The Italian superstar Zucchero shall take part in this year’s edition of Music Idol (the Bulgarian version of Pop Idol). This shall happen right before the singer’s show at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria on May 4, 2008. Zucchero – “Wonderful Life“

Killing Joke‘s cult live recording “Love Like Blood Live” has been released officially for the first time ever on CD (view cover in the left). The effort, which has surfaced in the past under names such as “No Way Out But Forward Go”, a.o., has been digitally remastered and catches the band live in Germany […]

Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan of System of a Down have posted online a track recorded with their current project Scars on Broadway. The song is called “They Say” and can be listened to at scarsonbroadway.com.

After conquering the Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart with their new song “Rolling Spawns”, Bulgaria’s metal masters Fyeld are ready to present the video for it. This shall happen next Friday,В April 11, with aВ free live showВ at Sofia’sВ The Club. The band’s second full-length album, entitled “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”, shall surface in […]

Eric Clapton has put in a guest appearance on Steve Winwood’s new single “Dirty City“, set to hit radio waves on April 28. The song comes off Mr. Winwood’s upcoming studio album, “9 Lives“, due out May 5. Afterwards Steve Winwood and his band are set to be special guests on Tom Petty’s US summer […]

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has said that, despite recent reports of his band being in turmoil, they are not splitting up – although singer Scott Weiland may not be in the band for much longer. As already known, Scott and drummer Matt Sorum fell out after a recent gig in Glasgow, with Weiland suggesting that […]

Buzz Osborne and his experimental metal gang Melvins shall entitle their upcoming full-length studio album “Nude with Boots“. The 11-song follow-up to 2006’s “A Senile Animal” shall surface on July 8 via Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records. Melvins – “Queen“

Rapper Mos Def (on the photo) will play legendary rock’n’roller Chuck Berry in “Cadillac Records“, which is filming in New Jersey. Beyonce is starring as Etta James in the film, which chronicles the rise of legendary label Chess Records. The movie also features such characters as Chess co-founder Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey […]

Swedish metal avantgardists Opeth have revealed the front cover artwork for their upcoming studio album (view it in the left). As already known, the CD shall be entitled “Watershed” and shall surface on June 2 via Roadrunner Records, featuring following tracks: 1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex Omega […]

Australian rock icon Nick Cave (The Bad Seeds, ex-The Birthday Party, The Boys Next Door) was awarded an honorary PhD from his old university. Cave attended Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 and 1978, studying for a diploma in Fine Art, but left his course to pursue his musical career. The university’s vice-chancellor, Professor […]