The Lostprophets are to play the Newport Centre on April 27. They’ll also be on the bill for the Give It A Name Fetsival, which happens in Manchester and London on April 29/30.

Рўhe legendary New York-band Sick Of It All will play at Sofia’s Black Box on April 23rd (Sunday). (A year ago the same place saw a gig by another American legendary band – Agnostic Front.) Support will come from Bulgarian bands Not Broken In Spirit and Last Hope. The gig is set to start at […]

Ronnie James Dio is not re-joining Black Sabbath. The legendary singer is currently collaborating with guitarist Tony Iommi on a planned box set based on the band’s Dio era, and this will include new songs. But there will be no tour.

Thursday have been forced to cancel a number of shows in Canada. This is because vocalist Geoff Rickley is suffering from severe throat problems.

Norwegian band ‘I‘ have signed to Nuclear Blast. The band – who include members of Immortal, Enslaved and Gorgoroth – will start recording their debut album at the end of April.

On Tuesday, April 18, only two days before the great gig the legendary band Review with Vasso Gyurov will enter Tangra Mega Rock‘s studio. At 12:00 noon time. At Supermarket Varbanov! On Wednesday, April 19, at 12:00 noon time again – the same will happen to Hipodil! Finally – at a media – not sensored!!!

Hard-Fi have released details of their first live DVD due out next month. Filmed at London Astoria last year, ‘In Operation’ features 13 tracks including all of their debut ‘Stars Of CCTV’ plus brand new song ‘You And Me’ and a cover version of ‘Seven Nation Army’.The release comes backed with an exclusive additional CD […]

PJ Harvey will perform at the opening night of the Hay-On-Wye literary festival on May 26, a bash known for attracting renowned authors from around the world. The set, which is Harvey‘s first UK performance since 2004, will see her perform a intimate set playing just guitar and piano.

Arctic Monkeys kicked off their first headlining UK tour of 2006 in Nottingham last night (April 13).The tour has been one of the year’s hottest tickets, and the band will debut new tracks from their forthcoming EP ‘Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys’ (out on April 24).

Leaves’ Eyes will release a new EP entitled “Legend Land” on June 2nd through Napalm Records. A release party is being held on May 20th at Kornhaus Hunfeld in Hunfeld, Germany to give fans a chance to hear the EP two weeks ahead of time. Drummer Moritz Neuner will be a special guest DJ for […]