The great US band enteredВ today ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock ChartВ with ‘Set To Fail’В from their forthcoming new album ‘Wrath’ (Roadrunner/ Virginia Records). It will be officially out next weekand according to the album review ofВ Stefan Topuzov published on our website today: “Wrath’ is more like England’s third goal against Germany from the 1966 FIFA World […]

The 2009 BRIT Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 18 February 2009. It was the 29th edition of the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, and was broadcast live on ITV1, on Wednesday, February 18 at 8 pm (GMT). Duffy became the […]

Portishead have said that although they are free of a record deal and are considering various options for their next album release, they are unlikely to give away their music free. Producer/instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, writing on the band’s MySpace blog, wrote that the band had “lots of options” with regards to the follow-up to their […]

RockersВ INXS have sacked JD Fortune, the lead singer they recruited through a US reality show, with the star admitting fame drove him to drugs. The singer, who was picked to front the group after winning the series Rockstar: INXS, said he was now broke and living in his car in native Canada after being dumped […]

Hollywood star Adam Sandler has covered Neil Young’s Like A Hurricane. During a recent stint on the David Letterman Show, The Wedding Singer star rocked out with Keith Richards and Stevie Nicks collaborator, Waddy Wachtel to cover the song from Neil’s 1977 album, American Stars N’ Bars. Please tell us, what do you think of […]

‘Belfast Confetti’ due out on April 27th 2009 on DR2 is a collection of gritty acoustic songs, full of passion, dirt, whisky and tales of a misspent youth in the land of the Emerald Isle. Ricky reflects: “I found myself looking deeper into the well for this record. Each song is not unlike a prayer. […]

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST , ICED EARTH) will release his first solo album, “Play My Game”, in May via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen brand-new tracks that Owens composed himself or together with renowned friends, such as Bob Kulick, Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, […]

Tuomas Holopainen has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 Soundi Award. The leader, songwriter, and keyboardist of NIGHTWISH is an inspiring example of a musician possessing clear vision, proper musical education, and stamina. After founding NIGHTWISH in his native town of Kitee in 1996, Holopainen has kept his eyes on the horizon while […]

The first eight-minute video report from SEPULTURA’s current European headlining tour — featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with guitarist Andreas Kisser and vocalist Derrick Green — can be viewed below. Please, don’t forget that the first concert of the tour was the 3rd Tangra Mega Rock anniversary bash here in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 6th. […]

Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory, Arkaea) and Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) are among the musicians who will play for Hollywood United — a star-studded soccer club featuring players from the entertainment and music industry — on April 11 at the first annual “Setanta Cup” indoor soccer tournament at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in […]