RockersВ INXS have sacked JD Fortune, the lead singer they recruited through a US reality show, with the star admitting fame drove him to drugs. The singer, who was picked to front the group after winning the series Rockstar: INXS, said he was now broke and living in his car in native Canada after being dumped […]

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST , ICED EARTH) will release his first solo album, “Play My Game”, in May via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen brand-new tracks that Owens composed himself or together with renowned friends, such as Bob Kulick, Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, […]

Tuomas Holopainen has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 Soundi Award. The leader, songwriter, and keyboardist of NIGHTWISH is an inspiring example of a musician possessing clear vision, proper musical education, and stamina. After founding NIGHTWISH in his native town of Kitee in 1996, Holopainen has kept his eyes on the horizon while […]

The first eight-minute video report from SEPULTURA’s current European headlining tour — featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with guitarist Andreas Kisser and vocalist Derrick Green — can be viewed below. Please, don’t forget that the first concert of the tour was the 3rd Tangra Mega Rock anniversary bash here in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 6th. […]

Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory, Arkaea) and Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) are among the musicians who will play for Hollywood United — a star-studded soccer club featuring players from the entertainment and music industry — on April 11 at the first annual “Setanta Cup” indoor soccer tournament at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in […]

Hollywood star Adam Sandler has covered Neil Young’s Like A Hurricane. During a recent stint on the David Letterman Show, The Wedding Singer star rocked out with Keith Richards and Stevie Nicks collaborator, Waddy Wachtel to cover the song from Neil’s 1977 album, American Stars N’ Bars. Please tell us, what do you think of […]

‘Belfast Confetti’ due out on April 27th 2009 on DR2 is a collection of gritty acoustic songs, full of passion, dirt, whisky and tales of a misspent youth in the land of the Emerald Isle. Ricky reflects: “I found myself looking deeper into the well for this record. Each song is not unlike a prayer. […]

Although it has been announced that AC/DC will perform on May 26 at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, the production company Komuna, which is organizing the concert in collaboration with firms from Germany, Romania and Bulgaria, still hasn’t signed the contract officially renting the stadium for the event, according to Blic Online. “The contract […]

The four ringleaders of torrent site Pirate Bay set foot in a Swedish courtroom yesterday (Feb. 16) to face charges of copyright infringement. The four men, Carl Lundstrom, Fredrik Neijm, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg all entered innocent pleas to charges of conspiracy to break copyright law and being an accessory to breaking copyright […]

Gallows have revealed the tracklisting of their forthcoming enw album, ‘Grey Britain’, set for release on May 4. The album, the follow-up to 2006’s ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’, was produced by Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Biffy Clyro) in London. The tracklisting of ‘Grey Britain’ will be: ‘The Riverbank’‘London Is The Reason’‘Leeches’‘Black Eyes’‘I Dread The […]