MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "Tonight [in Portland] was the last show with the [ROLLING] STONES. I think we were better tonight here in Portland than Seattle. It just felt like all the cylinders were firing. Backstage we were all hanging out and [Mick] Jagger told ...
According to a posting on the Nuclear Blast web site, CATHEDRAL have postponed their previously announced European tour until February. Support on the trek will come from GRAND MAGUS and ELECTRIC WIZARD. CATHEDRAL's schedule currently only contains the following U.K. dates with CRADLE OF FILTH: Dec. 01 – Southampton, UK - Guild Hall Dec. 02 ...
Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have cancelled their previously announced November 12 show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. No reason was given for the cancellation. The rest of the band's "Acoustica Peace for All Middle East" tour will go ahead as scheduled. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 10 - Doha, Qatar - Intercontinental Doha ...
Swedish metallers ENTOMBED have set "Serpent Saints" as the title of their new album, due on June 6, 2006 via Threeman Recordings. The upcoming CD will be the group's first without the contributions of guitarist Uffe Cederlund, who left the band in September. Speaking to Sweden's Close-Up magazine, ENTOMBED guitarist Alex Hellid had the following ...
ContactMusic.com is reporting that music matriarch Sharon Osbourne is a fan of heavy rockers IRON MAIDEN despite sabotaging the band's performance at the climax of her husband Ozzy's Ozzfest tour this summer. MAIDEN were pelted with debris by fans when Sharon allowed sound problems to wreck their set in California on August 20. The group's ...
German power metallers GAMMA RAY have announced the dates for the Scandinavian/Russian legs of their "Majestic" European tour. Support on the Scandinavian portion of the trek will come from NOCTURNAL RITES and POWERWOLF. The details are as follows: Jan. 14 - Stockholm, SWE @ Arenan Jan. 16 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia Jan. 18 - ...
According to a posting on Ronnie James Dio's official web site, DIO's December 1 date in Aarhus, Denmark has been cancelled. No reason was given for the cancellation. The first date of DIO's Scandinavian run will now be December 3 in Copenhagen. Also appearing on the bill will be URIAH HEEP and ASIA. The schedule ...
JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the new band fronted by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, have posted the following message on their official web site; "JON OLIVA'S PAIN would like to announce that they will be joining forces with Dirk Lehberger and Shooter Promotions from Germany to handle their European, Asia, and Russian concert bookings for 2006. This ...
According to a posting on the LILLIAN AXE web site, the crew for the upcoming horror movie "Tao of M" — which is being shot by Velvet Life Productions, the production company formed by LILLIAN AXE/NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE guitarist Steve Blaze, Eric Morris and director James L. Bills, in a joint venture with Isis Films ...
Long-running Southern Californian death metal band SADISTIC INTENT will be performing live at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, December 2. Also appearing on the bill will be MORTICIAN and HIRAX. In other news, SADISTIC INTENT have posted the following update on their official web site: "To those of you who have ...
