The release date for IRON MAIDEN’S new studio album, The Final Frontier, is now confirmed for Monday August 16th. The new album picturedВ belowВ features artwork illustrated by Melvyn Grant and, to mark the occasion, the band have made special arrangements for one new album track ‘El Dorado’ to be made available Worldwide as a FREE digital […]

Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has been found dead at his home in south Wales. Emergency services attended Mr Cable’s house at Llwydcoed near Aberdare, Cynon Valley, at 0500 BST on Monday. South Wales Police said the cause of death had not been established but there were no suspicious circumstances at this stage. Mr Cable, […]

Despite numerous statements of unequivocal support from City Hall and the fact that it began with an opening speech by Sofia Mayoress Yordanka Fandukova, the annual Georgi Minchev memorial concert had a brush with the strong arm of the law! On Sunday, the second night of the show, as Barabi Blues Band were midway through […]

Some in the audience howled with glee, others stood on trembling legs and a few drooled in delight as famed performance artist Laurie Anderson debuted her original ‘Music for Dogs’ composition outside the Sydney Opera House on Saturday. Hundreds of dogs and their owners bounced around as Anderson entertained them with 20 minutes of thumping […]

FIFA freaks, intergalactic geeks and pop-culture crazies all agree — Adidas’ ‘Star Wars’-themedВ  World Cup ad is the year’s most awesome bit of promotional eye candy. В A lightsaber-wielding Snoop Dogg and a droid-totting Daft Punk steal the show in this hilarious re-imagination of the Mos Eisley’s famous cantina scene from Episode IV. Ciara, Oasis’ Noel […]

Aerosmith might not go into the studio to record a new album until early next year. Talking to rollingstone.com, guitarist Joe Perry said: “Looking at the calendar we’ll probably be going into the studio sometime around the holidays or maybe in the beginning of next year. We’ll have to take time off from touring to […]

The legal battle between Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi over the trademarking of the Black Sabbath name is over. Ozzy had sued Iommi, claiming that he’d trademarked the name without permission, and demanded half of the money the guitarist had earnt from this. Exactly what the terms of the settlement are hasn’t been disclose. So, […]

Congratulations to all the SLAYER maniacs! We are going to blast you with the ball bustin’ live energy of SLAYER on the ‘Tangra Mega Live’ show tonight at 9 pm CET! Waiting for the SLAYER day to come… There will be a hell lot of SLAYER happenings and rituals throughout the whole country! Send us […]

Mungo Jerry are back with their original line-up, playing live for the first time in 37 years. We just hope mainman Ray Dorset’s spectacular sideburns are still intact these days… The British folk/rockers are to play on the Good Time Guide Stage at Guilfest (in Guildford, Surrey, natch) on Saturday, July 17. Doubtless they’ll be […]

The Dandy Warhols have announced details of their forthcoming ‘best of’ album. Entitled ‘The Best Of The Capitol Years 1995-2007’ and released on July 19, the compilation features songs such as ‘Godless’, ‘Bohemian Like You’ and one new track ‘This Is The Tide’. The tracklisting for ‘The Best Of The Capitol Years 1995-2007’ will be: […]