So far more than young 60 Bulgarian bands have entered the competition JD’s Battle of the Bands -В Bulgaria 2008,В promoted byВ Jack Daniel’s. The deadline is March 1, so hurry up, visit www.jackmusic-bg.comВ for all the details and sign up…

It was announced that all 5,000 tickets for Pete Doherty’s forthcoming solo show at London’s Royal Albert Hall sold out within 20 minutes of going on sale at 9 a.m. on Saturday, February 16. The concert by Babyshambles’ frontman is scheduled for April 26. Pete Doherty – “Fuck Forever” (acoustic)

Einstuerzende Neubauten announced they’ll do a massive European tour this spring. The German industrial godfathers shall play all over the continent from April 8 until May 24. A full liste of dates and venues is available HERE. Einstuerzende Neubauten – “Haus der Luege” (live)

The American comedy metal/punk band Green Jelly that caused furore in the early 90’s with the tune “Three Little Pigs” (view below), has reformed and is in the process of booking a US tour this summer. In addition, the guyd plan to re-release their smash hit albums “Cereal Killer” (1993) and “333” (1994). Just for […]

Punk rock veteransВ Pennywise have made the song “Something to Live for“, off of their upcoming new album, available for free download at myspace.com/pennywise.В The album itself, titled “Reason to Believe“, is going to be put up for free download in its entirety via myspace on March 25 and will remain so for a couple of weeks. […]

Bulgarian crossover bulldozersВ Propaganda shall head on a national mini-tour, starting this Friday. All dates and venues can be found in our GIG GUIDE. PropagandaВ – “Hysteria” (live)

Aerosmith are to have their own video game available this summer. It’s gonna be called “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith“, and will feature 30 songs from the celebrated U.S. band, plus tracks from other acts who’ve supported them through the years. Aerosmith – “Walk This Way” (Guitar Hero)

Swedish metallers In Flames have uploaded the video for their song “The Mirror’s Truth” on the Internet, as it gets obvious below. The track is the first single off the group’s new studio album, “A Sense of Purpose” (view cover in the left), due in Europe on April 4 via Nuclear Blast. In Flames – […]

Opeth’s Mikael Г…kerfeldt and Martin Axenrot and Katatonia’s Anders NystrГ¶m and Jonas Renkse return with a brand-new EP of their death metal super project Bloodbath. Entitled “Unblessing the Purity” (view cover in the left), it features 4 tracks and is scheduled for release on March 10 via Peaceville Records. You can hear exclusive audio samples […]

Kiss will wear their “Destroyer” costumes for their upcoming Alive / 35 World Tour. As already known, the quartet shall play live in Sofia, Bulgaria for the first time ever on May 16, and this is how the musicians will appear on stage: Kiss – “Rock and Roll All Nite” (live – Destroyer Tour 1976)