Yes have announced a tour of North America to mark the band’s 40th anniversary. The shows will be the legendary prog-rockers’ first live performances in over 5 years and will kick off July 12 in Canada. The band will feature founding members Jon Anderson and Chris Squire joined by Steve Howe, Alan White and Oliver […]

Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) and Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) have recorded a cover version of Alice Cooper‘s 1973 track “Elected“. The song will be featured on a four-track Ayreon EP, scheduled for release in Europe on April 28. The three other tunes featured on it are an acoustic live radio session of “E=mc2”, “Ride the Comet” […]

Avenged Sevenfold are filming some performances on their current Taste of Chaos Tour (also featuring Bullet for My Valentine and Atreyu, a.o) for a live CD/DVD package. The finished product is expected to surface by Christmas. Avenged Sevenfold – “Afterlife“

Kypck (meaning “Kursk” in the Cyrillic alphabet), the new Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former Sentenced guitarist Sami Lopakka and renowned producer Hiili Hiilesmaa on drums, has entered the Finnish chart at position No. 11 with its debut album, “Cherno” (“black” in Russian), which was released via UHO Production on March 12. For more […]

Bulgarian living punk legendsВ Holera shall reunite on March 28, 2008 to do a live show at the Black Box Club in Sofia. The event shall also feature La Muchedumbre and Svetlio & The Legends. Tickets cost 5 Euro and can be purchased via Ticketstream.bg. Holera live in Sofia, 1989

The names of the bands that will headline this year’s edition of the Kaliakra Rock Fest, set to take place onВ July 5-7, 2008 at the Kaliakra Stadium in Kavarna, Bulgaria, have been officially revealed! To put it short, the list goes like this: July 5, 2008В – Manowar, Holyhell, Sixth Sense July 6, 2008В – Alice Cooper […]

ZZ Top are working on their first studio album since 2003’s “Mescalero”. The still untitled CD should be released later in the year, preceded by a live DVD, filmed last November in Texas. ZZ Top – “Burger Man“

Current Velvet Revolver and former Guns N’ Roses bass player Duff McKagan has claimed that his band have bagged tour support slots on a supposed future tour with Led Zeppelin. However, no specific dates or venues were mentioned. We’d just like to remind you that The Cult’s Ian Astbury also claimed his band were set […]

Coldplay have finally entitled their new, fourth full-length studio album, due on June 16. The record will be called “Viva la Vida” – meaning “Long live life” in Spanish – after frontman Chris Martin saw the phrase on a painting by Mexican artists Frida Kahlo. Coldplay – “The Scientist“

Fall Out Boy are set to become the first band to play gigs on all seven continents in less than nine months. They’ll achieve this landmark on Tuesday, March 25, when they’ll do a show in Antarctica for assembled scientists… and penguins. Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance“