Sam Riley has won the Rising Star Award at this year’s Richard Attenborough Film Awards for his portrayal of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. The former 10,000 Things singer starred in the biopic “Control”, directed by Anton Corbijn. “Control” – movie trailer

Original Warrant singer John Kennedy Oswald a.k.a. Jani Lane is back in the band after he quin in 2004. The Californian glam metal veterans are likely to announce touring plans soon, however no word of a new album has been spread yet… Warrant – “Cherry Pie” (live)

If you’ve never seen how a bunch of nearly 70-year-old rock musicians play brilliantly for 90 minutes and make 3,000 fans get up and sing along as one, you’ve probably missed your only chanceВ on January 30, 2008, when the T.C.B. BandВ and The Sweet Inspirations – the band and backing vocalists who’ve played withВ Elvis PresleyВ from 1969 […]

Tarja Turunen has released the video for her new solo single, “Die Alive”, which can be watched below. The footage was shot in December 2007 in Berlin, Germany, while the song itself comes off the former Nightwish singer’s solo album “My Winter Storm”. Tarja Turunen – “Die Alive“

Two of the 11 tracks from the upcoming debut album by Cavalera Conspiracy – “Sanctuary” and “Inflikted” – can be downloaded for free, respective ly HERE and HERE. As for the eagerly awaited full-length CD by the reunited Cavalera brothers, it shall be entitled “Inflikted” and is scheduled for release on March 24 via Roadrunner […]

John Paul Jones (on the photo) has done a special orcehstral arrangement of the Foo Fighters song “The Pretender“… and there’s more: The Led Zeppelin man shall conduct the orchestra himself during Dave Grohl & Co’s performance of the above-mentioned hit single at the Grammy Awards ceremony on February 10. Foo Fighters – “The Pretender” […]

To celebrate the release of the double CD compilation “Credit to the Nation”, Sofia’sВ Stroeja ClubВ shall host 4 concerts featuring 13 Bulgarian alternative rock bands in total: February 4 – Cigaretta, MacrophoneВ and Кълн. February 5 – Panican Whyasker, Bad HabitВ and Jeremy. February 11 – Awake, Skre4В and Better Place Navy. February 12 – Ostava, Animacionerite, MatchpointВ and Blush. […]

Exactly 35 years ago, on January 30, 1973, Kiss performed their very first concert ever. The show took place in Queens, New York, when the band played two sets for a crowd of under 10 people… Below you can see and hear footage of Kiss playing live just a few months after this historic event: […]

Notorious bass player Nikki Sixx announced that he and his band mates have written “10 songs done for the new Motley Crue album so far… A couple of song titles are called “A Scar on Hollywood Blvd.” and “The Saints of Los Angeles”… The album is called “The Dirt”.” There’s still no word when the […]

Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Klaxons and My Chemical Romance are among the bands who lead the way in the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 nominations. The ceremony shall take place on February 28 at the Indig02 in north Greenwich, London, and the winners shall be picked until February 25 from the nominees, some of which are: […]