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HALFORD Cancel Headlining Appearance At South Korea's SOYOROCK FESTIVAL

HALFORD have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Soyorock Festival in Seoul, South Korea on Sunday, August 18th due to circumstances "beyond their control". Seeing as HALFORD were the projected headliners for the four-day event (August 15-18),the entire festival appears to be on the verge...
July 26, 2002
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ROB HALFORD: I'm Afraid Of Forgetting Lyrics While Performing

Former JUDAS PRIEST and current HALFORD frontman Rob Halford has attributed the lack of animation during his recent live appearances to the fact that he has increasing problems remembering the lyrics to his songs while he's performing them on the concert stage. "You as a hardcore fan complain if you...
July 25, 2002
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HALFORD's "Rockline" Appearance Available For Download

HALFORD's July 22nd appearance on the syndicated radio show Rockline, which included live-in-the-studio renditions of several PRIEST classics and numbers from HALFORD's recently-issued Crucible release, can be downloaded as 16 separate MP3 files from this location. The songs performed during the sho...
July 23, 2002
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HALFORD Rumored For MONSTERS OF ROCK, THE WILDHEARTS Slam Bill As "Jurassic Junction"

HALFORD are strongly rumored to have been added to the bill of the upcoming Monsters of Rock festival tour in the UK, which will also feature ALICE COOPER and THUNDER. Meanwhile, the previously announced THE WILDHEARTS have now pulled off the tour (as reported here yesterday),and have issued an off...
July 19, 2002
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JUDAS PRIEST Tribute CD: "A Tribute To The Priest"

On September 9th, Nuclear Blast Records will be issuing a brand new JUDAS PRIEST tribute album, entitled A Tribute To The Priest. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows (in no particular order): 01. ANNIHILATOR - "Hell Bent For Leather" 02. PRIMAL FEAR - "Metal Gods" 03. WITCHERY - "Rid...
July 17, 2002
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BURN SEASON To Commence Pre-Production For Elektra Debut

Jacksonville, Florida's BURN SEASON (formerly SMAKT DOWN) will be heading to Hollywood, California's A&M Studios in early August with producer Bob Marlette (i.e. HALFORD, BLACK SABBATH, SALIVA, ALICE COOPER) to commence pre-production for their self-titled debut, due in spring of 2003 through El...
July 14, 2002
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ANTHRAX: Rumors Of Tour With HALFORD "Totally False"

Despite widespread rumors to the contrary, there are currently no plans for ANTHRAX to team up with HALFORD for a North American tour in the fall, according to ANTHRAX's webmaster, who added that "it would be a cool tour, though…" As previously reported, ANTHRAX's ninth studio album, entitled We've...
July 11, 2002
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HALFORD, ANTHRAX In Talks About Possible US Tour

HALFORD and ANTHRAX are reportedly in talks about a joint US tour sometime this fall. However, it should be noted that nothing has yet been confirmed and the tour is far from a done deal. ANTHRAX's ninth studio album, entitled We've Come For You All, is due to be released through Sanctuary Records i...
July 10, 2002
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HALFORD: GRASPOP Set List Revealed, Rob's WNEW Interview Posted

HALFORD performed the following set during their appearance at Graspop Metal Meeting on Saturday, July 6th: 01. Painkiller 02. Jawbreaker 03. Resurrection 04. Made In Hell 05. Exciter 06. Betrayal 07. Golgotha (10-minute break due to technical problems) 08. Cyberworld 09. The Hellion 10. Electric Ey...
July 9, 2002
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CAGE To Begin Recording "Darker Than Black"

San Diego, California-based power metallers CAGE will begin recording their third full-length album, entitled Darker Than Black, on July 12th at Silver Cloud studios (i.e. BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD, ROB ROCK) in Burbank, California with producer Joe Floyd (WARRIOR guitarist). The tentative track list...
July 9, 2002
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HALFORD Subject Of Internet Speculation Over "Horrible" BANG YOUR HEAD Performance

HALFORD are the subject of much Internet speculation over the band's reportedly "lackluster" appearance at last Saturday's (June 29th) Bang Your Head festival in Balingen, Germany, where the group apparently played a 50-minute co-headlining set that included a "truly horrible" vocal performance from...
July 4, 2002
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JUDAS PRIEST's TIM "RIPPER" OWENS: I Would Never Say Anything Bad About ROB HALFORD

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens has commented on the interview with his predecessor, Rob Halford, that recently appeared in the French edition of Rock Hard in which Halford shot down Tim "Ripper" Owens' alleged accusations of Rob having returned to playing traditional metal for commercial r...
June 29, 2002
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ROB HALFORD's IRS Troubles Make The News

The following information was originally published in Forbes magazine nearly a year ago, but we thought it was interesting enough to include here now: His Next Hit: Taxing Machine The Internal Revenue Service wants $567,813 in back taxes from British heavy-metal rocker Rob Halford, 49, former lead s...
June 27, 2002
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HALFORD's BOBBY JARZOMBEK Makes Drum Transcriptions Available Online

HALFORD drummer Bobby Jarzombek has made available for download transcriptions of the tracks "Betrayal" and "Handing Out Bullets" (complete with his analysis and a section-by-section breakdown of how he came up with his drum parts) from the new HALFORD CD, Crucible, via his official web site at this...
June 25, 2002
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SYMPHONY X Pull Out Of Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival

SYMPHONY X have pulled out of their scheduled appearance at Germany's Bang Your Head festival after frontman Russell Allen was found to be suffering from stomach/intestinal bleeding, thus necessitating immediate medical treatment. Taking their place at the event will be German hard rockers BONFIRE....
June 25, 2002