LEGO, the world’s second-biggest toymaker, has confirmed that it will produce a construction set based on the hit TV animation, the Simpsons. The kit will include figures of the main characters including Homer, Bart, Marge and Ned Flanders. The Danish toymaker struck the deal with the show’s owners, Twentieth Century Fox. Fox is scheduled to […]

On March, 28th the new SONATA ARCTICA album ‘Pariah’s Child’ will be released. It is the band’s eight studio album and the follow up to their successful ‘Stones Grow Her Name’. Today the beautiful cover artwork for ‘Pariah’s Child’ will be released. Vocalist Tony Kakko explains he thoughts behind the album title and the artwork […]

On January 28th at a currently undisclosed location in Los Angeles, MOTLEY CRUE is expected to announce details of their retirement tour. Vegas Rocks! Magazine‘s Sally Steele caught up with vocalist Vince Neil during the November 5th VIP party for his Tatuado Eat-Drink-Party!, and one topic of discussion was MOTLEY CRUE‘s intended farewell tour within […]

Farrar, Straus and Giroux has signed the Rolling Stone writer WILL HERMES to write ‘Lou: A New York Life,’ a biography of LOU REED. Mr. Reed, the singer and songwriter who first achieved fame as a member of the Velvet Underground, died on Oct. 27. He was 71. In an email interview, Mr. Hermes said […]

 In addition to a new THERION studio album planned for late 2014, on February 21st there will be two new releases coming up, the deluxe edition CD + DVD of ‘Theli,’ as well as a 3-DVD package (limited edition incl. bonus DVD) called ‘Adulruna Redivia And Beyond.’ ‘Theli’ was the fifth studio album of THERION, […]

On today’s edition of his radio show NECRONOMICON, mighty Dr STIFFENSTEIN will tell you the story of: CAGLIOSTRO !!! ‘NECRONOMICON’ kicks off on Friday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE…     

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND are set to lose two members after guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes confirmed they’re moving on. They’ll see out the band’s 45th anniversary year before departing to concentrate on other projects. Gov’t Mule man Haynes has been with the Allmans for 25 years, while Trucks – who works with his […]

CINDERELLA guitarist Jeff LaBar is currently in the studio putting the final touches on his brand new solo album, which is slated for release sometime in early spring through Rat Pak Records. The tracks on the album range from classic, early Cinderella-style hard rock, to groove laden blues-rock, and everything in between. LaBar not only […]

MILLI VANILLI’s oft-mocked but ultimately tragic story will soon become the stuff of opera. DNAinfo reports that the German pop duo’s rise and fall has inspired a new experimental opera that will debut in Brooklyn later this month. The production, titled WOW, is a collaborative project by musical composer Joe Diebes, poet Christian Hawkey, and […]

This is the VAN HALEN WEEK on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK. LINE UP David Lee Roth – lead vocals Eddie Van Halen – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Alex Van Halen – drums Wolfgang Van Halen – bass guitar, backing vocals DISCOGRAPHY: Van Halen (1978) Van Halen II (1979) Women and Children First (1980) Fair Warning […]