Bulgaria’s melodic rock quintet Shangri La, formerly known as Sad Toy Killer, shall play at the upcoming edition of the Р•uroSonic Festival in Groningen, The Netherlands. The date is January 11, 2008, and some of the other acts scheduled to appear on stage are Turisas, Hooverphonic, Volbeat, Stalingrad Cowgirls, Lightspeed Champion, Bloodgroup and many more.

A private eye has been charged for breaking into Chris Cornell‘s house. The investigator, called Matthew Turner, was hired by the former Soundgarden and Audioslave vocalist’s ex-wife Susan Silver (ex-manager of Soundgarden and Alice in Chains) after a dispute about the ownership of 15 guitars. When Turner found out there’s nobody home, he let himself […]

Next year’s edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place on June 4-7, 2008 in SГ¶lvesborg, is obviously going to turn into one of Europe’s most significant summer live events. So far, the festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Astral Doors (Sweden)At the Gates (Sweden)Avatar (Sweden)Axewitch (Sweden)Blue Oyster Cult […]

Al Jourgensen’s label 13th Planet Records has announced its next release – the debut album by Ascension of the Watchers. We’re talking about the side-project of Fear Factory’s frontman Burton C. Bell (now on vocals and guitar), rounded up by John Bechdel (keyboards and programming; a.o. Killing Joke, Ministry, False Icons) and Edu Mussi (guitar […]

On Sunday, December 9, Bulgaria’s ska/punk masters Wickeda and Mlyk!shall play live at the Backstage Club in Sofia, Bulgaria. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets shall cost 3 Euro.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will play during the halftime at the Super Bowl in Arizona on February 3, 2008. The National Football League’s annual championship game will be held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, and will be televised by Fox. This year, nearly 140 million Americans watched Prince play at the […]

The tickets for the upcoming concert by Chris Rea on March 5, 2008 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria are on sale now. The price varies from 35 to 120 leva (18 to 60 Euro), and the way to puchase them is via Ticketstream.bgВ and Eventim.bg.

Video footage recorded at the Hardcore Massacre FestivalВ in Sofia, Bulgaria a month ago shall be released on DVD and CD. The event featured sets by O.H., Death Squad, Cut Off, Bring It Back, Missing the Point, DelateВ and Underdogs.

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosted the third edition of the local punk/hardcore festival East Noise Attack on Saturday night. A full report plus photos of the event shall be available quite soon HERE…

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has recorded the classic Christmas poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” as a greeting You may download the recital HERE. Bill’s latest recording appeared back in 2002, when he released the single “Straws”, which Ward wrote and recorded to express his concerns regarding the war with Iraq and the escalation […]