Simply Red, fronted by Mick Hucknall will play a gig in Sofia on September 1st. The gig will take place at Festivalna Hall starting at 8 pm. Simply Red‘s gig in Sofia is a part of their European tour, which is set to start with UK-gigs in June. The tour will feature 31 live dates […]

The Inbreds are to release an EP in June. It’s called ‘Romancing The Serpent‘ and will be on the Anticulture label.

A live DVD shot on last year’s inaugural ‘Sounds Of The Underground Tour’ is released by DRT at the end of June. The bands featured are All That Remains, DevilDriver, A Life Once Lost, Madball, High On Fire, Strapping Young Lad, Throwdown, Norma Jean, Every Time I Die, GWAR, Chimaira, Unearth, Clutch, Poison The Well, […]

Extreme, one of the biggest bands of the late 1980s, are to re-form for a show in their home town, Boston, on June 30. The line-up is Gary Cherone (vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Pat Badger (bass) and Paul Geary (drums).

Motorhead, Saliva, P.O.D. and Shadows Fall all have tracks featured on the album ‘WWE: Wreckless Intent’. Released by Columbia in America at the end of May, this is a compilation of intro themes, used by WWE superstars. Also included are songs from Brand New Sin, Zebrahead, Killswitch Engage and Theory Of A Deadman.

Motley Crue will have to finish up their Canadian tour without drummer Tommy Lee, who’s still suffering from tendonitis. His replacement is former Skrape man Will Hunt, with Dark New Day.

Wilco has been road-testing material intended for its next Nonesuch album and will return to the studio next month for more recording. The group has no firm timetable for the release of the as-yet-untitled set, which will be the follow-up to 2004‘s “A Ghost Is Born.”

The Lostprophets are to call their new album ‘Liberation Transmission’. It’s to be released in late June.

Earache Records have teamed up with Metro 3D for develop a new computer game called ‘Earache: Extreme Metal Racing’, which is to be launched in various formats on July 7. Featured on the soundtrack are such bands as Napalm Death, At The Gates, Cathedral, The Haunted, Hate Eternal, Cult Of Luna, Beecher, Urkraft, Anata, Mistress […]

As I Lay Dying are to release an album of early recordings next month. It’s to be called ‘A Long March: The First Recordings’. This is also to feature new versions of old songs.