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Metallica, The Stooges, Jeff Beck, Run DMC, War, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Bobby Womack and Chic have been nominated for induction into to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009. The ceremony will take place on April 4 at the Public Hall in Cleveland.
A hospital spokeswoman says former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and popular disc jockey DJ AM (real name – Adam Goldstein) have been critically injured in a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when […]
Just a few months after releasing their self-titled album (a.k.a. “The Red Album”), Weezer doesn’t plan to waste any time in getting to work on the next one. Drummer Pat Wilson told Billboard that the quartet plans to start recording the CD in early November.
Canadian progressive rock gods Rush are to release their eagerly awaited “Snakes & Arrows Live” DVD at the end of November. The three-disc set was mainly filmed during the band’s show in Rotterdam, Holland in October 2007.
This Sunday’s Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature videos by Nile, W.A.S.P., Def Leppard, Rammstein, Scar Symmetry, Trivium, One Way Warrior, In Flames, Sonic Syndicate, Nightwish, Die apokalyptischen Reiter, Metallica and many more.
Italian metallers Eldritch shall support Firewind in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 12, 2008. Eldritch – “The Blackened Day“
Despite the rumours that Thin Lizzy won’t do their planned fall European tour, the band’s management has confirmed that the concerts will take place.
The Vancouver Sun reports that tickets to AC/DC’s November concert at Vancouver’s GM Place went on sale Friday morning, at precisely 10 a.m., at a price of $99 via Ticketmaster’s website. Four minutes later the show completely sold out, according to promoter Live Nation…
Two new solo tracks from Scott Weiland, entitled “Missing Cleveland” and “Paralysis“, can be heard online. They are available for streaming respectively here and here. Both cuts will appear on the singer’s sophomore solo album, “Happy in Galoshes” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release on November 25 via the artist’s label Softdrive Records.