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TURBONEGRO Bottled Off Stage In New York
Norway's TURBONEGRO — recently reformed after a four-year break — were bottled off stage in New York over the weekend (March 30),leaving frontman Hank Von Helvete hospitalized, according to NME.com. The band were playing their first-ever headline show in the U.S. in New York's Mercury Lounge after...April 1, 2003
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METALLICA Re-Sign With MERCURY RECORDS!
METALLICA have signed a new agreement with Mercury Records for territories outside the United States and Japan. The new deal includes the band's multi-Grammy-winning back catalogue and comes ahead of the release in June of the band's eighth studio album, "St Anger". Mercury has been the home for MET...March 31, 2003
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SAXON Confirmed For Britain's BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL
SAXON are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. SAXON will headline the "classic" night on Friday, Aug. 29 with BLAZE, POWER QUEST and one other band yet to be confirmed. Also...March 19, 2003
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BIOMECHANICAL, MERCURY RAIN, Others Confirmed For Britain's BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL 2003
BIOMECHANICAL, MERCURY RAIN, FULC and BATES MOTEL are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are NIGHTWISH, PARADISE LOST, HAMMERFALL,...March 5, 2003
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HASTE Name New Album
Birmingham, Alabama's HASTE have set "The Mercury Lift" as the title for their forthcoming third full-length release, tentatively due in May through Century Media Records. According to the label, "The title was derived from an incident that occurred at the Univ. of Alabama as one of their labs was h...February 7, 2003
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RUSH Collection To Come With Bonus DVD
RUSH's forthcoming retrospective collection, "The Spirit of Radio — Greatest Hits (1974-1987)" , will come with a bonus DVD, featuring videos for "Closer to the Heart", "Tom Sawyer", "Subdivisions", "The Big Money", and "Mystic Rhythms", the latter of which is not included on the accompanying CD. Th...February 1, 2003
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UNLEASHED Guitarist Launches Record Label
UNLEASHED/TERRA FIRMA guitarist Freddie Eugene has started his own independent record label, Sway Records. The first release through the label will be TERRA FIRMA's "Harms Way" as a hand-numbered picture disc. More information will be made available shortly. ...January 16, 2003
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Winning Air-Guitar Ace Salutes AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG
A 27-year-old Australian man beat 10 other finalists to win the Hobart Summer Festival air-guitar showdown with his impression of AC/DC "mad axeman" Angus Young, according to Australia's The Mercury. David Lithgow's carefully choreographed and well-rehearsed piece won the West Hobart carpet salesman...January 8, 2003
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MELECHESH Hard At Work On 'Sphynx'
MELECHESH, who feature in their ranks ABSU drummer/vocalist Proscriptor McGovern, are currently at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Los Angered Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden recording their third album for Osmose Productions, titled "Sphynx". Among the cuts set to appear on the upcoming CD are the fo...December 17, 2002
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THE HAUNTED To Embark On South African Mini-Tour
Swedish high-energy thrashers THE HAUNTED will be touring South Africa in March 2003 as part of the first-ever Witchfest Roaming Festival. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 03 - Cape Town, RSA @ The Mercury Mar. 07 - Durban, RSA @ Burn Mar. 08 - Johannesburg, RSA @ The Door Support at all shows w...November 29, 2002
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AFTER ALL Ink Deal With MAUSOLEUM RECORDS
Belgium's AFTER ALL have signed a deal with Mausoleum Records for the release of their latest album, "Mercury Rising". Produced by Harris Johns, renowned for his work with VOIVOD and KREATOR, the CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse Studios in Berlin, Germany and reportedly features "a much heavier an...November 6, 2002
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QUEEN's BRIAN MAY, ROGER TAYLOR To Perform At Post-WALK OF FAME Induction Party
QUEEN guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor will be performing in Los Angeles tonight at a special Fan Club party to celebrate their induction to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The duo will be joined by regular QUEEN guest musicians Chris Thompson and Spike Edney, plus various special guests, in...October 18, 2002
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A New QUEEN On Hollywood Boulevard
Legendary rock group QUEEN — John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor and the late Freddie Mercury — will be honored with their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, October 18th. The star will recognize the unparalleled achievements of the band which dominated three generations of music his...October 17, 2002
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RUSH To Issue Best-Of Collection In January
RUSH will issue a new best-of collection, entitled The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits (1974-1987),on January 28th through Mercury/UME. All the selections on the 16-song set — which comprises tracks taken from the band's Mercury Records output — have been digitally remastered, and a 16-page booklet...October 11, 2002
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Ex-DIAMOND REXX Drummer On Decision To Leave Band: 'The Singer Made Me Sick'
Fomer DIAMOND REXX Billy Nychay has sent us the following update: "I'm forwarding new information regarding your news post regarding DIAMOND REXX (Sept. 20th). I have since left DIAMOND REXX (new album hits Nov 5th) to pursue other projects. Reason for the departure... 'HEALTH REASONS — the singer m...October 9, 2002
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