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SLASH Says It Was 'Overwhelming' Playing With GUNS N' ROSES Again After More Than Two Decades Apart

In a recent interview with Guitar.com, Slash spoke about what it felt like for him to step back out on stage with GUNS N' ROSES for the first time in over two decades at the band's April 2016 concert at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. "Oh man, it was overwhelming — it was so cool," Sl...

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GUNS N' ROSES To Perform At This Year's LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival In September

GUNS N' ROSES is the first act to be announced for the return of Louder Than Life. This year, the festival will be headed to its new home at the Highland Festival Grounds At KY Expo Center on Friday, September 27, Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29. This will mark the debut of the GUNS...

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TANK Releases Lyric Video For 'Shellshock' Featuring CRADLE OF FILTH's DANI FILTH

Veteran British metallers TANK will release their new album, "Re-Ignition", on April 26 via Cleopatra Records (Rubicon Music in Japan). The LP is a tribute to the early days of TANK and features 11 classic TANK songs chosen from the first four albums which were originally released in the early '80s:...

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MATT SORUM Found Out About GUNS N' ROSES Reunion 'About When Everybody Else Did'

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum says that he learned about the partial reunion of the band's classic lineup around the same time as "everybody else did." The 58-year-old musician, who has also played with THE CULT, VELVET REVOLVER and HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, is not involved with GN'R's hugely su...

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SAMMY HAGAR To Be Joined By CHAD KROEGER, JOE SATRIANI, MICHAEL ANTHONY At 'Acoustic-4-A-Cure VI' Benefit Concert

Sammy Hagar has announced the lineup for the sixth annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" benefit concert, set to take place on May 15 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Artists performing at "Acoustic-4-A-Cure VI" include (in alphabetical order): Tom Johnston (THE DOOBIE BROTHERS),Chad Kroeger (NICKELBACK),Lu...

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PER WIBERG, Who Has Played With OPETH And CANDLEMASS, To Release 'Head Without Eyes' Solo Album In May

A multi-instrumentalist who has played keys, bass and guitars with a number of bands and artists like OPETH, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, CANDLEMASS as well as CLUTCH/BAKERTON GROUP, SWITCHBLADE and KAMCHATKA, to name but a few, Swedish musician Per Wiberg has made a living out of playing most things "heavy"...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Not In This Lifetime' Recognized With TICKETMASTER's 'Touring Milestone Award'

GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" is among 17 concert tours that ended in 2018 that have been recognized with Ticketmaster's inaugural Touring Milestone Award. The award was developed to recognize the amazing artists behind the top global tours as measured by the total number of tickets sold and...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Says It's A 'Tremendous Challenge' Singing Two-Hour Set Every Night

DISTURBED singer David Draiman spoke to Mistress Carrie of the WAAF radio station about how he keeps his voice in shape while performing a two-hour set with his bandmates on their current "Evolution" U.S. tour. "It's a constant tightrope that any singer who still actually sings live has to walk," he...

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GUNS N' ROSES Bassist DUFF MCKAGAN Teases New Solo Album, Announces First Tour Dates

GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has released a short teaser for his upcoming solo album. The music can be heard in a video announcing his first solo tour dates of 2019, which will take place this spring. Joining McKagan at the two shows — May 31 at the Theatre Of The Living Arts in Philadelphia,...

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SLASH Confirms New GUNS N' ROSES Material Is In The Works, Praises 'Really Magical' Reunion Tour

Slash recently spoke to Japanese music critic and radio personality Masa Ito of TVK's "Rock City" about the possibility of a new studio LP from GUNS N' ROSES in the not-too-distant future. "Axl [Rose, vocals], Duff [McKagan, bass], myself and Richard [Fortus, guitar] have all talked about… there's m...

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TANK Reimagines Classic Songs On 'Re-Ignition' Album

Veteran British metallers TANK will release their new album, "Re-Ignition", on April 26 via Cleopatra Records (Rubicon Music in Japan). The LP is a tribute to the early days of TANK and features 11 classic TANK songs chosen from the first four albums which were originally released in the early '80s:...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RICHARD FORTUS Offers Advice To New Bands: 'You've Just Gotta Work Harder'

During a question-and-answer session at the Gretsch booth at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, California, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus was asked what advice he would give to an up-and-coming band trying to get noticed. He responded (see video below): "That's a good one, because it's a ve...

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RICHARD FORTUS Hopes GUNS N' ROSES Will 'Get An Album Out Soon'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus spoke to St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the possibility of a new studio LP from the band in the not-too-distant future. "Slash is on tour [with his solo group] right now," Fortus said. "Once he gets back from that, we're gonna get some more recording done and ho...

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DUFF MCKAGAN On New Solo Album: 'It's Not A Rock Record'

GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan says that his upcoming solo album will consist of "observational songs" that find him "pointing out out some things" that he has noticed over the course of the last few years of touring. McKagan began recording the album back in March 2018 with producer Shooter Jen...

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Watch KING DIAMOND Perform 'Arrival' In Philadelphia From 'Songs For The Dead Live' DVD/Blu-Ray

A performance clip of "Arrival (Live At The Fillmore)", taken from the forthcoming KING DIAMOND DVD/Blu-ray, "Songs For The Dead Live", can be viewed below. The set will be released on January 25 via Metal Blade Records. There is only one King Diamond, and for more than thirty years the great Dane...