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MEGADETH: Fall 2004 North American Tour Dates Announced
The dates have been announced for MEGADETH's "The System Has Failed" fall 2004 North American tour. Venue information will follow soon. Support at all dates is expected to come from the Los Angeles-based quintet EARSHOT and an as-yet-unannounced third act. MEGADETH's "The System Has Failed" Fall Tou...September 12, 2004
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AC/DC-Inspired Movie 'Thunderstruck' To Be Released On DVD
"Thunderstruck", a new Australian feature comedy which tells the story of five fans who make a pact during AC/DC's Australian tour in 1991 that if one of them dies before they reach 40 the others will bury him beside the grave of AC/DC's late singer, Bon Scott, will be released in Australia on DVD o...September 11, 2004
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Report: AC/DC Concert Raises Tens Of Thousands For RED CROSS
Jonathan Foerster of Naples Daily News is reporting that more than 4,000 hard rock fans came to see members of AC/DC headline a 96 K-Rock FM-sponsored show Friday night (Sept. 10) in Ft. Myers, FL to aid the American Red Cross in helping out those whose lives were uprooted by Hurricane Charley. The...September 11, 2004
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TOTIMOSHI To Tour With HELMET
Oakland, CA-based heavy rockers TOTIMOSHI will be supporting HELMET on 17 of their 24 U.S. tour dates beginning this October. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: TOTIMOSHI w/ HELMET: Oct. 24 - Slims - San Francisco, CA Nov. 06 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO (no HELMET) Nov. 12 - North Star - Phila...September 10, 2004
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RUSH: XM Studio Performance To Air In October
RUSH fan site Power Windows is reporting that RUSH appeared live on August 3 from XM's "state-of-the-art performance studio" in Washington, DC before 40 lucky fans selected from over 200 entries in an XM contest. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson took part in a Q&A session before performing acoustic re...September 10, 2004
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AC/DC Bassist Explains Why He Got Involved In Hurricane Benefit Concert
AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams told Mark S. Krzos of The News-Press that he was less than an hour from his Fort Myers, FL home when he caught his first glimpse of Hurricane Charley's destructive path. Driving along Interstate 75, Williams and his family were making their way home from North Carolina w...September 9, 2004
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It's Official: AC/DC To Receive Australian Street Name Tribute
Australia's The Age is reporting that after weeks of speculation, Melbourne's Corporation Lane will be renamed ACDC Lane in a move described last night as a victory for rock 'n' roll. Melbourne City Council unanimously voted to honour the Australian rockers, who in 1975 filmed their classic rock ant...September 9, 2004
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Report: Melbourne Officials To Drop AC/DC Street Proposal
Australia's The Age is reporting that the Melbourne City Council looks set to disappoint AC/DC fans by dropping a popular plan to honor the Australian rockers with a city street name. Planning committee chairwoman Catherine Ng confirmed Thursday night (September 2) the council would consider other o...September 2, 2004
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SIX FEET UNDER Cover AC/DC's 'Back In Black' In Its Entirety
Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have covered AC/DC's entire "Back In Black" album for their forthcoming release, "Graveyard Classics II". "Graveyard Classics II", due on October 19 through Metal Blade Records (one day earlier internationally),was recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tam...September 2, 2004
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FEAR FACTORY, LAMB OF GOD, CHILDREN OF BODOM: More Tour Dates Announced
More dates have been announced for the forthcoming U.S. tour featuring FEAR FACTORY, LAMB OF GOD, CHILDREN OF BODOM and THROWDOWN. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 07 - Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC Oct. 09 - Harpo's Concert Theatre - 3000 Detroit, MI Nov. 10 - The Odeon Cleveland, OH...September 1, 2004
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AC/DC To Headline Australia's BIG DAY OUT Festival?
Hard rock giants AC/DC are strongly rumored to have been confirmed as the headlining act of Australia's Big Day Out 2005 festival. Although Big Day Out organizers do not offically announce international acts until October, word has been getting stronger that the Aussie rockers are on the bill. Other...September 1, 2004
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SIX FEET UNDER: Cover Of AC/DC's 'Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution' Posted Online
SIX FEET UNDER's version of the AC/DC classic "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" has been posted online at this location. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Graveyard Classics II", due on October 19 through Metal Blade Records. The CD, which features the ban...September 1, 2004
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Report: Vintage Rock Concert T-Shirts Are Fashionable — And Valuable
T.J. Banes of Indystar.com is reporting that Brian Hughes, 18, a sophomore at Broad Ripple High School, is keeping the music alive by owning stacks and stacks of vintage concert T-shirts dating back to the 1980s. Hughes is one of many teens who collect worn, and sometimes torn, ever-so-soft T-shirts...August 31, 2004
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AC/DC Jacket Among Top-Selling Items At Australian Auction
Australia's Undercover News is reporting that items by AC/DC and THE EAGLES were the biggest-selling items at this past weekend's auction for the late famed tour manager Wane Swampy Jarvis. "[AC/DC guitarist] Angus Young's jacket and a guitar signed by THE EAGLES were the biggest items," Wane's wife...August 31, 2004
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GWAR Name New Album, Announce Headlining Tour
GWAR have set "War Party" as the title of their new album, due on October 26 through DRT Entertainment. The long-awaited follow-up to 2001's "Violence Has Arrived" was recorded at Wreckroom Studios in Richmond, Va. and was mixed at the Chop Shop in NYC. Handling the production duties was Glen Robins...August 30, 2004