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VELVET REVOLVER Cancels Australian Tour

According to Undercover News, VELVET REVOLVER has cancelled this week's Australian tour, just days after singer Scott Weiland voluntarily entered a rehab facility. As of late last week, the Aussie shows were still planned to go ahead, according to promoter Chris O'Brien, but today the band has pulle...

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VELVET REVOLVER's SCOTT WEILAND Back In Rehab

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has received the following official statement from VELVET REVOLVER: "Following VELVET REVOLVER's performance last night [Wednesday, February 6] in Los Angeles, lead singer Scott Weiland voluntarily entered a rehab facility. Tonight's San Diego show at the House of Blues has been pos...

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Report: Bad Blood In BOSTON

The Boston Globe reports that since BOSTON singer Brad Delp committed suicide last March, relations among members of the multiplatinum act have become poisonous, as evidenced by a lawsuit filed by the band's mastermind, Tom Scholz, against Delp's ex-wife Micki and Connie Goudreau, wife of BOSTON gui...

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KORN Guitarist Discusses EMOTIONAL SYPHON RECORDINGS Label

Rick Florino of ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: ARTISTdirect: What triggered you starting the label [Emotional Syphon Recordings]? Munky: I felt that there was going to be a shift in the business. I ha...

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WHITESNAKE Announces New Drummer

WHITESNAKE has issued the following update: "The new WHITESNAKE album, 'Good To Be Bad', scheduled for release in the spring of 2008 will be their 10th studio record and will feature the exceptional percussive talents of Chris Frazier, the latest member to grace the ranks of the band alongside Doug...

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HINDER Singer Arrested For Drunk Driving

The Jonesboro Sun reports that the lead singer of the rock group HINDER was arrested in Jonesboro, Arkansas on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Austin John Winkler, 26, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., was arrested by Patrolman Anthony Zaffarano at about 11:30 p.m. Friday after a traffic stop at the...

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'Christmas Carnage' Australian Tour Crash Kills Two

Australia's The Sydney Morning Herald reports that two men have died and four have been injured after a minibus carrying men involved in a heavy metal band tour has crashed down an embankment of the Pacific Highway. The minibus was in a convoy carrying the ALL SHALL PERISH and THE RED SHORE "deathco...

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River Wide At EDDIE VAN HALEN's House

TMZ.com reports that a water main broke in an L.A. suburb early this morning, sending thousands of gallons of water through the yard of a home believed to belong to music legend Eddie Van Halen. The break snarled traffic this morning in area around Coldwater Canyon. L.A. Fire officials said the only...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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Sheriff Selling T-Shirts Used In OZZY OSBOURNE Sting For Charity

North Dakota's KXNet.com reports that a law enforcement sting before the OZZY OSBOURNE concert in Fargo has started an unexpected fundraiser for a local non-profit organization. Requests are flooding in to the Cass County Sheriff's office for these t-shirts. Deputies wore them during a sting last mo...

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FATES WARNING Bassist JOEY VERA Issues European Tour Recap

Bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) has issued the following update: "Home now from the [FATES WARNING European] tour. I'm reminded how much I miss playing live, Man, I love it. I truly had a great time. We (the FATES guys) all get along so well. We had tons of laughs and I mean ...

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AEROSMITH Drummer Talks About His Foray Into Newbury Street Retail

Boston magazine recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer about the Technical store which he opened recently in Boston with John Nichols. Located on Newbury between Exeter and Fairfield streets, the shop's stocked with a wide — and weird — range of streetwear, from hats and...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Describes 'Mind-Blowing' Poverty In India

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "New Delhi, India (Oct. 26-29, 2007): After resting from the long journey, we had the first interview to do. It was made in a rock bar, with many journalists and many fans. I had the first real experience with the Indian traffic. Me...

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Former NASUM Drummer Comments On VITEK's Passing

COLDWORKER/ex-NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has issued the following statement regarding the passing of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, who died at the age of 23 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision: "If you follow the metal news you have learned that...

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SEPULTURA Frontman Issues Fourth Update From India

SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green has posted the fourth entry in an ongoing tour diary covering the band's first-ever appearance in India. It reads as follows: "We have a long travel day ahead of us to Shillong and we check out of the hotel at 5 in the morning and head to the airport. We will ...