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TIMO TOLKKI Writing 'More Traditional' STRATOVARIUS Material

STRATOVARIUS guitarist/mainman Timo Tolkki has issued the following update on the songwriting process for the group's new album: "Everything has gone very smoothly and I have written seven songs by now. I expect to complete the songwriting by the STRATOVARIUS tour that kicks off [in] Canada. After t...

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STRATOVARIUS Guitarist Begins Writing New Material

STRATOVARIUS guitarist/mainman Timo Tolkki has issued the following update: "I have started writing songs. It took a while to gather all the equipment, but now I am done and I can let the creativity flow. May the Muse of Music be with me. First, I am gonna write the songs for the next STRATOVARIUS a...

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STRATOVARIUS Guitarist To Guest On 'The Metal Meltdown Show' This Afternoon

STRATOVARIUS guitarist/mainman Timo Tolkki will be calling "The Metal Meltdown Show" on Cleveland, Ohio's WRUW-FM 91.1 with Dr. Metal this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. EST. Questions for Timo can be sent through www.metalmeltdown.com. "The Metal Meltdown Show" can be heard live every Thursday from 4:30 to...

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STRATOVARIUS: More North American Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for STRATOVARIUS' upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to take place in September/Ocrober. The details are as follows: Sep. 27 - Quebec City, QC - Salle Albert Rousseau Sep. 29 - Montreal, QC - Le Medley Oct. 01 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx Oct. 02 - New York,...

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LORDI Frontman Defends His Band's Inclusion In EUROVISION Song Contest

Dan Bilefsky of the International Herald Tribune recently spoke to LORDI singer and namesake about the uproar crated in their home country after the band was chosen to represent Finland at Eurovision, the European song competition that launched ABBA and CELINE DION. First, Finnish religious leaders...

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NAVARRO On 'Rock Star' Tryouts: 'Nobody Got The Memo On Who They Were Auditioning For'

Former JANE'S ADDICTION/RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist Dave Navarro, who will return as one of the hosts of CBS's "Rock Star" program, has issued an update on the auditioning process for the program, which will be used by the all-star band SUPERNOVA as the competition to determine their new lead si...

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STRATOVARIUS To Record New Album Later In The Year

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are getting some rest after the tour but life goes on. We are planning to record a new album later this year, and in connection with that we will also play a few select shows scheduled around the...

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STRATOVARIUS Frontman Checks In From Greece

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has posted the following message on his official web site: "Cool, I have been having this flu now for about one month. I know I am not the only person who's fighting with it at the moment. The thing is that I haven´t been able to sing (or do much nothing) ...

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STRATOVARIUS To Play Taiwan And Hong Kong For First Time

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have lined up the following dates during January: Jan. 14 - Thessaloniki, GRE @ Idrogios Jan. 15 - Athens. GRE @ Club 22 Jan. 18 - Osaka, JPN @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro Jan. 19 - Nagoya, JPN @ Bottomline Jan. 21 - Tokyo, JPN @ Shibuya O-East Jan. 22 - Tokyo, ....

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Among Top 20 Concert Tours Of 2005

MÖTLEY CRÜE ended 2005 among the top 20 in concert sales receipts, according to Pollstar, the industry trade magazine. THE ROLLING STONES' "A Bigger Bang" tour led all other concert tours in 2005 with $162 million in gross receipts, the Associated Press reported. The average STONES ticket was $133.9...

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KISS Podcast No. 8 Available For Download

Dion of the KISS Podcast has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "The KISS Podcast show No. 8 was just released. The theme for this show is Alice Cooper. In this show we play an Alice Cooper radio interview where he talks about KISS, we discuss the lawsuit which involved KISS and Alice ....

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STRATOVARIUS: New Chart Positions Revealed

STRATOVARIUS' latest, self-titled effort has entered the national album charts in the following countries: #4: Finland #37: Sweden #88: France #94: Switzerland "Stratovarius" was released in the U.S. on September 13 via Sanctuary. A video for the album's first single, "Maniac Dance", was shot on Apr...

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STRATOVARIUS: New Album Enters Finnish Chart At No. 4

STRATOVARIUS' brand-new self-titled effort has entered the Finnish album chart at position No. 4. View the whole chart at this location. "Stratovarius" is scheduled for release in the U.S. on September 13 via Sanctuary. A video for the album's first single, "Maniac Dance", was shot on April 15 in He...

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STRATOVARIUS Launch Online 'Tour Diary'

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have launched a "tour diary" section at their official web site. There are currently three entries available from the band's guitarist/mastermind Timo Tolkki covering the early part of the group's South American tour in support of their new album. Read it at th...

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KISS Podcast No. 7 Now Available For Download

The KISS Podcast show No. 7 has just been released. The theme for this show is the 'French KISS Podcast' special. "In this show we play all French-themed material such as tribute bands playing KISS songs, KISS playing live in France and special performances and projects having to do with the country...