The Stooges created havoc among the black-tie brigade at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony last night in New York. While performing I Wanna Be Your Dog (one of two songs they did), Iggy Pop encouraged the audience of rock hoi polloi to put aside their inhibitions and storm the stage. Eddie […]

Glen Benton will bring the band to Bulgaria to play a headline show at the Blue Box club on 29 May. Next day will be the big VENOM & MAYHEM gig so it looks like we are going to have a bloody noisy weekend. DEICIDE will be supported by three seminal Bulgarian death metal bands: […]

After a successful club show in Sofia in 2008, nowВ German symphometallers Haggard are returning to Bulgaria for quite a special concert at the Summer open air theater in the city of Plovdiv. This exclusive show will happen on 19 April with Haggard going on stage with the Plovdiv symphonic orchestra. Tickets are on sale throughВ Eventim.bg […]

Singer Eddy Grant is threatening to sue pop group Gorillaz, claiming Damon Albarn’s cartoon band have “stolen” from one of his tracks. Grant says Gorillaz copied his 1977 song Time Warp on their new single. “I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song Time Warp, claiming their song Stylo to […]

Metallica manager Peter Mensch has revealed the band have some major plans for 2011. “Let’s just say that next year you will see a Metallica tour that will blow your mind. They will only play in 10 cities but it will be a huge undertaking. It will be Metallica’s equivalent of The Wall.” This revelation […]

In what many will regard as a direct attack on the rock and metal community, digital radio station 6 Music is to axe the Friday Night Rock Show, which is presented by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson.A spokesperson for the BBC, attempting to explain the shock decision, said: “6 Music is currently reviewing the way […]

James have announced the tracklisting for their upcoming mini-album ‘The Night Before’. The first of two mini albums the group are set to release, the Lee ‘Muddy’ Baker produced LP will be released on April 19. As previously reported, Tim Booth and co will begin a tour of the UK in April, whilst the group […]

Bristol has been named Britain’s ‘most musical city’ in a new survey, beating the likes of Liverpool, Manchester and London. A survey carried out by the Performing Rights Society (PRS) showed that the city, which spawned acts including Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead, has generated more musicians relative to the size of its population than […]

Korn are to title their new album ‘Korn III: Remember Who You Are’. Produced by Ross Robinson, it’s due out in June. The album is being recorded as a four-piece band, using no Pro Tools or editing, unlike Korn’s more recent albums. Vocalist Jonathan Davis says the album will be “simple” in that it won’t […]

Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin is to publish a book in October called ‘Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science And Bad Religion In A World Without God’. The 224-page hardback book has been co-written by Steve Olson.