NEWS

30 May 2006

Guns n’ Roses have announced details of a full UK tour, their first since 1993.The band, led by frontman Axl Rose, will play their biggest trek on these shores for years in July, kicking off at Sheffield’s Hallam FM Arena on July 18, support will come from Bullet For My Valentine.Following on from their recent […]

30 May 2006

PJ Harvey performed brand new tracks at the Guardian festival, Hay-on-Wye over the weekend. In her only live appearance this year, Polly took the piano and explained to the crowd “I’ve never played the piano in front of people before, so I’m incredibly nervous. Every time I play a duff note, I’m going to pull […]

30 May 2006

Finnish melodic death metallers Omnium Gatherum have posted the following message at their official website:“The new vocalist of Omnium Gatherum is Jukka Pelkonen, also known as the ‘J’, from the band called Elenium.Jukka and ‘The New OG‘ will do its debut gig at Finnish Tuska Open Air Metal Festival after party at Gloria, Helsinki on […]

30 May 2006

Former Anthrax guitarist Paul Crook has posted some pictures and video footage from VH1’s Rock Honors Show at the band’s official website featuring guitarist Scott Ian playing bass on a cover of the Kiss classic ‘God Of Thunder’. Go to this location to check the material out.

30 May 2006

According to an advertisement placed by Sydney’s Gaelic Theatre in Street Press Publication Drum Media, German thrash legends Kreator will be in Australia, and playing Sydney on August 25th. And Kreator have just confirmed the aforementioned “leak” on their official website: “Yes, the rumours are true! Kreator will tour Australia in August! We will announce […]

30 May 2006

According to the official Holy Moses website, the band will not be playing the three live dates in Italy with Tankard that had been scheduled for the end of September and into October. Italian Holy Moses fans will be able to see the band play at the Badia Rocks Festival in Badia, Italy on July […]

30 May 2006

The Megadeth eBay store is once again open for business. Drummer ShР°wn Drover is auctioning a Blackmail The Universe World Tour concert-worn shirt, his Japan/Australia tour itinerary and a set of drumsticks used during the recordings for the band’s forthcoming album. Go to the following links to check out the auctions: Concert-Worn Tour Shirt Tour […]

30 May 2006

Whitesnake have postponed their show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo from tonight until June 1. This is because David Coverdale has gone down with an illness.

30 May 2006

Frameshift mastermind Henning Pauly is currently working on a punk album. He has posted a new track “The Fuckheads From Connecticut” at his official website to tease the fans.

30 May 2006

The Dillinger Escape Plan are to call their upcoming EP ‘Plagiarism’. To be made available exclusively through iTunes from mid-June, it includes a version of Soundgarden’s ‘Jesus Christ Pose’. This has now been posted here.