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Watch WENDY DIO Blow Out Candles For RONNIE JAMES DIO's 80th Birthday

Ronnie James Dio would have turned 80 years old on July 10. To celebrate this historic day, the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood hosted "At The Rainbow In The Dark", a special event for Dio family, friends, and fans, this past Thursday, July 7 from 7 p.m. to 9...

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Ex-GHOST Member LINTON RUBINO Says Band's Latest Album, 'Impera', Is 'Not Very Good'

In a new interview with "On The Road To Rock", PRIEST vocalist Linton Rubino, who played bass in GHOST as one of the the Nameless Ghouls under the stage name Water, was asked how he feels about the band's recent success, including some of GHOST's recent recorded output. He responded (as transcribed...

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IRON MAIDEN: Bologna Concert Canceled 'Due To Very Bad And Dangerous Weather Conditions'

**Update**: On Friday (July 8),IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood issued the following statement regarding the Bologna cancelation: "The band and l are so sorry we were unable to play for our fans in Bologna last night. As the weather conditions worsened, the promoters came to us concerned about the...

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DISTURBED To Release New Single, 'Hey You', Next Week

DISTURBED will release "Hey You", the first single off the band's upcoming studio album, on July 14. All four members of DISTURBED were in Los Angeles on June 14 to film a music video for the song. Guitarist Dan Donegan and bassist John Moyer both shared photos from before and during the shoot, with...

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Former GHOST Member LINTON RUBINO Needed Six Months Of Therapy After Getting Fired By TOBIAS FORGE

In a new interview with Dr. Music, PRIEST vocalist Linton Rubino, who played bass in GHOST as one of the Nameless Ghouls under the stage name Water, was asked if he was involved in the 2017 lawsuit filed against GHOST leader Tobias Forge by four former members of the band after being dismissed by th...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Praises New Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL: 'It's So Exciting To See Where It's Going'

Dave "Snake" Sabo has praised SKID ROW's new singer Erik Grönwall, saying that the first song the band released with the ex-H.E.A.T. vocalist had received a much better response than he had anticipated. Grönwall, who auditioned for the competition show "Swedish Idol" back in 2009 by singing a cover...

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Watch: GLENN TIPTON Rejoins JUDAS PRIEST On Stage At BARCELONA ROCK FEST

JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band's concert Saturday night (July 2) at the Barcelona Rock Fest at the Parc de Can Zam in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, just twenty minutes from the center of Barcelona, Spain. As he has done a number of other times over the cours...

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Watch German TV Report On DEEP PURPLE's Hamburg Concert Featuring New Touring Guitarist SIMON MCBRIDE

A German TV report on DEEP PURPLE's June 23 concert at Stadtpark Open Air in Hamburg can be seen below. DEEP PURPLE's new touring guitarist Simon McBride, who has previously played with both singer Ian Gillan and keyboardist Don Airey, among others, is filling in for longtime DEEP PURPLE guitarist S...

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DISTURBED Begins Teasing New Music: It's 'Coming Soon'

DISTURBED has begun teasing the first single off the band's upcoming studio album. Earlier today (Friday, July 1), DISTURBED's social media was updated with a pre-save link for the track, along with the promise that "new music is coming soon". All four members of DISTURBED were in Los Angeles o...

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MAX CAVALERA Looks Back On The Launch Of SOULFLY: 'There Was A Lot Of Pressure To Be Good'

By David E. Gehlke SOULFLY has a new studio album, "Totem", queued up and ready for release this August. But first, the Max Cavalera-led outfit is taking a brief detour back to their early days via "The Soul Remains Insane", a boxset that includes a 40-page book of photos and liner notes, the band's...

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Watch: SKID ROW Performs At Milwaukee's SUMMERFEST

Fan-filmed video of SKID ROW's June 24 performance at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin can be seen below. SKID ROW's new album, "The Gang's All Here", will be released on October 14 via earMUSIC. The band recorded most of the effort in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has...

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Watch: SKID ROW Members Discuss 'The Gang's All Here' Title Track In First 'Behind The Album' Webisode

SKID ROW has released the first in a series of "Tear It Down: Behind The Album" webisodes focusing on the band's upcoming studio LP, "The Gang's All Here". In the two-minute clip, the members of SKID ROW talk about their comeback single and "The Gang's All Here" title track. SKID ROW recorded most o...

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JUDAS PRIEST Announces Fall 2022 U.S. Tour With QUEENSRŸCHE

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will celebrate their 50th anniversary again this year with the launch of a new North American tour. Support on the "50 Heavy Metal Years" fall 2022 trek will once again come from QUEENSRŸCHE. The tour dates are as follows: Oct. 13 - Wallingford, CT @ Toyota O...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'Free Ukraine!'

JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford publicly voiced his support for Ukraine in its war with Russia during the band's concert in Poland earlier in the month. While performing the song "Blood Red Skies" at the Mystic Festival in Gdańsk on June 3, the 70-year-old British-born singer said into the mic "never sur...

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VIXEN To Release Brand New Single Within Two Months

VIXEN singer Lorraine Lewis has confirmed to SW Wall Interviews that she and her bandmates are planning to release a new single soon. "I want people to understand: this is not an album release yet," she said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "We've decided that we're releasing singles. So that's...