Ronnie Wood ofВ THE ROLLING STONESВ was released on bail Thursday after being arrested for possible assault in southern England, police and his spokesman said. Police in Surrey said a 62-year-old man from was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of assault in connection with a domestic incidentВ in South London. Wood’s private life has been in turmoil for […]

AC/DC, METALLICA and JUDAS PRIESTВ are among the nominees for the Grammys. The Grammy Awards happen on January 31 in Los Angeles. It’s a bit strange that PRIESTВ are nominated with the song ‘Dissident Aggressor’ which was recorded and released as a part of theВ ‘Sin After Sin’ album in 1977, although SLAYER re-recorded it in 1988 in […]

MARILYN MANSON has parted ways with label Interscope “We’ve just been released from our record contract with Interscope so I think a lot of the creative control on which my hands were tied on a lot of choices — the music videos — things like that,” Manson told U.K.’s ‘Metal Hammer’ magazine. “And the first […]

Two men, whom BAYLEY says were clearly on drugs, nearly ran down one of the band’s entourage after their show in Agrinio, then followed the tour van and threw a brick through one of its windows, narrowly missing someone inside. “After gig we stopped on the way back to the hotel at a late-night shop. […]

Liam Gallagher has spoken out about his love for his brother and former bandmate Noel. Talking at the launch of his ‘Pretty Green’ clothing line, the singer revealed his feelings towards Noel: “He’s doing his thing, we’re doing our thing, I wish him all the best,” Liam told SKY News. “I’m his brother. I love […]

Joe Perry spoke to CNN about their search for a new singer. He told the network, ‘We have a short list and are talking to a lot of people… But I found the singer for my band (The Joe Perry Project) on YouTube, so there’s no reason why we can’t do the same.’ Who should […]

The Dimebag Darrell tribute CD will come packaged with issue 200 of ‘Metal Hammer’ on sale December 16th. ‘Metal Hammer’ are honored to pay tribute to Dimebag Darrell on December 16th. They have rounded up some of the biggest and best names from the world of metal to unleash their interpretations of the hardest and […]

Eric Woolfson, who man who co-founded The Alan Parsons Project, has died yesterdayВ at the age of 64 after battling against cancer. Woolfson was a driving force behind The Alan Parsons Project, writing all the lyrics and contributing some lead vocals.В  He wrote songs for the likes of Marianne Faithfulland Frank Ifield . Woolfson was also […]

The show of the famous Portugese metallers at the Blue Box in Sofia is tomorrow, but they decided to come in town the day before. “I’d like to say that personally and as a band we’re very happy that this show is happening. For a number of years we insisted on a Bulgarian show when […]

Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse, through Eagle Rock Entertainment has released a new studio album by the Steve Morse Band, ‘Out Standing In Their Field’. Morse, who got his start in the Dixie Dregs in the 1970s, has enjoyed a fruitful career, earning himself a reputation as a “musician’s musician.” He’s spent the last sixteen […]