BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has lent one of his guitars to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin for a new exhibition called “RockChic: The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar 1931-2006”. The guitar on loan from Iommi is one of his black limited-edition Gibson Custom Shop SGs, as played on BLACK SABBATH […]

The Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke, who often makes statements, unrelated to music, this time defended the fish. In a posting on the official site of the band, Yorke expressed his anger with the huge amounts of fish ordered by supermarkets and the enormous nets that drag everything up. “Not that I eat meat or fish, […]

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS won several awards at the American Music Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles last night. The band took the awards for best alternative and best rock-pop band, while the Canadians Nickelback took the award for best rock-pop album. Meanwhile, the Billboard reported that the Peppers and Queens of the Stone Age […]

The Cure have been confiremd for the 2007 Ultra Music Festival which takes place on March 27 in Miami. The appearance will be preceeded by a new DVD ‘The Cure: Festival 2005’, a 30-song compilation of the band’s 2005 Festival jaunt, which is released in the US on December 5. Meanwhile, the band are also […]

KING’S X will put out demo versions of their old classical songs plus a few new songs and audio comments to each song. As a part of their deal with the Texan labelВ  Molken Music the recordings will come out only in digital format and only on the internet. First will be the collection of […]

The DEPECHE MODE vocalist Dave Gahan complained that nobody loves them in native Englans. The singer says that the band go largely unacknowledged in their native Britain – even though they’re one of the few UK groups to really crack the American market. He tells The Sun, “I don’t get it. We’re a band that […]

The Norwegian black metal bandВ  DIMMU BORGIR have completed the mixing of their new album. It is expected that the album, with producers Fredrik Nordstrom and Patrik Sten, will come out in early 2007 with the Nuclear Blast label. The group’s guitarist, Silenoz, has issued the following update on the recording/mixing process:”After what we can […]

The newest album ofВ  KULTUR SHOCK, who will be the headliners of Tangra Mega Live 3 on December 1, “We Came to Take Your Jobs Away”, came out legally in Bulgaria, as well. It is distributed by Wizard and costs 16 leva. Besides in stores, the CD can be bought online on this address. From […]

PAUL WELLER is due to release a career-spanning retrospective entitled Hit Parade in late January. The four disc box set will be released in the US via Yep Rock, and will feature music from Weller’s days in The Jam, The Style Council and his solo work. Confirmed tracks include “All Around the World,” “Money Go […]

The old feud between BLUR and OASIS started again. This time the animosities were started by Blur bass player Alex James who described the Gallagher brothers as “grotesque”. James, who hosts the new VH1 show The Nation’s Favourite Album top 100, starting on November 18, commented that “Oasis are slightly ridiculous characters. They’ve been grotesque […]