DREAM THEATER Vocalist James LaBrie has issued the following update: “Hey everybody! Matt Guillory and I are very happy to announce that writing for my next solo album has started. We’re very pleased with how well Static Impulse was received and are excited to be making a follow-up. You can expect all the usual suspects: […]

Toronto-based CANCER BATS’s new song, ‘Old Blood’, was featured on the January 2nd edition of the Rock Show With Daniel P Carter, which airs on BBC Radio 1. Check it out below. The song is taken from the CANCER BATS’ new album Dead Set On Living, which is due to be released in April via […]

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith is involved in a new project called Primal Rock Rebellion. He’s joined forces with former Sikth frontman Mikee Goodman in this band, who will release their debut album through Spinefarm at the end of February. The band’s style apparently, ‘Fuses together two very different approaches to music — Mikee’s unique […]

Four times is the charm for former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. Wakeman, 62, wed Rachel Kaufman, 37, on Dec. 14. It’s his fourth marriage and to a woman 25 years younger after proclaiming in interviews that he would never marry again. Despite their age difference, it was a romantic ceremony at a windmill in Norfolk, […]

On an update posted on it’s Facebook page and website, Swedish power metal band SABATON has revealed that the title of it’s upcoming album will be ‘Carolus Rex.’ The album, set to be issued via Nuclear Blast Records, will be launched at a party on May 23rd at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. […]

Velvet Revolver are reuniting with vocalist Scott Weiland – but only for one night. The band will play at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood on Thursday, January 12. It’s for a show being billed Love You Madly: A Concert For John O’Brien. He was a top film and TV composer, found dead at […]

Shock rock legend ALICE COOPER and his band performed on New Year’s Eve at Mala Wailea, located at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Hawaiian Islands of Lanai and Kaho`olawe. AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler joined Cooper on stage for a jam of THE BEATLES classic ‘Come Together’. Tyler […]

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Barry Clayton, the man behind the spoken word introduction to Iron Maiden‘s iconic song ‘The Number of the Beast,’ has died at the age of 80. Clayton was a quintessential part of Maiden lore, as his deep, booming voice is forever etched in the minds of headbangers, thanks to the way he spoke those famous, […]

Coldplay have lined up an impressive payday for a New Year’s bash, picking up a cool ВЈ1 ($1.5) million for one concert in the United Arab Emirates. According to the Daily Express, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (pictured below) booked Chris Martin and Co. to play the Volvo Ocean Race venue in Abu […]