NEWS

08 January 2009

IN FLAMES was honored with the “Best Hard Rock” award at the Swedish “Grammis” gala, which was held earlier tonight (Wednesday, January 7) at Hovet in Stockholm. The band also performed the song “Alias” during the ceremony, which was broadcast live on Swedish national channel TV4. IN FLAMES was presented with the award by Joey […]

08 January 2009

Four free tracks from The Raconteurs’ set at Bonnaroo 2008 are to be made available this Sunday (January 11), courtesy of the festival. One song will be available to everyone, while the other three can be downloaded by members of the free-to-access Bonnaroo Community. The songs that will be available are: ‘Consoler Of The Lonely’, […]

07 January 2009

The UK band, famous in Bulgaria also because singer Mira Aroyo was born in Sofia will support Depeche Mode on all 4 dates in the Balkans. The Sofia mega live will be at the ‘Vassil Levski’В National Stadium on May 18th – Tuborg Green Fest 2009

07 January 2009

Al Jourgensen’s changed his mind: He’s not retiring from making music after all.That doesn’t mean he’s going to keep Ministry moving, though. He’s just not stepping down from The Revolting Cocks as he originally planned. The industrial-rock veteran will stay the course with the band as it releases its upcoming Sex-O Olympico Feb. 13 from […]

07 January 2009

Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil returns with his eclectic side project, Marmaduke Duke. Marmaduke Duke is described by The Atmosphere (aka Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro) and The Dragon (aka JP Reid of Sucioperro) as a wandering soul, a personification of man’s most primitive and often under-explored impulses.

07 January 2009

‘The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart’ came out in Bulgarian through Mahaloto publishung house

06 January 2009

The ex-Marillion frontmanВ has been given the all-clear following his throat-cancer scare. In a message to fans on his website, theВ Fish said: ‘The biopsy samples taken from my vocal chords have come back negative on any malignant or pre-malignant growth. ‘It appears that the source of all my problems has been a cyst which has been […]

06 January 2009

Ron Asheton, the guitarist and bassist with The Stooges, has been found dead today (January 6). He was 60. Asheton was found at his home in Ann Arbor this morning, according to police. A cause of death is yet to be confirmed, although initial reports suggest that Asheton died of a heart attack. Detective Sgt […]

06 January 2009

Florian Schneider has announced that he has quit the band. Schneider, one of just two remaining original members, has announced the end of his 40-year partnership with co-founder Ralf HГјtter. The pioneering German electronic band revealed the news on their website last night. No reason for the departure was given, but it is likely that […]

06 January 2009

The singer of the most successful live band for 2008 is set to help Hillary Clinton alleviate her debt, after she unsuccessfully campaigned to become President of the United States. The singer will perform at a fundraiser for Clinton at Town Hall in New York on January 15, which is touted as ‘a final evening […]