NEWS

10 January 2009

Rock bar ‘Fans’ will host a very special shown on FerbuaryВ 17. Ex-Anathema bass player Dunkan Patterson (Antimatter, ION) and Mick MossВ (Antimatter) will perform an acoustic set of some old and new songs including Anathema, AntimatterВ and Ion stuff. The show starts at 9pm

09 January 2009

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is to become the first artist to perform, record and broadcast a live performance from outer space and better yet, VH1 are going to document the whole thing. The ‘Ace to Space’ project has been in research and development for ten months already and will begin stepping up its efforts […]

09 January 2009

The madmen from Birmingham arrive at Sofia airport with a flight from Istanbul where they will have played a no doubt blinding show the previous night. The band will perform at the 4km Party centre – a cosy venue not too far from Sofia airport. The band last played Sofia two years ago (26.01.2007) – […]

09 January 2009

Six classic TED NUGENT albums — “Nugent”, “Penetrator”, “Little Miss Dangerous”, “If You Can’t Lick ‘Em…Lick ‘Em”, “Spirit of the Wild”, and “Full Bluntal Nugity” — will be reissued by Eagle Rock Entertainment on February 3 (prebook date January 14, retail list price for the catalogue is $9.98, with the exception of “Full Bluntal Nugity” […]

09 January 2009

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway debuted a solo song, ‘The Family Madness’, live in Auckland on Monday (January 5). Selway was performing as part of a collective including bandmate Ed O’Brian, Johnny Marr and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy for the 7 Worlds Collide project at the Powerstation. During the show he played guitar and sang as he […]

09 January 2009

The Edge told Rolling Stone that spending time with The White Stripes leader and Jimmy Page for recent documentary ‘It Might Get Loud’ influenced his style. The guitarist explained: “I was just fascinated with seeing how Jimmy played those riffs so simply, and with Jack as well.” U2 singer Bono added that the songs have […]

08 January 2009

IN FLAMES was honored with the “Best Hard Rock” award at the Swedish “Grammis” gala, which was held earlier tonight (Wednesday, January 7) at Hovet in Stockholm. The band also performed the song “Alias” during the ceremony, which was broadcast live on Swedish national channel TV4. IN FLAMES was presented with the award by Joey […]

08 January 2009

Four free tracks from The Raconteurs’ set at Bonnaroo 2008 are to be made available this Sunday (January 11), courtesy of the festival. One song will be available to everyone, while the other three can be downloaded by members of the free-to-access Bonnaroo Community. The songs that will be available are: ‘Consoler Of The Lonely’, […]

08 January 2009

Ronnie Wood has bought his girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova a modest gift for the new year…a ВЈ13,000 guitar that was once played by Jimi Hendrix.According to The Sun, the instrument has both of their initials and the message “Sweet as a daisy, sweet as a pearl, you’ll always be my little kitten,” into the back.The newspaper […]

08 January 2009

The BossВ will perform at Washington D.C.’s National Mall on Jan. 18 as part of the Barack Obama inauguration festivities. The performance will be free and open to the public. Springsteen was a vocal Obama supporter, playing benefit shows in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, as well as appearing at a rally with the President-elect […]