The historic Live Aid concert, featuring performances by BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, QUEEN, THE WHO and LED ZEPPELIN, will be released on DVD in the fall. Earlier this year, the Band Aid Trust agreed to auction the global rights for the concerts for the first time, after pirated copies were found for sale on the ...
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According to KissKollector.com, drummer Eric Singer, who is currently touring the U.S. with KISS, has donated signed KISS photos, drum heads and drum sticks to UNICEF award-winning charity ABC Trust. Founded by Jimmy Page's wife Jimena, with Jimmy and Brian May (QUEEN) serving as patrons, ABC (Action for Brazil's Children) Trust is committed ...
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Italian symphonic power metallers KALEDON will enter Alpha & Omega studios in Como, Italy on Wednesday (July 7) to begin recording their third full-length album, "The Way of the Light", for a January 2005 release through SteelBorn Records. The follow-up to 2003's "The King's Rescue" will feature guest appearances by STRATOVARIUS drummer Jörg Michael and ...
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Hal Leonard, the world's leading music book producers, are offering an YNGWIE MALMSTEEN tab book, entitled "The Yngwie Malmsteen Anthology" (image). According to a posting on the publisher's web site, the book contains "tab transcriptions for 22 tunes from the original shred master who brought the neo-classical style into the forefront ...
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A brand-new theSTART track, entitled "Like Days", has been posted online at this location. "Like Days" comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Initiation", due on August 24 through Nitro Records. "Initiation" track listing: 01. Like Days 02. Life Is Sweet 03. Peacocks 04. The Underwater Song 05. All or Nothing 06. Initiation 07. ...
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Former Canadian "metal queen" Lee Aaron's official web site has uploaded a photo of Lee with her first child, a baby girl named Angela Maris, who was born on June 7. Check it out here. "[Husband] John and I are so thrilled to welcome our first child into the world," Aaron said in ...
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Around 800 German rock music fans participated in an online poll to choose the Top 50 rock songs of the last 50 years. The Top 50 list, as selected by the users of the Rockantenne.de web site, is as follows: 01. LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven 02. AC/DC – Highway to Hell ...
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COLD frontman Scooter Ward's duet with singer Sierra Swan on a track called "You Got a Way" can currently be streamed online at the following locations: Real Audio, Windows Media. "You Got a Way" is scheduled to appear on Swan's upcoming solo album, "Queen of the Valley Girls", due this summer ...
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VICIOUS RUMORS guitarist Geoff Thorpe will be making a guest appearance on several tracks on the third full-length album from Italian symphonic power metallers KALEDON. The follow-up to 2003's "The King's Rescue", "The Way of the Light" will also feature the drumming talents of Jörg Michael (STRATOVARIUS). A late 2004 release through SteelBorn Records is ...
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Perris Records has announced the complete track listing for "Hollywood Hairspray III", a collection of "brand new and unreleased tracks from some of today's favorites as well some new up-and-coming artists." It is as follows: 01. STAMPEDE QUEEN - "In It For The Money" 02. FUNNY MONEY - "Bad Luck" 03. MAD MARGRITT - "Straight ...
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STRATOVARIUS' Jörg Michael will be recording the drum tracks for the third full-length album from Italian symphonic power metallers KALEDON at the Alpha Omega studio in Como, Italy. "This is a very professional recording studio, and the sound engineer is the ANCIENT's manager," reads a post on the group's web site. "He is a very ...
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According to AC/DC fan site Crabsody In Blue, late AC/DC singer Bon Scott has topped the list of 100 greatest frontmen published in the July 2004 issue of the U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine. Top 10 greatest frontmen, according to Classic Rock magazine: 01. Bon Scott (AC/DC) 02. Freddie Mercury (QUEEN) 03. Robert Plant ...
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Former Canadian "metal queen" Lee Aaron and her husband John have announced the birth of their first child, a baby girl named Angela, on June 7. "Both mother and daughter are doing great and thank everyone for their happy wishes," reads a posting on Lee's web site. Aaron, who currently lives in the Vancouver B.C., ...
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Perris Records have announced the upcoming release of "Hollywood Hairspray Vol. 3". This year's compilation with feature new and unreleased tracks from TIGERTAILZ, STAMPEDE QUEEN, MAD MARGRITT, GEMINI 5, SHAMELESS, SWITCHBLADE, BAI BANG, CHERRY ST. and MACHINEGUN KELLY. In addition, there will also be tracks from new up-and-coming bands such as NINETEEN88, TRACY GANG PUSSY, ...
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Canadian heavy metal legend THOR is heading to Los Angeles in June to record his 14th studio album, titled "Thor Against The World", with producers Messiaz (a.k.a. Frank Meyer and Bruce Duff) at the helm. On "Thor Against The World", THOR will be backed by Los Angeles three-piece SWEET JUSTICE, which features Frank Meyer (THE ...
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ALICE COOPER performed at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland on Friday (June 4). Check out pictures from Wire Image. Upcoming ALICE COOPER tour dates: Jun. 06 - Bologna, ITA @ L'Arena Parco Nord Jun. 08 - Thessaloniki, GRE @ Paok Sports Arena Jun. 09 - Athens, GRE @ Petra Theatre Jun. 10 ...
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OZZY OSBOURNE will be one of the performers at a huge free concert in London to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame in Britain, according to Reuters. The concert, which will be headlined by ROD STEWART, will also feature performances by JAMES BROWN, OZZY's daughter Kelly, JAMELIA, EMMA BUNTON, WILL YOUNG and MCFLY. The ...
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Reuters is reporting that Irish rock star Bob Geldof has denied he has teamed up with U2 singer Bono for a repeat of the 1985 Live Aid concerts to raise money to help ease third world debt. The Sun newspaper had earlier run a front page story saying Prime Minister Tony Blair was backing "Live ...
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According to a posting at Jeff Scott Soto's web site, the TALISMAN/ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist is planning on embarking on an Australian tour beginning in early September. Among the cities that will be covered on the trek are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart (Tazmania). More details on the tour, which is being organized by Andrew ...
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QUEEN guitarist Brian May is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming "Spider-Man 2", according to Launch Radio Networks. He plays on a song called "Someone To Die For", which was written and sung by Jimmy Gnecco of the band THE OURS. The initial plan was for the song to appear on the album and ...
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Laser light shows featuring the music of KISS, VAN HALEN, AC/DC, AEROSMITH, BLACK SABBATH and dozens of other rock and pop acts will be staged at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida beginning this Tuesday (June 1) and running through Aug. 7, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Laser light shows ...
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A Spanish journalist music journalist and avid collector has ranked IRON MAIDEN as the 18th "most collected" musical artist, according to a posting at the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com. Jordi Tarda has published a book about the craze of music collecting, entitled "Diario de un Coleccionista" ("The Diary of a Collector"). The ...
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Frontiers Records will be issuing LANA LANE's newest live release, "Return to Japan", a double CD release over two hours in length that chronicles the vocalist's last four Japanese tours from 1998 to 2002. Disc One contains full band performances from the concerts at Club Citta (2002) and Club Quattro (1999) and Disc Two contains ...
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News.com.au is reporting that distributors of Australian film "Thunderstruck" (web site) have had to put on extra screenings to cope with overseas interest at the Cannes Film Festival. So if that is anything to go by, the film has good chances of being picked up by overseas buyers. "My job here is to ...
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman recently spent time at Heartbeat Studios in Tokyo, Japan laying down guitars on a special track to be mixed in 5.1 surround sound by legendary QUEEN producer Mack ("Another One Bites The Dust", "Dragon Attack", etc.) The tune will be available as a bonus track on an upcoming DVD that ...
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Richmond, Virginia's "crossover kings" MUNICIPAL WASTE have inked a deal with Earache Records. MUNICIPAL WASTE deliver "blazing fast, raw thrash-core in the tradition of D.R.I., SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, 'Animosity'-era CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, NUCLEAR ASSAULT and ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT," according to an official press release. "All barely in their 20s, the members of MUNICIPAL WASTE inject youthful energy ...
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Canadian metal legends RAZOR, EXCITER and ANVIL will be teaming up for a one-off performance at the Gates Of Hell 2004 festival on July 24 in Toronto, Ontario. This will be the first time that these metal pioneers have played together on the same bill, and it marks the first time EXCITER and RAZOR will ...
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Former MARILYN MANSON guitarist Scott Putesky (a.k.a. Daisy Berkowitz) has spoken to the Associated Press about the release of "Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows", a compact disc of recordings made in the early 1990s when the band was known as THE SPOOKY KIDS. Prior to the release of Manson's 1994 debut, "Portrait of an American ...
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QUEEN guitarist Brian May has cancelled his participation in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas next month. In a message on his official web site, Brian writes, "I have regretfully withdrawn from the Dallas concert. I just got to the point where I realized the pressure of work was insane. I couldn't ...
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Canada's STAMPEDE QUEEN will release their new album, "A Night At The Cockfights", on May 11 through Perris Records. STAMPEDE QUEEN was featured on the 2002 compilation "Hollywood Hairspray" with the track "Woman In A Fast Car" on Perris Records. "A Night At The Cockfights" features 14 tracks of in your face, hard driving rock ...
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