Bulgaria’s ska leadersВ Wickeda shall start a three-month European club tour at the end of this week. All dates and venues confirmed so far can be seen in our GIG GUIDE.

Former Pop Will Eat Itself members Graham Crabb (vocals) and Adam Mole (guitar) shall release the debut effort with their new project Vileevils on March 25. The word goes about a maxi-single entitled “Fucking and Fighting“, which can already be checked out at myspace.com/vileevils. No details on a full-length album were revealed, nor on a […]

Anthrax guitar hero Scott Ian has formed a new side-project called Methusaleh. According to the man, the group features “some lovely fellows that play in some major bands. I can’t say shit about it right now other than the songs are fucking heavy, like a more metallic Kyuss.” Anthrax – “I’m the Man” (live)

Speaking to BB6 Music, Metallica‘s drummer Lars Ulrich said: “We’re just finishing up a record, we’ve got six weeks left and it should be out in September, that’s the idea right now.” The still untitled CD has been produced by Rick Rubin in Los Angeles and is reportedly a return to the band’s early fast […]

David Coverdale intends to celebrate Whitesnake‘s imminent 30th anniversary with a three-disc set that will span the legendary hard rock band’s entire career. It will also include Coverdale-Page songs, as well as solo stuff from the frontman. Coverdale/Page – “Black Dog” (live)

The local agency Endless Party Booking announced three garage punk/psychobilly concerts in Bulgaria in the end of March,. featuring three bands, namely Welcomin’ Committee in Flames, Nero BurnsВ and Pucks. The dates are: March 21 – Plovdiv,В Petnoto ClubВ  March 22 – Sofia, Backstage ClubВ  March 25 – Sofia, Funkiss Club Additional info can be found in […]

A competition for Bulgaria’s best school rock/pop band started officially yesterday. For details, check out cokemusic.bg.

One of the world’s best known saxophone players, Jan Garbarek, and his quartet shall perfom live in Sofia, Bulgaria at this year’s edition of the Jazz + Festival. The show is scheduled to take place on May 15, 2008В at the 4,000-capacity Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture, starting at 7 p.m. Jan Garbarek […]

American rockers My Morning Jacket shall release their new studio album on June 10 via ATO Records. Entitled “Evil Urges“, the CD by the Kentucky-bred rock act was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer Joe Chiccarelli, and is going to feature 14 tracks. My Morning Jacket – “The Way That He Sings” […]

Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are rumoured to be headlining this year’s Lollapalooza Festival. Nothing’s been confirmed yet, except for the fact that the upcoming edition of the event, which was founded by Perry Farrell, is set to take place at Chicago’s Grant Park on August 1-3, with more than 100 artists expected to perform.