DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has posted on Facebook that he has left the band. His post reads as follows: “I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write: After 25 years, I have decided to leave Dream Theater….the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. […]

Our favorite BulgarianВ Southern rock will be releasing it’sВ second album -В ‘A Bottle of Friends’ onВ 22 October. The same day, ODD CREW will be launching their National tour with a gigВ at Sofia’sВ R.B.F. club. The first single of the album, calledВ ‘We Won’t Betray Ourselves’ will be played for teh first time on the radio today at 3:3- BG […]

On September 14th, rock legend Robert Plant will release ‘Band Of Joy’ via Rounder Records. Featuring a mix of hard rock, blues, folk, country and other forms of Americana, it shows the further evolution of the former Led Zeppelin vocalist. The musicians include some of his bandmates from his tour with Alison Krauss, including Buddy […]

After months of rumours that the Rolling Stones’ next tour will be their last, drummer Charlie Watts has confirmed the band are indeed thinking along those lines. They’re planning to hit the road in 2011 or 2012, by which time they’ll have been in existence for 50 years, Watts will be in his 70s and […]

John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for the sixth time. The murderer, who gunned down the former Beatles star outside his home in New York in 1980, has been eligible for parole since 2000. He’s scheduled to appear before the parole board again in 2012. Chapman, 55, was convicted of murdering […]

Current RATT and former VINCE NEIL bassist Robbie Crane will be replacing James Lomenzo (ex-MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) in LYNCH MOB for their upcoming European tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: October 30 – Nottingham, England – Firefest November 2 – Sofija, Bulgaria – Rockbar Fans 3 – Budapest, Hungary – A38 Ship 6 – […]

Jamie Price sentenced to at least 21 years in prison. Goldie’s son has been sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday (September 7) after being found guilty of killing a disabled man in 2008. Jamie Price stabbed Marlon Morris four times – once fatally in the heart – in Wolverhampton city centre on August 24, 2008. He […]

Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt has exclusively told Classic Rock that his long-mooted project with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree is now well under way. “I got together recently with Steven at his house, and we wrote a new tune straight away,” says Akerfeldt. “Of course, with the two of us involved it was 10 minutes […]

Dio are to have their first release since the death of Ronnie James Dio in May.It’s a double live CD titled Dio At Donington UK: Live in 1983 & 1987. To be released by Niji Entertainment Group, this is due out on November 9. They feature the band’s two appearancesd at the Monsters Of Rock […]

ANZIG’s new video for the track ‘On A Wicked Night’ can be viewed below. The song is pulled off of Danzig’s new studio album, Deth Red Sabaoth and was shot on location in early June at the infamous BatCave in the Hollywood Hills. Vote forВ ‘On A Wicked Night’В in ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart -В RIGHT […]