After releasing the instrumental CD “The Mix-Up” last year, the BEASTIE BOYS in Studio are back in the studio, working on their next full-length album. Unfortunately, no further deials are avalbale… yet. Beastie Boys – “Off the Grid“

Tomorrow morning, sometime around 9 a.m., two-thirds of the international line-up of Kultur Shock shall talk politics on Bulgarian National Radio. Be sure not to miss ’em… and remember – next Thursday, March 6 – Kultur Shock live at Sofia’s Black Box Club!

British hard rock godfathers Deep Purple shall issue a four-DVD deluxe-edition box set, entitled “Around the World Live” (view cover in the left). Due out on on May 19 via Eagle Vision, the effort is going to feature following substance: DVD 1: Bombay Calling (live in India, 1995) DVD 2: Total Abandon (live in Australia, […]

John Mellencamp (on the photo) is working with Stephen King on a forthcoming musical. The well-known musician is writing the score for the effort, while the best-selling horror novelist has penned the script. The musical is going to be called “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County“, and is set to open at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre in […]

Belgian indie rock experimentators dEUS have completed work on their new studio album. The follow-up to 2005’s “Pocket Revolution” shall be entitled “Vantage Point” and is going to surface on April 28 via V2/Cooperative Records. dEUS – “For the Roses“

American drummer George “Buddy” Miles, famous for playing in Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys from 1969 to the guitar virtuoso’s death in 1970, has passed away on Tuesday, February 26, at the age of 60. A cause of death has yet to be announced. Rest in peace.

At the end of 2007 we informed you that Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Kaada/Patton, Hemophiliac, etc., etc.) has started another project – this time with Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, whom he already collaborated with in Lovage. Well, the name of this new combo has been revealed now. It’s […]

Bulgaria’s ethno-metal masters Smallman shall do a 6-date mini-tour across the country throughout March 2008. Support for the shows shall come from AlexUnder. The exact dates and venues can be found in our GIG GUIDE.

Fall Out Boy shall release their first ever live DVD on April 8 via Island. Entitled “****”, the effort is going to feature a show taped on June 22, 2007, at Phoenix’s Cricket Pavilion, featuring the band’s hits plus cover versions of a.o. Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Akon’s “Don’t Matter”, Timbaland’s “One and Only” and […]

After yesterday’s performance by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang, North Korea, it was revealed that the Asian communist state has invited the first Western rock star to do a concert there ever. The honour has been given to 62-year-old guitar legend Eric Clapton, who has agreed in principle and suggested 2009 for the […]