Archive for March 8th, 2010

Paul Rodgers Still Loves Hearing His Music on the Radio

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Paul Rodgers is responsible for many hits with his various groups like Bad Company and Free.  No matter where you go, classics like “All Right Now” and “Feel Like Making Love” seem to always be playing.  So what does Paul think when he hears [...]

Ellefson Talks About Parting Ways With Megadeth

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Bassist Dave Ellefson is back with Megadeth. Ellefson was one of the founding members of the band, but left the group when it disbanded in 2002.  The rocker told us about the days leading up to Megadeth breaking up seven years ago.
“It was weird [...]

Cherie Currie Discusses ‘The Runaways’ Movie and Her Book

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On March 19th, The Runaways, the movie that tells the story about the band, hits theaters.  The producers took some artistic liberties with the tale of the teenage girl rockers, and singer Cherie Currie hopes people buy her book, Neon Angel, to learn the [...]

Rare Geezer Butler Track Now Online

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Geezer Butler has a new Web site and right now, you can download a rare track by the former Black Sabbath bassist on it for free.  It’s called “Beach Skeleton” and besides showing up on the Japanese version of Geezer’s 1997 solo record Black [...]

Foreigner, Styx and Kansas Announce Summer Tour

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Foreigner and Styx will hit the road this summer for a co-headlining tour that features special guest Kansas.  If that weren’t enough, a limited number of tickets will cost as little as ten dollars in some markets.  The trek, which is called the United [...]

Anvil To Perform at Independent Spirit Awards

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Tomorrow, the best in independent films will be honored at the Independent Spirit Awards and Anvil will perform at the event.  The band’s documentary, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, is up for Best Documentary at the awards show, which will be held in L-A.  [...]

Dream Theater To Tour With Iron Maiden

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DREAM THEATER TO SERVE AS DIRECT SUPPORT FOR IRON MAIDEN ON SUMMER TOUR AND TO PLAY NYC’S FAMED MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR CAREER
Prog rock/metal icons DREAM THEATER will spend their summer supporting Iron Maiden on the band’s month-long tour of major U.S. and Canadian markets. The tour launches June [...]

Iron Maiden Announces ‘The Final Frontier’ North American Tour

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NORTH AMERICA FIRST TO EXPERIENCE IRON MAIDEN’S “THE FINAL FRONTIER WORLD TOUR” Very Special Guests DREAM THEATER
Tickets go on sale beginning March 13th at LiveNation.com
LOS ANGELES – March 5, 2010 - Metal legends IRON MAIDEN have revealed the title of their new album, THE FINAL FRONTIER and details of their highly anticipated 2010 North [...]

Alice In Chains on Top with “Your Decision”

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Alice in Chains is back on top with their new single, “Your Decision.”  The song, off the band’s new album Black Gives Way to Blue, is number one on the Billboard Rock Chart. The video for “Your Decision” is also currently the most played [...]

Museum Showing Grateful Dead Memorabilia

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The New York Historical Society has a new exhibition and it features materials from the Grateful Dead’s archive.  The exhibit, aptly called The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New York Historical Society, is the first large-scale exhibition of the band’s memorabilia and celebrates [...]