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Sir Paul McCartney has topped a new Sexiest Smile poll. The Beatle came out on top of a survey compiled by organisers of National Smile Month, actress Helen Mirren came second, Camilla Parker Bowles is third, and The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger came last in the poll…

Sigur Ros have announced details of their next album. The Icelandic band has confirmed that their fifth record will be called “MeГ° SuГ° Г Eyrum ViГ° Spilum Endalaust“. It will feature 11 songs and is going to be released worldwide on June 23.

The European leg ofВ Ministry‘s farewel tour -В C U LaTour – starts tonight in London. In case you’ve forgotten, on July 12, 2008 Al Jourgensen & Co. shall play live in Sofia, Bulgaria for the first and last time ever! Ministry – “No W” (live)

Bass player Bill Gaal and drummer Chris Houck have rejoined guitarist Tom Maxwell (also in Vinnie Paul’s Hellyeah) and vocalist Matt Holt in Nothingface. Thus the U.S. band’s original line-up reunites for the first time in eight years. At present the quartet is working on a new album.

The Cure decided to hold its next album down to a single disc worth of material. Although the band’s upcoming 13th studio effort, due out on September 13, was originally tipped to be a double CD, frontman Robert Smith changed plans: “I just feel on reflection that making the new album a single will be […]

A week ago, on May 19, 2008, we witnessed the birth of Moonspell‘s long-awaited new full-length studio album, “Night Eternal”. The CD, which was preceded by the single “Scorpion Flower” (featuringВ Anneke van GiersbergenВ [ex-The Gathering] – view video below), gained critical acclaim all over Europe, and here’s what the band’s frontman Fernando Ribeiro revealed to us […]

On May 29 (Thursday) Bulgaria’s rock veterans The Crickets shall do a free open-air show in downtown Sofia. The event, scheduled to take place in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theater, starts at 8 p.m.

The next edition of the Krechetalo weekly music show on Tangra.tv shall be dedicated to the contest JD`s Battle of the Bands – Bulgaria 2008. Tonight we’ll bring to you four of the bands that took part in the event – Mental Architects, Liquid Pension, SposobВ and Siluet. Krechetalo airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on Tangra.tv.

Lenny Kravitz is celebrating his 44th birthday today, May 26. Happy birthday, man! Lenny Kravitz – “Love Love Love“

Italian gothic metal leaders Lacuna Coil are working on their first ever officialВ DVD. Due out by the end of the year, the still untitled effort is going to feature videos, concert footage and behined-the-scenes shots. Meanwhile, Cristina Scabbia and her boys are also writing stuff for the follow-up to 2006’s “Karmacode”.