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MÖTLEY CRÜE's VINCE NEIL To Serve As Grand Marshal Of This Year's Franklin Rodeo Parade

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil will be the grand marshal for the Franklin Rodeo Parade, set to take place Saturday, May 11 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) in downtown Franklin, Tennessee. Founded in 1949, the Franklin Rodeo brings over 18,000 screaming fans year after year. It is one of the longest-running fami...

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DEICIDE's GLEN BENTON Is Having Fun Again: 'I Want To Get Out There And Be Brutal'

By David E. Gehlke One of the last true larger-than-life personalities in death metal, DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton reinforced his status recently when he held court backstage at Philadelphia's Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest. Benton and his bandmates were joined by early DEICIDE producer Scott B...

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SUNBOMB Feat. TRACII GUNS And MICHAEL SWEET: Second Album 'Light Up The Sky' Due In June

SUNBOMB, the musical alliance between two steadfast warriors of the U.S. hard rock/metal scene, Tracii Guns (L.A. GUNS) and Michael Sweet (STRYPER),will release its sophomore album, "Light Up The Sky", on June 24 via Frontiers Records Srl. Developed as a tribute to the classic heavy metal of the 19...

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Watch: HEART Kicks Off 'Royal Flush' World Tour In Greenville, South Carolina

Legendary rockers HEART kicked off their "Royal Flush" world tour Saturday night (April 20) at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. In addition to HEART's classic tracks, the setlist for the concert included some tracks from of Ann and Nancy Wilson's solo albums and a new so...

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HEART's ANN And NANCY WILSON Are Hoping To Work On New Music

In a new interview with Billlboard, HEART's Ann and Nancy Wilson, who are about to hit the road for their first tour together since 2019, said that they are hoping to work on new music in the near future. "The thing that we really hope to achieve is to maybe write some more stuff together," Ann said...

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JOURNEY's JONATHAN CAIN: 'We're Very Happy With ARNEL PINEDA'

In a new interview with Steve King of the 105.3 The Bone radio station, JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan Cain spoke about the band's current working relationship with its longtime vocalist Arnel Pineda. Pineda was a bar and club singer working in Manila, Philippines in 2007 when he got an e-mail from JO...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On MARTY FRIEDMAN: He 'May Be Small, But He's F***ing Mighty'

In a new interview with Alejandrosis, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine was asked what it was like for the band to be reunited with former guitarist Marty Friedman for two appearances over a six-month period last year — first in February 2023 at Tokyo, Japan's famed Budokan and then in early August 2023...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Announces October 2024 European Tour

Following the successful release of his third solo album "Lighthouse" in October 2023, GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has announced a European tour for October 2024. Kicking off from Dublin, the series of shows will see the iconic musician play in 15 cities in 11 countries, bringing "Lighthouse...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'For Some Reason, God Keeps Blessing This Band Beyond Measure'

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has completed mixing the band's new studio album with longtime collaborator Danny Bernini at SpiritHouse Recording Studios in Northampton, Massachusetts. On Thursday (April 11),Sweet took to his social media to write: "As we were going through each song over the past...

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Hijacking The Zeitgeist

There comes a moment in every discerning prog metal band's journey when gymnastics are no longer enough. EXIST can hardly be accused of making inaccessible or overly indulgent records in the past: 2020's "Egoiista" had plenty of melody and ingenuity to balance out the band's sometimes overweening de...

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Watch LYNCH MOB Perform In Flint During 'The Final Ride' Tour

The Jordan's Rock Vault YouTube channel has uploaded video of LYNCH MOB's entire April 6 concert at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan. You can now watch the footage below. Featured songs: 00:00 Lightnin' Strikes Again 03:50 River Of Love 09:28 For A Million Years 17:00 Just Got Lucky 22:20 No...

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FIREHOUSE Singer CJ SNARE Dead At 64

FIREHOUSE singer CJ Snare died Friday night (April 5) at age 64. Snare's daughter Heather tells TMZ his official cause of death is cardiac arrest. Earlier today (Sunday, April 7),FIREHOUSE released the following statement via social media: "Today is a sad day for Rock N Roll. "It is with great sorr...

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Rankarumpu

Standard bearers for a genre that was routinely decried as too silly to last, KORPIKLAANI have survived for over 20 years and appear to be gaining fresh momentum as they hurtle toward veteran status. Less dark than FINNTROLL, and less overtly metallic than ENSIFERUM, the Finns exist in a laidback sw...

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JON BON JOVI: The Music On BON JOVI's 'Forever' Album 'Exudes Joy'

During an appearance on the "Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show" on New York City's Q104.3 radio station, Jon Bon Jovi spoke about the upbeat and happy overall tone of BON JOVI's upcoming album, "Forever". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "With our last album, '2020', I released it i...

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NIKKI SIXX Hints At Setlist Changes For MÖTLEY CRÜE's Spring/Summer 2024 Tour Dates

Nikki Sixx has hinted at some changes for MÖTLEY CRÜE's setlist when the band resumes touring in early May. MÖTLEY CRÜE's setlist for the 2023 "The World Tour" remained very similar to the one from the 2022 "The Stadium Tour", with "Wild Side" opening the show before Sixx and his bandmates ran throu...