NEWS

19 February 2012

Bulgarian prog metallers JUVIGI are setting up a headline show on Sunday, 26 February. The gig will start at 10:30 pm at Sofia’s Sound Wave club (ex-Toucan Bluzz&Rock) and JUVIGI will play a two-hours set with material from the bands forthcoming second album. There are no tickets on sale, since the admittance is free. Last January, JUVIGI […]

19 February 2012

As previously reported, TERROR are coming back to Sofia to play a ball bustin’ gig on the occasion of radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s SIXTH Anniversary bash. The show has now been moved to the 22 April with the first idea – 20 April proving to be impossible due to logistic issues within the band’s routing. Fans are now […]

18 February 2012

SOUNDGARDEN frontman CHRIS CORNELL surprised everyone with his tribute to the late WHITNEY HOUSTON during his acoustic set at President Obama’s fundraiser in San Francisco on Thursday night, 16 February. During the performance he covered songs from his solo career and his days with Audioslave as well as covers of Bob Marley and John Lennon songs. […]

18 February 2012

BLACK SABBATH – who late last year confirmed the recording of their first new album in more than 33 years and a worldwide headlining tour – have had to put some plans on hold due to Tony Iommi’s battle with lymphoma. At this time, BLACK SABBATH will perform only one show of this summer’s previously scheduled […]

17 February 2012

The family of the late singer Whitney Houston have agreed to let her funeral be broadcast online this weekend. A single video camera will be placed inside the church on Saturday to record the service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Footage will be made available to media outlets via the […]

17 February 2012

Vinnie Paul has rejected a lucrative offer to take part in a one-time Pantera reunion to pay tribute to his brother Dimebag Darrell Abbott who was murdered in 2004. Vinnie Paul had previously discounted an online campaign for the tribute show reunion by telling www.darkside.ru, “Dime was such a huge part of it that it […]

17 February 2012

COHEED AND CAMBRIA are hard at work on their next album and frontman Claudio Sanchez is offering up a free download of an acoustic take on the new track ‘Sentry The Defiant’ — check it out here. Despite having dropped two members in the past year, COHEED AND CAMBRIA’s new album seems to be coming […]

17 February 2012

We’re assuming Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl spent some time with Muse recently because now he says that their next album will be recorded in space. Foo Fighters had a lengthy conversation with MTV on the red carpet at The 54th Annual Grammy Awards, where the Foo Fighters nearly swept all categories they were nominated […]

17 February 2012

VAN HALEN’s ‘A Different Kind Of Truth,’ debuts this week at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart. The first VAN HALEN album with David Lee Roth in 28 years sold 187,000 copies to be the week’s top-selling album across all rock genres, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Debuting behind the veteran […]

17 February 2012

After making disparaging comments about recently deceased pop singer Whitney Houston, KFI AM 640 radio personalities John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou — of the Los Angeles station’s ‘The John and Ken Show’ — have been suspended for a week and a half. The station announced the suspension on its web site Thursday, calling the comments […]