Next Tuesday, April 22,В Bulgaria’s capitalВ Sofia shall celebrate The Day of the Earth. The event shall culminate in the evening, at the open-air summer stage in the city’s Freedom Park, with a free concert featuring D_2, Root Soujah, Popara, Gologan, and more.

On May 5 (Monday) Sofia’s Party Center “4 KM” shall host the Mayday Fest 2008. The event shall feature sets by Ignite, Death Before Dishonor, Born from Pain (on the photo), BurnThe8Track, Smut, A-Moral, B.F.D.M., Brothers in Blood, MelekhВ and Rise Up. Tickets cost 15 Euro and can be purchased via Eventim.bgВ and Ticketstream.bg.

The final of the competition Battle of the Bands – Bulgaria 2008 had to be moved from the previously announced May 10 at the Black Box ClubВ toВ May 9В (Friday)В at theВ Party Center “4 KM” in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer has revealed that the band will perform all songs from its classic 1975 “Alive!” release on the forthcoming European leg of the Alive 35 World Tour, along with “obscure songs never played before”. As already known, Kiss will wear the “Destroyer” (1976) costumes for the upcoming tour, which will kick off […]

Motley Crue have uploaded the video for their new single “Saints of Los Angeles” on the Internet. You may check it out below. The song, which features backing vocals by Josh Todd (Buckcherry), Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Chris Brown (Trapt) and James Michael (Sixx: A.M.), is the title track of the group’s new album, due […]

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has revealed that “I’m finishing up a record with Brian Eno, a musician that I worked with 30 years ago. We did a record together of songs, and that’ll come out. And I’m also working on a collaboration with Fatboy Slim, also songs, I don’t know when that’ll be […]

A recording from David Bowie‘s North American Ziggy Stardust Tour is to be made available as a double album on June 30 via EMI. Entitled “Live Santa Monica ’72“, the show was recorded at the Los Angeles Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 20, 1972, and has been a famous bootlegged album from the Ziggy […]

Bulgarian progressive metal quintet Mystica completed work on its full-length debut album. The CD, recorded at Stain Studio, shall be entitled “Dreams in Real Forms” (view cover in the left) and is set to surface in the end of May. Additional details can be found at myspace.com/mysticabg.

Bob Dylan has completed an illustrated kid’s book, called “Forever Young“. The 40-page “heartwarming and meaningful story about the importance of doing good” is for those aged three and up, and should hit shelves on October 6.

Soulfly set “Conquer” as the title of their next studio album, due on July 29 via Roadrunner Records. Recorded in a line-up featuring Max Cavalera (guitar and vocals), Joe Nunez (drums), Marc Rizzo (guitar) and Bobby Burns (bass), the CD is going to include 13 songs, some of them being recorded with guest appearances by […]