Originally expected in April, Dave Matthews Band‘s as-yet-untitled new RCA album will now arrive June 2. The group has also announced its annual summer tour, beginning May 27 in Darien Center, N.Y. The dates will follow a previously announced spring run, which kicks off April 14 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Support acts for […]

The great US band enteredВ today ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock ChartВ with ‘Set To Fail’В from their forthcoming new album ‘Wrath’ (Roadrunner/ Virginia Records). It will be officially out next weekand according to the album review ofВ Stefan Topuzov published on our website today: “Wrath’ is more like England’s third goal against Germany from the 1966 FIFA World […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]