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ZAKK WYLDE Launches New Podcast, 'The Wylde Goose Show'

GaS Digital Network, a network with 22 podcasts with an emphasis on music and comedy, today announced the latest addition to its network: "The Wylde Goose Show". Featuring rock icons Zakk Wylde and John "JD" DeServio (a.k.a. Goose),the weekly show provides a fly-on-the-wall opportunity for fans as...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Mural Comes To Life For What Would Have Been His 67th Birthday

The AR Firm's motto "Beyond Unreal" became firmly based in reality when they created an app that brought California artist Robert Varga's mural to life. Van Halen's image seamlessly continues to sing and play and can be seen in the video below. The mural itself measures a massive 17 feet by 105 feet...

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KID ROCK And FOREIGNER Announce 'Bad Reputation Tour'

Kid Rock will join forces with FOREIGNER and GRAND FUNK RAILROAD for a U.S. tour this spring and summer. JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING will appear on select dates, with a special appearance by Trey Lewis at all shows. The 24-city "Bad Reputation Tour" will kick off on April 6 at the Ford Cente...

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DAVID BOWIE's 75th Birthday Celebrated With 'Sound & Vision' Web-Exclusive Retrospective

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts," wrote William Shakespeare. When he penned the now-classic line, he might as well have been prophesying a world forever redefined by the theatrical...

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Rockers React To Passing Of MEAT LOAF

Brian May (QUEEN),Slash (GUNS N' ROSES),Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH),David Draiman (DISTURBED),Frank Bello (ANTHRAX),Dino Cazares (FEAR FACTORY),Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE) and SCORPIONS are among the rockers who have reacted to the passing of iconic rock singer Meat Loaf. He died on Thursday at t...

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Hear DEE SNIDER, EDDIE OJEDA, MIKE PORTNOY And RUDY SARZO Cover MOUNTAIN's 'Theme From An Imaginary Western'

Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group has presented a new lyric video to the classic MOUNTAIN hit "Theme From An Imaginary Western" in front of the March 25 release of "Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West". The recording features TWISTED SISTER bandmates Dee Snider on vocals and Eddie Ojeda on guitar,...

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CRADLE OF FILTH To Perform Entire 'Dusk... And Her Embrace' Album During Livestream

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have announced a digital show stream, a one-off special performance titled "The Infernal Vernal Equinox". The concert will see the band play its monumental 1996 studio album "Dusk... And Her Embrace" in full. "The Infernal Vernal Equinox" will take place on...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's DANI FILTH: How Pandemic Affected Making Of 'Existence Is Futile' Album

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of veteran British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH recently spoke to HeavyMetal.dk about how the pandemic affected the making of the band's new album, "Existence Is Futile". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The album was written before the pandemic. The dr...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I Still Go Through Moments Of Depression'

In a recent interview with Spain's Mariskal Rock, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about his struggles with depression and substance abuse, and how his own suicide attempt in 1986 led him to the rehab program that saved his life. "You just feel… It's negative thinking," Rob said (as transcribed...

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DAVID COVERDALE Catalog Acquired By ROUND HILL MUSIC

Round Hill Music has acquired the music publishing, master rights and master rights royalties for, and entered into a long-term administration agreement for the neighboring rights income from the catalog of David Coverdale, legendary WHITESNAKE frontman and DEEP PURPLE lead singer from 1973 to 1976....

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LEE AARON Hopes To Release Her Autobiography In 2022

Canadian rock icon Lee Aaron, who is known primarily as a solo artist and songwriter, recently went on the podcast "Side Jams with Bryan Reesman" to talk about her new music as well as outside interests like interior design, art, special education, and neuroscience. She also revealed that she is wor...

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HENRY ROLLINS Cancels European Spoken-Word Tour 'Due To Surge In COVID-19 And The Challenges It Presents'

Henry Rollins has canceled his previously announced European leg of the "Good To See You" spoken-word tour due to coronavirus-related concerns. The punk rock icon was scheduled to kick off the trek, which promised to "faithfully recount the events of his life in the brief pre-COVID period since the...

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HEART's NANCY WILSON Sells Catalog Rights To ROUND HILL MUSIC

Round Hill Music has acquired a significant share of the master artist royalties and entered into a long-term agreement to administer the neighboring rights income of the catalog of Nancy Wilson, acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitarist of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame-inducted band HEART. Key acquis...

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Official RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary To Be Released This Year: It 'Goes All The Way Through His Life Till The End'

Wendy Dio, widow and longtime manager of Ronnie James Dio, spoke to Argentinian journalist Lucas Gordon about the upcoming career-spanning documentary on the life and times of the legendary rock icon. It is the first documentary about Dio to be fully authorized by the artist's estate. BMG is both fi...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Has 'Many Exciting Things Planned For 2022'

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of veteran British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH says that he and his bandmates have "many exciting things planned for 2022." The 48-year-old musician looked ahead to the upcoming year while sharing a year-end message via Instagram. He wrote: "Firstly, in this festive...