Marillion are allowing a fan to play tracks from their new album on the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square on Tuesday evening. Richard Loveridge, 38, will spend his hour on the plinth talking about his 26-year love of the prog-rock veterans. The fourth plinth is part of Antony Gormley’s One and Other exhibition. The […]

With the next Gorillaz album due out sometime in 2010, it’s no surprise that Damon Albarn’s animated project has begun tapping guests to lend a hand. First, we received word that hip-hop heads De La Soul would be on the new record, which is tentatively titled ‘Plastic Beach’, and now it’s been revealed that the […]

With his sixth solo studio album coming September 15, Mark Knopfler is planning a big tour in 2010. “It’ll be four, five months,” the former Dire Straits frontman tells Billboard.com. “Springtime – April, May – in the U.S., and June and July in Europe. And I’d like a week at the Royal Albert Hall (in […]

It was 1:30 pm Bulgarian time, when vocalist Gino and guitarist Val calledВ  theВ ‘Coffee Shop RUSKOV’ show to tell Nasso all the details about their forthcomingВ album ‘Integration’, which will be officially outВ on September 19. AndВ it was imminent to talk about the forthcoming concert in Sofia on December 1st. DETAILS! The full interview will be published […]

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, VAN HALEN netted an extra $1 million dollars in the fall of 2007 when up to 500 of the best seats to each of about 20 of the band’s concerts were pulled from the Ticketmaster system and passed directly to ticket scalpers. The brokers allegedly kept […]

We know it’s tough for Danzig fans to let the light shine on those blackened hearts, but we’ve got some news that’s guaranteed to make you happy. So turn those frowns upside down, get out of the basement and enjoy life a bit because there’s gonna be some Danzig action in the closing half of […]

Swedish progressive metal act, Katatonia, is set to release their latest album, ‘Night is the New Day’, on NovemberВ 2nd via Peaceville Records. The highly anticipated album, from one of Europe’s premier progressive bands, ‘Night is the New Day’ is the follow up to Katatonia’s groundbreaking 2006 release, ‘The Great Cold Distance’. It is their eighth […]

VENDETTA will be headlining the HATE CITY 2009 festival in Sofia thisВ AutumnВ with more bands from theВ BulgarianВ scene and some International very special guests to be announced soon!В В  The info came through the promoter of the event – RE-ACT! More details to be revealed in the coming days!

New Jersey-bred MUCKY PUP, known for its “schizophrenic combination of juvenile humor, political sarcasm and thick-as-fuck riffs,” kicked off a reunion headlining tour of Europe this past Friday, August 28 at Turock in Essen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be viewed below. MUCKY PUP began as an American hardcore band formed in […]

Lead guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis, according to a statement he posted tonight (Aug. 28) to the band’s website. The announcement came shortly after the last-minute cancellation of the group’s scheduled performance today at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris. В  “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you […]