Launch Radio Networks reports: Freddie Mercury would have been 60 years old next Tuesday (September 5), but there’s some dispute in his homeland about whether he should be celebrated. The late QUEEN frontman was born Farrokh Bulsara on the East African island of Zanzibar, which is now part of Tanzania, and some conservative Muslims want […]

The new double album of unreleased material by THE BLACK CROWES, titled “The Lost Crowes“, was originally scheduled to be in stores August 29 (Rhino). However, due to a recently discovered manufacturing error, the release date has been moved to September 26.“The Lost Crowes” contains two previously recorded albums that THE BLACK CROWES never officially […]

Norwegian quintet MORTAL LOVE will release its third album, “Forever Will Be Gone“, on September 22 via Germany’s Massacre Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “I Have Lost…” was recorded at Space Valley Studios and is the final chapter of the trilogy “All the Beauty I Have Lost Forever Will be Gone“. A teaser for the […]

LAMB OF GOD‘s “Sacrament” sold around 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart. This is almost double the amount of records sold by its predecessor, “Ashes of the Wake“, which registered a first-week tally of 35,000 back […]

Former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton‘s band PEEPING TOM performed at Central Park Summer Stage on Thursday (August 17) in New York City. Watch video clips from YouTube.com.As previously reported, PEEPING TOM will open for THE WHO on seven East Coast dates in early September.PEEPING TOM‘s self-titled debut album was released on May 30 […]

Janesville, Wisconsin’s The Janesville Gazette reports that the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department patrol division and drug unit made a combined 14 criminal arrests at Saturday’s (August 26) Family Values Tour concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, WI.Three were arrested for resisting arrest, and five for possession of marijuana and two for disorderly […]

According to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, THE STEVE MORSE BAND has just released a DVD, entitled “Live In Baden-Baden“, featuring performances from 1990 — a few years before guitarist Steve Morse joined DEEP PURPLE. The DVD features two concerts culled from the vaults of the German television program […]

MARILYN MANSON is among the artists paying tribute to Tim Burton‘s classic Halloween movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” on a new soundtrack album.MANSON, FALL OUT BOY, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, FIONA APPLE and SHE WANTS REVENGE will all appear on a special two-disc edition of the “Nightmare” soundtrack, contributing cover versions of songs featured in […]

Widely acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists the British Isles have ever produced, Gary Moore has been making music for over 30 years. From his early days with SKID ROW to his time with THIN LIZZY to his extraordinarily successful solo career, Gary is truly part of U.K. rock royalty and all of his […]

The remaining members of The Beatles are launching legal proceedings against music labels EMI and Capitol.Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr plus the families of John Lennon and George Harrison allege that the companies fraudulently “pocketed millions of dollars” from the band between 1994 and 1999.The lawsuit was launched back in December and claims that […]