According to a posting on the OZZY OSBOURNE fan site Ozzyhead.com, cable channel E! Entertainment is currently working on a two-hour special focusing on the Osbourne family. "The True Hollywood Story: The Osbournes" is currently slated to air mid-December. As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a special tribute at the ...
September 2006 - Blabbermouth Archive
EVANESCENCE Singer Not Surprised That Bassist Quit
Launch Radio Networks reports: EVANESCENCE recorded its new album, "The Open Door", while dealing with its guitarist having a stroke, a legal battle with its former manager, and singer Amy Lee's public break-up with SEETHER's Shaun Morgan. Then just as the project was completed, bassist Will Boyd decided it was time for him to exit. ...
DEF LEPPARD To Perform On 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'
DEF LEPPARD has been confirmed as the musical guest on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Friday, October 13. For times and channels, check your local listings or go to the show's official web site. DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott recently posted a message on the official DefLeppard.com web site stating the band band ...
DANZIG, LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED: Tour Dates Announced
DANZIG, LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED, BELPHEGOR and ASESINO will team up for Glenn Danzig's Blackest of the Black Tour, which is being revived this winter for a two-week West Coast run. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 17 - Seattle, WA @ The Fenix Nov. 18 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy ...
ALICE COOPER Repaying Debt By Opening For THE ROLLING STONES
Launch Radio Networks reports: ALICE COOPER plays the second of his three opening gigs for THE ROLLING STONES tonight (Friday, September 29) at the Churchill Downs horse racing track in Louisville, Kentucky. It's been a long time since COOPER opened for anyone, but he told Launch that the STONES were a major reason why he ...
ROSS THE BOSS, PAUL DI'ANNO, DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For ROCK HARD FESTIVAL
ROSS THE BOSS, PAUL DI'ANNO, DARK FUNERAL, METAL INQUISITOR and SABATON have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order) AMON AMARTH BULLET DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HEAVEN SHALL BURN KATAKLYSM ...
MY RUIN Frontwoman 'Seriously Injured' In Car Accident
Guitarist Mick Murphy of MY RUIN — boyfriend of the group's lead vocalist, Tairrie B. — has issued the following message: "Tairrie was in a car accident last night [Thursday, Sept. 28] and her left arm was seriously injured. Considering the nature of the accident she is lucky to be alive. She had emergency surgery ...
CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, RAGE Confirmed For WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, RAGE, TYR, JBO and AMORPHIS have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD IMMORTAL IN ...
MNEMIC: New Album Details Revealed
Denmark's self-professed "fusion future metal" band MNEMIC has set "Passenger" as the title of its upcoming third studio album, which is scheduled for release in Europe on February 2 and in North America on February 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. In regards to the potent lyrical content, MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie states: "It's thematically ...
CATHEDRAL Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST
CATHEDRAL has been confirmed for the 2006 Monterrey Metal Fest, set to be held Saturday, November 18 at the Coca Cola Auditorium in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. BLIND GUARDIAN will headline the event, which will also feature main-stage performances by U.D.O. and EDGUY. The entire new main-stage and second-stage festival line-up will ...