DIO DISCIPLES – the new project featuring RONNIE JAMES DIO alumni Simon Wright (drums), Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards) along with bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, WHITE LION) and vocalists Tim “Ripper” Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Toby Jepson (LITTLE ANGELS, GUN) – performed at the […]

At last it can be revealed – the real reason guitarist KK Downing retired from Judas Priest. For Downing, it came down to a choice between heavy metal and golf… and golf won! In an interview with the Wolverhampton Express And Star, Priest bassist Ian Hill says KK – aka ‘Ken’ – decided to putt […]

Slipknot’s Sid Wilson @ Sonisphere Switzerland – unbelievable!**VIDEO** Sid Wilson dives 15 feet onto the crowd before surfing halfway round the arena…CRAZY MOFO

Gene Simmons has taken everyone by surprise byВ  publicly apologising to Sharon Osbourne over disparaging remarks he’s made about her and the Osbourne family in the past. Appearing on US chat show The Talk, Simmons was confronted by host Sharon in the following manner: “When you started Family Jewels somebody said, ‘Isn’t it like The […]

Ozzy has a new book on the way.It’s called Trust Me, I’m Dr Ozzy: Advice From Rock’s Ultimate Survivor and is based on the column he’s been writing for The Sunday Times, offering health advice. The book reprints the best bits from those columns, plus answers to celebrities’ medical questions. This is to be published […]

US death metallers are set to destroy The Box club in Sofia on Saturday, 2 July at a gig promoted by radio Tangra Mega Rock and Re-Act. Bulgarian band COPROSTASIS will be the local support . В  Tickets priced 15В BGN are available through www.Ticketsream.bgВ and www.Eventim.bgВ to go up to 20 BGN at the door. В В В 

Anthrax are preparing to release a new studio album onВ  September 12. As a taster, they provide a free download of the track ‘Fight ’Em Til You Can’t’. The new album is to be called Worship Music and is their first studio record with vocalist Joey Belladonna since 1990’s Persistence Of Time. He joins guitarists […]

Due to the bad weather forecast, the HOUSE OF PAIN show in Sofia on 5 July won’t happen at the previously announced open air Pork Pie club, since the promoters have moved it into theВ Hriso Botev hall. Tickets priced 30 BGN (15 Euro) are onsale via www.Eventim.bg. HOUSE OF PAIN are warming up the fans […]

Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as scruffy TV detective Columbo, has died aged 83. The actor died peacefully at home in Beverly Hills on Thursday night, his family said in a statement. He had been suffering from dementia for a number of years. Peter Falk won four Emmys for his […]

Dancefloor-rockin’ NYC gypsy-punks Balkan Beat Box are set to play they first ever gigВ in Bulgaria on 25 August at the open air Pork Pie club in Sofia. The gig is promoted by Eventease with tickets priced 20 BGN (10 Euro) already on sale at the club and viaВ Eventim.bgВ (online price is 22 BGN).