Powerhouse rock vocalist and former Atlantic recording artist Kelly Keeling (BATON ROUGE, BLUE MURDER, MSG, JOHN NORUM) has issued a statement regarding the reports that he is being replaced by singer/songwriter Andrew Freeman (THIRTY STONES, BLOCKK 16) on George Lynch's (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) short summer tour. As previously reported, Freeman completed a string of East ...
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) recently updated their list of top-selling music artists in the United States. The following are the cumulative album sales totals for the most popular heavy metal/hard rock arists in the U.S. (sales totals are in millions): #3: LED ZEPPELIN 107.5 #10: AC/DC 66 #11: AEROSMITH 65.5 #18: METALLICA ...
Sweden's HAMMERFALL and Germany's EDGUY will be teaming up for a North American tour beginning in early August. Confirmed dates are as follows: Aug. 10 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON - Canada Aug. 11 - Medley - Montreal, QC - CANADA Aug. 12 - L'Imperial - Quebec City, QC - Canada Aug. 13 ...
Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE will perform in Ängelholm, Sweden on August 13. "The arrangement is called 'Alla Är Lika - A Hard Day to Remember' and there will be several bands from the Swedish music scene performing there," the group write on their web site. As previously reported, CLOUDSCAPE are tentatively planning on entering RoastingHouse Studios ...
SABBAT (Japan), DECEASED, DESTRUCTOR, USURPER, THE CHASM, MALAS and ARES KINGDOM are the confirmed acts for the Nuclear Holocaust Festival, set to take place on September 17 in Chicago, Illinois. More information and tickets ($20) can be obtained from Metal Haven: (773) 755-9202 or Nocturnal Dominion: (773) 782-9097. ...
Launch Radio Networks reports: The Broadway debut of the QUEEN musical "We Will Rock You" has been put off indefinitely. Instead of making plans to bring the show to New York City any time soon, QUEEN guitarist Brian May told Launch that it will hit a number of other cities first. "The plan is to ...
Germany's MAJESTY have entered the studio with producer Stefan Kaufmann (former ACCEPT drummer, current U.D.O. guitarist) to begin recording their new album. The following is band leader Tarek Maghari's report on the CD's recording sessions: "Hail metalheads! I'm writing to you directly from the studio where we are recording the 'Reign in Glory' follower. At ...
Guitarist Karl Cochran (ACE FREHLEY, JOE LYNN TURNER, NUCLEAR ASSAULT) is in talks with Joe Franco, the co-producer/drummer for VAN HELSING'S CURSE, a musical/theatrical production created by Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER). Karl is being considered as the lead guitar player for the show. More information will be made available soon. Cochran is currently touring Europe ...
Denmark's Antenna webzine recently conducted an interview with VIXEN guitarist Jan Kuehnemund. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Antenna: Who are the members of VIXEN now? Jan Kuehnemund: "I'm Jan Kuehnemund; I'm the guitarist. My band members are bassist Lynn Louise Lowrey, drummer Kat Kraft and singer Jenna Sanz-Agero." Antenna: With you as ...
