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KANSAS Extends 50th-Anniversary Tour With 20 New Dates

As a result of brisk ticket sales and numerous sellouts, America's preeminent progressive rock band KANSAS is extending its 50th-anniversary tour. The "Another Fork In The Road" tour celebrates 50 years of the band's illustrious music history with concerts featuring two full hours of memorable hits...

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CHRIS SLADE Says He 'Didn't Expect' To Get A Call From AC/DC About POWER TRIP, Is 'Not Bitter' About Being Excluded

Journeyman Welsh drummer Chris Slade, who has spent the past 60 years playing with everyone from Tom Jones to MANFRED MANN, THE FIRM and AC/DC, has clarified his recent comments on the latter band's announcement that it has recruited Matt Laug to perform with the Brian Johnson-fronted outfit at the...

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Ex-AC/DC Drummer CHRIS SLADE Gives His Stamp Of Approval To New Drummer MATT LAUG: 'I Wish Him The Best Of Luck'

Journeyman Welsh drummer Chris Slade, who has spent the past 60 years playing with everyone from Tom Jones to MANFRED MANN, THE FIRM and AC/DC, has commented on the latter band's announcement that it has recruited Matt Laug to perform with the Brian Johnson-fronted outfit at the Power Trip festival...

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'From This Day Forward', CHAD KROEGER Will No Longer Talk About Hate For NICKELBACK

Chad Kroeger says that he hopes NICKELBACK's official documentary "Hate To Love: Nickelback" will be the last word on the waves of backlash he and his bandmates faced amid their commercial success, and he has no plans to ever address the subject again. Speaking to People magazine at the 2023 edition...

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Former OVERKILL And VIO-LENCE Guitarist BOBBY GUSTAFSON Launches 'Hard-Hitting Thrash' Band PAINWARD

Former OVERKILL and VIO-LENCE guitarist Bobby Gustafson has launched a new band called PAINWARD. Joining the 58-year-old musician, who is based in Florida, in the new outfit are his SATAN'S TAINT bandmate Jim McCourt on drums and MASSACRE bassist Mike Borders. A singer for the project has not yet be...

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AC/DC Recruits Drummer MATT LAUG For POWER TRIP Performance

AC/DC has recruited drummer Matt Laug to perform with the band at the Power Trip festival next month. AC/DC is among the headliners on a bill of veteran rockers who will take to the stage in Indio, California October 6-8. It will be the iconic Australian band's first gig since 2016. The 55-year-old...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS On Battling Detractors: 'I'll Always Have Something To Prove'

By David E. Gehlke Possessor of one of the finest voices in American metal, Tim "Ripper" Owens has been a bit of a musical nomad since his 2003 departure from the band that put him on the map, JUDAS PRIEST. A long-term situation has unfortunately eluded the Akron, Ohio native, namely high-profile st...

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'Bowl For Ronnie' 2023 Bowling Party To Take Place In November

The annual Bowl For Ronnie celebrity bowling party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, is set for Thursday, November 16, 2023. The event, to be held at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California, will once again be hosted by television and radio personality Eddie Tru...

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MR. BIG Announces March/April 2024 European Farewell Tour

MR. BIG is putting on its signature top hats and old shoes one last time for a worldwide tour, aptly titled "The BIG Finish". Since the band's original drummer and co-founder, Pat Torpey, lost his battle with Parkinson's disease in 2018, MR. BIG now feels it's time to mark the end of this chapter of...

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PHIL RIND Explains Why He 'Relented' On SACRED REICH Taking Part In Paid Meet-And-Greets

During an appearance on "One Life One Chance", the podcast hosted by H2O lead singer Toby Morse, SACRED REICH frontman Phil Rind offered his views on artists monetizing — directly and on their own terms — enhanced fan experiences in the form of VIP meet-and-greets. He said (as transcribed by BLABBER...

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Kings Of The Asylum

It was probably inevitable that Phil Campbell would continue to fly the flag of ear-wrecking rock 'n' roll, after the untimely demise of MOTÖRHEAD. After four decades of dedication to Lemmy's relentless crew and having learned directly from the best to ever do it, the emergence of PHIL CAMPBELL AND...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's DOWN Bandmate KIRK WINDSTEIN Praises PANTERA Reunion: 'They're Doing It For The Right Reasons'

CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein has once again weighed in on the fact that PANTERA's surviving members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) have united with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) for a world tour under the PANTERA bann...

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ATHEIST's KELLY SHAEFER Goes Beyond Technical Death Metal In New Band TILL THE DIRT: 'It's A Totally Different Animal'

By David E. Gehlke ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer was productive during the throes of Covid. Armed with only a guitar, basic home recording software and speakers atop a child's desk, Shaefer burned the midnight oil throughout lockdown and came away with over a dozen new compositions. While ATHIEST i...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Performs Without IVAN MOODY At SoFi Stadium; PHIL LABONTE, HOWARD JONES Fill In

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody was forced to sit out the band's concert Sunday night (August 27) at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California as the support act for METALLICA after coming down with a "terrible flu." He was replaced at the gig by Phil Labonte (ALL THAT REMAINS),Howard Jones...

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CARMINE APPICE: 'I Was A Pioneer In The Drums'

In a new interview with Marci Wiser of the 95.5 KLOS radio station, Carmine Appice was asked what he thinks it is about his playing style that influenced so many other legendary rock drummers, including Neil Peart, Roger Taylor, Phil Collins and John Bohnam. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMO...