Lars Ulrich has forked out $14 million for a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Metallica’s drummer paid $2 million above the expected price of $12 million at the Christie’s auction house in New York City. The piece, entitled “Untitled (Boxer)” (view below), was painted by Basquiat in 1982 – six years before the New York artist […]

Roxy Music’s legendary leader Bryan Ferry performed live in Sofia, Bulgaria last night. At a private party, unfortunately… Check out some photos in our GALLERY.

Lostprophets drummer Ilan Rubin is to release the debut album with his one-man solo project The New Regime on November 18. Entitled “Coup”, the CD was entirely written and performed by Ilan alone. Check out some of them at адрес myspace.com/thenewregime. The New Regime trailer

Sepultura were one of the featured musical guests at last night’s (November 13) ninth annual Latin Grammy Awards 2008, held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The band performed a cover of “The Girl from Ipanema” and a new song called “We’ve Lost You” from their upcoming album “A-Lex” (European release date – January […]

New York City’s rock icons the New York Dolls shall hit the studio in january to record a new full-length album. The effort shall be produced by Todd Rundgren, who produced the band’s 1973 self-titled debut.

John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers shall release his tenth solo album on January 20, 2009. The CD (view cover in the left) shall be entitled “The Empyrean” and was recorded with the help ofВ Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers),В Johnny Marr (The Smiths) and Josh Klinghoffer (a.o. PJ Harvey, Beck, RHCP, NIN, etc.). Here’s […]

Finland’s rock superstars The Rasmus shall play live at the Universiada Hall inВ Sofia, BulgariaВ onВ February 12,В 2009. Tickets go on sale next Monday via Ticketpro.bg, costing 30 leva / 15 Euro (pre-sale)В and 40 leva / 20 Euro (at the door).

Mick Moss and Duncan Patterson (ex-Anathema) will record new versions of select Antimatter tracks for the forthcoming retrospective compilation “Alternative Matter”. The 2 CD + 1 DVD set is scheduled to surface in mid-to-late 2009. Antimatter – “The Last Laugh” (live)

Some two weeks after releasing their live DVD “The Roundhouse Tapes”, Sweden’s progressive masters Opeth premiered their brand-new video. The song chosen is the brilliant “Burden”. Enjoy: Opeth – “Burden“

The reborn The Prodigy have announced they will play two dates at the London Wembley Arena next year – on April 16 and 17. The shows shall be part of the trio’s upcoming tour in support of their new album, “Invaders Must Die”, set for release on March 2, 2009 and featuring collaborations with Dave […]