NEWS
Finland’s hard rock veterans Hanoi Rocks shall release a live DVD on June 10 via Cherry Red/MVD. Entitled “The Nottingham Tapes“, it shall feature a performance filmed on April 23, 1984 at the Palais in Nottingham, England. Hanoi Rocks – “Up Around the Bend” (live 1984)
Brian May has been awarded an honorary fellowship for his contribution to astronomy and services to the understanding of science at Liverpool John Moores University. Queen’s guitarist has taken over the role of Chancellor from Tony Blair’s wife Cherie Blair. Duties May will have to undertake as Chancellor include representing the university on special occasions […]
The Smashing Pumpkins will be inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk on April 23. Frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin will be place their handprints in cement alongside other honourees, including Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder and Brian Wilson. Smashing Pumpkins – “Ava Adore“
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has revealed to BBC that he’d like to collaborate with Mike Skinner of The Streets on a “London rap-rock project”. “We haven’t asked him yet”, Muse’s singer admits, “but we would like to do England’s answer to Rage Against the Machine.” Muse – “Micro Cuts“
The German avantgarde solo project Allroh shall supportВ Steve AlbiniВ and his bandВ Shellac at their show inВ Sofia, BulgariaВ on May 12. Check out Allroh’s audio art atВ myspace.com/allroh, as well as on the video below. We’d like to remindВ you thatВ Shellac shall perform live at the Backstage ClubВ in less than a month. Tickets for theВ May 12В show are limited to 200В and […]
Buckcherry are hard at work on their next album. The quintet is finishing up the songwriting and shall enter studio in May, and the follow-up to 2006’s platinum “15” is going to surface sometime in the summer. Buckcherry – “Crazy Bitch“
Sofia-based metal beasts She Was Asking for It shall present their debut album “The Downfall of Mankind” live this Saturday, April 19, at the Funkiss ClubВ in Bulgaria’s capital. The concert, which shall also feature OverdawnВ and Let Them Die, starts at 7 p.m. She Was Asking for It – “Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste” (live)
Sol Invicto, the drum’n’bass-meets-metal side-project of Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter, Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill on percussion and drums, and Richie Londres of C.L.P. on guitar and UK-based producer AJ Cookson, will release its debut EP, called “Unidose“, on May 12 via Altered Beats Music. For more information, visitВ myspace.com/solinvicto.
The eighth edition of the annual Tattoo Fest in Sofia, Bulgaria shall take place on May 3-4В at the 3,000-capacityВ Hristo Botev Sports Hall. It shall feature tons of DJ sets and live music and, of course, dozens of tattoo studios from Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, Serbia and Macedonia.