "This should be quite exciting as MONTROSE was my favorite band for many many years," Zonder said in an online posting....March 20, 2004
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GEORGE LYNCH To Release Tribute To His Influences
Former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch will be issuing a new solo album, entitled "Furious George", in April through Shrapnel Records. "It is a compilation of sometimes-obscure songs that were inspirational to me growing up playing guitar," George said. Songs set to appear on the CD are: 01. Blood of...March 15, 2004
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JERRY CANTRELL Debuts 'New' Band At SAMMY HAGAR's CABO WABO MEXICAN MELTDOWN
Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell debuted his "new" solo band — William Duvall (guitar, COMES WITH THE FALL),Adam Stanger (bass, COMES WITH THE FALL),plus a couple of as-yet-undisclosed session musicians — at Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Mexican Meltdown on October 3-4. Jerry reportedly p...October 7, 2003
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MONTROSE Reunite For First Time In 25 Years: Photos Available
The original members of MONTROSE — Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose, Bill Church and Denny Carmassi — reformed for the first time in 25 years for three special performances during the final shows of Hagar's summer tour. Also joining Hagar and his band THE WABORITAS on stage during the shows was VAN HALE...August 25, 2003
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Y&T Singer's Birthday Bash Gets Extended
Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti has added another show to his upcoming 50th Birthday Bash Weekend at The Little Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California. "With only 225 tickets for sale for Dave's Birthday Bash on Friday, December 12th, the show sold out in 72 hours!" reads a post on Meniketti's web...August 24, 2003
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'SAMMY HAGAR Day' In St. Louis: Photos Available
Thursday, August 21 was proclaimed "Sammy Hagar Day" in St. Louis, Missouri, where the former VAN HALEN singer was honored at Busch Stadium. Check out photos from Wire Image. In other news, Brian Q. Newcomb of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Hagar arranged a reunion with his first recording...August 24, 2003
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SAMMY HAGAR To Issue DVD In September
Former VAN HALEN frontman SAMMY HAGAR will be issuing a DVD titled "The Long Road To Cabo" on September 23 through Sanctuary. Over three hundred hours of material was shot and edited to create the final product, which is being described on Hagar's web site as "a combination of live concert performan...August 8, 2003
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MICHAEL ANTHONY To Jam With SAMMY HAGAR At Historic MONTROSE Gigs
VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony will be joining former VAN HALEN bandmate Sammy Hagar and his band THE WABORITAS on stage for the final three shows of the Red Rocker's summer tour. In addition, the original members of MONTROSE (Hagar, Ronnie Montrose, Bill Church and Denny Carmassi) have decided t...June 24, 2003
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SAMMY HAGAR Says He's 'Shocked' That MONTROSE Reunion Is Happening
Sammy Hagar, who was fired from MONTROSE in 1975, and has had some unpleasant things to say about guitarist Ronnie Montrose since then, says he's wanted to play with his former bandmates again for a long time, and he almost can't believe the group's summer reunion dates are finally going to happen:...June 19, 2003
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