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, 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 ...
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, 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 ...
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 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 ...
Guitarist Dan Lorenzo (ex-HADES and NON-FICTION) has issued the following update on THE CURSED, his new project also featuring OVERKILL's Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, bassist Job the Raver (MURDER 1), and drummer Mike Cristi (ex-NON-FICTION): "Blitz is still on Gigantour with MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD. The tour ends in about 10 days. After that we'll ...
Berkeley, California-based rock band KAURA has been added to the GODSMACK and ROB ZOMBIE show in Concord on October 1. KAURA will take the stage at 7:00 p.m. Just one month after being invited to open for TOOL on the band's "10,000 Days" tour stop in Sacramento, KAURA (pronounced Kay-Ora) is looking forward to playing ...
Mnemosyne Productions, the company owned/operated by partners Ihsahn (EMPEROR frontman) and wife Ihriel since 2003, has announced the launch of the new STAROFASH web site. These pages contain general information, visuals and audio samples and will be regularly updated with news. A taste of the STAROFASH material currently in progress will also be ...
