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Poison Frontman Jams

It would be nice to have a new album of Poison material one of these days, but frontman Bret Michaels doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get the band back into the studio. His latest is Good Songs and Great Friends, an album of covers of…
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Added by News on June 18, 2013 at 11:01am — No Comments

Queensryche Already Thinking Ahead To Next Album

The Todd La Torre-fronted version of Queensryche have not yet released their first album with the new line-up but they're already talking about where they'd like the follow-up to go.

With the band's self-titled album due on June 25, La Torre says he'd like to see the next album get heavier than its predecessor, and to explore longer song structures.…

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Black Sabbath Make History With #1 U.K. Debut

Black Sabbath have landed at #1 in the UK with 13, their first album of new tracks with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978's Never Say Die, and earning the band their first number one UK album in over 42 years: their last album to attain that honor was Paranoid in October 1970.

"I'm in shock!" Ozzy tells OfficialCharts.com. "The success of…

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Added by News on June 18, 2013 at 10:40am — No Comments

The Replacements To Reunite For Three Riot Fest Shows

Legendary alt-rockers The Replacements are set to return to the stage for the first time in more than two decades. Core members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson will headline Riot Fest in three locales – Chicago, Toronto and Denver – beginning in late August. The rest of the band’s lineup will be announced at a later date; word is original…
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Added by News on June 18, 2013 at 10:34am — No Comments

Keith Richards On Turning 70: “If I Had A Secret, I’d Bottle It”

Keith Richards opened up on a wide range of topics in a just-published cover-story for Men’s Journal. The discussion included talk of his complicated relationship with Mick Jagger and his thoughts on turning 70 this December.

“A lot of these things are blown way out of whack,” Richards said, addressing ongoing…

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Added by News on June 18, 2013 at 10:28am — No Comments

Dave Mustaine: Megadeth Speak “From the Heart” On New Album

Dave Mustaine decided to steer away from topical subjects and focus more on matters of the heart for Megadeth’s new album, Super Collider. Speaking to Billboard, the veteran guitarist said he…
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Added by News on June 14, 2013 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Ringo Starr Turning “Octopus’s Garden” Into Children’s Book

Ringo Starr is partnering with noted illustrator Ben Cort to create a children’s picture book based on The Beatles song, “Octopus’s Garden.” The book will tell a story of five children taken on an underwater adventure by a friendly octopus. A CD featuring a previously unreleased portion of the song will be included in the…
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Rage Against the Machine, U2, And agit8

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and Mumford & Sons are among the artists lending their talents to agit8, a music-based campaign putting the spotlight on issues associated with extreme poverty.

U2 frontman Bono’s anti-poverty organization ONE launched the new initiative this week, which offers videos of various artists covering protest…

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Added by News on June 13, 2013 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Rise Against’s Zach Blair Rocks Gibsons At Orion



Rise Against rocked the Budweiser Orion stage at last weekend’s Orion Music + More festival, which, of course, was put on by Metallica. We couldn’t help but notice Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair and frontman Tim McIlrath rocking their Gibsons during the show, which…

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Added by News on June 13, 2013 at 7:22pm — No Comments

Zakk Wylde To Pick Up Vegas Rocks! Magazine Award



One of our favorite metal guitarists, Zakk Wylde, is set to be honored for his work with Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne and beyond at the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards 2013 this summer. Specifically, the…
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Added by News on June 13, 2013 at 7:14pm — No Comments

The Darkness Return To Club Shows

The Darkness recently supported Lady Gaga on stadium and arena dates. But to close 2013, they’re going back to smaller venues. The Darkness will play, in its entirety, their #1 debut album Permission To Land which featured the hard-rocking “Get Your Hands Off My Woman” and “I Believe In a Thing Called Love.”



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Added by News on June 12, 2013 at 5:27pm — No Comments

108 Rock Star Guitars Book



Photographer/author Lisa S. Johnson is publishing a new book in September 2013. It’s a collection called 108 Rock Star Guitars -  intimate portraits of the cherished guitars owned by Les Paul, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Lou Reed, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Nancy Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Nielsen, Slash,…
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Added by News on June 12, 2013 at 5:20pm — No Comments

Metallica Play Surprise Gig

It wasn't exactly a surprise that Metallica would play at the Orion Music + More Festival, which is the band's own creation. Metallica was already scheduled to close day two of the festival. What wasn't known was that Metallica would appear on the festival's second smallest stage in the afternoon on the first day of the festival. The previously…
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Added by News on June 12, 2013 at 5:14pm — No Comments

Beady Eye Release Sophomore Album

Liam Gallagher's Oasis spin off Beady Eye released their second album yesterday (June 10). The album, which is titled BE, is produced by Dave Sitek, who also produced the band's first album, and it’s the follow-up to the band’s 2011 debut release Different Gear, Still Speeding. In a…
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Added by News on June 12, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Opera In The Way Of Zeppelin Reunion

Earlier in the year Robert Plant hinted that he was open to a Led Zeppelin reunion next year, saying in an interview with 60 Minutes in Australia "I've got nothing to do in 2014."



Plant has previously been the one of the surviving members of the band to say no to reunion offers. Now that Plant is finally open to some…
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Added by News on June 11, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Form New Supergroup

The Rides, a new all-star blues rock supergroup featuring guitarist Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, CSN, CSN&Y), guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and keyboardist Barry Goldberg (Electric Flag) release their debut album Can’t Get Enough on Monday August 26 via Provogue Records.

The album, which was produced by Jerry Harrison…

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Added by News on June 11, 2013 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Vivian Campbell Of Def Leppard Diagnosed With Cancer

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has released a statement through his Facebook page that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Campbell writes that the disease was found when his doctor was trying to figure out the cause of a persistent…
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Added by News on June 11, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Tom Petty Concert Stopped By Fire Marshal

When Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers played at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles over the weekend, the show came to an abrupt end. After about 90 minutes Petty was told by a fire marshal that the floor of the venue was 100 people over capacity. Petty announced this to the crowd, and jokingly asked if there were 100 people that would consider…
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Added by News on June 11, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Dream Theater Name New Album





Dream Theater have completed work on their latest album, which is due for release on Friday September 20 on Roadrunner Records.



Titled simply Dream Theater, it'll be the first release that drummer Mike Mangini has been in on from the very beginning - the material was already written prior to Mangini stepping foot in the…

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Added by News on June 10, 2013 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Adrian Belew Leaves Nine Inch Nails

Well, that didn't last long. Mere days after Nine Inch Nails unveiled their first new track in a jillion years, the brilliant Came Back Haunted from their forthcoming album Hesitation Marks, guitarist Adrian Belew has announced that he's left the band.



Belew's initial announcement of the parting of ways was a Facebook message…
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Added by News on June 10, 2013 at 5:07pm — No Comments

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