Swedish 'Alien' reunited to release new album
Bath, England (Rockit Factory announcement) - Swedish rockers Alien are back together for a new album. Tony Borg and Jim Jidhed, having topped the Swedish charts in 1988 with their debut platinum-selling album are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to an album that only the best in ...
| Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward signs on for reunion
LOS ANGELES (OzzFest Website) - After initially declining an offer to join Black Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler for a reunion on Ozzfest 2004, drummer Bill Ward has now reconsidered. The original line-up is now complete for their much anticipated headlining slot on the 9th ...
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Megadeth to simultaneously release eight re-mastered albums on Capitol/EMI July 27
NEW YORK (Capitol Records press release) - Megadeth - one of hard rock's most revered acts - will re-issue seven of their gold-selling albums July 27 on Capitol Records. The CDs range from the group's 1986 debut Peace Sells?But Who's Buying to 1999's Risk plus the 1996 side project MD.45. Founder, singer, ...
| Pearl Jam planning shows and will release a 'Greatest Hits' album
NEW YORK (Pearl Jam Official Website/Sony Music) - After a long break, Pearl Jam's official Web site hints at possible releases and live U.S. performances - perhaps in the fall. There could be some shows - maybe acoustic, maybe not, a possible CD of some sort, and it's possible the band may head back ...
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Troubles for Vines frontman Craig Nicholls
MELBOURNE (Vines Fans Website) - Police are investigating charges that The Vines frontman Craig Nicholls kicked at a photographer's face during the band's performance in Annandale, Australia last week. Nicholls also reportedly verbally abused fans at the show, prompting Triple M, a national Australian ...
| Bon Jovi participates in 'Four Seasons of Hope' philantrhopy programm
NEW YORK (www.fourseasonsofhope.com) - Four Seasons of Hope, an innovative U.S. philanthropy program, is taking its message of Hope worldwide via a first-of-its-kind star-studded charity web cast live from New York City. Featuring some of the biggest names in sports, entertainment and politics, the ...
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Half A Halo & the 'Machine'
TORONTO, Canada (Half A Halo Official Website) - Canadian hard rockers Half A Halo announced today their new sponsorship deal with rock 'n roll lifestyle clothing company Machine clothing. Half A Halo are a 4pc hard rock band formed in April 2003 fronted by both remixer/producer Dave Thompson (guitars/vocals) ...
| Sum 41 left from Uganda safety
NEW YORK (Sum41 Fans Website) - Sum 41 have been forced to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo where they were participating in a documentary for War Child Canada. All the members of Sum 41 are safe and unhurt, and are currently making their way back to Canada. The band was evacuated to Uganda over ...
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Julian and Juliet are going to engeged?
NEW YORK (Strokes Fans Website) - Until now were only rumors... Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas is engaged to be married to the band's assistant manager, Juliet Joslin. According to the band's publicist, Jim Merlis, Casablancas has announced his engagement while on stage at several recent concerts. ...
| Operatic Green Day
NEW YORK (Green Day Fans Website) - Green Day's upcoming album, "American Idiot", will see the band moving away from three-chord, three-minute long pop-punk hits. The album features a nine-minute-long rock opera entitled "Jesus Of Suburbia". The track will be divided into several sections, with titles ...
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Kittie names 'Into The Darkness' as first single from upcoming release
LONDON, Ontario, Canada (www.kittierocks.com) - Kittie has selected "Into the Darkness" as the first single from its upcoming release, "Until the End." A video for "Into the Darkness" will be shot later this month in New York City. The husband and wife team of Greg Kaplan and Rafaela Monfradini (Everytime ...
| Sum-41 in Africa
NEW YORK (Warchild.ca & Sum-41 Fans Website) - Sum-41 is currently in the Congo in Africa, participating in a documentary focusing on the impact of war on young people. Fans can now track the band's progress through their online diary. In the first posting, the band describe their arrival in the war-torn ...
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Motorhead set to release new studio album 'inferno' on June 22, 2004
NEW YORK (Sanctuary Records press release) - The Motorhead legend roars on in 2004 with the release of the new studio album 'Inferno' on June 22 on Metal-Is Records, a division of the Sanctuary Records Group. It's the first album of new, skin-peeling material from vocalist/bassist Lemmy, guitarist Philip ...
| 'Breaking The Habit:' groundbreaking new Linkin Park video
BURBANK, CA (Warner bros. press release) - Linkin Park has created a groundbreaking video for "Breaking The Habit," the latest single off their 4-times platinum Warner Bros. album "Meteora." The video for "Breaking The Habit was conceived by the band�s turntablist and sampler Mr. Hahn and directed by ...
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Black Sabbath reuniting
NEW YORK (Ozzfest Official Website) - Black Sabbath will reunite for Ozzfest, in July in Hartford, Connecticut, according to the Ozzfest Web site. Three original Black Sabbath members, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommiand Geezer Butler, and Mike Bordin, a member of Osbourne's band, will perform 26 shows. Billy ...
| RHCP John Frusciante will release a series of six solo albums
NEW YORK (RHCP Fans Website) - Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante has been prolific in recent years, with numerous solo albums and soundtrack work released since 1995, but nothing could prepare fans for his next move. The guitarist will release a series of six solo albums on a monthly basis over the ...
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Dream Theater 'Images And Words: Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A Livetime'
LOS ANGELES (Dream Theater Official Website) - The progressive rockers Dream Theater, who set the standard for live performances, continue to deliver sharp-edged music with Rhino Home Video's June 29 release of the mind-blowing Images And Words: Live In Tokyo / 5 Years In A Livetime. The two-DVD set ...
| Kelly is joining AFI's Davey Havoc
NEW YORK (Osbournes Fans Website) - Kelly Osbourne will be joining forces with AFI frontman Davey Havoc for a duet on the soundtrack of the upcoming film "Live Freaky, Die Freaky". The film uses puppets to tell a science fiction story set in the year 3069. Voices will be provided by an all-star cast ...
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A Perfect Circle released new DVD
NEW YORK (EMI press release) - A Perfect party! the release party on May 11, for A Perfect Circle's just-releasd DVD Lost in the Bermuda Triangle proved to be an evening of strange and colorful diversions. The moody, atmospheric rockers - A Perfect Circle: Maynard James Keenan (vocals), Billy Howerdel ...
| Durst denies Limp Bizkit split rumors
NEW YORK (Limp Bizkit Official & Fans Websites) - Fred Durst, lead singer of the band Limp Bizkit has denied internet reports that the group is on the verge of a split. He clarified that the band had planned to tour America this summer. The rock rapper is also furious at the rumours that they have been ...
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