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 […]

Zucchero‘s new graeatest hits collection “All the Best” has gained a diamond status, the Italian artist’s representatives for Bulgaria, Virginia Records, revealed today. Zucchero will play live in Sofia on May 4, 2008, with tickest costing from 10 to 40 Euro.

After bassist Todd Evans left the ranks of America’s shock rock finest GWAR a short time ago, guitarist Balsac the Jaws of Death has proudly announced that a replacement has already been found. The word goes about Casey Orr – the man who pulled the fat strings for GWAR for “such masterpieces as “RagNaRok” (1995), […]

Funeral for a Friend have started their own label, called Join Us. The new company’s first release shall be its founders’ new album, of course, due later in the year. Funeral for a Friend – “Walk Away“

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.