JIMI HENDRIX’s iconic 1969 Woodstock set will be shown in cinemas worldwide to mark what would have been the guitarist’s 70th birthday. Hendrix 70: Live At Woodstock showcases one of the defining moments in rock history. It’s been assembled from the archive of Oscar-winning director Michael Wadleigh. At 9am on August 18, 1969, HENDRIX premiered […]

Earlier this Wednesday, a tragedy occurred on the site where LINKIN PARK were set to take the stage in Cape Town, South Africa. Before the band started playing at the Cape Town Stadium, an advertising scaffolding collapsed due to strong winds, killing one female concertgoer and injuring twenty others. The show went on as scheduled, […]

ANTHRAX have brought in former Testament/Slayer drummer JOHN DETTE (pictured) for their UK and European tour supporting MOTORHEAD. This is because CHARLIE BENANTE is dealing with ‘personal stuff’. The last show of the track is on 5 December in Berlin.

GREEN DAY will release ‘Dos!,’ the second album of a trilogy, on Tuesday, November 13. The project follows recent issue of ‘Uno!,’ and the forthcoming ‘Tre!’, whose album’s release has been moved up to December 11 from its original date of January 15, 2013. Fans can now preview songs from ‘Dos!’ in the player below… […]

Six weeks after the fabulous concert at Plovdiv’s Roman Theater, ANATHEMA have announced that touring member DANIEL CARDOSO has joined the band full-time. The keyboardist will bring his additional talents as a producer and drummer into the fold, with mainman Daniel Cavanagh sure the results will create the “strongest incarnation” of the band. Cavanagh says: […]

Slovenian band ELVIS JACKSON is set to play at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club on 23 November (Friday). WICKEDA and OGI 23 are also on the bill.  Show kicks off at 10 pm with tickets available via www.Ticketsream.bg.

MONY PANCHEV’s very special ROCKENROLL radio show today is dedicated to the music of the fantastic bands: THE KEEF HARTLEY BAND (pictured) and QUINTESSENCE ROCKENROLL kicks off at  4:00 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. For the several reruns of the show – CHECK in our SCHEDULES. 

German melodic metallers MASTERPLAN have revealed their new band lineup. Joining recently announced new drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka (CRADLE OF FILTH) are vocalist Rick Altzi (AT VANCE, SANDALINAS, THUNDERSTONE), who replaces Jorn Lande, and bassist Jari Kainulainen (pictured below, ex-STRATOVARIUS, SYMPHONIA). The band are currently recording the follow-up to their 2010 release, Time To Be […]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have a new drummer. It’s sort of their old drummer. You might recognize him. His name is Dave Grohl. Moments before QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman/nucleus Joshua Homme broke the news to Zane Lowe on BBC’s Radio 1 today that longtime drummer Joey Castillo had left the band, the […]

Not only is Public Image Ltd. back in action these days, but two of that band’s key early members — bassist Jah Wobble and guitarist Keith Levene — have reunited to record their first full-length collaboration since PiL’s classic 1979 album Metal Box. Their new record, Yin & Yang, is due out Nov. 12 in […]