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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Offers Post-Tour Update

Former RAINBOW and current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White has posted the following message to his official web site: "We [YNGWIE MALMSTEEN] played two amazing shows in Turkey, with Istanbul being the wildest and largest gig of the tour. These people love to RAWK and so they did. Every show s...

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BARRY SPARKS Checks In From TED NUGENT Tour

Acclaimed bassist Barry Sparks (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DOKKEN, MSG),who is currently touring with TED NUGENT on his North American tour as a replacement for Marco Mendoza, has posted the following message to his official web site: "Hello! I am here in Dallas — things are good, we drove all night from Tu...

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PAUL GILBERT To Play With MIKE PORTNOY's THE BEATLES Cover Band

Former MR. BIG/current RACER X guitarist Paul Gilbert will be performing a couple of shows in New York/New Jersey as a member of an all-star THE BEATLES cover band called YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD. Joining him in the group will be Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) on drums, Neal Morse (SPOCK'S BEARD) on guit...

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KRUX Announce One-Off Gig

KRUX, the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, plus ENTOMBED members Peter Stjärnvind (drums),and Jörgen Sandstrom (guitar),will perform a one-off show at Kägelbanan in Stockholm, Sweden on May 18. The gig, which will likely be the g...

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Krux

The memories of a rotund Swede charging around stages in a monk's cassock will forever go down as one of the most enduring and amusing images in metal. Indeed, it's fair to say that exuberant frontman Messiah Marcolin was significantly instrumental in attaining legendary status for doom overlords CA...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Offers Update On European Tour, Upcoming CORNERSTONE Album

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Doogie White has posted the following update to his official web site, www.doogiewhite.co.uk: "The cancellation of the remaining German shows really pissed us all off. We were really on a roll and to have something like this happen took the wind out of our sails. However we p...

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DOKKEN Bassist To Tour With TED NUGENT

Acclaimed bassist Barry Sparks (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DOKKEN, MSG) will be joining TED NUGENT on his upcoming North American tour as a replacement for Marco Mendoza, who has prior European touring commitments with WHITESNAKE. As previously reported, TED NUGENT will team up with ZZ TOP for the Beer Drink...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: German Dates Cancelled!

The final two German dates on YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's current European tour were apparently cancelled by the promoter without the Swedish guitarist's knowledge. The following is a statement on the matter as it appears on Yngwie's official web site, www.yngwie.org: "Imagine Yngwie's surprise when he and t...

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DESTINY Sign With GMR MUSIC

Long-running Swedish metal band DESTINY have landed a deal with GMR Music Group for the release of their new album, "Future Of The Past", due in the fall. "Future Of The Past" was recorded in the band's own DRS Studios and features a guest appearance by former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN keyboardist Mats Olaus...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Recording Live Album On European Tour

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is recording various concerts on his current European tour for an upcoming live album. "We have just finished 12 gigs in 14 days and that has been such a blast," YNGWIE vocalist Doogie White (ex-RAINBOW) wrote on his official web site. "Everyone is getting on very well and this is a...

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Former BLACK SABBATH Singer Launches Official Web Site

Former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin has launched his official web site at www.tonymartin.net. Martin, whose last recorded effort with SABBATH came in the shape of 1995's abysmal "Forbidden", recently completed work on the new EMPIRE album, "Trading Souls", due through Lion Music on April 21. T...

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ACES HIGH to Release 'Forgive And Forget' In Late Spring

Swedish melodic hard rockers ACES HIGH will release their long-awaited third album, "Forgive And Forget", in late spring through GMR Music. The follow-up to 1998's "Pull No Punches" (Megarock Records) was mixed at Denmark's Soundpage Studios, and features a guest appearance by HAMMERFALL/ex-YNGWIE M...

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REDLYNX Reunion Concert Planned For Later This Month

A REDLYNX reunion concert, featuring Italian hard rock vocalist Chris Heaven (EDGE OF TIME),will take place on March 25 at Aeiou in Turin, Italy on March 25. The band will play "old and new songs" and will record the show for a webcast and a possible live CD. REDLYNX's current lineup consists of He...

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GROPE To Open For YNGWIE MALMSTEEN In Denmark

Long-running Danish metallers GROPE will be opening for YNGWIE MALMSTEEN at two Danish shows in April. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 09 – Aarhus, DEN @ Train Apr. 10 – Copenhagen, DEN @ Amager Bio ...

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CORNERSTONE Prepare To Enter Studio

CORNERSTONE, the project featuring ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen and ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White, are in the process of finishing up the songwriting process for the group's third album, tentatively due in the fall. "[Steen and I] have never worked so closely before...