The first photo of Johnny Depp as Tonto in the forthcoming film The Lone Ranger, has been unveiled. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted the above picture from the Gore Verbinski film, which also features Armie Hammer, who plays the titular Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp recently opened up about his character Tonto and the production of The […]

Paul Shaffer has some bad news for GUNS N’ ROSES fans: the group will not be performing at their upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame next month in Cleveland. Outside of his day job as bandleader for the David Letterman show, Shaffer has also been the musical director for the Hall […]

THE ROLLING STONES Facebook page has just passed the 9 million mark and guitarist Keith Richards has posted a picture of himself holding a card saying “9,000,000 Stones Fans.” The post thanks the fans, saying, “Thanks to everyone of you Facebookers who like the Rolling Stones. It’s only rock and roll but we love you!” […]

GOTTHARD is in the final stages of the production of the new album ‘Firebirth’, which will be released on 1st June by Nuclear Blast. It is the eagerly-awaited first album with NIC MAEDER. The album was produced in Yellow House Studios, owned by the band, in Lugano, Switzerland, by guitarist/songwriter Leo Leoni and Paul Lani, who […]

Bulgarian heavy prog metallers PROJECT ARCADIA will be opening the FATES WARNING concert in Sofia on 22 March. The US legends are playing a special gig at the *MIXTAPE 5* club on the occasion of radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s SIXTH Anniversary. PROJECT ARCADIA will go on stage at 8 pm to play a set of 40 minutes. The bands […]

KORN frontman JONATHAN DAVIS is currently working on his solo debut, which will be a foray into electronic music and be released under the name of his DJ alter ego “J Devil.” KORN injected their nu-metal sound with dubstep on their 2011 album ‘The Path of Totality,’ now singer Jonathan Davis will take one step further into […]

MЕTALLICA have released the first details of their planned 3D movie. It’s to be directed by Nimrod Antal and will feature a mix of live footage and narrative. Shooting will start in August, with the film expected to be out in the summer of 2013. Lars Ulrich says of the band’s choice of director: “I’ve […]

Swedish epic power metallers SABATON have just unveiled exciting details on their upcoming new studio record ‘Carolus Rex’ – that will actually be a two-in-one-album – through the following update: “We can now confirm that our new album will be available in both English and Swedish language. The topics of the songs will remain quite […]

Combo tickets for LOUD FESTIVAL 2012 (2 days festival and camping spot) for only 104 BGN. The combo tickets for LOUD FESTIVAL 2012 are now available. By purchasing a combo ticket, you get 2 days access to the festival area and a spot for you tent on the camping site. The camping area is very […]

JON ANDERSON has teamed up with leading Italian composer MARCO SABIU for a new single. Called Limitless Lives, this has just been released digitally. It’s also available on Sabiu’s new album Audio Ergo Sum. Says Anderson of this collaboration: “A good friend of mine, musician Alessandro de Rosa, put Marco Sabiu and I in touch […]