The Red Hot Chili Peppers joined Bruno Mars at the Super Bowl 48 halftime show in New Jersey on Sunday, and video from the event is available. The Peppers appeared about two-thirds through Mars’ hit-filled set to jam out their 1991 track, “Give It Away.” The custom Pearl drum set used by Chad Smith during […]

Irish band GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT is set to play at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club on 11 April. The gig is promoted by Loud Concerts with tickets already on sale through Еventim.bg and Ticketstream.com. First 50 are priced 25 BGN with the next to be on the regular price of 30 BGN and to go up to 35 BGN on the day. The supporti band […]

ICED EARTH are playing at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club. This is the second ever show of the US band in Bulgaria after their live debut on this land back in 2011. JOHN SHAFFER was on our hot line a couple of days ago. We talk about the brand new studio offering ‘Plagues of Babylon’ and more…  LISTEN HERE […]

Veteran bluesman ROBERT CRAY will release his 19th studio album, In My Soul, on March 31 via Provogue Records, ahead of a UK tour in May. He recorded the 10-track album with bassist Richard Cousins, returned former keyboardist Dover Weinberg and recently-added drummer Les Falconer. Cray says: “We don’t come in with a direction, we […]

METALLICA’s Orion Music + More festivals are done, according to the band’s James Hetfield. The guitarist shared his thoughts and frustrations with the current state of hard rock and heavy metal in the United States in a new interview with Don Jantzen of 94.5 The Buzz in Houston, Texas, and he says the band’s attempts […]

On today’s edition of his radio show NECRONOMICON, mighty Dr STIFFENSTEIN will tell you the story of: The world consipracy – the chologramme of your own life… ‘NECRONOMICON’ kicks off on Friday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE…     

SKEW SISKIN have released a video for the song ‘Riding With The Devil’, featuring a guest appearance by MOTORHEAD frontman LEMMY KIMISTER. The track first appeared on the German band’s 2007 album ‘Peace Breaker’, which is among their back catalog that was recently re-released at CDBaby.com. SKEW SISKIN were scheduled to open for MOTORHEAD and SAXON early […]

Syd Barrett’s entire catalogue has been made available via Spotify for the first time. Check it out now via the streaming service’s web player. The launch marks the 40th anniversary of the release of double album Syd Barrett, which combined the late Pink Floyd genius’ two solo albums under one title. His 1970 records The […]

The ‘SOFIA ROCKS 2014’ festival is set to happen on 6 July at the Academic stadium. It will be headlined by THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS and THE OFFSPRING the promoter – Balkan Entertainment has confirmed. MANDO DIAO, АLCEST and OSSSY are also on the bill.  TICKETS will go on sale on 3 February at 10:00 am.   

AMORPHIS are set to play in Sofia on 18 March. The gig at the *MIXTAPE 5* club is radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s eighth birthday bash. TICKETS priced 35 BGN (18 Euro) are already available via Ticketstream.bg and Eventim.bg.