Led Zeppelin have postponed their eagerly awaited reunion show at the 02 Arena in London from the previously announced November 26 to December 10. The reason – guitarist Jimmy Page has fractured a finger…

Drummer Chris Stromquist revealed that his US-based American-Bulgarian-Japanese-Croatian-Bosnian gang Kultur Shock shall release a recording of its sold-out show on December 1, 2006 at the Traffic Club in Sofia, Bulgaria during the third edition of the Tangra Mega Live concert series! “The new Kultur Shock live record, tentatively entitled “Live in Europe”, is mixed and […]

Amorphis and Benediction shall do signing sessions at the venue during the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival on November 3 at Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Finns shall give autographs at the hall’s foyer at 3:40 p.m., and the Brits – right after their set. Here’s the exact timing for the festival: – […]

Linda Stein, the one-time manager of The Ramones and ex-wife of Sire Records head/Warner Brothers vice-president Seymour Stein, was found dead on Tuesday night (October 30) in her Upper East Side apartment in Manhattan. Stein, 62, was found dead in her kitchen from “blunt force trauma to the head”. Police are treating the death as […]

After releasing their latest album “In Rainbows” as a download-only via Radiohead.com last month, Radiohead announced they’ve issue the effort on CD, too. To enable this, Thom Yorke & Co. have signed a deal with the independent label XL Recordings, known for working with artists like The White Stripes and Dizzee Rascal. The physical version […]

After releasing their double live CD “The Roundhouse Tapes” a week ago via Peaceville Records, Sweden’s metal avantgardists Opeth didn’t waste their time at all, as it gets obvious from an update issued by frontman Mikael Akerfeldt: “On October 28 at 9:20 a.m. my wife gave birth to our second daughter, Mirjam Ebba Maria Г…kerfeldt. […]

The German “psychotic voodoo punk” band Stoned AgeВ shall do its first ever shows in Bulgaria, respectively inВ Plovdiv on December 1 and Sofia on December 2. The gang, fronted by Diary of Dreams‘ Gauna, shall present its new album “Give Me a Thrill”. Additional info can be found at stoned-age.comВ and myspace.com/voodoopunk. Local support for both shows shall […]

The soundtrack for Led Zeppelin‘s concert movie “The Song Remains the Same” (view cover in the left), recorded during three nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1973 and originally released in September 1976 as a double LP with 9 songs, is going to be re-released on November 20 a double CD with 15 […]

Babyshambles‘ next single will be “You Talk”. It will be released on December 3 and is going to be the second track to be lifted from Pete Doherty & Co’s latest album, “Shotter’s Nation”. The substance of the CD will feature the title track plus acoustic versions of “UnBiloTitled” and “Carry On Up the Morning”, […]

On October 27, the German city of Stuttgart hosted the first edition of the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival, featuring Dimmu Borgir, Kataklysm, Blind Guardian, EdguyВ and Subway to Sally. Photos from the event can be seen HERE. The second and last edition of the 20 Years Nuclear Blast FestВ shall take place this Saturday in Sofia, […]