Moody-Murray Monsters Of British Rock, a new band featuring the ex-Whitesnake pair of guitarist Micky Moody and bassist Neil Murray, play Farnborough Football Club Rush Festival May 29, Croydon Fairfield Halls June 12, South Shields Amphitheatre 19, Powderham Castle Thunder Music And Bike Festival July 17, Cambridge Rock Festival August 7. A full UK tour […]

Guitar legend Ritchie Blackmore’s 65th birthday is today, April 14th. With this comes theВ news that according to their official website, Blackmore’s Night are “diligently working in the studio and going into final mix stage on the new CD”. No word on the release date yet. In other news, Realms of Fantasy Magazine has published an […]

AВ fearless Mary J. Blige is taking on rock icon – Led Zeppelin. Her covers of two of rock’s greatest songs, ‘Stairway To Heaven’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love,’ will be available in the U.S. digitally on April 13 on iTunes. Joining Blige on the recordings is a stellar ensemble – Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, rock guitar […]

Bret Michaels was hospitalised over the weekend, suffering from acute appendicitis. The Poison singer, who’d been complaining all day of stomach pains, was taken into surgery just minutes before he was due to play a solo set at Sea World in San Antonio, Texas. Fortunately, he is now making a good recovery.

Roger Waters is taking Pink Floyd’s The Wall on the road this fall for a 36-date North American tour. The trek starts on September 15 in Toronto and wraps on December 13 in Anaheim. Prior to this run, the 1979 concept album has only been performed in its entirety 31 times. Pink Floyd did it […]

Hristo Stoyanov – Etsi passed away in his home last October aged 42. The friendsВ of the bass player are now putting together an art exibition with his latest work. BesidesВ playing in the vamous Bulgarian blues band 3 1/2 – Etzi was a professional in graphic and industrial design. The Exibition will be opened at 6 […]

В Nu metal pioneers KOРЇN, whose lineup is now down to just three of its original members, are ramping up for the release of their ninth album, Korn III — Remember Who You Are, this June. They took the wraps off what’s expected to be the new record’s first single, ‘Oildale,’ at a gig in Utica, […]

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is about to get all arty – with his first exhibition of paintings. This happens at the Micaela Gallery in San Francisco, from May 6 to June 27. According to Blabbermouth, Newsted had the following to say about his skills with a brush: “I am possessed by an undercurrent of […]

British rockers Supergrass have decided to call it quits after a 17-year career that included six studio albums. Not the kind to keep fans guessing on their status (unlike other bands), the Oxford, England band jokingly chalked up the split to a “17 year itch” and released a statement Monday (April 12) confirming the break-up. […]

Ever since the Deftones initially announced details regarding ‘Diamond Eyes,’ their first studio offering since bassist Chi Cheng’s tragic car accident which left him in a semi-comatose state, the release date for the record has changed. First, we were told the disc would be out on April 27. Then, it was pushed back three weeks […]